Update....

Samantha is doing great! She had her two week checkup on Friday, and everything went well. I have a little eater on my hands:) A far cry from my experience with Bobby. She has already surpassed her birth weight, which is the goal of the two week mark:) We are still trying to figure each other, but overall, I have no complaints. She is a perfect little girl and we are very lucky!!

Almost two weeks old


Both my babies asleep on me....what a joy!

She's Here!

I am so excited to say that Samantha Grace arrived on Friday January 15, 2010 at 12:07 pm. She weighed in at 8 lbs and was 22 inches long. We are home now and slowly adjusting to life at home with two little ones.

Things went much better this time around for me, which has been wonderful. I was up and out of the hospital bed Saturday morning, and even walking around. For those of you that remember, this was a complete turn around from how things went with Bobby's birth. And Samantha has decided that she likes eating:) Another total difference. And I must say that nursing is SO much easier than pumping and all the trials that we went through with Bobby.

Speaking of Bobby, he is doing really well. He has his moments of jealousy, but overall, he is really accepting his role of big brother with a smile on his face.

Samantha is a pure joy, and I for one, am totally in love with my little girl! I'll try to keep posts coming. It just seems harder to take as many pictures this time around:)
Shortly after birth

Samantha Grace


Meeting Samantha for the first time


Proud Big Brother

The nursery is done....

I took a few photos today before the battery ran out, so unfortunately, they aren't the best, but I think that you get the idea. I still need to get some "art" for the walls and some type of area rug...but again, it is ready for the little lady, and I will add things as we go:)

We're almost ready...

T minus three days and I think that we are just about ready for Baby Girl's arrival. I will post pictures of the nursery either later today or tomorrow.

PS. Scroll down to see pictures of our Christmas.

Christmas

Yes, this post is very long overdue and behind. I have been having technical issues with my computer and have been very busy trying to get things ready for baby girl's arrival.

We had a wonderful Christmas in Wilmington once again this year. Although busy visiting everyone, we were still able to enjoy everyone's company, and really enjoy Bobby's excitement and joy for the season.

Bobby was so excited by everything that he got this year, and I have really enjoyed watching him play with each new toy. WE made reindeer food for "Runo", cookies for Santa, and just enjoyed all the Christmas fesitivities.

Once again, sorry that it is so late in getting on here, but better late than never:

Enjoy!

Making/Eating cookies for Santa

Santa has arrived

Checking out his big boy bike with Papa

Bobby and his digger and dump truck...huge hits!

And on to Big Papa's house for round two

Opening gifts is such fun

Annual Graham Cracker House adventure

My friend Sue courageously had all of us over again this year to make graham cracker/ginger bread houses. To say that it was chaotic is a bit of an understatement. We had about 8 almost 3 year olds running around and 3 8-9 month olds crawling around....but fun was had by all, and that is truly the important part.

Bobby was of course more interested in stuffing candy in his mouth, than actually putting it on the house. And in the rush to try and get things to a point that he could decorate, the architect (mommy) had some issues. So our house fell apart and did not even make it to our house.

But like I said, fun was had by all....or at least by the kids, and the mommies enjoyed the pizza that we ordered and the time together. This pregnant mommy was exhausted by the time we got home:)

Heather working with the kids

The construction site

Bobby's finished, although falling apart house

All of the kids...blurry because they wouldn't be still for long

And a belly shot for those I haven't seen in a while

Christmas Has Landed

Christmas has landed at our new house in Clayton. The tree has been purchased, decorated and the stockings have been hung. And that is about all that will be done this year. With the newest member of our family to arrive very soon, I am trying to decorate with as little to clean up afterwards:)

We went to get our tree this past weekend...the weather was bad...cold and rainy, but we got a great tree. Bobby ran around and played chase with some older kids that he thought were playing with him. So it was really left to mom and dad to pick out the perfect tree. We then brought it home and let it dry off and began the decorating Sunday morning.

Bobby was really excited to decorate the tree and enjoyed putting ornaments on with much concentration. Most of them ended up in the same general area, but that was alright. I just enjoyed watching him have fun.

The Elf on the Shelf (named Mervin) in our house, has also made his way into the house. I don't know that Bobby really understands what Mervin's job is, but he has had a wonderful time trying to find him each and every morning. And asking me "how did he get there mommma? Is he magic?" It is truly a wonderful experience to witness Christmas (and everything else for that matter) through the eyes of a little one.
A wet tree hunting adventure


Decorating is serious business


And the finished projects