October 2009

Here are some pictures from the month of our precious girls.

Katherine was in the Northridge Homecoming parade with Andrew. Isabella and I opted not to participate. :-)

Katherine's hair is getting longer and curlier. I've had to start using Redken product on it to keep it under control. Katherine has serious bed head after her nap.

One Month Tomorrow

Isabella will be one month old tomorrow. We're adjusting well. I'm back leading all rehearsals at church and coming to the office in the mornings. Isabella has come with me the past few days and does great. She just sleeps on the futon.

The choir had a "pampering shower" for us a couple of weeks ago at the first Wednesday rehearsal that I was back. Kay Vaughn made the cake, and it looked just like a pampers box - so cute!

We took Isabella to church this past Sunday for the first time. She was dressed up in a little blue dress that Katherine also wore on her first Sunday at church. I picked out blue clothes for all of us, and we were going to take a great family picture right after the choir rehearsed, so then it wouldn't matter if we all got wrinkled or dirty or whatever. Well, I had been sitting in the sanctuary for about 10 minutes holding Isabella listening to the worship team, and she spit up pretty much her entire bottle all over her dress. It went everywhere. So, we're all in our picture outfits, and Isabella is in PJs!

Going Home

Isabella opted to stay two extra nights for the free spa treatment before going home with us. It was hard to leave her Thursday night, but we knew she would be taken care of and needed to stay to get rid of her jaundice. It also gave us a chance to get the house ready for her. She came so early, we were not quite prepared for her at home yet.

Katherine was so excited to pick Isabella up from the hospital. So were we!!!

Sisters!

Katherine was sooooooooooo excited to meet Isabella. She is very sweet to Isabella and wants to hold her, feed her, kiss her and share her toys. So precious.

Isabella is Here!

Isabella decided to come three weeks early! She made her appearance at 1:46pm yesterday. She was 7 pounds, 19 inches, so I'm glad she was early. She is currently in the NICU because of fluid in her lungs, but she should be out in a few hours. So, here are just a few pictures. I'll update more later.

Still here...

We are still here. We've just been a little busy. August was consumed with getting ready for Holly Howard's wedding on August 22. I was the coordinator / director and helped Amber & Holly almost every day. I don't have any pictures of Patrick & Holly together, but here are some others...

Thursday night, we made cookies at our house for the favors. They turned out really cute, but it was after midnight before we finished.While Amber & I were out running last minute errands, the kitchen was overtaken with flour.

Friday, we arrived at church at 9am to begin setting up for the reception and ceremony. It was a long day of setting up tables, ironing tablecloths, bringing in ferns and other supplies from Jen. There were lots of helpers which made it a little easier. Friday night's rehearsal ended up being in the dark. The lights in the sanctuary were struck by lightning. Thankfully we had some lights for Saturday. Sara put a balloon in her shirt to pretend to be pregnant.

Holly had her three sisters as bridesmaids: Lauren, Sara, and Kendall.

The Howards being goofy during picture time. Saturday went very well. The ceremony was smooth, and the reception was beautiful. We were all wiped out when it was over.

The past couple of weeks, we've been getting ready for Isabella: going through Katherine's old clothes, washing bouncer and car seat covers, organizing closets and drawers for the girls to share a room. Katherine likes to sit in Isabella's stroller to watch Veggie Tales. She's even asked to take a couple of naps in Isabella's bed. Pretty cute now - praying that the transition will be smooth for her once Isabella arrives. My official due date is 4 weeks from tomorrow, but like most pregnant women, I wouldn't mind if she arrives early.

10 Years

Andrew & I celebrated our 10 year anniversary last Friday. We went back to The Victoria, a bed and breakfast in Anniston, where we spent our two night honeymoon. There is not much to do in Anniston, but that was just fine. We got lots of sleep, enjoyed the pool and got to eat out a few times. The one adventure we did take was to Mt. Cheaha, the highest point in Alabama. We cheated and drove to the observation tower at the top. Isabella will be here in 2 months. I was not thinking and climbed to the top of the tower. About halfway back down, I thought my legs would give out.

Andrew wants to go to the highest point in all 50 states. This was the second on his list.

Of course, no post is complete without a picture of Katherine. I gave Andrew an IPhone for Father's Day. He has downloaded lots of games for Katherine, and she can stay entertained by herself with them for at least 20 minutes. It's fun to watch her play them, too. Lauren gave her this hat, which she loves to wear even though it's blazing hot outside.

One of the teachers in Katherine's summer class likes to put her hair in pigtails. Katherine calls them "veggie tails." She hasn't quite distinguished them from her movies. I have no idea how the teacher gets her hair up. It's all I can do to get her hair combed in the morning.