Annabelle is 1 month old!

Yesterday Annabelle turned one month old.  I took her to the doctor for a weight check and she weighed 7 lb, 14 oz.  Here are a few pictures from this week.

Annabelle with her "1 mo" sticker on...

Annabelle went to church for the first time on Sunday.  She looked so cute in her adorable little dress...

We moved Annabelle out of her infant sleeper in our room and into her crib this week. 

One of Caden's friends had us over for an Easter party and egg hunt yesterday.  This was Caden's first easter egg hunt.  We have another one this Saturday, so the kids are getting a few opportunities to wear the Easter bunny shirts that I appliqued for them. 

Caden had a blast. 

We tried to round all the kids up for a picture, but they weren't interested. 



Annabelle is 3 weeks!

Yesterday Annabelle turned three weeks.  She's been such a good baby so far.  Here are a few pictures from her first few weeks.

Exercising on her back in a onesie that I made for her.

Resting in her swing.

Here are Mommy, Daddy and Annabelle before A's first appointment at the pediatrician.

I bought "month" stickers to take a pic of A each month w the corresponding sticker.  Here's the first picture...

A's first tummy time...



Caden's "baby"

Caden is such a great big brother.  He's so interested in taking care of a baby, he's started treating his monkey like his baby.  He's been changing his diaper, fedding him, putting him to bed, reading to him, etc.

Here he is putting his baby night night with a bottle and a paci.

Here he is reading to his baby. 

& feeding his baby. 

He asks to hold Annabelle sometimes.  Here he is holding her.

One of Annabelle's onesies matches a pair of Caden's pj's.  Here they are in their matching tops.

Caden enjoys spending tummy time with his sister.





Potty time

So Caden has been fairly interested in the potty off and on over the past two months or so.  There have been more times than I can count that he's asked to sit on the potty.  He has yet to actually go on it until last night.  I have absolutely no desire to attempt potty training anytime soon, but when he asks to go, I oblige.  But last night when he was sitting on the potty before his bath, he actually went.  He was so proud of himself.  Here's a pic of him on the potty.

Annabelle had her newborn pictures yesterday.  It'll be about 2 weeks before the photographer has all the pictures ready for us, but here are a few preview pictures that she prepared for us.

I love her little smirk in this picture.

I took this picture over the photographers shoulder with my iphone.  She looks so precious...I can't wait to see what the photographer got with this pose.



Annabelle Julia Jolly

Annabelle Julia Jolly was born on Tuesday, February 28 at 2:11pm.  She weighed 7lb, 3oz and was 19 1/2 inches long.  We're adjusting to having a newborn again, but overall she's been a pretty good baby this first week.  Caden seems to be doing pretty well with her too.  Saturday morning, the day after we came home from the hospital, he walked into our bedroom and said, "baby night night, diaper, eating?"  It took him less than a day to realize eat, sleep & pooh are all she does right now :).

Our last picture as a family of three before we headed to the hospital last Tuesday.

Right after birth... 

Getting checked out...

Meeting Mommy...

Meeting Daddy...

Thursday morning Caden, Nana, Mimi, and Tia came up to the hospital to visit.  Here's Annabelle meeting Caden...

With Mimi...



With Nana...

With Tia...

Friday we headed home from the hospital.  Here's Annabelle and Mommy before we loaded her in her car seat.

And here she is in her seat...

Zoo & haircut

We had a busy week last week.  I wanted to do as many fun things as we could, since we'll basically be housebound for a few weeks after baby girl arrives.  We had our last art class on Tuesday.  Caden painted a giraffe, which is perfect, since he loves talking about giraffes and their long necks.  Thursday after his nap, we went to the zoo.  Unfortunately, I didn't realize that the zoo closes early in Jan & Feb, so we only had about 45 minutes to walk around.  He definitely enjoyed it, though.

I couldn't believe how close this lioness was to the glass.  I don't think I've ever seen a lion this close.  I got this shot of Caden a split second before sheer terror came over his face and he began crying.  Poor guy doesn't understand that she can't come through the glass.

Of course, we had to see the giraffes. 

We also saw a gorilla.  It was nice to see one this trip because they were off hiding somewhere when we went to the zoo in December with Wyatt.  This guy was walking right toward us as we walked up, but he turned around to sit down before I could get my camera out.

We saw a baby chimp.

On Friday I took Caden to get his first professional haircut.  I've cut his hair several times, but I just haven't had the energy to cut it lately, so it had gotten pretty long.  He was a little unsure, but overall he did great!



Unless she decides to come on her own, we're set to check into the hospital late Tuesday morning.  My op time is 1:30pm, so she should arrive around 2pm.  We're all set up and ready for her.  Brian set up the pack 'n play in our room today, reassembled the swing and bouncer, put her carseat in the car, and put together our new double stroller.  Caden repeatedly asked for rides today.  Here he is getting a ride on the patio.

One week or less...

No later than one week from today we'll get to meet our sweet baby girl!  I'm so excited, and I'm detinitely ready to not be pregnant anymore :).

We've had some gorgeous days over the past week, so I finally took Caden to the Arboretum to do one last "photo shoot" before baby girl arrives.  Here are a few shots of him from last week in his Valentine's shirt...


I'm getting close to being done with all the projects for baby girls room.  My project Sunday afternoon was to make a lampshade for her room.  My inspiration was this rose lampshade from Pottery Barn Kids.

So I took a green lamp shade that I used in Caden's nursery...

Painted it pink, and then glued hydrangeas to it...

And here it is in her room...sorry for the horribly dark lighting.  I took this pic with my phone.