So far Little Sister is an easy baby. (I think God knows I'm a bit of a pansy so He went easy on me.) :) She loves to sleep, has big blue eyes and just last week started smiling at us. 
I don't know if anyone loves our smallest family member more than this child does. If her baby sister is awake, she wants to be right there in the action- helping change diapers, wiping off her face, dancing a jig. She couldn't keep away from our two month photo shoot.
Two sweet sisters as of two months today.
Here's the Mama to be opening our gift. It's an outfit for church.
After the shower we picked up the other half of our family and went to a birthday party for one of Reesie's friends from church. It was a princess party and everyone came dressed as royalty. Chica found this toy in the driveway and kept driving it into the bushes. I tried to help her back on to the pavement but she said she was mowing the lawn.
Cute party-goers.
Much to her delight, Chica got to take that pink sparkly crown home. She wore it to Sunday School the next day. And the day after that.
Partied out. :)
Yesterday the youth staff threw a party for Nathan. 
Surprise!!
Someone was especially attentive once Mr. Nathan started opening his presents. :)
It was clear as day. I'm a woman who recognizes The Fear when I see it. The Fear strikes when you're in the process of changing the biggest blow out diaper you've ever seen and you remember the bag of wipes are at the other end of the house.
I'm sorry Sissy, I won't let her do that to you again.
Love,
I'm taking the plunge this fall and starting to shoot on my camera's manual setting. I'm hoping in the long run the switch will mean better pictures of my girls but in the meantime it makes for a memory card full of bad shots. I did manage to get one keeper. Here's hoping for a fall full of memories captured manually! :)
I started this week. One day Chica did it with me. It was great because her interpretations of the exercises distracted me from the fact that my entire body was on fire. Things took a turn for the worse when she stopped, looked at me, looked towards the TV, then back at me and remarked "Mama, you don't look like them at all." Nothing like the sweet encouragement from your three-year old trainer.
2. MOPS has started back up! My friend Leslie is the coordinator and I think it's going to be a great year! There are a ton of new girls which is exciting, especially because many of them have recently moved to the area. I can't wait to get to know everyone more. Also, where else can you arrive with baby spit-up on your shirt and not only are you allowed to stay but a room full of women immediately understand?
3. Thursday afternoon Danny called from work and asked if I was up for a date night. Heck yes I was! Well, kind of. When he got home we had a little time before the baby-sitter was scheduled to arrive. I asked him if he'd rather use that time to take a quick nap or for me to take a shower. He said nap. Gotta love married life. :) By the time we pulled out of the driveway, neither nap nor shower was had. Gotta love parenthood. :)
4. My sister gave me a Sleepy Wrap when Hope was born. I've used it so much in the past six weeks. It's comfortable, frees up both hands to wrangle my other child and saves me from having to lug around the ninety pound car seat when we run errands. Plus people's reactions are hilarious.
"Can the baby breath in there?"
"Oh, there's a baby in there! I thought you were pregnant but then I saw a head sticking out!"
And my personal fav:
"Is that for a school project? Oh, never mind, that baby is real!"
5. We're on smile watch. I went digging in the blog archives and Chica smiled at exactly this time. Danny and I think we've caught a few smiles here or there but it's been so sporadic we're still not sure. I did capture this the other day while waiting for Big Sister to set up our Cootie Bug game. I'm not sure if she meant it or not, but it makes me that much more excited for her to smile for real. Come on Sissy!
