Evee - Week 1

A week ago, I was at Kaiser L&D and I'm pretty sure they were putting in a spinal tap on me (btw, there were TWO spinal taps put in me since I could still feel my lower half after a while). And this week, we're back at home, trying to find our rhythm with three kids. 

 Charlotte: "Why doesn't she ever smile?"

Our sleeping beauty

Sleeping all day

She can sleep practically anywhere

The Shinn kid with the least amount of hair

Her night time bed

The older two have taken well to a new baby in the house. Charlotte is a different person around the baby and seems to have matured overnight. Normally, Char can't sit still for the life of her, or complains about her feet being tired for standing too long. However, when she's watching or taking care of the baby, she is able to do things she "claims" she's never able to do. You can really see her nurturing side coming out. It took a bit longer for Lucas to adjust and love the baby, but now he seems to enjoy her as well.

The first thing the kids do when they come home from school (after sanitizing their hands)

Char always wants to see the baby when she wakes up

Peek-a-boo, baby

Keeping her company

My middle child is suddenly not so little anymore

Swinging baby and jumping to attend to her whenever she hears any noise at all

 #shinntrio

 Big bro loving on baby baby sis, too

 Two Pokemon lovers - strike a pose!

Both Lucas and Charlotte were born relatively "big". They never really lived in newborn clothing. Evangeline is on the small side (still not 7 lbs), and we never thought about getting any NB clothing because of the other two kids. Currently, NB outfits are still loose on her, so we may have a while to go before she graduates up to 3 month old outfits (which I do have a lot of!). Therefore, we are forced to go shopping for clothes for her! (Mommy's not complaining about this dilemma!)

 Introducing her to Mommy's favorite store

 Daddy showing the kids how they got baby out of Mommy's belly

 First outing together as a family of five

It's currently 9:15, in 15 minutes, Evangeline would officially be one week old. Now it's time to wake and feed her.

Baby Evangeline

On February 27, we welcomed Evangeline into the world at 9:30.

But before all that happened, this was my last picture before you were born...

39 weeks

Your crib was decorated and ready to go

Clean changing area

Just waiting for your arrival

You're here!

You've been a very easy baby so far

Eat, sleep, poop, repeat

The Shinn three

Your big sissy poo loves holding you

Your brother thinks you're super cute

Three days at the hospital; ready to go home!

Welcome home, baby girl!

You're immune to all the noise your older siblings make

Our family is all home now. As for now, it's time to get into a new routine with a baby and two crazy kids. Wish us luck!

Winter Break 2017

Last winter break, we took a flight to Florida and went on a Disney Cruise. This winter break was completely different. I spent most of the time at home with the kids. They went on a crazy Pokemon XY movie spree because I was too tired to take them out. While they were watching TV, I was either cleaning or napping. Yup, completely different from a year ago.

 Home Depot building day

 Ikea building

 Trying to get everything organized

 Weekend morning iPad time

 Excited to be an older sister

 She's jealous that her baby sister has a cuter room than her

They both like their baby sister's room

 Dad took the kids to see the Lego Batman movie

 Someone is already regressing...

Two big kids regressing...

 Beados

 Taking a stroll around the mall

 Thank you Apple Store and your iPads

 Annual check-up (both are healthy munchkins)

 Char claimed that a strawberry frap would make her feel better after her shots

Passed out for a good hour after her shots

 Painting at home

 Took the kids to one of our favorite joints - Pizza Chicago

 Topped the night with yummy dessert

 Crazy children

 Watching the SAME show on different iPads

 Love their love/hate relationship

Lucas is excited that tee ball season is back!

And that was our winter break in a nutshell. There really wasn't anything that exciting. However, tomorrow will be quite exciting and life changing. The house is clean, everything is set up and installed, we're just waiting to bring home our baby in a few days now. Life will soon be very, very different (but hopefully a good kind of different).