Trying to catch the smile

The last few days I have been trying to catch Sweet Sarah's Smile.  Here are some of the precious pictures I have gotten.

 Big Sister Elizabeth loves her little baby sister.

 Cute cheeks

 SMILE!!!

 Rebekah loves Sa-wah, too!

 I love this one - little smirk, 

new & fresh baby skin

next to Mommy's dry & wrinkled heels.

 Aw...

Love the little arm rolls!

So serious!

There's a slight grin!

Beautiful new blanket

These next few just crack me up!
Rebekah was napping & missed this photo session.

Oh, the Joy!

January ONE: 2011 ONE

 We are now a family of 6 - 

FOUR KIDS!

 Better get used to it, Little One!

See my kids grow on the first day of each month:

month ONE

Time for a Shower

I wish my sister, sister-in-law, and best friend could have come in for the weekend to be with us at our baby shower, but that's just not possible, so here's some pictures and a review especially for y'all!  Keep in mind I haven't figured out what settings the new camera needs to be on.  Apparently it's not as automatic as I thought!

The shower was at Aunt Wee's house.  The table was beautiful and I love the polka dots!!!

Lauren did a great job making a polka dot cake!

And the strawberry cupcakes were deee-lish and very cute!

We had a good time visiting

and Elizabeth enjoyed helping opening gifts.

 This adorable footie outfit will probably be our going home outfit!

 We were blessed with new car seats, too!

(ours were expiring soon)

Elizabeth & Rebekah enjoyed using theirs to watch a 

Sesame Street video when we got home!

Belly Shot, 34 weeks

So there you have it.  I think she's dropped, too & getting herself ready to come out soon... just over a month to go!  This is Gift #13 in my list of 1000 Gifts.

Drumroll please.....

Something about this reminds me of Rebekah already!

In the last few weeks, I've boxed up some boy clothes that David has outgrown.  I wasn't sure if I needed to cart them up to the attic or to sell/Goodwill them.  Had the same dilemma with the clothes Rebekah is outgrowing.  Now we know.

The boy clothes will be needing a new home and the baby girl stuff is going back into the attic for a few more months.

Bright Eyes

Rebekah is 2 Weeks Old

Sorry, this photo is still from Sunday. Today was so busy I didn't get any new photos of Rebekah taken today. (Come back tomorrow morning for priceless photos of Elizabeth, though!!!)

Today was Rebekah's 2-week check-up. We saw the PA in the pediatrician's office. She said they like to see babies re-gain up to their birth weight in the first 2 weeks. Rebekah was 8 pounds, so she's surpassed her birth weight. She's also grown an inch longer.

She had to have the 2nd state required PKU heel stick done. And the PA said her eye gumpies are because one of her tear ducts is not fully opened yet. It should clear up on it's own. Her next check-up will be in June, at 2-months.

My View of Baby Wearing

Rebekah was fussy today. Once I figured out how to do the tummy-to-tummy position in the pouch sling, she was content. Two hours she stayed like that, but then was awakened by hunger.

She's still so small!
And still very loved!!!

Tiny Talk Tuesday

The "big kids" are doing great with their new baby sister! David loves to hold her and is always a big help bringing me things and doing what he can on his own. It's amazing how much they grow up when another baby comes into the family. Elizabeth is suddenly huge and she adores her new baby sister.

David: Baby Rebekah is soooo cute!

Elizabeth: Baby Beka! Baby Beka!! Baby Beka!!!

David will not tolerate anyone calling her Beka except Elizabeth. If anyone else calls her "Baby Beka" David immediately corrects them with "Baby RE-bekah! Her name is RE-bekah!"

Elizabeth is also fascinated with Rebekah's wardrobe, always pointing out what she's wearing or what's on her clothes, like, "Baby Beka have flowers. Pink flowers!" or "Baby Beka have blanket, hat, warm!"

We finally caught one of the culprits who has been digging in my seedling pots at night:

Mom: Elizabeth, go look on the back porch...
Elizabeth: A cat, a cat!!!
Dad: It's not a cat.
Mom: It's a raccoon.
Elizabeth: Raccoon! Raccoon!

a little bit later
Mom: David, go look on the back porch...
David: We got a new cat!
Dad: It's not a cat
Elizabeth: Raccoon! Raccoon!
Dad: Elizabeth's right, it's a raccoon.
David: A raccoon?
Maybe we'll get a book about raccoons next time we're at the library...

later still, after Dad removed the cage from the porch
David: Where's the raccoon?
Mom: Dad's taking care of it. See the box where all our plants were? That raccoon got into them last night.
David, gasping when he saw where our plants had been: That was a baaaad raccoon.

Yes, it was. I have one asparagus left from that box. Unfortunately, there must be another varmint, because 3 more lettuce pots and another pepper pot were revenged last night. It must be a family of baaaad raccoons. And they're gonna have to go or we won't have any garden left to plant! And I'm mad about it. I don't care if they are cute.

OK, gotta get raccoons off my mind, so here's another adorable picture. I love that you can see Elizabeth playing in the background.

Read more Tiny Talk at Mary's.