Thank You Nana!!!

THANK YOU NANA!!!






We owe my mom a HUGE thank you- thank you thank you thank you. When I was in the hospital with Ivy for delivery and recovery, my mom stayed at our house so that Eric could easily go back and forth and Brooks would have someone he knows and loves around to play with. Then, just a week later, she was back here for 4 wonderful days to help me out with the 2 of them when Eric went back to work. My mom & dad drove back and forth a ton and they brought us dinners and goodies to help get by since we are in adjustment/survival mode. It was so nice and was very appreciated. As you can tell above- my kids love their Nana. Brooks was even calling her Nana unprompted- that is huge from the little guy with little words!
So thank you mom- it was so great having you here and you were such a help!

Other shots from the week
and an up close shot of Ivy's beautiful smile (aka gas at this point)


Aunt Sarah came to visit to meet Ivy and play with Brooks- it was a fun time and great to see her!


Look at the ruffle butt! We love the outfit Aunt Ali!

More sibling love


Beautiful girl!


Great shot with Uncle G and Nana & Grandpa (whom B calls Nana and Paw)




More shots of the kiddos- we have some good looking kids if I do say so myself.










Brooks learned how to shut the blinds but not open them- so this is how he watches Ming & the birds LOL


Tried to get a good shot with the 2 while Nana was here to pick up the camera- it is hard to get 2 kiddos looking!

Days 6-10

Things are going well at home- hard to believe it has already been a week since we brought Ivy home.

Her umbilical cord fell off already- day 4! Wow that is early, but the Dr. said it looked good. Ivy was 7lb 5 oz at the dr. (7 lb 8 at birth, 7 lb 2oz at discharge) so that is great. We go back Monday for another weight check just to make sure she is eating enough. Nursing is going well- she took to it much better than Brooks did. Eric was home most of the week which was great- juggling the 2 of them is hard and my big goal is to get us on some sort of a schedule. Ivy is waking every 2-3 hrs at night, so I am definitely tired.

Because her cord fell off we got to give her a bath- she was not a fan






We have ordered a lot of dinners- one of which was sushi! B ate some Philadelphia roll- cooked salmon & cream cheese flash fried with some yummy sauce





B and Daddy both got haircuts together- seeing Daddy go first seemed to help, no major meltdown!





Little miss Ivy holding her daddy's fingers


So sweet



Eric & his faves!




B is a pacifier thief!



B's new favorite toy in the basement- his umbrella chair (he ignores the chair and carries it around like an umbrella) And- the bathroom shower! He stands inside and pretends to wash his hair and hands while shrieking to hear his voice echo.






Our sweet girl- B has warmed up to her enough to show her toys and give her smooches!











And her nursery- it used to be B's room decorated with jungle animals. We are keeping the blue and it is a work in progress- but I love how it is coming together