Here are some more recent pictures of pretty little Maybelle. The two in her carseat were just taken today as we were on the way to a sushi restaurant. Maybelle's first trip to a restaurant since birth! She was perfect, sleeping peacefully in her car seat the whole time we were there. Just wanted you all to see how beautiful she is!

Maybelle Biffle-Piepmeier

 
Maybelle was born approximately 5 weeks early on August 24, 2008, at 2:07 am. Mama and baby and Daddy are all resting and recouperating as best they can - some better than others. :-) Maybelle was 5.5# and 17 inches long. She's beautiful, as I hope you can see around the tubes and stuff attached to her in the neonatal nursery.

Back Yard Changes

We've had some changes in our back yard since Christmas. Our neighbor approached us about some trees on his property but our side of the dividing fence. The trees were showing signs of decay, and there was some concern that if they fell they would damage either their house or ours. While the workmen were here to take down the agreed-to trees, others were found to need to go - either because of decay or because they would be knocked down when the big ones were taken. Here are some photos I took soon after the day they were here. It took almost 1 1/2 days to get it all done.

This is not the time of year to do grass seeding or sodding, so the landscaper will come back in March to make the yard prettier. We also plan to get a tree to replace the one by the garage that was taken.