Sisters

Cheese!

Ellie started smiling and cooing this week!

One Month Checkup

Ellie is one month old and doing great! She's starting to smile a bit and is definitely growing! At her checkup today she weighed in at 10lbs, 5oz! (90th %) and was 21 1/2 inches long (50th %). We're getting slightly longer stretches of sleep and she loves bath time :) We're hoping that we have escaped the colic that plagued her sister--keep your fingers crossed. So far she's much quieter and easier than Mia was at this point, but I think a lot of that has to do with first time parent panic that we had with Mia. This time we know that the crying will stop and the sleep will come, eventually.

Here are some silly pictures of her with her baby cheeks really starting to fill out! Her hair is getting redder too. I have no idea who she looks like but some people have mentioned the Weller side of the family...? Red hair runs in the McBride side, so who knows?

Happy Easter! Happy Spring! Happy Summer??

Well, we've been sufficiently spoiled by our amazing visitors (Grandma W, McGrandparents, Aunt Alexis) and friends, and this week started my first week as a SAHM (stay at home mom!) to two little ones!

So far, so good I have to say. I've managed to get out of the house for a bit each day and am feeling ok about things. Yesterday we went to the drug store and then tried out a new playground and I was feeling pretty accomplished until I got out of the shower to discover that the TV was covered in Easter stickers. Oh well.

We had a nice, quiet Easter and the weather was picture-perfect Spring. Then all of a sudden it turned into August. The heat index on Tuesday was 102! Hopefully this weekend cools off a bit.

Ellie is doing great--eating a ton and sleeping pretty well (for a 3 week old).

Mia loves to hold her and pet her and kiss her. She's been such a trooper!

More photos of the girls and our Easter below. We hope you are all well and we thank you again for all of the love, support and gifts you've sent!