My Girls

Look who's 5 weeks old (as of yesterday) and completely precious!

Sisters, playing around on the floor!

                                Maddie, all decked out in her soccer gear, and heading to her first practice!

I must be the luckiest mommy in the world to have such beautiful and sweet girls!! Thank you God for blessing me in such a big way!!

Yellow Dress

Brooklyn is starting to wear 0-3 month sized clothing now. The other day I was trying to find one outfit in particular that didn't seem to be too big. I spotted this pale yellow dress that Maddie wore as a baby. I remembered, that even though it was 0-3 month sized, it was made a little smaller, and would be perfect for Brooklyn right now. So, I pulled it out and put it on. My how the memories came flooding back! The great thing for Brooklyn is that she has an endless supply of clothes (being our 2nd girl and all) and I am so grateful to be able to use all the cute outfits I had for Maddie all over again. This, Im sure, is just the first of many times that Miss B is going to be sharing her sister's clothing!

Here is Maddie, 3 years ago, in the arms of my Papa:

And here is (a very hungry) Brooklyn, today:

Brooklyn-One Month

Brooklyn~

One month ago, today, you entered this world. What a great day that was! Your daddy and I, along with big sister, completely adore you and love watching you grow. You are the 2nd most beautiful girl and have a very special place in our family of four. Here are a few things about you right now:

-weigh 8lbs and 14oz (birth weight was 7.2 and you dropped down to 6.9)
-you are a great eater and want to eat about every 2 hours (this kind of wears mommy out a little!)
-you had your days and nights mixed up but are slowly starting to turn a corner with that. you still sleep most of the day though and stay awake a little more in the evenings now. at about 3 weeks, you transitioned to sleeping in your crib.
-you like the sound of your sister singing to you
-you still have brown hair, dark blue eyes, and olive complexion
-you recently had to have the remaining portion of your umbilical cord treated since a small segment remained attached. hopefully it will finish falling off soon.
-wear newborn clothes and diapers. some 0-3 clothes fit ok and we are moving in that direction now.

Mother's Day 2011

3 years ago I had just become a mom to my sweet Maddie:

And today Maddie is all grown up with a new little sister:

Jaime bought me a new mother's ring. I have one for Maddie (the stackable kind) and he got a new one to add to it for Brooklyn. It has her name, birthdate, and April birthstone...the whole works! Here is my gift from the girls:

Precious, right?!?!? And for all you other moms out there who like these kinds of things; I know exactly where you can get one. All you have to do is ask!
:)

Happy Mother's Day!

The greatest moment

My apologies but for some reason I am unable to do videos the "correct way" on my laptop right now. So, I did a very quick (and probably poor) job of capturing some video from my camera and placing it onto my computer. Though its not the best, it still gives you a brief idea of the moment when Brooklyn arrived into this world. Its the best and I could re-live that one moment a hundred times a day. I love it so much (especially if that silly epidural is working) and am grateful that I get to experience it as a woman (even in the moments when that silly epidural is not working)!

Here she is: