Baby Bumble Bee

Mikaela recently had a dance recital with OSA, and I'm so glad I attempted to get a few pictures of her right after her dress rehearsal, because it was pouring rain the day of her recital!

She is going through a phase now where she will not look directly at the camera, and when she does, she dramatically distorts her features :-P, so . . .  I'm just glad these pictures came out the way they did.

 

And here's a glimpse of her dance! Guess who got distracted by stage lights and props? The girl on the far right, of course!

Our 2nd Angel

Saraqael Zhi Yi Hsu

A.k.a "Kelly"

Welcomed with love by aaron, johanna, & mikaela

March 21st, 2013 at 5:55 am

8 pounds ~ 19.75  inches

We give thanks to God for her safe and healthy birth at home! 

~ Mrs. Arcfide

Ready

I'm ready.

I think we all are.

Today, March 13th, is the "big day" (aka Due Date) that's been both consciously and unconsciously on our minds since last summer, when we found out we were expecting yet another precious little angel again!

I wasn't as intentional about documenting "baby belly" pictures for my first pregnancy with Mikaela, much to my dismay later when I wanted to scrapbook pictures for her albums.

For Saraqael, thanks to a camera phone, I was able to capture more self-portraits of my growing belly. I also lucked out when I won an online fundraising auction by the Indiana Midwifery Task Force for a maternity shoot by a professional photographer, for a mere $30! I can't think of a better way to support a great cause, *and* have awesome pictures to remember this time of our lives by! :-) 

Enjoy these pictures from the rest of our photoshoot. Many thanks to Beth Droste-Glowinski from Kima Life Photography for her donation to the IMT auction, and great work with us!


~ Mrs. Arcfide

Oh Yeaah. Hi Again.

    The last two months have been pretty busy for us [think 2 cross-country road trips & 1 conference . . . or 7,500 highway miles] - I'm only just now kicking up my legs, savoring this quiet moment at home, and trying to let me be. :-D

    I figured now's as good a time as any to get around to putting a couple important updates on here. (I know, this is lame!)

#1) *Drumrolls*. Yep, one my favorite persons - my MIL - got married!! Aaron and I got a new father, and three new younger brothers out of this deal. And Mikaela, too, got her Poppy, and new Uncle(s) Kyle, 'Ravis (Travis), and  Evan. She has been having a blast - the more people to climb on, the merrier!

#2) We're expecting another baby girl in 8 (yes, EIGHT) more weeks!! How did the time fly by so fast? Oh yeah, we have a three year old distraction this time around - of course. ;-)

#3) And thanks to my wonderful husband and in-laws, I'm now the proud owner of a super cool Samsung Galaxy SIII (see picture #2). Best Christmas gift ever!! Although . . . I'm not sure if they're already regretting this gift, since I now have the power to harass them with texts, and adorable pictures of Mikaela all day. ;-)

I promise not to harass you guys, but just in case you wanna be harassed . . .  you can always  *choose* to follow me here on instagram!
  
~ Mrs. Arcfide

She talks.

I finally got around to putting some batteries into Mikaela's new kitchen set.

Here she is, jabbering away into her now "working" phone. 

She talks. And talks. Non-stop.

PS: Be sure to check out some new videos I added to my You tube channel - including the ones of Mikaela and her adorable friends doing Gymnastics and Dance.

~ Mrs. Arcfide

Almost 3

She's almost 3! I hope you guys enjoy the proofs from her portrait session this afternoon. ♥  

~ Mrs. Arcfide

Mikaela Sings!

A Birthday-Mother's Day

It's a pretty sweet Mother's Day, when

your two year old wishes you, 

"Happy Birthday-Mother's Day!!"

Never mind that my birthday's actually in September. ;-)