The Family Adapts

Thus far, Sam seems to be taking the changes here in the house in stride. Of course, it helps to have Steve and Beth around doling out attention. During their visit, Sam has visited numerous parks, created bubbles with a huge bubble wand, flown his first kite, made smores, had a pajama party and breakfast for dinner, and read lots of books.

He has been very sweet toward Elsie, giving her kisses and notifying me when she might need a diaper change or a nursing. "She's crying, Mommy!" Only when he saw his stroller, rigged to better fit a car-seat, did he express distress. "I don't like Elsie all the time." This led to a conversation about how siblings don't have to like each other ALL the time, but we ALWAYS love each other and NEVER hurt one another...

So far, so good...

At a creek on a hot day:

Early tummy time for Elsie:

Discussing belly buttons and umbilical cords:

Elsie at 2 weeks:

Sampling the raspberries in our front yard. Yum!

Baby Picture Fun

Who will she look like? Kyle says that all babies come from the same "alien race" and don't look particularly like anyone. With our kids, neither one looks much like one of us, but at this point I think Elsa looks quite a bit like Sam when he was a newborn...

Sara

Kyle

 Sam

Elsa

Fun on the Playground- June 2013

An outing to the park across the street from our house, a couple of days before Elsie was born.

 Something about the protruding belly in this pic makes me like it so much...