I love the Flower Girl

I've had great fun making some flower clips for Eleanor's hair. Look at this lovely girl, who can blame me?! She's excited to be a real flower-girl at my sister's wedding this weekend.

Sisters

I love that Eleanor finally has a sister! She seems pretty happy about it too. She always includes Katherine in her little drawings. She's good at getting Katherine to smile. Last weekend we had Katherine outside in a bouncer while we did some yard work. Gavin was testing out the sprinklers and Eleanor stood in front of Katherine so she could protect her from getting sprayed with any water. So sweet. So glad she's getting the chance to learn how to take care of and sacrifice for a sibling!

8 Weeks Already

I've been trying to capture little Katherine's elusive smile on camera. Don't you see a little hint of a dimple on those cheeks?

We're really enjoying this newborn stage with Katherine. She's starting to sleep about 7 hours at night, so everything suddenly becomes more enjoyable! Amazing how that works. Eleanor still dotes on her and has learned quite a bit about helping with the baby. It's great to have a second set of hands (and legs, more importantly!) during the day.

Meet the Cousins

We were so lucky to have Grandma Payne, all the Payne aunts and most of the cousins come out last week to meet Katherine. We missed Natalee and Carson, but all the little ones had a great time together.

Maddie's kissy face is so adorable!

It was fun to see Addie and Maddie, born six weeks apart now as one year olds.

Isaac and Eleanor ran around together and she enjoyed reading him stories.

It was a great couple of days together. We went shopping, out to our favorite Chinese haunt, swimming with the kids, out to breakfast to celebrate Eleanor's birthday, checked out the furniture store with Grandma, and lots of fun times just watching the kids play. Thanks for the visit and for helping me realize I can do this out-and-about thing with a baby!