Stats

Both girls had appointments yesterday (Austen - one month, Kaitlyn - 18 mos.). Here are our new stats:
Austen - 11 pounds, 2 ounces!! This puts our "little" girl in the 95th percentile. Go Austen! I don't remember her length, but it was also in the 95th percentile. Who made this baby??
Kaitlyn - 22 pounds, 25th percentile. Proof that a chub can turn into a peanut. She's not teeny-tiny, but not the 85th percentile baby that she used to be. :-) She's still got her cute belly, which we love! She's actually starting to grow out of some of her clothes finally, which is making Mama sad...

And some pictures. This was fun to clean up. Thank goodness for my dad, who came up and helped clean for a couple of hours, which is how long it took to get most of the shampoo out of the carpet. I was having a hard time getting it clean with Kaitlyn wanting to help and Austen needing me, too. Thank you, Dad!!! Hair products are now on a higher shelf...

Michaela and her mom came by on Saturday to meet Austen. Michaela will be hanging out with us on Mondays during the summer. She'll be a great help! I can't believe that she's in third grade...I met her when she was 4 months old!

Grandma Sue came by on Sunday:

One Month Old!

Never a Dull Moment!

We expected this to happen when we put the swing back out for Austen. Then we started thinking that maybe Kaitlyn just wouldn't go there since it had been out for an uneventful two weeks. Nope.

Our little monkey:

She got herself in, turned herself around, and closed the tray. I can tell that tomorrow will be a fun day...

An old friend of mine from preschool, Amy, and her son Matthew came over to play today. Kaitlyn and Matthew are about two months apart.

And, again, the sweet little sister. :) She'll be a month old on Friday!

Big Sister Antics

Kaitlyn has been giving me a run for my money this past week. On top of learning how to open Riley's food container and "feed" him, dumping his entire water bowl in the process, "drinking" from my water cup and dumping it's contents all over the bed, unfolding laundry faster than I can fold it, and trying to climb into Austen's swing, she has now taught herself how to get on top of the kitchen table. And yes, she has fallen, and it hasn't stopped her. We've tried moving the chairs, but she outsmarted that. Next step: chairs into the garage. So much for eating at the dinner table!
This first week on my own went very well, with minor hiccups such as the above. ;-) Glad it's the weekend, though!

Do you think she's proud of herself?

Couldn't resist including the sweet, innocent little sister who sleeps through much of her sister's mischief:

Two Weeks Old!

Nothing much new to report, but wanted to post a few pictures. :-) My first two days on my own have gone great. It helps that Austen sleeps so much right now!

How I found Kaitlyn yesterday. Reading to herself in her rocking chair. I'm sure I'm more amused by it than others, but this will never get old for me. :-)

I had to sneak in a get a picture of how she fell asleep for her nap the other day. My grandma got us a video monitor, so we can spy on Kaitlyn when she's going down to sleep. We are having a little too much fun with it. :-)

Kara and Paige came over on Monday for a play date.

They make a good team! Working together to try to escape:

Kaitlyn has shown a lot more interest in her dolls since Austen came home. This lucky one got a ride in the swing. Better her than the real baby, believe me. ;-)

Again, I'm sure I'm more amused by this than I should be, but this cracks me up every time. Kaitlyn put on Austen's hat and cozied herself into the carseat:

It turns out that Kaitlyn is quite the little egg hunter...we didn't know she had it in her!

My cousin Katryn came up from Texas to meet her new "niece." Kaitlyn has been going around the house since she left saying "Kako?"

Wide awake!

Giving Austen kisses:

Austen is 1 week and 4 days old, and doing great. :-) We took her back to the pediatrician for a weigh in on Thursday, and she was already above her birthweight at 8 lbs. 8 oz. (She was 7 lbs. 15 oz. at her 3 day appointment. Obviously she is eating well!
We are getting pretty decent sleep most nights. To date, we have had two not-so-good nights where baby girl decided to be a night owl until about 3 in the morning. However, we will take a few nights like that since the rest have been good. :-)
We can't believe how much she has already changed since she was born. Kaitlyn is still doing very well with her; mostly ignoring her, but we'll consider that a good thing right now! We (and when I say "we," you who I really mean...) put together the swing and put Austen in it for the first time today, and discovered that this may difficult with Kaitlyn in the picture. She likes to "help" her swing. This may be something we only use when Kaitlyn is napping. :-)
Well, that's all for now. Everything is going wonderfully for the most part!

More lounging in the papasan:
Our little cutie :-)

Sleeping beauty (or sleeping burrito, either one):