Tummy time!

Nona does not get much tummy time yet since she sleeps so much, but during her few awake times, we like to give her some exercise.

Nona

Okay, so this isn't her best picture, but it was hard to get a good one of her yesterday. So, who does Nona look like? Isn't that the question? In case you're thinking it, but are too afraid to say it, yes, we think she looks a bit Asian too! There, now it's out in the open. She doesn't look like either my baby pictures or Noel's, but she does have my mouth. She's a mystery and we love her dearly!

Miss Personality

Sweet Hazel is quite something lately. She is always keeping us laughing. Here's what she's up to lately:

• As I was feeding Nona in our bedroom, she walked in, gave me her toy, took my cell phone that was on the arm of the chair, walked to the door, waved "bye-bye" and took off down the hall
• Her routine at meal time is to point and whine for BOTH sippy cups so that she can give one to Jude. It's not okay for mommy to give it to Jude.
• She likes to "help" put Jude's diaper on after bath time
• She's constantly walking around "texting" on her cell phone (Noel's old phone)
• Her food of choice for the week is hard-boiled egg (white part only) dipped in salt
• She is always wearing long strands of beads
• She HATES messes. Yesterday she begged (whined) for a napkin and promptly wiped her tray clean, swiping up all the pieces of food she didn't want as well as some juice from the mandarin oranges. If she drops her water on the floor and it leaks, she points to it and whines for it to be wiped up. She's always finding the smallest fuzzies on the carpet and bringing them to me. Maybe in a few months she can start to help me clean!

She is ALWAYS making us laugh and I'm sure as she starts talking, things will only get funnier.

1 week old

On Monday, Nona was one week old. She's still very sweet, never cries (except during diaper changes), and sleeps 95% of the time.

We caught her with her eyes open! A rare occurrence!

Sleepy, sleepy.

We've had some more nice weather, so Jude and Hazel have gotten to go outside more. Jude still has no desire to walk outside (or with shoes on), but we'll keep practicing.

Hazel LOVES being outside and could be out there all day if we let her.

New Baby Nona!

On Monday, March 19, at 8:15a, we welcomed our new daughter, Nona Lucille, into the world. She weighed 7 lbs, 1 oz, and was 18.8 in long. She is healthy, full term, and doing well. Here are some photographs of the occasion.

Mom got to hold her right away, instead of her being whisked away to the NICU.

Daddy had to reassure Nona that it was going to be okay and that Mommy would be back from the O.R. soon.

Nona is super calm and content. She loves to sleep and eat. Her first night, all she wanted to do was rest on mommy's chest. She refused to go into her crib.

"Hi, world!"

A totally different experience compared with the previous pregnancy!

On Tuesday, Hazel and Jude came with Grandma to visit us in the hospital. They're still not so sure about the new arrival. (For one thing, what is it?) Hazel is starting to be more interested in Nona now, though.

Heidi and Nona came home after only two days in the hospital. Noel took the week off of work, so we've been enjoying a week home as a family.

Isn't she beautiful?

Our friend Cara brought Nona a birthday cake. It has one candle because it's impossible to light zero candles.

We've been having nice weather, so Hazel and Jude went outside with Grandma and Daddy a couple days ago. They loved riding the dump truck toy that was left in the backyard by previous residents.

Classic Jude and Hazel expressions...

Last pregnant picture

38 weeks 6 days. The eve of baby's birth.

Jude and Hazel

On the eve of our next daughter's birth, we thought we'd let you know a little more about the fun Hazel and Jude have been having lately.

Jude practicing his walking. He's walking more and more and is so proud. Go Jude!

Hazel and Jude both have these tables in their rooms. Noel sat Hazel at her table the other day for the first time and she loved it! She loved it so much that she wanted to play there instead of nap and also wanted to play there in the middle of the night. Jude was a bit more hesitant, but still had fun.

Jude got his first major haircut yesterday. His hair's been a bit out of control for awhile and Hazel likes to grab it and pull it, so we needed to take care of that. Here's his before picture.

Hazel was a great observer and wanted a haircut of her own.

After. What a stud!

Brushing teeth after bath time.

Noel and I took advantage of my mom being here and headed out for one last date Saturday night.

Last picture as a family of 4!