Off to America for the first time!

Thanks to the British Government for allowing up to one year maternity leave and lots of "holiday" time so Wayne and I could take Rebecca to New York for 4 whole weeks! We spent a lot of time hanging out at Nana and Opa's pool which was heaven! I met all my cousins Andrew, Emily, Katie, Peter, and Annie. My Uncle Matt and Aunt Lisa and my Uncle Pete and Aunt Mary...it was really fun!

Do I look spoiled much? My Aunt Lisa and cousin Emily cuddled me loads and spoiled me rotten! I can't wait until we meet them in Ireland in June!

5 weeks old already?!

Well, I think parenthood is really just a bunch of cliches come true...especially time flies when you are having fun! Here is Becks at 5 weeks and a photo of my mate (and possibly future husband) Sam in his Yankees outfit.

The boys are all in shock, it's normally a pint that they are holding on a Saturday afternoon, oh how life has changed...

Nana arrives to save the day!

My mom landed on July 8th to help us in our sleep deprived cluelessness. Nana was such a huge help, not just for the shopping and the cooking (yes, those of you who know my mom, she came out of her cooking retirement and kept Wayne and I fed and watered her whole visit), but mostly for the endless answers to all our first time parent questions. Nana seemed to enjoy her daily walk, aka break from us, as she wandered around enjoying village life. She came back daily filling me in on who she ran into and who said congratulations on the baby - I suppose the accent may have given her away... With mom's jetlag and our lack of sleep, we did have a few laughs, but Rebecca is really missing Nana's magic shoulder - guaranteed to get her burping!

Fourth of July 2008

Welcome Rebecca Hilton! Forget bbq's and fireworks - this 4th of July brought us Mary Rebecca Hilton. (Although my parents did go out and buy a birthday cake for the bbq they were having in New York when they found out I was in labor!) Rebecca weighed in at 8lb 1oz and was 22 inches long.