Size...

Before I had Ashley, I used to think that Madison was small! My how my perspective has changed! Madison is not small anymore, now Ashley the smallest!

The only word I have is WOW!

Birthday party fun!

A couple of weeks ago, we went to a birthday party for Madison's friend Dominic. It was at Catch Air in Johns Creek; and it was a blast! Madison had one great time. Once she got over her initial clingingness, she did great. She went down slides all by herself; a big step for mommy, as she had never been down on herself before, but I did great! My mom went with us, since I had just had Ashley 3 weeks earlier! She was a huge help! Here are a few pictures from our time there!

Here is Madison spinning all by herslef on one of her new favorite things! This bouncey thing was great!

NaiNai helping her spin!

Going down one of the slides by herself!

We will most certainly be going back to Catch Air once I am a bit more healed from having Ashley! We had so much fun!!

Ashley's first bath...

Here are some pictures from Ashley's first bath! I forgot how difficult it can be to bathe a newborn; but, on the other hand, it was so much fun! She did great! Unlike Madison, she did to scream the entire time. It is so fun to wash a newborn, I could do it everyday! She would not unclench her hands, so that was a bit more difficult to wash. But she did great when I made her unclench them! Here is my little lamb! Like Madison, Ashley has a little towel from Pottery Barn Kids. Madison had a bunny, as that was her theme. However, they did not make a newborn owl towel, so I got Ashley the lamb! I just love a newborn after a bath, they smell so good and are so very soft. As we call them in our family, she got a "NaiNai" lotion bath afterwards. We call it that because my mom, NaiNai, absolutely loves to put lotion all over the girls when they get out of the bath.

Ashley looks absolutely terrified in this picture. I promise she was ok, she was just scared!

Ashley's first bath was a success! She has had a few more since then, and still does not cry during them. We try to give her a couple a week, since her skin is so sensitive! I am hoping to get some pictures of her nursery up soon. I just have to move some pictures off the wall that are of Madison, since she is in her old room. I will also try to get some up of Madisons new room!

Enjoy!!

Pictures!

Here is a picture of me with my sweet baby girls while we were in the hospital! Not the best picture, but hey, I had just had a baby!

Here is Madison looking very closely at her new little sister. She was somewhat interested in her at the hospital. But since it was so new, she was very overwhelmed when she visited us in the hospital. By the last trip out there, she was much better!

Here is a picture of daddy and his little girls, the first of many pictures like this I think! Madison was excited to "hold" her little sister. She loves her!!

Here is Ashley in the car for the first time. I couldn't help but take a picture of my new sweet angel coming home!

This is one of my favorite outfits for Ashley so far! Someone in my moms office gave her this outfit, they also got it in size 3 months, which I was so excited about! She looks so tiny in this outfit, but I guess she is tiny!

It truely is amazing how much I fall more in love with her everyday!

2 weeks...and a few days!

I cannot believe that it has already 2 weeks, plus a few days, since we welcomed our sweet little angel Ashley into this world. The time has flown by and we are all adjusting as well as can be expected.

Madison has completely fallen in love with her baby sister. In the morning, she wants to see her, and is always patting her on the head and saying "Baby Ashley." She gets so worried when she cries, and says "baby Ashley crying." I love that she loves her new little sister so much.

Ashley is sleeping pretty well at night, she can go about 5 hours, which I LOVE! Also, I go to sleep after her 8-9 feeding, and she has some daddy time until her next feeding around 12 or 1. Which means I get some good sleep before that feeding.

Just like Madison, Ashley lost weight in the hospital. She was born at 7 lbs 6 ounces, we left the hospital at 6 lbs 14 ounces. When we went to her first doctors appt, she had not gained any weight, which was not surprising since it had only been one day. So, we had to go back a week later. At that appt, she was 7 lbs 2 ounces, which was better, but not where she should have been. So, back to the doctor we went a few days later. At the appt, she finally made it back to her birth weight; I was so excited! That meant we did not have to go back until her 1 month appt.

I am adjusted pretty well to having 2 kids. Luckily, Rob is still home most of the time. He did go back to work Monday night, but my mom came up to help me with Madison. I will eventually have to work out a good schedule for the two girls on the nights that Rob has to work. I know that my mom cannot be here EVERY night that he has to work! He goes back to work full time next week, which will be interesting, to say the least! Most people do it by themselves during the day while daddy works, I do it at night!

On a really good note, I have lost ALL my baby weight! So excited, now I just need to get all my non-maternity clothes out of the attic, I am tired of wearing my maternity clothes!

Be on the lookout for some pictures coming soon!