Week 2

Zoe and Kylee

Zoe introducing Kylee to Umizoomi on her DVD player ;)

Bunny Jammies

Playing ball with Daddy

Uncle Greg, Zach, and Jadyn with Kylee

Jadyn held Kylee

Jadyn thought Kylee was hers, she said, "Mine"

Auntie Heather, Jadyn, and Kylee

Ryder wasn't too sure at first...

but then was intrigued.

Picture DayStill calm despite an upset baby sister...

Big Sis is holding tight...

Kisses!!!

Uncle Todd and Kylee

Week 2 has gone fairly smoothly. On Monday, Auntie Heather, Uncle Greg, Zach, Ryder, and Jadyn came to visit to celebrate Zoe's birthday and to meet Kylee. The cousins played inside and outside. They played dress-up, dolls, baseball, rode bikes and scooters, played on the swing set, and they rough housed with Shaun. The kiddos were so excited to meet Kylee and Jadyn just couldn't resist sneeking a peek any chance she got. The twins actually held Kylee. Jadyn was thrilled, but Ryder was much more reserved and timid. After a minute, he was okay with it and seemed pretty proud of himself. On Tuesday, Shaun went back to work, so that began my days mostly on my own. My mom took half days Tuesday through Friday to help with nap time juggling and Thursday she helped with our outing to get the girls' pictures taken. That was a great set up. The mornings are pretty smooth. I even ventured out on a longer walk with the girls to the park on Wednesday. There were no real expectations for the trip, but everything went very well and Zoe played for a little over a half an hour at the park. Pictures were a MAJOR success this time!!! I was so pleased. Shaun and I have been so disappointed with the picture places lately, so I set my expectations for that experience very low and was instead, very pleasantly surprised. When I get the photos, I will post them. Kylee has developed her fussy time (due to gas) around bedtime...not ideal for Daddy, seeing as he is best at soothing her at that time. That means Daddy is a bit zombie-like for work in the morning, but we are working to alter that time. Hopefully we can get that under control, then we would have no complaints. She eats and sleeps well and snoozes for 3-4 hours at a time at night. Next week I will have the girls all to myself, so we shall see how it goes!!!

Happy Third Birthday Zoe!!!

April 11th was Zoe's third birthday. We cannot believe our baby is already three and that she has a little sister now too! I wanted to make it as special as possible and give Zoe all the attention she deserves on her birthday. She woke up to find a new wardrobe for dress up clothes, built by Jeff. He did a great job. I gave him a picture of one that I found in Pottery Barn Kids and I wasn't about to pay an astronomical amount for it, so Jeff said he could make it. It turned out great and Zoe loves it! She hangs up her clothes and plays dress shop with us now. Plus her baby sister got her a dress up trunk and we supplied the summer wardrobe. She went to lunch with Daddy, Nana, and Uncle Todd and Grandma and Grandpa came over with Chinese for dinner. Grandma helped me out and made Zoe a heart shaped cake. We sang her Happy Birthday and she blew the candles out before we could finish. Daddy relit the candles and she blew them out for a second time after we were finished singing.

The First Week

Eskimo Kisses
Daddy and Kylee

Last Shot Before We Went Home

Thursday, April 12th

April 13th

Jeff and Kylee

Snuggling with Kylee

April 14th

This week has been good. Kylee is getting used to being at home and is adjusting very well. We couldn't be any luckier! The goal that I had for Kylee was to breastfeed her instead of pumping like I had to do with Zoe because she never latched. We have success!!! She struggled a bit and I was beginning to get discouraged until Wednesday and Kylee was coming around. I took Kylee in for a lactation consulting appointment on Thursday and found that she had lost 10% of her body weight. That is the key number and the consultant told me that the doctor may make me supplement. I was bummed, but after my appointment with the lactation consultant, she had full confindence that Kylee would be just fine. She wanted me to start feeding her every two hours and go back in to reweigh her the next day. I was able to successfully feed her every two hours and when we went back in the morning to the office, the lactation consultant weighed her and was pleasantly surprised that she had gained 3 oz.!!! She said she would have been happy with 1 oz. I was so relieved and I am so excited that Kylee is such a champ and has persevered! She sleeps well and puts up with her sister poking and proding her, kissing her and snuggling her. It will be so fun to see our girls grow up together. They will learn so much from one another.

Hospital Visitors

Nona, Tasia, and Zoe Visited
Nona

Nana

Tasia and Zoe

Uncle Todd

YiaYia

Papa

Grandma

We had a few visitors to the hospital while we were there. We were only there one full day, so many of our friends and family had other things going on and weren't able to visit. Our extra special visitors were Nona and Tasia from Montana. Kylee came in the knick of time and Nona and Tasia were able to swing by prior to going to the airport. We are so glad that it worked out and they were able to see Kylee before they went back to Montana. In addition to them, we had Nana, Uncle Todd, Papa, YiaYia, and Grandma come to visit us. Kylee is so lucky to be so loved already!