Our first week as 5

How time is already flying by...! We have survived out first week as a family of 5 with not too much stress. Caitlyn and Allison are loving having their new baby sister at home to help take care of. Every time Lauren makes any noise, both of them are right there wanting to know what's wrong and what they can do to fix her. Well, Caitlyn wants to help and Allison just covers her mouth and says oh my gosh over and over until Lauren is done crying. One of our fears with bringing home Lauren was that Allison would digress with her potty training and stop using the toilet. We are extremely happy to report that Allison is still doing wonderful! Every now and then she still has accidents, but no more than before. And for some reason, as soon as we brought Lauren home, Allison seems to have tripled in size! I know she hasn't grown that much, but Allison just seems so much bigger now. Caitlyn too of course. She does so well holding her baby sister and loves to every chance she gets! Bear and I are getting used to being parents of a newborn again. But Lauren is a pretty good baby. She has been nursing very well and usually sleeps 3-4 hours at a time. She has been staying awake more throughout the day which everyone gets a kick out of. Her cord came off a couple days ago, so the big girls were very excited to help give Lauren her first bath. The water scared her a little at first, but she calmed down quickly and enjoyed it a little. Here are a few pics from her first week...there would have been more but the camera died.



More to follow soon.

Love
Bear, Erin, Caitlyn, Allison and Lauren