Awake in Austin...

So Lily has started waking up in the middle of the night since Bella's arrival. Last night Bella woke up at 2:15 to eat. It took me until 3:00am to get her back to sleep. At approximately 3:02, Lily wakes up and comes in our room. She wants to get in bed with us, which I am really against, because she's a kicker and I'm still having abdominal problems. So I take her to her room and stay there with her until around 4:00am. I leave to go back to my room (she's still awake, but I'm freaking tired). At 5:00am she comes back in our room and announces "Lily no sleepy! Lily no sleepy!" I am so tired at this point I welcome her into our bed with open arms. But those arms are sticky. It suddenly smells very berry-licious. And I mean VERY BERRY. It's borderline sickening. But, like I said, I'm freaking tired. So I roll over and think to myself, I'll deal with this tomorrow...if I can just get another hours sleep...Next thing I know, Fuego is saying, "What the [bleep]?!" And then he decides to give her a bath. And she's crying the entire time. Loudly. So finally this is all over at like 5:45am and I get up to see what exactly happened. She had gotten into McKenzie's purse, put a half a pack of gum in her mouth and then emptied every tube of lipgloss onto her face, arms and in her hair. At 5:00am. F-U-N! Needless to say as Fuego was walking back to our room after getting her back in bed, his alarm was going off and Bella was waking up. It was pretty much decided right then and there that we probably won't be having anymore children :)

A Few Pictures

McKenzie Baking

Isaac and Lily playing :)

Bella looking different in every picture!!

Falling Behind

I'm falling behind with the pictures, but I have a ton to put up this weekend. Just a few thoughts to let you know how my week has been in case you're one of the lucky ones who hasn't already heard from me! Eliseo went back to work this week and my babysitter and dear friend (I love you please don't ever leave me again) Sarah, went out of town. FOR THE WHOLE WEEK. So I'm having a few issues with my recovery and I'm not at 100%.
McKenzie - has been a big help, mainly with Lily, so for that I'm very grateful! She's started a fundraiser selling cookie dough and has been reorganizing her room all week. Every quiz or test I've helped her study for this week, she has already known everything on the paper! Yes!!
Lily - has been refusing to take a nap, she says, "Lily no sleep". She also wakes up in the middle of the night now too. Here's an example of her lately: she just pulled out a wipie out of the container, spit her chewed up broccoli into it, wadded it up, and put it back into the wipe container. When I told her that was not where that went, she held up her hand and said, "Move back Mommy. I got it." Well! Very good then.
Isabella - it was discovered (spare you the details) that she is allergic to dairy. So we have put her on Nutramigen, which is a more expensive and much more stinky formula (think powdered cheese). We will explore soy at a later date and I will begin researching how to un-dairy our lives once she is ready to move past formula. There is a good chance that she will outgrow this, but she will begin eating solid foods before we know that.
Mom & Dad - we are surviving. I'm trying to be a superhero as usual and do every night feeding by myself and then I get snippy with Dad because he's not helping. You know, the usual :)
Stay tuned for LOTS of pictures.

McKenzie Completes CTXSPCA Education Sessions!

McKenzie and Gage recently completed a workshop put on by the Central Texas SPCA that was sponsored by Dell. They completed four sessions where each week they met a different shelter animal and learned about the responsibilities of caring for an animal as well as different Microsoft Office Applications. For example they created an Excel spreadsheet to show the how much it would cost to own a dog in the first year. My friend Jessica that used to work at Wells Fargo taught each of the sessions and because they fell on Mike and Shell's weekends, Gage was able to go too! They earned a certificate, a t-shirt and iPOD Touches when they completed the last session!

Where's my family? Oh, in the kitchen...

She's so cute...wait, why are there bananas in this picture?
Oh, because my husband put her on the kitchen counter while he cooks breakfast...I have NEVER laughed so hard in my entire life.

Side comment: sometimes it takes a picture to let you know that you need a new toaster. That thing has got to be 10 years old.

Wells Fargo Friends

Tio Gabe
Mario

Kris, Machelle, and Hilary

First Outing

We had our first outing today - I had a Dr's appointment (that's the trade-off when you beg to be released early from the hospital - you have to go back to the Dr. sooner. It was worth it). We waited to take Lily to Sarah's until we were leaving for the Dr's appointment - so we had to get both the little ones ready. Ha! I think it took us an hour to get ready to leave, and I didn't even get a shower! I was going through the list in my mind of things to pack for a newborn and I was feeling pretty good about it until we got to the Dr. The first two things Eliseo needed weren't in there! Oops! I'm trying!!

So cute and cuddly...

She's like a little love bug!

Love at First Sight

Nana brought McKenzie to visit Bella in the hospital. She is so proud to be a big sister to another baby! She was all smiles. We are very excited to have everyone home together.

Lily is a big helper - she loved Bella right away! She actually cried in the car because she wanted her car seat to be closer to Bella's! She's quite the little narrator...she tells us, "baby crying" or "baby sleeping". She's just keeping us on our toes I guess!

Don't be jealous of how good I look. hee hee. Why do people always want Mom in the pictures? I'm not ready for makeup yet!

Sleepless Nights...

Last night was a little rough - even Miss Lily Grace is sleepy this morning. When she woke up this morning, the first thing she said was "Baby?"

Home on Day 3!

I convinced the Dr. to let us come home early and I am so relieved. Lily met her baby sister today and is LOVING her to pieces!! I will add pictures tomorrow after we get some much needed rest.
On a side note - I've watched more TV tonight than I probably have in the last year and there are some RIDICULOUS reality TV shows out there! The Exterminators? Gimme a break!