Rory James Taylor!

T2 has a name and it is Rory James Taylor! He arrived one week early on Saturday, January 22nd at 9:36am. Al and I arrived at the hospital around 9:05am so it was another speedy delivery! He is amazing and it is so fun to already see how different he is from his big brother.

A big thanks to Judie, Pat and Bob who looked after Aidan while Al, Rory and I had our two nights in the hospital. I was so thankful to Al who got us a private room and stayed with us for both nights.

So far Aidan and Rory are getting along well. Aidan likes to point at him and say "baby" and grab his feet, hands and nose and Rory doesn't seem to mind. It was also great that my Mom and Dad came for a week to provide Aidan with 24/7 attention and taught him some new "tricks".

Rory came into this world 40 hours after his cousin Grace Elizabeth Mogensen! My sister and Mark welcomed the little lady two weeks early and she is adorable. Al and I are so excited to have a niece and I can't wait to shop in the girls section!

Gracie is the cutest little thing and I can't wait to get her and Rory together for their big joint Baptism in March!

For pictures from Rory's first week, click here:

http://gallery.me.com/nora.taylor#100230

Countdown to T2

T2's arrival is getting closer and closer and I've been lucky to spend some alone time with both my boys.

Pat and Bob took Aidan for three nights and Al and I spent one night at a beautiful Bed & Breakfast in Bedford, NY. It was so warm and cosy and we pretty much ate and slept the whole time...it was great!

It was a snowy drive but the next day was beautiful. Here is Al on our way to breakfast.

Here it is, the Bedford Post Inn.

Saturday night we lived like it was 2004! Taking the subway, walking up and down stairs and escalators and having no schedule just walking around the city. It was great!

Being careful not to play favorites with my two boys, Aidan and I were lucky enough to be asked to help our new friend Mary. Mary has been working hard developing her photography company--Tears of Joy Photography and was interested in taking pictures of us to show samples of how she could do a maternity shoot. The pictures turned out better than I ever thought. Especially since Aidan was on nap strike on Tuesday and wasn't at his best. Here is the link to Mary's blog and website. If you are in the New York/New Jersey area, I HIGHLY recommend using her.

http://www.tearsofjoyphotography.com/2011/01/12/maternity-njnyc-photographer-getting-ready-in-tribeca/

Happy New Year!

I cannot believe it is 2011! The craziest thing for us is that T2 will be born not only this year but this month! I am due January 29th but as my doctor said yesterday, "If you go into labor now there really is no reason to stop you." Wow! Of course Aidan is counting the days to being a big brother and sharing the spotlight. Here is a wrap up of our 2010/2011 weekend...

Pat and Bob were super-Grandparents and watched both Ryan and Aidan on New Year's Eve. Rob and Beth went to a black-tie wedding and Al and I went to Chili's and saw True Grit. As you can see...Pat and Bob had a rockin' night with their two Grandsons!

The best part of the weekend was seeing our friends Jess and Brian O'Hagen and their two kids Mia and Luke. They were in town for the holidays visiting Brian's family and we were able to squeeze in a visit. Here is Al with Luke and Mia practicing having two kids and Aidan is sweeping.

Aidan and Mia picked up where they left off and Luke is a little angel and just chilled. Here is Aidan making a run for it after stealing his pacifier from his diaper bag and Mia trying to "borrow" it.

Mia is amazing! She is talking so much and is so cute. Jess asked her to give Aidan a hug and she went for it!

She REALLY went for it!

I believe there was a similar scene when Jess met Brian.

Aidan wasn't completely innocent though.

Now taking a little rest. It was so fun to see them together again but really made me miss London and all of our London friends.

So...Happy New Year again and I hope that 2011 is treating all of you well!