It's Friday - I'm in love

Week 7. You grew so much overnight, it seems. You are getting chubbier and chubbier. You have rolls on your legs and your 0-3 month clothes are not fitting that great anymore. You are putting yourself to sleep now. All I have to do is give you one of your favorite blankets (they are really soft) and you rub your cheek against it until you fall asleep. You would rather have it over your face, and if you get a hold of it you pull it over your face. It makes mommy nervous though so I try to keep you from doing that. You are starting to talk to us more and more and you love it outside. Your new favorite thing is to sit in the hammock outside in the evenings. The weather has been perfect for that lately. You just look around the whole time. When we are inside you enjoy looking out the windows. You are going to love playing outside when you get a little older. You are also smiling at us a lot more, especially in the mornings when it is just us.

It's Friday - I'm in love

Week 6. OK- I am totally stealing the title from nikki. I am also stealing another idea from a random blog. I am going to post a picture of Carolina every Friday because she was born on Friday. I think it will be fun to have these pictures to look back on as she grows.

Six weeks

It is amazing how quickly they go from this

to this

Her face has slimmed down and she is starting to get rolls on her legs. She has got nursing down great now and is eating like a champ without hurting mommy. She is sleeping for longer stretches and loves to be awake during the evening while everything is hectic (lots to look at). She travels so well. She has been to basketball games, soccer games, and softball games. She reaches for my face when I talk to her and just tries so hard to talk back to me. She loves to sing and bounce. It is going by way too fast!

One Month + 3 Days

The first month and I am late! Ha! Carolina, at one month you
~Love to make kissy faces
~Nurse on demand and you demand every 2-3 hours, except at night then it is as much as every hour
~Love to sleep in your car seat
~When we put you on your tummy you roll onto your back.
~Hate to be swaddled
~You make the cutest grunting noises
~Sleep from 11:00/midnight till 5:00/6:00 (which means mommy gets some sleep!:P)
~Cannot tolerate mommy eating dairy or drinking milk.
~You let us know when you are not happy, but you are a happy baby most of the time.
~Still hate getting your diaper changed
~Starting to tolerate bath time

I am sure I will add to that list as I think of it.
Here is a video of her rolling from her tummy to her back. I think she would take off crawling if her arms caught up with her legs. :)

Easter Sunday Part 2

Grace loves to sing and she has been very fortunate to sing in Church at Christmas and now Easter Sunday. There is no sweeter sound than your child singing praises to God.

Easter Sunday

Just some pictures from Easter Sunday. I did not get any of G&G with their baskets because they had gone through their baskets, inventoried the candy, and had it in their rooms before Sean and I even got up. Carolina had more pictures because she can't run from me and my camera yet! Ha! Sean's parents and sister were here and we really enjoyed their visit. They may never come again because we put them to work, hard work. We ( and by we I mean Sean's parents, sister, Sean, and my dad with some help from G&G) built a raised veggie garden that I am so excited about! Maria is a horticulturist with the Denver Botanical Gardens and she did my flower beds also! I am so excited about that because I do not know a lot about flowers, but I can water them once they are planted! So we had a very productive weekend, and I got to shower without the bouncy seat on the other side of the glass shower door.

Wordless Wednesday - Sweet Carolina

Battle of the Bow

I love bows. I don't go too crazy with the bows as big as her head, but I like bows. Carolina is developing her own opinion about them though. Sometimes she is just fine with them, other times she grabs them and pulls them over her eyes and fusses at me. She is a strong little booger and strong willed. She reminds me a lot of Grace as a baby. Anyway. I was trying to take some pictures and could not get the lighting right, and she found the bow. She would not leave it alone until I finally just took it off. I just thought it was funny.

Milk-a-holic

I just love it when she is done nursing. She is so happy and usually has milk all over her face!

I Am a Good Mom

I promise. We ran a few errands today. When we got home Miss Carolina was asleep in her car seat, so I just set it next to me. I looked down and she was sound asleep with her bow over her eyes. Instead of pushing it back into place, I went and got my camera and started taking pictures.

More Pictures

Here are more pictures for my sis. Oh, and here is a better shot of the hair. I will post more for you later!

Remembering Evan

1I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up
and have not let my foes rejoice over me.
2O LORD my God, I cried to you for help,
and you have healed me.
3O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol;
you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.
4Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints,
and give thanks to his holy name.
5 For his anger is but for a moment,
and his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night,
but joy comes with the morning.

6As for me, I said in my prosperity,
"I shall never be moved."
7By your favor, O LORD,
you made my mountain stand strong;
you hid your face;
I was dismayed.

8To you, O LORD, I cry,
and to the Lord I plead for mercy:
9"What profit is there in my death,
if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it tell of your faithfulness?
10 Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me!
O LORD, be my helper!"

11You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness,
12that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

This is what I want to say about the past year. This Psalm pretty much says it for me. I fell into a pit. I fall back into it every once in a while, but He pulls me out. I can look at Evan and remember his soft skin and his sweet feet and all the little things about him and rejoice because I had him. Don't get me wrong, I still fall, but I can pull myself back up. And if I can't pull myself back up He gives me a reason to. Looking forward to his first birthday I fell hard. Then Carolina was born during a time that was "Evan's time", but I realized that it was OK and it helped me out of the pit. I am thankful Evan was here. I would have loved to have had him for more than six days, but I have to trust God for his reasons and just be thankful to have had him.

One Week Old

It is amazing how fast this is going.

Remembering Evan

I just cannot wrap my mind around what I want to say today, so I will post tomorrow, or the next day, or whenever I can put two coherent sentences together. Evan, I love you and miss you so much every day.

 

 

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On March 12, 2009 I held Evan for the first time. Last night, while I was holding Carolina I realized that I was holding my daughter for the first time exactly one year later. For the past year I have had to trust God's timing. Now I am understanding. I was a basketcase. The past several weeks I have cried and not really been able to function. I was so scared of having the baby between the 10th and 16th. That was Evan's time. I was offered an induction date of the 18th and it was perfect. It was after Evan's time, it was the start of spring break. We would have time to get used to the baby before we *had* to be anywhere and we all would be home together for a week. Almost immediately after getting the induction date I started to swell and my blood pressure started to creep up. I called the doc on Thursday and went in. I had to be at the hospital at 8:00 that night and my baby would be born the next morning. March 12th. Labor was quick and painful (He broke my water around 8:00 and she was born at 9:13), and she was perfect. Sean was over there counting fingers and toes and asking questions and she is perfect. 9lbs and 3oz. perfect. Red headed temper perfect. Will not let us put her down perfect. So last night when I was holding Carolina I realized that God's timing is perfect. Not to say I won't question his timing again, but last night I understood. I was not at home barely holding it together. I was in the hospital, 3 miles from my home, holding my newest baby and thinking about how much she looks like her big brother.