One Month Old Already

Olivia, to the neighbor lady: It's Sunday today. It's church day.

K: Yes, I know.

Olivia: Well if you know it, then why didn't you go to church?!

Okay, I know this isn't the one you've been waiting for, but here are the girls with their favourite babysitter! (She lives in our basement) They took this the other night when Daryl and I were out on a date.
Here is the one you're asking for... :-)
She's almost ready to smile.
3 weeks old already...
This is very real, in case you're wondering!

One Week Old...

...at least that's what I was going to call this post. It's now a week and a half. But the pictures were taken at one week! If I need to say it, life has been somewhat busy around this house! Emilie's first 2 weeks of life have flown by, and I was even feeling sad tonight that her looks are already changing.

Life has been a bit overwhelming. Adrienne has been sick with an ear infection, and she was quite upset a few times yesterday when I'm busy nursing Emilie and can't run to her every need. I was quite upset a few times too, I must admit. Thankfully Daryl's schedule is somewhat flexible these days and he was able to come home a bit early and "rescue" me. It was a frustrating day, but we survived.

Today I resolved to get out and see something other than my four walls. So after I dropped off Olivia at preschool, I went to the mall, and "had coffee" with my 2 littlest girls. Adrienne thought she was pretty cool to have mommy all to herself and a cookie besides! She sat on her chair swinging her legs and thinking she had the world by the tail.

I ended up meeting S who had made a meal and wanted to drop it off. And this afternoon V came over and brought pizza for lunch, had coffee with me, and cleaned up and vacuumed my living room (and brought a casserole for later!). What a boost! Another friend, H, picked up Anna-Christina from school and came in to see the baby and have a cup of coffee. So it was a good day full of friends who care.

Oh, to top my day off, I got to watch an hour of The Office after the kids were in bed. :-)

Good night.

Here's our little babe!
Emilie Claire
Born at 11:38 am (after much pre-labour, and 2 1/2 hrs of hard active labour)
Sunday, September 30 (the due date itself!)
Weighing 6 (small) pounds and 4 (little) oz.
After staying in the hospital 48 hours to make sure her breathing was okay after much meconium at birth,
We are home!
Thank you Lord for a fast delivery, a healthy child, and a restful stay in hospital (and so much more). We are truly blessed.

Home, sweet home
Meeting Grandma (really, she was more pleased than she looks!)

Little Emilie