St. Patrick's Day

Isobel celebrated her first St. Patrick's Day on Saturday. Steph and I don't usually do anything special for the holiday. This year, however, we have more to celebrate: a daughter that looks like a leprechaun! So we did as the Irish do: dropped Isobel at Grandma's and went out for Mexican food and drinks. We had fun, but missed Izzy and soon returned home to spend the rest of the evening with her. Isobel is growing rapidly, bigger every day, and remains tolerant of our antics, i.e. me moving her mouth up and down and saying "always after me lucky charms!"

3 weeks on Wednesday!

Isobel Marie Stott is almost three weeks old! Born Valentine's Day 2007, weighing in at 7lbs10oz, with a full head of deep-red hair and big blue eyes, she is quite an attractive kid. She has her mother's energy and strength, as well as her father's many peculiar expressions and tendency to cry when not receiving attention.
Isobel's name (the spelling has thrown many for a loop) is Scottish, or Irish, or perhaps Gaelic. You see we didn't really research it, but we love the spelling so we went with it. Marie is Izzy's great grandmother on her father's side. She was a strong, independent, gentle woman; we hope Isobel will inherit some of these traits.
Enjoy the photos from Isobel's first several weeks. There will be thousands more to come.