Home Safe

Everyone (all 7 of us!) are home and happy and settling. Margaret made quite a splash upon her arrival home, and bedtime was pretty much bedlam. No pictures tonight. Sometimes it's better to to be in the moment than document it.

Introducing...

Margaret Jane Sadd. Born yesterday and weighing in at 7lbs 14oz and 20 inches long. She is beautiful and mom and baby are resting well. Here is a gallery with more shots. Thanks so much for all who called, texted, prayed or stopped by.

Tomorrow Morning at 6:00am

Time: 6:00 am
Place: Beaufort Memorial Hospital
What: Birth of Margaret Jane Sadd
What Else: That's all the news for now, more after she comes out!














Stock photo from Sadd archive. Not actual baby picture of Maggie!

The End of the Shaggy Dog

Here's what Beah looked like yesterday. She lost a lot of hair in the afternoon and will loose more this afternoon as we trim her coat. I have been forced to take the clippers to our beautiful beast in order to protect her from all of the sand spurs and cacti. Her long hair picked up every sharp object she touched before and was very hard for her. Once I am done, I will post more pics of our lean, not so mean, pup. In all other regards, she seems extremely happy to be with us at St. Christopher.
No little girls were harmed in the making of this picture. In fact one was delighted!

Fishing

Fishing. Calm, quiet, introspective, slow paced... well, only if you don't take 5 kids with you (we added a few Warners)! Not a bite for the first hour suddenly turned around when Caroline dropped in the cast net to bring up a dozen small fish and a few shrimp in one toss.
Then the fish started biting the lines and we pulled them in steadily for another hour!
Elaina and Caroline manned the cast net, Nate and I fished with poles, and Andrew and Noah were in charge of picking up loose fish and making sure they were put into and stayed in the big blue bucket. Since all but two were little ones, we kept them all together in a bucket which the shrimp kept jumping out of accompanied by squeals of joy from Noah and Andrew.
When it was all done we had gathered 33 fish and shrimp! We know this because the bucket got spilled at the end and the kids had a mad fish toss, counting as they went. Thirty three fish is a catch rate of more than one every two minutes for an hour.
And , of course, a fun shot of Elaina:

Visiting Angel Oak

Andrew and Elaina went on a visit a tremendous Live Oak tree near where we live called, the "Angel Oak." It's estimated to be around 1500 years old and, as you can see from the pictures, is simply immense. They spent a long time around the base and on some of the lower branches. Andrew brought back home a bag of acorns to which he has grown very attached. Now we just have to convince Molly not to try to eat them.