AUNT Mollie holding Kaela - an actual aunt now - yeah!
Kaela's first bath at home.
Getting her head scrubbed. She loves having her hair washed/head rubbed.
Christopher discovers play dough. The first thing he did was taste some, and decided it was yucky, but fun to play with. Thanks, Aunt Anna!
Christopher got to spend a lot of time with GiGi while she visited over the past 3 weeks. It was wonderful to have her here. And Kaela benefited by getting extra snuggle time.
"Worker hats" for GiGi.
Four Generations: Mommy (Rachel Tolan Didyk), GiGi (Great-Grandma Sue Steury), Sho Sho (Grandma Cindy Steury Tolan) and Kaela Ruth Didyk.
Kaela weighed 5lb 7oz when we weighed her last Thursday. She had gained 9 oz in a week! Grow, grow, grow!
Precious sleeping bundle.
Andy took Christopher "camping" in our sun room on Friday night. They set up the tent, loaded it with sleeping bags, books and a flashlight, and had a lot of fun. I heard them still laughing and talking shortly after 9pm. Andy said Christopher never stopped moving, even in his sleep. He'd lie it one spot for awhile, then stand up and move to another part of the tent and lie there for awhile before moving again. Andy said he was cold outside of his sleeping bag, but Christopher stayed warm even just sleeping on the floor of the tent - hot blooded child! At 4 when Andy got up to feed Kaela, he put Christopher in his bed and came to bed after feeding the baby so he could actually get a couple hours of uninterrupted sleep.
Christopher has been doing a great job feeding himself with a spoon - even yoghurt out of the container. So when I asked Andy to help me for a minute, he left him eating at the table. When we walked back in, we were greeted with "Yoghurt in hair!" and a huge smile.
We asked him how he got it in his hair, to which he proceeded to take his spoon, scoop some out onto the table, then put his hands in it and slick back his hair. Needless to say he went straight to the tub...after pictures, of course.
Andy and I had some more fun experimenting with pictures - we used just natural light from the window for these. Not too bad for our first attempt - good pictures, Drew!
Christopher has been doing well with Kaela. Yesterday, she was lying on the changing table part of the pack n play, and she started crying. As I walked into the kitchen, I told her not to worry I was getting her milk ready. A few seconds later, I heard: "It's okay, Kaela. It's ok, Kaela. Kiss." As I peaked around the corner, Christopher was on his tip-toes beside her, telling her it would be okay and trying to reach her for a kiss. She had stopped crying and was just staring at her. He then came running into the kitchen and said, "Mommy. Kaea stopped crying." I told her yes, he had been a good big brother and helped her stop crying. Then we heard her again and he went running back to tell her it was okay. This time he also said "Milk coming," then ran into the kitchen and said "Mommy get Kaela's milk."
Later she was lying beside me on the couch while I was pumping and making little fussy noises. He came over once again, crawled up on the couch, and proceeded to say the same things as before along with showering her with many kisses. I applauded his help and told him she also like it when we sing to her. So he laid his head down by hers and started singing: "Happy Birthday to. Happy Birthday you." SO CUTE! Last night, he walked over to her and said "I love you, pincess." I almost cried. Two kids is awesome! Thank you, Lord.
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