Friday, July 17, 2009

At home with 2 Kiddos

Here are some of the last photos we took prior to leaving the hospital. Kara was all dressed up and out of that drab hospital outfit. We were ready to leave well before our checkout time that Sunday. We finally were discharged close to noon, and headed home with our new munchkin.
We noticed an immediate improvement when we arrived at the house. Having separate rooms to sleep and watch the baby greatly improved Kelly's chances of getting sleep. Addison was also in a better mood since her mother was not hooked up to any machines any more. Addison likes to point at Kara's toes and fingers after pointing at her own as you can see in the picture below.
Below we have Kara's first bath, which she did not enjoy. Addison also tends to get extremely concerned when Kara is crying and will often start crying herself. We have to re-assure her that it is only a bath and not hurting her sister.
Here are some more shots of our newest cutie after she was all clean.
After I stayed home from work for a week, Kelly's mom came down from Dallas to help out while I went back to work. My parent's were also helping by continuing to watch Addison during the day. It can get pretty nuts when both kids are screaming at the same time. Kelly's Aunt Debbie and Uncle Paul also stopped by since they were in town for a short trip.
Above we have Addison playing with the new flashlight that can be cranked to charge it. She loves to spin the crank arm and then turn the light on. At least it will be charged if we need it.
Below we have Kara's first swing experience, which went great until she got hungry. Below that is Addison posing for the camera with her pickle from her BBQ dinner. She wants us to take pictures of her too when we are taking some of her sister.
Above we have an attempt to get all the girls and myself in a photo. Addison was a little camera shy for this one, so she was attempting an escape.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Kelly and Michael,

Kara is a real cutie. I enjoy seeing all the photos and videos.


Mickey

Kristi LaRue said...

Congratulations on a such a beautiful family!

Unknown said...

I'm glad I can be updated through the internet on how things are going! The blogs and photos are wonderful too! When you have a chance, check out the photos from my trip to CA, NM, and AZ a couple of months ago: http://picasaweb.google.com/greenlilly

Talk to you later!

--Andrea