Sisters

Anna


Sophie (Unfortunately, I wasn't able to rotate this picture for the blog, but you get the idea).

All dressed up

We're still working on this sitting up thing. But Anna is doing great with being a big sister. Yesterday she was looking at her own baby pictures with Ben. She kept saying, "That's Sophie's pillow. That's Sophie's shirt," etc. But she doesn't seem to mind sharing.

June 19

One month old already! We can hardly believe it.

We had her one month check up yesterday. She weighs 9 lbs, 8 oz., 21 inches long (roughly 50th percentile for both height and weight) and the doctor says she's doing great. Anna was weighed, too, and she's up to the 25th percentile, and we are thrilled with that! Sophie also slept 5 1/2 hours straight last night, so we're all pretty happy this morning.

Early days

May 19, 2011, 11:08 am

She's here!!! Sophie Carol.



7 lbs, 2 oz., 20 inches long




Mom and baby doing well. We got to the hospital at 5 am that morning.





Anna is a natural big sister.



We're so happy to have help from Grandma! (Look how content Sophie is. There's no one like Grandma!)




Arriving home from the hospital.



First car ride. (Thanks to the volunteers at the hospital for knitting such sweet hats.)

Some spring photos

I've finally gotten around to uploading some photos onto the computer (time to free up the memory card for the BIG DAY!!!) Here are some highlights from spring. Their impact is somewhat diminished, I suppose, in that they go all the way back to March. We're in summer mode now. But still, it's fun to look back at the blossoms.













We thought we'd try out a new 'do on Anna. What do you think of the ponytail?



We've been letting our creative side out a little bit, too.







Ta-Da!!


(Ok, so maybe she had a little help with this...)



And finally, EASTER!!

Playgroup Easter Egg Hunt









She had a much better idea of what the fuss was about this year, although she was still more interested in simply being outside than picking up eggs. The first one she picked up, she put in one of her friend's baskets.

And finally, here is a "belly shot" from Easter morning.





Hard to believe it's May already.

Little visitor

A few weeks ago, during a rain storm, we had an unexpected visitor on our back deck. Anna was delighted.