'cause it all goes by so fast...

and it won't be too long until it will be impossible to remember that her hands were ever this small. Isn't it incredible that even with only a few weeks of life under her belt, she knows how to reach out and hold my hand?

Photos. That's all.

Hello from the Gang of Four. Too tired to talk. Here's pictures of the little and littler. Hope your Memorial Day is glorious.








OK, so I have to comment on this one. It looks like Harper just auditioned to be the leader of a gang of street dancers. If you know of such a gang, please let us know.

Little Miss M.

We are emerging from the fog. I got three straight hours of sleep last night and things are really looking up. (The three hours of sleep are because of an amazing product called the Miracle Blanket. It looks like a pink straight jacket but no new parents should be without one. I could not possibly be more serious about this.)

Little Margot is an amazingly sweet baby. She really only cries when she's hungry...did I mention she's a VERY hungry baby? The great news is that the minute I begin to feed her she's back to being her dreamboat self. I think we're going to keep her.

Welcome to the family, Margot. We're finally complete.

Playing Catch-Up

Hi there. We have hundreds of pictures of Margot doing exactly the same thing and we thought it was time to share some with you.

Margot is now about 10 days old and is growing accustomed to her home. During the day she's a real snooze-hound. At night, she isn't really sleeping that much which means we aren't really sleeping that much which means we're in about the shape you might expect for parents of a 10-day-old.

Luckily for us, we've been surrounded by generous mothers who are making it possible for us to focus on Margot for a bit before we take off the training wheels and square off as an official family of four.

Arriving home.



Mood swing.


Why am I on the floor?


Who cares. I'm going to sleep.

The day we brought Margot home was also her big Sister's birthday. Everyone tells you that the second child arrives way in advance of the due date so, for a foolish second, we actually thought of throwing Harper a birthday party on May 2 thinking that would have allowed plenty of time for an early arrival and getting home and settled, etc.

We decided to bump it a week because we remembered we're not stupid which is good considering the original plan would have had a mess of kids and their handlers in the backyard the day we got home from the hospital. So we planned Harper's birthday party for May 9, in the middle of what is apparently Nashville's rainy season. For a party scheduled to take place in the backyard and with no real plan B for a move inside, the scattered T-Storms that were predicted were worrisome.

Miraculously, the clouds parted, the crowd partied, and we all enjoyed the first sunny afternoon since before Harper's real birthday. It was right on time. Much love and Happy Mother's Day to everyone.

Margot Juniper Phillips: April 30, 2009

Three years ago next week we started trying to find a way to keep up with all of the changes that we knew were in store for us with Harper's arrival. We didn't want to forget them and we didn't want to forget to tell you about them.

Now, with the arrival of lovely, little Margot, we'll be hard-pressed to keep up with getting the laundry done and our teeth brushed. Tracking the exponential cuteness of a second subject while trying to keep up with Harper's (and Harper) seems impossible.

But then again the idea of Phillips Family of Four sounded impossible once upon a time too.

So, as with everything else involved in this amazing new phase, we're going to do our best. That's done okay for us so far. Stay in touch.

And without any further ado, ladies and gentelemen: Meet Margot!

A few hours old.

A few minutes old.

Harper trying on some gloves in the hospital.