Meeting Family

 Documenting is fun, good even.  So when Ken's parents came by for a short visit to meet Alice and say hello I made sure to take pictures right away. Chris and a friend of her's made a beautiful quilt for Alice which Kate promptly took as her own.  We had a lovely little visit and Alice had a lovely cuddle with her Nana.

Alice is Three Weeks Old

In honour of Alice being three weeks old I finally got around to snapping a picture of her with her Dad!

Alice being three weeks old also marks the debut of me being Mom to TWO for real.  What does that mean you ask?  Before today I hadn't had  both the girls all by myself (except for an hour the other day).  Ken has been here, or Kate has been at Antoinette's.  After three weeks of healing (and a pep talk from my sister) I'm feeling ready for the challenge.  And today, today was a great day.  We only had minor freak out time at lunch - and that was the girls, not me.  I napped as did Kate and Alice, I got some dishes done and I finished getting the birth announcements ready for the mail.  YAY!  I'm not deluded enough to think that every day will be like today, but for a first day I was happy.  I love my girlies!    (Oh and I love Ken too!)

Seasonal Madness

I laughed out loud when I came downstairs this morning and this is what I saw...

Kate loves her candy cane jammies and wears them frequently.  Sadly the Santa hat hasn't been put away yet so here she is March 11th, decked out like it's Christmas.  And to make the confession complete, her pumpkin bucket is still a favourite toy... we only put the nativity set away last week... and the Christmas decoration buckets are now in the hallway downstairs covered with a blanket because on the lid of the top bucket are a bunch of ornaments that need to be wrapped up and placed in the bucket... sad, very sad!

Kate's Birthday Part Two - The Balloons

Last year Kate's birthday balloon bouquet was AMAZING!  It lasted for months.  We all loved the balloons so much that I got her a balloon bouquet again.  This year it looked amazing, sadly the balloons started to deflate the same week that we got it and even sadder is that I never got around to taking a picture! (Sadder still I didn't take a picture because of our messy house.)  A few of the balloons are still inflated two months later and Kate still plays with them and carries them around which is why they haven't been disposed of yet. 

AND... today is Dad's birthday.  He wanted to be out of the hospital by today.  I've been weepy thinking about him.  He isn't in the ICU he's in rehab, so that's good, but they're still talking like it will be a month or two before he's strong enough to leave.  I love my Dad and I just want him home, we all do.  So my dear Dad, we will celebrate your birthday properly when you are out of the stinkin' hospital!

Alice is Two Weeks Old

Meeting Family and soon to be family

Today we had a lovely visit with Laura and her fiancee Joaquin - YAY for being engaged!  Alice slept for hours in Laura's arms.  Unfortunately I didn't get a picture with William... next time!

Alice the Model

My sweet friend Ruth Plumb came over today.  Not only did she take beautiful pictures of Alice she tidied and did laundry.  Yay for amazing friends.  Our family has been so blessed in the last week - more on that later!

 For now, here's Alice!!

The first few days

Ken went and picked up Kate and brought her to the hospital.  We cuddled. (Monday)

Some time early Tuesday morning Alice had her first bath.

I had some fun taking pictures of Alice.

After spending the day with us Ken went and picked up Kate to bring her to visit again.  (Tuesday)

This was spontaneous.

Sometime Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.

Already to go home - Wednesday, February 23.