Sleeping Hazel

It really is funny how different the two girls are. Helen never really wanted to be rocked or snuggled to go to sleep. Hazel loves it. If she could just lay on you and snuggle all day and night she would be in heaven. 

Snapshots of December.

Great Grandpa Donnie with Helen and Chloe. I think they are telling him what to eat.

Awe cute.....and quiet :)

Trying to be just like Daddy.

Stealing coffee

Snuggles

Family pic at Santa's Village

Baby 2 is 1 month old

I can't believe my 2nd baby is 1 month old already. It really is shocking. She started out so little compared to her sister. 

1. Weighed 8 pounds 5 ounces last week.

2. Wearing newborn clothes and diapers.  Does fit in some 3 month clothing, but definetly not pants. 

3. Has become much more alert. Follows us with her eyes. Has more awake time during the day. 

4. Sleeps 4-5 hours at a time during the night. Sleeps in late in the morning, around 9 or so. This is nice. 

5. Sleeps in rock n play at night. 

I can't believe how quickly time is going by. 

Baby #2

We welcomed Hazel 2 weeks before our scheduled date. She was so anxious to meet us.  Actually, my MD said it was probably the full moon that hurried things along :) Darn full moon. It is interesting how different this baby is from our first.

Loves to be cuddled and carried around all the time.

Girlie selfie! This is how most of our pics turn out.

Helen practicing babywearing. She is such a little helper.

Helen loves to help take care of her little sister.

What makes a 2 year old slow down? I tiny baby to cuddle with.

lil miss independent

love these two

smiles!

Impatient little girl

I woke up this morning at 0830, 21days away from my due date. We already have a cesarean scheduled for nov 20th, so we really didn't think to have much prepared before then. I was going to walk in on the 20th looking great, prepared for it, house cleaned, kitchen stocked, my sister watching helen.....    

Well this baby had different plans. I was pretty sure that my water had broke because you know...... There I was, alone with helen and nothing was packed. Thankfully I was able to get ahold of Ellen to come stay with her and mike was on his way. We got ready and threw a bunch of stuff in the bed to take along. I don't even have an outfit to take her home in.  There isn't even a car seat yet! Agh! 

Here I sit, #3 for afternoon cesareans. Thankfully there's nothing wrong that would make them push this along. Hopefully nothing happens with the other 2 moms that push me back even more :) 

Anxiously waiting!

riding the elevator to the labor and delivery unit

Little helper

Helen has become such a big helper. She likes to be in on anything I'm doing. We also dress similar at times. If I have a ponytail, Helen has a ponytail. If my hair is down......good luck getting the beloved ponytail in :)

She was so mad I was cleaning while she was eating. She had to get down and help.

laundry is our favorite

She's always so helpful......

She's really good at putting the clean clothes back into the dryer :)

Learning new things.

Oh wow.  Helen has been BUSY!

Potty training did not go as planned, but don't worry........at least she can curl her tongue :)

Great weekend!

We had a great family weekend. A lot of it was spent painting, but we did take time to get outside. 

Always a new adventure

Our little Helen is getting into everything. She likes to climb. She just climbed out of the playpen at daycare this week. We are hoping to keep her in the crib for a lot longer. She has sadly given up her naps and just takes one most days. This was especially traumatic for me. I count on her to nap on Mondays so I can sleep for my night shift. Her favorite things are Murphy, tipsy, Minnie, daddy, and mommy. She likes to yell "puppy" out the living room window. She tells herself to "sit down" when she knows she's not supposed to be standing on something. She also has a lot of baby babble that she has taught us, so we can understand her :)

Selfies at 16 months

Helen has discovered selfies. We have a lot of fun with them. It's crazy to think she is 16 months now. Her favorite foods are salsa and anything her parents are eating that we don't want to share. I don't think there is anything she absolutely won't eat. She's also rockin' out size 2t already. 

A warm day!

We finally had a day that we weren't freezing to death. I took the kids for a walk around the block. They both loved it!