Wednesday, May 28, 2014

2 weeks old!

Dylan's first 2 weeks home flew by- she's already looking older (slow down please)!

Like all babies, she looks right into your soul.

Emmery of course was not too sure about Dylan. But on Wednesday she finally showed some positive interest- I caught her talking to Dylan!

And by Thursday she even wanted to hold her baby sister.

First bath at home



My mom stayed with us the first week and helped a ton while dealing with my moody swings, sleeplessness, and frustrations of not being able to do everything around the house. THANK YOU MOM!


She also helped me to get a photo shoot in new coordinating (really cute) outfits that she gave them.
Here Em is comparing their feet.


We had a few friends bring us dinner our first week home, which was sooo appreciated. Emmery also got a few gifts. Here she is opening one from one of her favorite people- Kelly!

I thought about only doing monthly pictures for Dylan, but then realized she would think it unfair that I did weekly pictures for Emmery… so weekly pictures it is!

I swear she smiled the first hour she was born :)

Our first weekend home we went for our first walk using our new double stroller!



We went to Sydney's first birthday, and Emmery had fun playing with the gift that we bought for her. I think we need to get some more trucks and cars for her to play with!

Amanda and her family came up to visit and get more snuggle time.


Emmery of course loved playing with so many of her cousins!

Johnny played for Dylan.



Jean came up our second week home and helped out with the girls, around the house, and cooking- luckily I wasn't quite as moody as the first week. I am so lucky to have such a great mother-in-law!

The weather was nice and she took Emmery on several long visits to the park, where Em made her follow her up and down the slides and all around the playground :)


I tried to get some pictures of the girls in another set of coordinating outfits from Grammy Brewer, but I only managed to capture the 'big' on Em's shirt- it says 'big sister'.

Giving Dylan a kiss.

Later I tried to do Dylan's 2 week photoshoot.

But she quickly became squirmy- look at all these expressions!



After that she spit up on her shirt. So here is another round…

which started out okay until…

Emmy saw what we were doing. Yes- those are nail clippers in her right hand!

I guess here you can see the full shirt- 'big sister'. This picture pretty much captures their relationship right now :)

Doesn't she look so much older already!?








Thursday, May 22, 2014

Welcome Dylan Marie!

On Friday May 9, 2014 we welcomed a new addition to our family- Dylan Marie (although she wasn't named until the following Sunday).
When she arrived at 4:38pm she was quickly brought to my chest and I instantly fell in love.

She was born with a full head of dark hair (comparable to the amount Emmery has now :)) and the cutest baby rolls. She weighed 7lb,11oz and was 20.5" long.


All of her family was so excited to meet her that they were waiting at the hospital. Unfortunately I couldn't really move around yet and so couldn't take pictures. However, we did get one of her meeting her Grandmas.

Jamison and I got to wake up to this little face the next morning :)



My parents and brother brought Emmery back to the hospital later that morning. Emmy walked into the hospital room, looked at her sister, and exclaimed, "So cute!" After that, though, she was more interested in trying to open the door to the room than her new sister.

This time I was able to get out of bed and get a few pictures.

Emmy got a new baby too- a gift from both her Grandmas.


Look at that little face




We stayed until Sunday morning and got to go home on an extra special (and oddly snowy) Mother's Day!

Welcome Dylan Marie! We love you so much.