If you nurture a bean spout, eventually you get a bean stalk.

We have a Bean stalk growing in our house- a full-fledged Jack the Giant Killer kind of bean stalk...on the inside anyway.

Isobel is two and 1/2 - and boy how very two she is! She has such a zest for life and brings such happiness, fun, spice and joy to our home. I reflect back on our lives before Isobel and I wonder how we ever managed.

When you are born weighing a pound and a half, life has some rough spots. Isobel's life has had it's share of rough.