Smiles

A little bit of a goofy pic, but those first smiles are tough to catch on camera! Johanna started to smile at four weeks, but I never got them on camera. Today I tried and she smiled big right away. She's getting big already! She's 5 weeks, 3 days today...and I'm going back to work tonight!

Career Day

What does Abigail want to be when she grows up?

A Doctor? Nope.

A Teacher? Nope.

A Mom? Nope.

A Singer? Nope.

A Waitress? Nope.

What then, you ask?

Well...a SUPER HERO of course! Today was Career Day at school. My darling five year-old insists that she will be a super hero when she grows up, named "Muscle Girl" no less. Here she is dressed for the day.

I am so proud. :)

Johanna - ONE month old

A Gorgeous Day!

What a beautiful day today! We couldn't let the gorgeous weather go to waste, so after school Henry, Johanna and I met some friends at the park and played for a long time! Henry loved it, Johanna loved it and I loved being outside. I put Johanna on a blanket on the grass and she was happy as can be for quite awhile. After playing we went to Captain Sundae for a slush for me and a Dora ice cream for Henry. What a fun afternoon!

My Youngest Two

Happy Birthday, Bec!

Happy 27th Birthday to my sister, Rebecca!

Easter 2009

Easter was a fun, busy day for us! We had church, dinner and an egg hunt at my parents and then supper and another egg hunt at Colin's parents' house. A great day all the way around!

A Quick Easter Bunny Visit

We definitely are more into the Christian Easter story over here, but we don't completely ignore the Easter bunny and egg hunts either! We don't do Easter baskets for our kids, but they do have an egg hunt at my parents' house and then another egg hunt and baskets at Colin's parents' house, so they do get into it a bit. Today Henry, Johanna and I went to Froggy's for lunch and a quick visit with the Easter bunny. Henry was a little apprehensive, but then said "Mom, I see boy or girl eyes in there." Nice. :)

Good Friday

It's hard not to get chills when watching or listening to this...

Second Half of Spring Break

Johanna and I went to church tonight for our Maundy Thursday service. It was a great service and a great reminder of this weekend and what it means to our Christian faith. She was perfect during the service so that was nice. :)

Colin and Henry should be back soon...they are driving back from Detroit as I type. I'm anxious to see them...I definitely missed my boys! Abigail will be back on Saturday and I miss her like crazy. The break has definitely been nice, but I'm ready to get my family all back home.

Johanna and I have had a good week. We've been busy! We went shopping in Detroit Sunday and Monday. On Wednesday Grandma watched her while I got my hair cut (which I needed SO bad!). Today Grandma watched her again so I could go to the Carter's Warehouse Sale. I cannot believe the amazing deals I got...crazy really. Johanna has been spoiled with love by Grandma...they are both going to go through withdrawal!

I am looking forward to this weekend. I really like Easter and love talking about it with my kids. Abigail loves to sing "Lift High the Cross" and it's truly beautiful when she does. That will be the next video on here when she gets back for sure.

Enjoy the rest of your week everyone!

Spring Break

We are officially on Spring Break over here. Abigail was done on Wednesday at noon and Colin went through Thursday. Thursday around 2:00 Abigail took off with Colin's parents for Florida. She's really excited to go with them for TEN days. I'm so glad she gets to go, but I do think I'm going to miss her. Right now the break is nice since she has to be constantly reminded not to smother her sister, but ten days is a long time. Colin and Henry left today and will come back on Thursday. I really wanted Colin home at the beginning and end of the break, but also know it's nice for he and Henry to go down there. I'm jealous and will miss it, but didn't think it would be a good idea for me to travel with a 2 week-old or this soon after my c-section. Next year we'll all go again for sure though!

We're doing well here...still adjusting, but doing well. Johanna enjoys sleeping most of the time. She also likes to spit up. Well, barf really. :) She actually went to the ER last night because she's been sleeping SO much, spitting up a lot and has a bad cough. After drawing blood (with is terribly pathetic on a 17 day old infant!) and doing a chest x-ray they determined it's just an upper respiratory infection, not pneumonia or anything serious like that. We are watching her weight and I'm trying to feed her more often to keep the little one healthy!

She's such a sweet little girl and generally content when she's awake. I love looking into her eyes and snuggling with her. I just love this newborn stage...love it.

I'm feeling great...really having a great recovery from this c-section. I'm so thankful for that. We've had so many wonderful friends and family bring meals and help in other ways...that really helps the healing process!

I'm looking forward to a little shopping with my mom, sister, Joshua and Johanna in the next couple of days. I love fitting into my old clothes, but could use some new stuff for sure. Hopefully we'll have some luck and the babies will cooperate!

Here are a couple new pictures of Johanna:

First time in her swing