Vistors

Between Ibbie's arrival and the upcoming move, visitors have found lots of reasons to come to town! My dad came for a quick trip to love on his granddaughters. The day he left, Peter's folks arrived to meet Ibbie, love on Cole, and help us gets the house tuned-up since we are listing it next week.

Where'd You Get the Name "Ibbie?"

As you could probably guess from Cole's name, we like family names. Early into my pregnancy with Ibbie we decided that we would be finding out the gender of the baby. Once we found out we were having another girl it took no time at all to come up with her name. Elizabeth is my sister's middle name. It was also the name of the two great-grandmothers that I knew best.

In naming a child Elizabeth, there is the nickname debate.  With so many nicknames to choose from, we had some thinking to do: Liz, Beth, Betsy, Eliza, Elle, Izzy, Liddy, Libby, and so on.  Ultimately (and probably predictably) we stuck with family tradition and decided to use my great-grandmother's nickname, "Ibbie." She spelled it with an E- but we opted to use an I- so that the spelling would match the pronunciation. My great-grandmother, Ebbie, was a faithful woman and a solid artist, certainly a worthy namesake for our daughter.

Choosing a middle name was pretty straight forward. We knew we wanted to use a name from Peter's family. We seriously considered using my mother-in-law's maiden name but instead went with Kathleen, my mother-in-law's first name.

So there you have it, the logic behind Elizabeth "Ibbie" Kathleen Slaton.

Pumpkin Patch

It's October, so we decided to buy a pumpkin. Not just any pumpkin, but a pumpkin we picked. Sunday afternoon we loaded the girls into the car, drove to the pumpkin patch, and hoped for the best. Cole took to pumpkin seeking very quickly and narrowed her choice in minutes.

 With the pumpkin hunt over, we attempted to get a picture of the girls. We got two!

With the picture of the girls under our belts, Peter offered to try to get a picture with me in it.  While not the most traditional picture, it's a pretty fantastic snapshot of my life right now.