Esther is a camera magnet

 

Adeline loves her little sister, Essie!

 

Bryan is a great Daddy!!!

 

So cute

 

Can you see our little ones shiner under her left eye? She is a tough one.

So excited that I just emailed Amy Barry at Capturingreallife.com about an appointment next week for a newborn session. Hopefully she will fit in Adeline too. I have practically been stalking her by reading her twitter and her blog. Can you belive she is 10 weeks along with her 5th baby and she works full time. She is a special person, mom, and photographer. Check it out... she is GREAT! Now I don't know what to do with myself with this scheduled. I guess it will be back to lovin on my bebe! Who is soooo lovable.

Did I mention - God is so good. He has given us so very much. We have a wonderful network of Jesus lovers that are showing His love to us through food, errands, time (for sleep) and just about anything I think we need they would do. We have excellent family taking care of us. We have a great set of friends from Westside feeding us well and emailing support. God has given us so much more than we could even imagine. We have 2 very healthy girls. I have a wonderful husband that works wonderfully well with me to have a wonderful family. He has been an amazing support, reading my mind and adjusting to the ebs and flows of hormones without being offended. Again, God is good.

It seems that a second child is a ton less stressful. I'm sure that is God's doing as well. But I just wanted to encourage folks that a second child does have many positives that you may not expect. Again, we are only a little over a week into this and no where near experts. Martha stayed later than planned on Wed b/c Bryan was out and it was obvious I didn't have a plan on how to keep Esther happy and get Adeline bathed and into bed. Thanks Martha! I now have a plan for whan that happens again. Sling her, or find her a great view in the bouncy chair.

Did I mention God has blessed us with a tender hearted Adeline. She is so sweet and loves her lil sis. She is adapting well. Praise God. Now just to keep protecting her tender heart, encouraging her and letting her know she has not lost one ounce of our love. She had a water day today, which she loves at school. When she tells you about her day she is quick to lie down on the floor and start kicking showing you her swimming moves. She also went to the park and out for coffee/milk with her Daddy. Something just for big girls to do. I'm planning on some one on one Adeline time. I just can't decide what to do. So many options. Though I have been limited by this odd pain in my hip/back that twinges a bit with EVERY step. At first Motrin covered it just fine. I'm now noticing that the Motrin isn't helping near as much. We shall see. I was taking it twice a day. Now I'm getting serious and plan to go 3 times a day. I don't like being limited by something silly like pain. Plus b/c of all the rain we have been having the weather has been pretty cool and I really want to be out walking.