Anna Kate: One Month Old

Anna Kate is ONE MONTH old today! I can hardly believe it (but, February was a short month, right?). And my day has been so crazy so far that I almost forgot to take pics of her today and blog this event..I need to get my priorities in order!!

And, will somebody please get this girl a pink bunny or something?? I looked for some sort of stuffed animal with which to compare her size to over the months...and I don't think she'd appreciate being compared to stuffed moose, but alas, that is all I could find today...

You continue to be a rather content baby...except for yesterday in which you had your fussiest day so far...but, you are sleeping great...a 6-7 hour stretch at night with another 4-5 hour stretch at night as well...you are eating great too! You are tolerating your big brother's attention well...he loves to put your paci in your mouth and tickle you when mama is not looking...
You still have a trace amount of fine strawberry blonde hair. It has not started falling out yet...

And I just put away your newborn clothes today! You never really fit in them for long, but I am succombing to the fact that you wear 3 month clothes now...

Happy One Month Birthday, Anna Kate!

Aquarium

Our goal was to have fun. And I think we did. Just kidding--we did. It was an adventure as a family of 4. From getting out of the house at 12:30pm, Rody missing a nap, breastfeeding in the corner of the turtle exhibit, I'd say it went well... *smile*

This 'n That

Our hearts and freezer are overflowing! Our freezer is overflowing with about 50 feedings of breastmilk bags...I don't know where to put them all--

And it's full with about a good 10 homecooked meals/casseroles/sides made by some of my sweet coworkers in our praying life group. We started a little praying life group/bible study this year. It has been amazing to get to know many of my coworkers on a spiritual level..what a blessing...and they sent a literal carload of food to our home on Monday...
And our hearts are full of baby girl and toddler boy love...
She changes everyday. She is already getting some chubs on her bones...

And she is close to starting to "coo" and talk to us

And this energizer bunny keeps us on our toes...

Good Morning Sunshine!

I love the stage where the babes stay where we put them!

This picture of AK reminds me of Rody...I definitely see a resemblance!

And this is my sweet friend, Sara, whom I teach with, that brought up all the goodies from the praying life group. She is 26 weeks pregnant with her first!

Welcome Lily Ann Rose Cole

Lily was born on thursday evening...I believe she was 6lbs. 11 ounces and 19 inches long!

Welcome, Lily!

I love seeing Stephanie as a mommy!

Anna Kate: Three Weeks Old

Wow...time does really seem to fly....Anna Kate is three weeks old today! She is still a great baby...sleepy very well throughout the night (at 5-6 hours stretches, with another 3 or 4 hour stretch through the morning hours). She is nursing fabulously too...and this time around I have a freezer full of milk already. I got mastitis with Rody two times in 6 weeks because lactation consultants told me not to pump...well, with her, she is satisfied with just one side, so most feedings I pump the other side...and well, I literally could feed a village! She actually sort of enjoyed her bath last night...

And is still tiny, but definitely getting bigger! (sniff, sniff)

Hard to belive Rody used to be her size too!

And the fun hairpieces continue...

Happy Three Weeks Anna Kate!

Anna Kate 2 weeks old

Caleb came up for the day on Sunday. He is Anna Kate's first aunt or uncle to meet her!

Anna Kate is two weeks old today! It is crazy to think about for me...I'm still feeling remarkably well for 2 weeks out and she is still sleeping great at night! I think she would sleep a straight 8 hours at night if I would let her. I set my alarm at about the 5.5-6 hour mark for her first in the night feeding...then she will sleep another 4 hour stretch before we start her day feedings of every 3 hours or so...

Sunday was also our first time back to church in two weeks. It was definitely different trying to get ourselves ready and two children...we had 2 kids and about 4 different bags/purses that we carried around...it was quite an ordeal. But, we made it to church on time and Anna Kate did great...I had to slip out just as the sermon was starting to feed her, but I was not alone in the nursing mom's room--there were about 4 other ladies with their infants in there with me....

And our "almost" two year old boy...he is still just 22 months...I don't want it to speed up at all. He is speaking in sentences now and definitely expresses what he wants. He loves to play with his cars, blocks, and trains. He also loves playing in his fire truck. He gives the moose, duck, and bear rides in his fire truck...He is so sweet to Anna Kate as well..always giving her kisses and hugs. He wants to make sure she always has her blanket and paci as well. He is also a good helper in that he throws away some of her diapers for me...he loves to put anything in the "uck" as he says. It is definitely a challenge to balance my time on two children. And Rody takes advantage of the times that I am feeding Anna Kate to try to "test" us...we're working on it. He is just so sweet and getting more independent (which makes me kinda sad...)

He is still a great sleeper...which helps me get more sleep too! He loves to get underneath his two blankets and "bear" as he calls it...

And here are some pics of his craft time with Grandma Kia...