Emily is 6 weeks old!

The last 6 weeks have been a bit of a blur.  Mimi came out shortly after Emily was born and helped out a lot.  Papa also came out for a week early this month.  They were here to experience some of this great Colorado weather we get during the spring - we got two large snow storms while they were here (one with about a foot of snow, another with 6 inches).  Hopefully the weather starts warming up soon!

Emily is doing great these days.  She does what babies do - eat, poop, sleep, and cry.  Mommy and Daddy are just trying to survive day to day.  She does flash us beautiful smiles often, so that's pretty great.  Also, there was something that will live forever in family lore as the Projectile Poo Incident.  Daddy is still a little gun-shy about changing diapers.  He may never recover...

Kara's doing fine adjusting to being a big sister.  She seems to act out a bit more to get attention, but we're hoping it will pass.  One day while Papa was here, he and Daddy headed down to the Children's Museum in Denver with Kara.  Kara had a great time exploring all the exhibits they had there.  Also, Mimi and Papa got Kara a tricycle for Easter.  Kara has been having a great time cruising around the neighborhood with her sweet wheels!

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Emily's First Professional Photos!

On Emily's 4th week birthday (April 4th), we had Esther from BlueThistlePhotography come over and take some pictures of Emily (the rest of us joined in the fun while she was here). We were hoping to get some sweet sleeping baby pictures, but Emily would just not cooperate with us.  In the end, we got some pretty good pictures, though. Enjoy!

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Easter 2013

Easter this year as quite the affair.  We had a full house with Mimi, Grandma S., Grandpa S., Aunt Amy, GG K, Cousin Jennifer, and her boyfriend J (and of course Mommy, Daddy, Kara, and Emily) coming over for Easter dinner!  Luckily, it was a beautiful spring day in Colorado, so we were able to hang out in the backyard.  Kara had a great time looking for eggs (she had an egg hunt in the morning and another in the afternoon).  Kara and Emily both cleaned up with presents and candy!  Emily, of course, was a little too small for the candy, so Kara volunteered to eat hers.

Emily is doing quite well these days.  She's getting a little bigger every day.  Some of her newborn clothes are starting to get a little tight on her.  It's amazing how fast babies grow!

And congratulations to our friends Patrick and Akila and their latest addition, Amara.  You guys are in for quite a ride, but a ton of fun!

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Baby Days (and Nights)

So far life with our newest addition is going pretty smoothly.  She's sleeping pretty well (at least for a newborn).  Mommy and Daddy were better prepared this time about the sleep deprivation, so it doesn't seem so bad.  Kara's adjusting to Emily's presence pretty well.  About once a day or so, she'll have a little melt down, but we're hoping that will subside as the weather gets better and we can get out more.

Mimi came out to help the Wednesday after Emily was born (March 13th).  She's been taking the first night shift (and helping out a lot around the house) while Daddy takes the late night/early morning shift.  Mommy, of course, is always on call. :-)

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Welcome to the World, Emily Rose!

Well, our little girl finally decided to join the world!  And she was only 9 days late, early compared to the 12 days late standard set by Big Sister Kara.  However, she may have stayed in there just as long if the doctors hadn't induced when they did.

The induction was scheduled for Friday, March 8th since the doctors tend to get a little concerned if the second baby is more than a week overdue.  We were told to report to the maternity ward at 7:30 am to get the ball rolling; however, we got a call at 6:00 am that morning telling us the maternity ward was overflowing and to check back later in the day (there was a blizzard forecast for Saturday and the change in weather often causes labor in women - unfortunately Mommy was not so lucky!).  We got a call around noon to show up at 2 in the afternoon.  We finally got the ball rolling at 3:45, and boy did that ball roll!  Within 3.5 hours, Mommy was ready to push.  Emily joined the world at 7:35 pm that night, weighing in at 7 lb, 4 oz and 20 inches long.

Big Sister Kara is really enjoying her new role.  She's getting really good at getting herself dressed in the morning.  She still ends up with mismatched clothes and the occasional inside-out shirt, but who doesn't have that happen?  She also decided she's too old for The Lion King songs and instead prefers Poison's Every Rose Has Its Thorn.  I think we're in for quite a ride with our two girls!

Kara Quotes:
Grandma: "Kara, what do you think of your new sister?"
Kara: "Beautiful"

A neighbor brought by dinner with cupcakes for dessert.
Kara: "Are cupcakes junk food?"
Mommy: "Yes, but it's okay to eat them occasionally."
Kara: "Cupcakes are (pause) fantastic!"

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