Addison starts school!

Addy had her first day of preschool today and, from the looks of things when I dropped her off, she's going to LOVE it! No first day jitters here. She was excited excited excited! She is going to Holy Cross, the same preschool Lily attended, but has a different teacher.

Pictures Post

The girls started dance up again tonight. Addy was SOOOOO excited to finally get to dance. We struggled in the spring b/c the studios don't have classes for kids who aren't 4 yet. So today was her big day. She did GREAT - absolutely loved it. We switched studios and I'm really happy with the new place. It's much closer to home (less than a mile) and just does a better job teaching the kids the technical steps, etc. The only negative is that it's a long night. Lily's classes are at 4:30 and 5:30 and then Addy's is at 7:00 - UGH! Ah well, at least we could get them all on the same night and soon we'll be able to take advantage of the wait time to do the kids homework.

Miri is changing every day - yesterday she seemed bigger to us both and she also started staying awake for longer periods. Sooo we were finally able to get some pics with her eyes open!

KINDERGARTEN

Can you believe that Lily is old enough for Kindergarten? It's true it's true! She officially entered her elementary school days this morning at St. Simon. Check out the cuteness of the school uniform! She was excited and very ready for school to start, so we didn't have to deal with any first day jitters. The only difficult thing was that Addy missed her terribly. She was quite a handful today..I'm sure things will improve in 2 weeks once her school starts.

Miriam Elizabeth is here!

We are so thrilled to announce the arrival of Miriam Elizabeth. She is the perfect addition to our not-so-little family! We went to the hospital on Friday night and she was born at 12:53 on Sunday morning. We were very surprised when labor didn't progress, the baby was showing some signs of distress, and we found out she was in an awkward position for delivery. So we ended up in the operating room in the middle of the night. It was very scary and unexpected, but so worth it in the end. Miri is healthy and perfect. She is itty bitty too and weighed only 5lbs 15 oz at birth. I took a picture of her next to one of Lily's Barbie dolls so everyone can see her size!

The girls are in love with their new little sister and we are very blessed to have family here to help until I am fully recovered. This c-section business is for the birds! We just got home this morning (Wednesday) and have been relaxing and recuperating. Loving having our whole family together for the first time!

We can't wait for everyone else to come meet her!