Sister Sunday

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.  ~Marion C. Garretty

What's a Sunday without an impromptu photo shoot in their matching church outfits, right?!?

Poor Alli looks like she's getting abused in these pictures, but it's out of love, and Lila really was being pretty gentle

I'm so jealous of her long and dark eyelashes!!

 comfy in her play clothes

Pack-in-Play Playtime

Alli has gotten to where she really enjoys being put down in her pack-and-play to look at and kick the animals that hang from above. Whenever she is playing in there, Lila wants to try and climb in there also. Here are some pictures and a (long-sorry) video that I took of them playing yesterday afternoon.

Bath Time

It's amazing to me how much Alli has already grown. I noticed just how much last night when I was giving her a bath (we call them tubbies in our house!).

Here are pictures of her first bath at home:

 not a happy camper-so tiny in her tub

Here are some pictures of her bath last night (6 weeks later): 

 checking herself out in the mirror

 cute little feet

 getting so long

 she loved to smile when I washed her cheeks 

 cozy in her towel

Inkubook.com

I bought a groupon a while back for a free inkubook online scrapbook. I usually use either Mixbook or MyPublisher for my online scrapbooks, but I decided to get the groupon to try this site out. The books are pretty cute and easy to make; however, you can't be quite as creative as you can with the Mixbooks. Also, it was pretty annoying to add pictures because some would take three or four trys to upload correctly. All in all, I made a pretty simple book, but I liked the way it turned out. I'm excited to get it in the mail!

Create your own Photobooks with Inkubook.com!

Glorious Rain!

Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

-Psalms 147:7-8 

I never thought that I'd be so excited to see rain, but this morning, when I saw that black cloud growing larger and closer I was absolutely elated! I had to actually see the rain coming out of the clouds to believe it though, because we've had so many false alarms in the last several months. I hope our dying grass appreciated this lovely gift from God :)

 starting to rain

 proof in the gutter

 loved seeing the dark clouds!!

 everyone was a little extra lazy this morning during the rainstorm

 really coming down now

 Lila was shocked to see water actually falling from the sky

 Drink up, grass!!

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6 Weeks Old

Every week, come Wednesday, I wonder how another seven days has passed us by. It has been six weeks (six weeks!!!) since Alli was born! This was seriously the fastest six weeks of my life so far. I know that time only speeds up as you live it, but I really am trying to soak up every breath, every milestone, every facial expression that she has because I know it changes so fast! I've been trying to take a bunch of pictures every week to document her growth in the early months to help me cherish and remember these precious newborn days!

Also, we got to see Dr. Klein again this morning at my six week post-pardom visit. It was good to see everyone again and show off our cute baby! 

 starting to lift her head up higher than 45 degrees

I love Sundays!

I remember severely disliking Sundays when I was in Middle and High school. It was the day to cram in all the weekend homework that you put off, get up early to go to church, be sad that the weekend was over already, and dread the next five days of early wake-up calls and lots more homework. Now, don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed school. It's just something about knowing that you have to wake up at 6 a.m. for the next five days that really got to me.

However, now that I'm an adult, I really love Sundays. I think it has a lot to do with Josh's schedule and the fact that he comes home after being gone for up to five days in a row, but that isn't the case every week. I love waking up (it's not really considered "early" anymore now that I don't sleep until noon on the weekends like I did when I was a teenager) and going to church. To be honest, I really enjoy dressing the girls up to go to church too! When it was just Lila, I had fun picking out the smocked dress, pretty bow, and shoes that she was going to wear. Now that Alli is here too, it's even better, twice the fun! Of course, Sundays aren't only about playing dress-up with the girls. It's a time for me to really reflect on what we have and what I am truly thankful for, as well as think about what I can do to help those who don't have what we do. Oh, and True Blood on Sunday TV just makes it that much better also!

Here are some pictures from our Sunday morning:

 loving on her favorite bunny

 trying to climb over the couch

 sitting with sister

 "mom, can I please pick her up?"