Caroline: 2 months

I posted this on Feb 17, but for some reason, it's posting it out of order... sorry it's too early.

Caroline is showing a lot of personality, if I ever get the time to talk only with her. Laney loves talking to her, too, and making her smile...


It's amazing to look back one month and see how much she has grown. It's impossible to remember when Laney was this young, which is weird... but it's still hard to think about those first few days when Caroline was born. I'm glad we have pictures and videos.

She focuses on your face when you come into the room, laughs when you tickle her feet or sing to her, and coos when you have time to talk to her. It's hard not giving her as much time as I know I gave Laney. But Laney still gives her kisses and hugs each time she sees her. Caroline sleeps with her mouth open still, but is on a pretty great sleep schedule so far. Since about 6 weeks she goes to sleep around 8:30 pm (exactly at Laney's bedtime!) and not wake up until 4 or 5 am. Then, she started eating every 2 1/2 hours during the day instead of every 2. Just 30 minutes makes a big difference :) She also takes 4 hour naps on bath days. I do it every other day, and she loves it, just like Laney did.
Caroline is also too big for "newborn" clothes and has moved on to "0-3 month." This outfit is 3 mo., and just a bit too big. I suppose she'll have to be Daddy's favorite a little while longer ;) It has cute pants that go with it, but I wanted you to see her skinny legs and cute little feet.

Videos from Christmastime 2011

Caroline is crying in the background, since I'm holding her and the camera, but Laney just couldn't stop cracking up at her Daddy. It's so sweet.




Nana singing "Sweet Caroline," and Laney showing how much she loves it.




Laney is having a lot of fun with her new grocery cart from the Kiels. Thanks Uncle Jonathan and Aunt Corrie!




Leah brought Asher to see Laney... He cries a bit, but they play together well after he gets warmed up. It's about 3 minutes, so feel free to stop it short. I won't be offended :)




Papaw turned the TV to Gaither Homecoming and Laney started dancing to "When the Saints Go Marching In." So precious. I need to make sure Bro. Don sees this.




And finally, we have Laney making the cutest sound she knows. When you ask her what a bird says, she does this! My favorite

Christmas 2011

For some reason, these pictures wouldn't move out of the order I uploaded them, so... In no particular order:
The Wests came to us for Christmas (so nice) since Caroline wasn't even a month old.





Even Laney got to "be" a present.






First bath at home! so sweet. It was a lot less stressful than the first one I gave Laney.

I was so super proud of Barak smoking a Chrsitmas Goose for us this year! It tasted great, but I'm biased towards the glorious turkey he cooked at Thanksgiving.

Caroline: 1 month

Funny face!


It's been super duper fun around our house since the middle of December... Family has been here the whole time (with the exception of a few days here and there), Caroline has learned the difference between night and day, Laney has started a whining yet very adorable phase, and much much more ;)
Caroline likes to sleep with her mouth open, but still keeps a tight focus on you while you hold her. She spits up a lot, at least compared to Laney. I don't remember Laney spitting up at all, actually. Caroline has found a "crying hour" around 8 pm, but has given us some peace with sleeping between 4 and 6 hours at a time during the night.

Welcome, Sweet Caroline

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Caroline is here!

December 17, 2011. 7 lbs., 1 oz., 20 in.

First bath... loved it.

Laney met Caroline and adored her. She has wanted to cuddle with her every time she sees her.



She looks so much like Laney did her first day!