My girls are very fortunate in have fabulous photographers for aunts. Here are the pictures April took of Zoe. I know you have all been very excited to see them. Isn't she beautiful? Its so strange to see these pictures taken just before Zoe's two strawberry's showed up.
This is my favorite. I just love watching her sleep.
Things have been pretty busy for us around here. Eric's been working really hard to get us back to California and in just a few more weeks, we'll be there! Yeah!! While he's been working, I've been trying to keep busy watching my two adorable little girls. LaNea has been going through a few changes on her own. The worst for us is that she stays awake at night for hours after we put her to bed. Doesn't matter if we put her to bed at 7pm or 8:30pm. She'll stay up to 9:30-10pm. Its not very fun. But at least she's not crying the whole time she's stuck in her room.
Zoe also had a lot of fun. I think she loved having someone else stuck on their tummy too. She was so excited when Mason made his way over to her.
Life has been pretty busy with this little munchkin around. She loves being active and getting together with friends. She also loves walking around the dog park and shopping--and no, it doesn't matter what we shop for. :)
But no matter how trying she can be as a little two year old, I just adore watching her interact with Zoe. If Zoe's sad, she'll always let me know. If she notices Zoe smiling or cooing, she'll go over and talk to her. I am always finding princesses in Zoe's carseat. (Though I'll be honest and admit that often LaNea will share a toy but then decide she wants it back yet can't quite reach it. That's always real fun! )
I didn't tell LaNea I was going to take a picture but she's always ready. This was her small attempt to put her arm around Zoe's shoulders. Its hard to get Zoe to ever look away from LaNea once she's spotted her.
I had tried to capture Zoe waking up from a nap. This kid is just so happy ALL the time. She does get a little upset when she's forced to take a nap, instead of her just falling asleep on her own, but I'm not complaining. I promise.
And she's also a pretty good sleeper. She is getting better at sleeping during the day hours and does FABULOUSLY at night. I can often get a straight 5 hours of sleep before she wakes up. Its amazing.
We've been having so much fun since Zoe joined us. It all started with Grandma Shauna coming to visit. She took pictures of LaNea and Zoelle which was so sweet. I love watching the girls together. We also had the Williams and Youngs come visit as well.
I just love her eyes and how focused they look.
Aren't they just so sweet? Zoe is so patient with LaNea and LaNea tries so hard to be a great big sister!
Lots of trips to the park to get release some of her built of energy.
This is my favorite picture of LaNea and Ashlyn. Love that becoming such great friends.
Zoe has been such an angel with sleeping as well as she does.
While Eric was up interviewing in Wyoming, LaNea talked me into letting her have a movie night, complete with popcorn and treats.
LaNea loved spending time outside coloring with Grandma and will be demanding more now that the rain has erased all their pictures.
With my mom here, we tried going again to Music Makers on Friday. Its a weekly activity put on by the wards here. Its only an hour long but was so full of fun activities. It started with singing songs with puppets.
Playing in the gym with a small parachute! They also did story time and marching time. I'm definitely going to have to go more often as both LaNea and I enjoyed it.
And we were able to get a great family photo of us. I haven't downloaded photoshop on my laptop yet so it isn't perfect but we all were looking at the camera which with smiles! Not bad for our first family shot right!Thank you everyone who has come to visit us. Its been such a huge help having family here to keep LaNea happy and cuddle with Zoe!
LaNea is in love with her little sister! She is so gentle with her and is so willing to share with her. I love watching her give her so many kisses and just rubbing her head as she watches a movie.
I love her eyes in this photo!
LaNea saw that I was taking pictures of her so she decided to pose for the picture.
Just an example of how much LaNea loves to be around Zoe.
I know I feel pretty lucky to have such amazing girls. LaNea is just so loving while Zoe is just so easygoing about it. So for now, I just keep praying it will last...forever!
So Eric took Zoelle to her 1 week appointment today with the Dr. She is weighing in at 8lbs 15oz. Gaining weight wonderfully! She is also just over 21 inches.
So let me apologize in advance, LaNea managed to get her finger on the lens before we started taking pictures. Sadly I didn't notice until I got home.
We went to the hospital at 11am on Tuesday. They started Pitocin at 12. I didn't notice the contractions right away but by 2pm I was feeling them. When the dr checked to see how I was going I was still dilated to 2cm and about 50% effaced but the baby was higher up then before. Already feeling the pain I kind of immediately started to lose faith that I'd make it without an epidural. I did manage another couple hours but I ended up with one and it was still wonderful. The epidural had mostly worn off by the time I delivered. It was so painful but it was so fun to know what was actually happening. The recovery should be super easy. I move around just fine and am able to do just about anything. Still cramping and still have back aches but other than that, I'm doing wonderful. Zoe arrived at 9:41pm weighing 8lbs 12.9oz. She was also 21 inches long which is the same as LaNea was. All the drs were amazed by her pink coloring and her "bright eyed" look. LaNea was always very aware of what was going on but unlike LaNea who always tried to focus on everything, Zoe tends to focus on one thing and stare till she's satisfied.
This would be one of the few times she was crying. She wakes up silently, goes to sleep silently, tells me she's hungry quietly and only cries when she's changed. Yes, I feel very lucky!!!
LaNea is in love with her little sister. She kept trying to make Eric go visit us again. She has tried several times to allow us to let her hold Zoe. She loves her so much though and will even leave me to sit next to Eric if he's holding Zoe. :)
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