Thank You and ABCs

Tonight, we watched the Banana episode of Elmo's World. If you've seen it, you know that the banana says "thank you" after every sentence, regardless of whether or not it's funny. (Because of the drum roll.) Todd and I have been walking around saying Thank You in the banana's voice and now Erin's picked it up. As well as singing "That's Elmo's World" if you sing the beginning part (though she often leaves off the "that's").

Enjoy!



Then, for fun, and since I had the camera in my hand, I figured, why not see if Erin will sing her ABCs if I ask. So....here we go...

Tummy time!

Here's a few pictures of Sara doing tummy time!

Sisters

Erin loves her baby sister and wants to play with her a lot. Here they are together on the play mat.

Yard work

It's spring time, which means yard work! Last night, Todd did a little bit outside, and Erin "helped."

Another trip to the Children's Museum

It was supposed to be cold and rainy on Saturday, so we headed to the Children's Museum. It was the first time with both girls, but Sara slept the whole time!

It was a lot less crowded than last time we went, so Erin got to enjoy the Clifford exhibit a lot more.

Sliding down Clifford's tail:





Driving:





Coloring:

Sisters

Erin loves her baby sister Sara. She asks about her and looks for Sara as soon as she gets home from daycare. Erin tries to share her food and sippy cups with Sara. And she loves to hug and kiss Sara.

Here are some of the pictures we've gotten of the girls together.

Introducing Sara Kathleen

Yes, it's been a while since I've updated, but I've been a little busy. After being on bedrest to prevent pre-eclampsia, things started going downhill when I hit 37 weeks. Since I was then considered term, my doctor decided it was time to induce.

After dropping Erin off at daycare and a quick breakfast at Bruegger's, we arrived at the hospital at 7:30 am. We got me all ready and I had Todd take a picture. The last pregnant picture.



It was a long day, and I won't go into too much detail. I started pitocin at 10:30, and my water was broken around 12:15. 10 hours later when I wasn't progressing (it was assumed I"d have the baby quickly because I started out at 4 cm), and the doctor determined that I wasn't going to progress, I had a c-section.

Before:


Meeting Sara:


First family picture without big sis:


Being checked out:




First hair wash: