Happy Baptism Olivia

Today, Olivia Reese was baptized at St. Joseph's Church in Freeburg by our preist, Father Mark. The day was beautiful and so was the ceremony. Olivia was on her best behavior as usual - she is such a WONDERFUL little girl! Uncle Andy and one of my best friends, Kate, were her Godparents. We would like to thank them for agreeing to do this for us, we are very grateful to have such wonderful people in our life. After the church service we had a celebratory luncheon at our house - yummy food and great company - a great day all in all! Olivia was showered in lots of gifts from family and friends, what a lucky little gal she is. Thank you to everyone that came to celebrate this very special day with our family! We love you all. (will post pics soon)

Back to Work

This is my first week back, I must say the girls are adjusting just fine, better than me! We have a new baby-siter that watches the girl 2 days a week and the girls really seem to like her - we do too!!

We took the girls to the Freeburg Homecoming this weekend, watched the parade and Bella rode some rides - the carousel and cars were her favs!

I bought Bella a pair of flip flops a while back, but this weekend was the first time she wore them, after she had them on she told me, "more shoes!"...oh boy are we going to be in trouble!!

Happy Two Month Birthday Pookie!

Olivia is 2 months old already. She is getting to be so much fun. She is smiling and laughing more and more - it really melts my heart!

She is a wonderful baby, so very content. A little update on her: she is eating (4 oz) every 3-4 hours, we alternate with bottles and breastfeeding and it seems to be going really well. We typically lay her down for the night somewhere between 9-10:30 then she wakes up between 1-4:30 then every 3 hours from that point. I am pleased (well as pleased as one can be for interrupted sleep)! She is getting very strong, she can hold her head up very well. Besides all of that, still a lot of sleeping!

Today, in celebration of Olivia's 2 month birthday and as a last hurrah (I go back to work Monday), mom and I took the girls to the Magic House. Of course Olivia could care less, but Bella had a wonderful time!

Surviving:(

Adam left Monday morning to go to Canada for the week. I really really HATE this part of his job!! I am trying to keep myself and the girls busy so we don't think about him not being here, but it is tough! Last night we talked to Adam via Skype and Bella held her arms to the computer monitor and said, "hold you" to Adam (that means she wants Adam to hold her). It broke my heart to hear her mutter those words and now I cry again just thinking about it. We are surviving though. Tonight friends are coming over for a play date and we are taking Bella to the Magic House tomorrow. I hate to wish the week away becuase I have to return to work next week, but I can't wait for Adam to be home with us:)