Parents As Teachers Graduation

Sarah has been enrolled in Shawnee Mission Parents As Teachers since before she was born.  Our first home visit occurred when she was about 3 months old.  And since that time, Miss Janet Cody has been a monthly visitor at our house!  Sarah has looked forward to each visit and always wants to know what fun toys or books Janet will have with her.  Little did she know that Janet was actually teaching and assessing her development that whole time!

On Tuesday, Sarah graduated from the program with the rest of the three-year-olds.  She got an official cap and everything!  Unfortunately, Tom and I stayed home with Kate (we had only been home a couple of days, and I wasn't sure I was up to the outing that soon after my surgery), so Sarah got to graduate with Grammie and PaPa cheering her on.  Luckily, as evidenced by these pictures PaPa took for us, Sarah didn't seem to mind the fact that we weren't there!

Here is Sarah's first (and probably cheapest!) "diploma"...

Kate's First Week

April 30 - May 6

What an exciting week!  Kate was born on April 30, 2014.  We spent the first three and a half days of her life in the hospital, but on Saturday, May 3, we brought Kate home!

Grammie, PaPa, and Sarah were on-hand at the hospital to help out as Kate sat in her carrier for her first ever car ride...

Sarah was happy to show her little sister how it was done!

Daddy carried Kate into the house around noon, and we all cuddled up on the sofa to watch "Frozen" (Sarah's current obsession) together.  I think having two girls in our house will mean a lot of extra revenue for Disney!

Most of the rest of Kate's first week was spent figuring out our new routines, but she DID get her first bath at home on Sunday. Sarah even helped!

On Monday, Kate had her first visit to the pediatrician.  She had left the hospital weighing 7 lb, 12 oz but was down to 7 lb, 11 oz by Monday, so her doctor asked that we supplement a bit with some formula.  This was easier said than done, however, since Kate has been a great breast feeder but wanted nothing to do with a bottle!  Luckily, we have amazing neighbors with small children who just happened to have about 14 different types of bottles for us to "sample" (thanks, Talboys!), and we eventually found a bottle that Kate would take.  So much for the huge tub of Dr. Brown's bottles we have from when Sarah was a baby!

All in all, though, it was a pretty easy transition from hospital to home, and having a second child at home has been an easier change than I expected for everyone involved.  Kate hasn't even been home with us for a full week, but already I can't imagine our lives without her!

Water Fun

This spring, the weather has been a little crazy.  It keeps swinging from really hot to really cold and then back again.  Today, though, happened to be one of the really hot days!  We took this as the opportunity for Sarah to invite her friend Grace over to play with her water table and the cool new sprinkler the Talboys got Sarah for Big Sister Day.  I think they had fun...

Why wouldn't you use the toy cars as cups?

Wardrobe change (because her swimsuit was wet), then...SPRINKLER!!!!