In love with baby c

6 weeks today

My mothers day request... photo shoot with our fav photographer

Running errands is a little more challenging these days

Five weeks and growing

Baby C is growing fast and still a wonderful baby. Sleep is mostly great for a newborn... still sleep deprivation for parents, but I guess they don't come out sleeping through the night... Bummer for all of us! The most impressive thing that strikes us about her is her physical strength. She is really working hard to hold her head up and does so for pretty good periods of time. She even demonstrated great interest in tummy time and tried moving her body at the doctor's office last week... The most impressive thing is how aware of her hands she is... She seems to hold on to things, but could just be a coincidence. Us being parents of course think it is because of her outstanding intellect.

K is still being really good with C. Although she is definitely a bit louder as she transitions to being one of two kids instead of the only child... She seems to be taller this week... obviously time to go shopping for more clothes!

We are all trying to find more time in the day for everything, but hopefully things will get quieter soon. Especially as I finish finals and spring quarter tomorrow... Unfortunately Chloe doesn't have her passport quite yet so we are still trying to pick some domestic adventures for the between quarter break.

Baby c is one month old

more borrowed pics

Loving playing with R!

Having fun with the girls.

Mommy and K

Our beautiful big girl!

First bath.

Baby C is nocturnal

K pointed out that C is nocturnal. We were starting to agree after three nights of being up every two hours or so.. Last night she did better but who knows if we will see that again.. And we are not talking about it... because after all talking about it doesn't make it so with a baby.

Mother's Day... mommys everywhere

Celebrating Daddy's bday last night... Daddy's request ...family, pizza and beer...

A ride in a little car

K loves loves little cars and convertibles... Yesterday A showed up to take K for a ride in her tt... K was thrilled... She got to sit in the front seat.. another huge victory for a girl who wishes she could sit up there now. And they went shopping... K came home with a twirly dress with rhinestones and tons of excitement for her non Mommy girl adventure.

CAN'T SLEEP!

We were in the middle of our feeding last night when K screamed out... CAN'T SLEEP! Couldn't agree more... two minutes later as Baby C continued to fuss K said "Don't forget about me. I can't sleep." Of course T and I rushed into her room independently to chat with her about the fact that Baby C can be a bit noisy, we would do our best and we were sorry we had bothered her. I was in tears laughing so hard about the can't sleep comments as we are back in diapers, nursing and middle of the night wake ups. However we are just thrilled. I am finding the sleep deprivation much easier to handle. Baby C is an incredibly easy baby (just jinxed myself...) and we are doing fantastic as we have a great eater and a great sleeper. She is only waking up once a night and having her in our room has made me feel much less tired. Her doctor's appointment yesterday shows she has already gained an inch since last week. We are still working on getting her up to her birth weight - not sure how since we are a great nursing team.

We are also incredibly impressed with K as she is in love with her little sis. She comes to check on us any time she hears fussing. She even turned off George and came up yesterday to see what was going on - a major tribute since tv is pretty limited and George is one of her favorite things to watch. She is bummed when she misses a poop and asks about the poops she missed during the day. We are so proud of her and have promised her a dinner out as soon as I am a bit more mobile.

It is great to have the confidence of having one baby behind us. We are much more mellow about everything. Knowing this is my last baby I am really enjoying all the cuddles and snuggling you get with such a tiny little one. T as always is being incredibly supportive and helpful with my recovery (which is much slower than I would have liked) and doing a gret job taking care of Baby C and keeping K in her routine. My mom has been fantastic with all sorts of food, coverage and just great support. And our friends are just great... so many friends have brought us great meals, coffees (critical to my happiness) and offers of help. We feel really lucky.

One week as four

The best gma ever... our saviour this last week!

K is in LOVE with her baby sister!!!

Baby C is here and we are IN LOVE!