My baby sister is 1 week old

Hello everyone,

My little sister is 1 week old as of yesterday and I have had a fun week watching her and getting use to life with a baby in the house.

Dad gets to stay home and help for a little while so it has been very fun having him around. We have been doing some fun stuff in addition to my usual gymnastics class, school on Tuesday's and Thursday's and my speech therapy. Dad is starting to learn how busy I am during the weekdays.

Last weekend I got to have fun with friends while mom and Carly were in the hospital. I spent the morning on Saturday with Paul and Heather, that is after I went to the hospital to see my little sister and mom.

 

It's official, I'm the big sister!

 

 

I then spent the afternoon with my cousin Liv and her parents. We had a fun time at the zoo. Here is Liv with her new cousin Carly.

 

One last diaper change before I headed home with dad. 

Sunday I spent the day with my pals Scott, Andrea and Jilli. On Sunday we had our friends the Crotser's come by to visit before we all got to go home.

We got home a little after 2PM on Sunday 7/14. Yeah for starting our new life as a family of four.

 

 

Dad took me to the pool and a picnic for the Arc on Wednesday. Did I mention that I enjoy having my dad home? Well, I do. Carly has had a good week as well. A nurse came by the house to see how she was doing and she seems to be great. She finally got her AM and PM going the right way later in the week. Mom and Dad told me that the first few nights were rough but I really did not notice and slept pretty well myself. Mom and Dad were worried that I would have a tough time adjusting to this but I have been doing great. I am starting to notice that I am not the most important thing around here anymore. We'll see how that goes in the coming months.

 

My grandma and grandpa "E" came for a visit on Thursday afternoon. On Friday Carly ventured out back on the porch as it was a very nice day. I like to kiss my kid sister a lot.

 

I showed grandpa my cool tee ball stand and how I can hit the ball.

We had cupcakes that Shelley brought for us as a way to celebrate Carly's week birthday.



 

 

Mom and Dad remind me that we had a lot of cake celebrations when I was just a baby. I think it is fun to celebrate these kind of little but big occasions.

 

 

Keep your eye on my blog for more updates about the rest of our summer.

 

Love you,

Lydia