SMILES!

She smiles more everyday; I couldn't resist posting these!

5 YEARS!!

Happy Anniversary to Us!

Here is to...
5 amazing years together,
living in 4 fabulous cities,
making 2 beautiful babies,
and innumerable memories.

On to the next adventure...

I love you, Rob!

Happy Easter!

Here are some pictures of ours:

Bennett loved searching for eggs in Grammy
and Bumpa's yard. The hunt slowed way down
once he realized that there was something inside those
eggs!

This was our first road trip since the baby was born. It was
really sweet except for Bennett's yucky cold

He was able to forget about the said
cold during the festivities

The lupine in my parents meadow is so lovely this year!
(Stacy, are you reading)?

My Mom sets the table so beautifully, doesn't she?
(By the way, Rob makes of me for taking photos like this)

We had to practically set him on top of some
of the eggs before he noticed them :).

Thank you, Grammy and Bumpa for a wonderful weekend! We always enjoy being at your house. You are so generous to us, and the kids are lucky to be spoiled by you with love and treats!!

The Randall's Visit-dedicated to Auntie CoCo, who is very missed

Hey everybody,
I haven't been around the blogging world much lately...

We have actually had a lot to share, but the computer hasn't been home. Rob has needed the Mac at work for stuff he can't do on a PC. So the blog (and, more importantly, my record of Elodie's first few weeks) has suffered at bit.

Elodie is 7 weeks now-can you believe it? She is a sweet, sweet baby. She is smiling a lot, and cooing more and more everyday. The biggest, and probably the most pleasant surprise about her is that she sleeps! She goes right to bed with us and just wakes up once or twice to nurse and then falls back asleep-amazing! She and I are still working nursing out. It has been tough, but she is persistent (the lactation lady says, "she's a feeder!"), and I am really determined. We are doing really well over all. We are still adjusting to some degree. I, for example, have not attempted to grocery shop on my own with the two of them. Oh, I can't neglect to mention that she is over 11 lbs. and 23 inches. She is in the 97th percentile for her age; not that I really care about percentages except to know that she is a big, healthy girl!

We have had some great visits lately with family and friends, so hopefully I will do some catch-up posts. Here are our pics. of last week's visit with the Randalls-it was so much fun. Tommy, Ally, and Tara finally got to meet the baby, and Bennett loved hanging out with his cousins.

Admiring his new cousin

The boys had fun getting soaked in the backyard

And then they needed a bath
(Tommy is so shy, isn't he)?

This is the biggest smile we can get out
of B. lately as he says, "cheeeeeese!"

Auntie Tara looks pretty happy to hold her neice!
She was super helpful, and even took Bennett
to the mall one day (his favorite)

Grammy and Bumpa were here for a quick visit

That was our visit! Hopefully El. can meet her Uncle Josh soon (someone's gotta work, though, right?)!

A Little Bit of Bennett

Here are a couple of clips of the boy. The first is really quick, something he likes to do when his shirt is off. Next, he wanted to show his singing skills; when the camera turned on, he became a little bit shy.

First Week

Here are some photos of our first week at home. She is 3 weeks today, and already it feels that time is flying by. I'm too tired to write more, but here is a little insight:

Snuggling her Dad

First time Holding his little sis

My Babies

Hanging out on Daddy's lap while he gets some work done

Bennett made Elodie smile from thse start!

More Hospital Pics.

Hi everyone,
It has been awhile; we have more recent pictures, but I can't help but post a few more from the time we were in the hospital-it was so special. Hopefully I will come back and do a true update post soon, but I am not making any promises. I am guessing that the blogging is going to continue being a little sparse for a while! Monday was Elodie's 2 week birthday, so I wanted to honor the occasion. I thought that by this time I would have written out her (amazing) birth story, and put up a bazillion photos...Ha! Not quite.

Probably her first picture taken. I know she has goopey stuff all over her eyes, but I think she looks beautiful. Don't you want to kiss that little mouth? I can, because I'm her Mom :)!

Proud Grandpa/Gramps

Bennett and Bumpa (my Dad). B. was so excited to hang out
with all of his grandparents.

Elodie and Noni (Rob's Mom)

Elodie and Grammy

Sharing the Love

This pic. is a bit scary, but I had to put it up. I will never forget how happy I felt. It was amazing to go from the intensley difficult experience of labor to inexplicable joy- in an instant (literally). The moment she came out, I just couldn't believe she was here. I kept saying, "We did it! We did it! She's here, we did it!" Rob was like, "No babe, you did it." I honestly feel like I could not have made it through without Rob there helping me, though, and that little girl fought her way into the world. I think she is ambitious like her Dad.

Side note: I wasn't allowed to sit up for awhile because of my stinky blood pressure.
That is why I lounging.

Daddy couldn't be more proud!

First picture of the three of us (and the only one we
took of Rob and I together). The dude who
wheeled me out of the hospital took this.

This is what we found when we came home from the hospital. Grandpa,
Noni,and Bennett happily hanging out (oh, and a clean house-thank you!).
Rob's parents were up the week before Elodie came, and that was
so great not just for the time together, but it really prepared Bennett
to be cared for by them while we were away at the hopital for a couple
of days. That was one of my biggest concerns before going into labor, simply
because we had never left him. It went GREAT!
We were (and are) so thankful for the time they took from work to care for our little guy.
It helped that they like him a lot, I am sure!

I hope to be back soon...we need to share more "since we have come home" photos. It has been a rough week and a half for me physically, I have had every boob-affliction under the sun. Between sweats and chills, I couldn't bring myself to the computer. But I am on the mend, and our little angel baby deserves to be shown off!