January 2015

While adjusting to two kids takes some time, it was definitely a lot easier than I thought. We weren't sure how Chandler would like having our attention divided, but he ended up handling it like a champ. He LOVES Isabelle. Sometimes he loves her a little too hard and we have to pull him back because he wants to hug and kiss her a little too aggressively, but I'll take it. It's a way better problem to have than jealousy issues! There have been a handful of times when he would cry when I would nurse her and he wanted my attention, but after a minute or two he would be fine.

To top it all off, Isabelle is a little angel baby! We joke that we barely know what her cry sounds like because we hear it so rarely. She will fuss a little bit when she is hungry, but never really gets to a full blown cry. She is just very happy and content to be held or to sit back in her bouncer and watch what we're all doing. She still spits up a lot, but it's getting better than it used to. At around the 1 month mark, she also started giving us her first little smiles!

Here are some pictures from January.

Hanging out with Maylee:

Can't wait to see them be best buds...

Chandler loves when Daddy plays WoodyBuzz wtih him. One of his favorite things is when the two of them each take one of Woody and Buzz's hands and do Ring Around the Rosies. These babies are so blessed to have such a fun Dad!

Since the day she was born, Isabelle does the cutest little "Oooooo" face as she looks around and explores the world:

So sweet.

During Chandler's bath time, I set up a beach chair next to the bath tub and we all hang out.

Pretty baby:

This picture is super blurry, but this winter has been pretty cold, so we got Chandler this big coat that looked pretty hilarious on him. He was like a little marshmallow:

Photo shoot with newborns are really hard when you have not idea what you're doing. Her facial expressions are constantly changing and she keeps kicking around so there is a lot of motion blur. I was trying to get a shot of her in a dress I made her for church and most ended up about like this:

Anyways, here's the best I could do.

As you can tell by those pictures, everything she wore for awhile was just a little bit big on her because she was so small.

Sleepy:

Girl clothes are so fun! It's like dressing up a little doll every day.

With her tired Daddy:

Still so tiny in her car seat:

In another dress I made her:

I was worried about shopping with a toddler and a newborn, but these 2 are actually really great! I just don't have a whole lot of room in the cart.

Trying to catch her smile on camera:

Lindsey had her baby, Emery, exactly one month and 1 day after Isabelle was born! So we went up to Raleigh to meet her.

Which, of course, calls for a photo shoot in matching outfits.

And then they both had melt downs.

It was fun seeing the kids interact with them. If you were holding a baby, Tanner would come up and ask, "Is that my baby?" It took some time before they could tell them apart.