Party of Four!

We had our pictures taken at Little Nest Potraits when Gracie was just 10 days old! I love the way they came out! Matty had such a good time, but Gracie wasn't really into it! She didn't sleep the whole time and blew out 5 diapers while we were there. But she still looks gorgeous as ever!

Lovin' On Baby Sister

Grandma came to visit today and we had a great time out for walks, at the park, and taking pictures!

Gracie Girl at 2 weeks old sporting a color other than pink for a change!

Yes, Matty is in love with Gracie's pink bunny - he doesn't discriminate!

Kisses!

They don't come much cuter...

Matty & Gracie's New Ride

We finally had some beautiful weather today, so we took Matty and Gracie's new ride for a spin! It really is the Cadillac of strollers and is sure to be one of my best friends in the coming months.

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Gracie's First Doctor Appointment

Gracie had her first doctor appointment today with Dr. Olivieri, and it turns out she is perfect :) As soon as the doctor looked at her he said, "I've definitely seen that face before!" She looks just like Matty did when he was first born! Gracie weighed in at 6 lbs, 15 ozs, so she has some catching up to do to get back up to her birth weight. We have big plans to chunk her up this week! She has slept pretty much the entire day today... I hope we don't regret that tonight...

Look how cute!

Squeaky Clean

Gracie had her first bath at home tonight! She did great, and of course Matty helped and got soaked in the process....

Okay, I know the headband is a little big, but it matches so well...

What A Pair

Matty met his baby sister for the first time on Saturday, and it was love at first sight! Matty can't help but smile every time he looks at Gracie. He wants to share his milk and his toys and can't understand why she doesn't play with him! So far he has adjusted very well and is a great big brother!

Our Little Lady

Grace Elisabeth was born 3/9/10 at 9:55 am! She is beautiful and looks so much like her big brother! She weighed 7lbs, 7ozs and was 20 inches long.

I had the quickest and easiest labor and delivery that I could of ever imagined! So quick that Grandma almost missed the birth. She had to be rushed upstairs to L&D then ran in the room just as Miss Gracie was popping out!

We just brought Gracie home tonight after a longer than expected stay at the hospital. She had two temperature readings that were a little high, and they landed her in the NICU for 48 hours. It was heart-wrenching to see our brand new little girl hooked up to machines and having to leave without her. Once in the NICU, she never again ran a high temperature and did great. She is a little jaundiced, but thankfully we were still able to bring her home today. Mike and I stayed by Gracie's little bassinet as much as possible and were able to stay in a little room in the NICU so we could visit her throughout the night and do all of her feedings. We are so excited to finally have her home!

She hasn't met her big brother yet, and we haven't even seen Matty since Monday night!!!! He had a viral infection with four days of fever. So, he couldn't visit Gracie and we couldn't even see him for fear of carrying the virus to Gracie. Thankfully, Matty is fully recovered, and we will be picking him up from Nana & Grandpa's house tomorrow morning! I miss him terribly and cannot wait to hug my little guy tomorrow morning!

We haven't taken many pictures so far since Gracie was in the NICU, but here are a few that we have so far. I'll be posting tons more over the next few days, weeks and months!

Family of Three

Baby Gracie will be making her big debut next week (MAYBE - fingers crossed)! Considering that it might be our last weekend as a trio, we decided to go on a little family outing. The weather was beautiful, so we headed to Longwood Gardens! Matty LOVES the Children's Garden with all the dancing fountains! Mama learned a valuable lesson today... When visiting the Children's Garden with Matty, bring a change of clothes or at least a towel. Matty loved the water and would have jumped in more than one of the fountains if we weren't holding him back!

The little stinker stuck out his tongue when he saw he was getting his picture taken!

Checking out the "fluffers" aka - White Hydrangea that were really beautiful!

Looks like trouble, huh?

Making a wish and tossing a penny into the water... We did this about 10 times!

After Longwood, we had lunch at one of the best restaurants ever - Half Moon in Kennett Square! Then headed home where Matty and Mama took a looong nap while Daddy installed Miss Gracie's car seat then took his new bike for a spin!