Life with a Newborn

Well, we don't do much these days...

Lucy sleeps well sometimes and not so well other times. She sleeps best when she is snuggled up next to someone...like her dad. Ryan loves to sleep with little newborns.

Lucy also spits up a lot. Neither of my other kids were spitters, so I now have more compassion for all those other moms out there. I almost always have some sort of white stuff on my shoulder. And most of the time it is my pajama top. For some reason it takes most of the day before I get dressed. Bella is often found in pajamas too late in the afternoon...but with accessories:
Bella is still trying to figure out how to love Lucy. She decided this week she should be able to carry her around...not a good idea. Apparently giving her kisses and hugs weren't enough. She is also trying to remember how to use the bathroom every time now...a little regression. Between her pee, Lucy's spit up, and Clark's little bout with the flu it seems like we are always cleaning up some sort of bodily fluid.

Here are a couple other pictures...I tried a blessing dress photo shoot again with not really great results, but I kinda got a picture of her whole dress. I might try again, but I don't know what else to try until she can sit up and then the dress won't fit. Any suggestions?

We also tried to get some 6 week pictures today - the time is flying by and she is starting to put on a little weight.

Although our life is a little crazy, she is worth it!

Lucy's Newborn Pictures

I have never gotten around to getting any good newborn pictures of my kids...I think I have been too sleep deprived to think about it. But thanks to a sweet friend, who is also a photographer, I got them done!! THANKS HEATHER!! She gave me some digital files I could post:

Lucy's Blessing

We had a beautiful fall Sunday and we were able to bless our sweet little Lucy. We are so grateful for her in our home. Many thanks to our family and friends who was able to come. It was great to have you here!!

Here is a new family picture...

Lucy looked beautiful in her pretty white dress (that I finished around midnight on Saturday...that is pretty good...11 hours to spare! Good thing my aunt was around earilier in the week so that it did get done on time :). I didn't get a great picture of the whole dress, but here are some sweet little shots. The last one is the best one of the dress, but she of course is not really happy with taking photos by that point. Maybe I will try again this week.

Happy Halloween

We didn't do a family theme this year but the kids looked cute without their parents - really even better!

Clark wanted to be a rubix cube. It took a little work to find a box, but he looked just like a rubix cube (apparently that wanted to disco dance :).



I thought it would be great for the girls to go together, so I made this Bo Peep costume for Bella and my neighbor had a lamb costume for Lucy. Although Lucy didn't go out with Bella, they were a cute little pair. It wasn't my smartest idea to be making elaborate Halloween costumes with a newborn, but thanks to some help they got done!!