Merry Christmas to all... and to Mom and Dad a sleepless night

Well, we survived the first Christmas as parents of two little girls...barely :) Lilly loved coming down the stairs to presents under the tree. She skipped breakfast even! Justin had a fire going and Christmas music on... I had a new little family member in my arms...it was very memorable and I will never forget it. I think we all could use a little more sleep for Christmas, but Carolyn decided to give us the gift of poopy diapers instead of the gift of sleep. She is doing great... just wanting to eat ALL the time. Which is actually what I better run and do right now to keep her happy :) In the meantime, here are my favorite pictures of Christmas... Enjoy!

Meet Carolyn Grace!

It's Momma Bear here. It's official, we are a family of 4 here now! Carolyn Grace wasn't quite ready to come we thought...but then after only 2 hours of labor and 2 hours of pushing (she was of course facing up instead of down, just like her sister!) she came into the world! The recovery for both of us has seemed much quicker this time, and except for a small disagreement about sleeping at night when not in our arms, we are all doing well.



Lilly was soooooooo excited when we came home with Carolyn. We have been very suprised at how natural it seems to her for the new baby to be around. She wants to pick her up alot, which causes a bit of a screaming fit when we say no :) Luckily too is that Lilly is a daddy's girl, and since Dad is going to be home with us for a couple of weeks, she is pretty happy about getting to spend alot of time with him.

Here's us girls just hanging out watching TV. Could be possibly the worst picture of Mom EVER, but I think I was holding back tears of having our two little girls happy and healthy beside me.

And last, here is Dad's trick to Lilly's happiness.... Christmas Oreos :) Somehow he has won over her heart with these :)

My Little Sister is Here!!!!

So, Dad just sent me a text. I am officially a big sister!! Carolyn Grace Shafer was 7 lbs 9 ounces and was born at 11 am on Thursday, December 17th. Both mom and sis are doing well, I can't wait to see them. Dad promises he took as many pictures of Carolyn as he did of me (I mean, come on, when you are that cute you need that many pictures) and he will post them as soon as he can.

Off to the Hospital....

So I woke up this morning and found out that Mom and Dad left early this morning for the Hospital. My little sis should be here soon! I will let you know as soon as Dad texts me!

Mom is still prego

WOW BABY THATS A BIG BASKETBALL BELLY!


So You have heard great promises from me about baby coming soon and lots of pictures being updated... but now here's the truth. Mom is having a hard time because she's still pregnant! My sister is being a butthead and not being anywhere as nice as I was. She's not only not coming to play yet, but she's also giving mom so many contractions that "aren't the real thing" that mom is slowly going crazy I think. The other night, she called dad while he was at a really fun basketball game, made him come home to take her to the hospital, only to find out the contractions she was having weren't doing anything to help sister come! The only bright side is that Mom now knows how to keep me very happy while she is pacing around, feeling her tummy tighten up constantly...

Just give me some chipotle with all the goodies....

And then give me my Bailey dog with some good TV (the Wiggles please!)....

I also enjoy a good walk around the mall to help mom feel better... although Mom and Dad are not a huge fan of my screaming temper when it comes time to leave...

Thanksgiving 2009

So Mom is way behind and is also becoming very forgetful. She hasn't posted pictures from my weekend at Grandma's and Pop pop's (which was very fun) or pictures of my new room (which is very cool) and forgot her camera this weekend for Thanksgiving, Dinner at Grandma and Paps (a second Thanksgiving kinda) and my baby sister's Shower. All she can give you at the moment is this slide show of pictures that Grandma Shafer took (which she tried for awhile to get into individual pictures, but got mad at Snapfish and gave up :) ). Mommy does go to the doctor today to see how Sis is doing though, so expect an update with all these wonderful things and news on Sis soon!

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