Kate is getting so grown up lately, she tells me every day that she is ready for the baby to come out. I think she has it all figured out. She has started carrying around her baby and feeding it a bottle and changing its diaper, then she puts it in the baby swing that we have set up so the baby can take a nap. I just hope that she will be so helpful when the real baby comes home.
One of her new favorite things to do is to go bowling. It is hilarious, she puts the bowling ball on the floor and tries to push it, but usually it stops a few feet down the lane so Chad has to go get it and help her push the ball so it will make it all the way down.
And of course she is still obsessed with dora, luckily for my sanity she has now expanded her favorite cartoons to include a few more. Since we have had to do some re-arranging of our rooms to make a babys room, Kate now has all of her toys in her bedroom and has become very excited about playing kitchen and house in her room, which also helps with my sanity because it means less time watching "toons".
Kate is definitely a girly girl. She wants to play dress up every day, but she needs to have her jewelry, crown, purse and shoes along with the dress (or a hat in this case). It is really cute because she now has a friend- (Savannah) that moved in the apartment above us and she wants to play with her every day, they get along really well and both enjoy dressing up and playing anything girly. It makes me feel so old that I have a child old enough to enjoy playing with friends, and I go in to peek on her and she tells me to go away because they are playing. Time goes by so fast, so I guess it is time for the baby to come so I can have someone to mother again
Our little Emery is finally here! We are already completely in love with her, Kate is her biggest fan. She was born Tuesday April 13th, 2010. I went in to be induced early tuesday morning, Chad was stuck in his lab (which his professor would not excuse him from) and finally arrived at the hospital around noon. My doctor was really nice and let me start the pitocin slow until Chad could make it. Once he arrived they were able to speed things up, things ended up going so fast that Chads mom and his sister Amber were not able to make it to the hospital in time and Kate was stuck in the delivery room, (luckily Alice and Wonderland made an excellent distraction in the corner for Kate that she was totally oblivious as to what was going on). One push and Emery was here, not to mention that my epidural had almost completely worn off at this point... ouch!
She weighed 6lbs 13oz (which was almost two pounds less than Kate!) and she was 19.5 inches tall. So far she has just been a little sweetheart, she hardly ever cries and is so easy to console. We hope she stays this way forever.
Kate loves being a big sister! She loves to give her little kisses and show her all of her toys. They are going to be best friends!
We were able to come home from the hospital on Thursday afternoon and so far things are going well. I forgot how fun newborns are, and also how much work they are! It is quite the transition getting used to two kids instead of just Kate, we have been so blessed to have so much help and love from family and friends! Thanks for all your love and support, and I will try to keep plenty of pics posted of our cute new addition.
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