Hello World.

Now that we are settled, I'm trying to get back into the blog updates. It's been a while, and clearly, a lot has changed with our new arrival. It will probably take me a few posts to get caught up.

First up....

As you can see from the prior post, we welcomed a new addition to our team Greaney. Cassidy, like her sister before her, decided to show up fashionably late. With it so hot this summer, I was definitely not happy about extending the pregnancy at all, so we went with the Dr's plan to evict Cassidy via induction a couple days after due date.

Plus side to knowing exactly when you will have a baby is that you can get a sitter lined up and hit the town the night before. Well, as much as a past due pregnant woman can hit the town. So Nate and I went out to eat, and took the only belly pictures that exist from this pregnacy, and got a solid night's sleep (again, as much as I could sleep at that point). Below is the proof that I was pregnant, and just how uncomfortable this past summer was with all that heat. There are also pictures documenting just how badly I waddled around the house, but I will spare you those. It is not pretty. Looking back, I now see why people kept letting me cut in line at the grocery store - they were convinced I would go into labor.

Cassidy was here the next morning, 5 hours after we showed up at the hospital. She entered the world very rosy and screaming bloody murder. Apparently she was not in the mood to get out and see the world. Weighing in at 8lbs 8oz, Cass was bigger than Kendall by 9oz - which is a lot when you are tiny.

 

Our first visitor after Cass, Nate, and I got settled at the hospital was Kendall. I wanted the girls to have a chance to get aquainted without a lot of others around - so we did the family thing. Kendall took to her little sister immediately, and especially loved the wonder that is tiny baby fingers and toes.

We all went home the next day, exhausted, but ready to be out of the hospital. 24 hours was enough for me. We had lots of visitors, both sets of grandparents, all our aunts and uncles, and cousins. Kendall loved all the excitement, and Cassidy slept through most of it.

After that we spent our time adjusting to family as 4. More to come on how that is going...