Photo dump

After realizing that I hadn't been taking many pictures, I started taking more. However, now I don't have time lately to write posts to go with all of the pictures. So I decided to give up and just post all the pictures. That's all you really want to see any way :)

We have had some beautiful weather lately, Mom and I took the girls to the Arboretum.

Out to lunch, Anabelle was really excited to eat her pickle :)

A trip to the mall to shop for Easter dresses.

We had some fun with the water table!

Charlotte supervised from her bouncy seat.

A picnic at the park.

Ready to play!

Anabelle can use the big swings now!

Playing tag with Grandma

Charlotte prefers to sleep through her visits to the park.

Off from work, John and I took the girls to the zoo. Anabelle is much more interested in the animals this year.

Of course we can't visit the zoo without a trip on the carousel.

That night we went to our favorite ice cream parlor, they were having a special -pancakes for a penny! We had a fun dinner and even met Clifford the Big Red Dog!

Anabelle got a new bear from her Aunt Kathy, she has been wrapping it up and carrying it around like a baby.

Charlotte is ready for the Easter Bunny to visit.

Charlotte turned 1 month old!

Mommy and Anabelle had a special morning painting our toes, it was Anabelle's 1st pedicure!

Then Anabelle gave her stuffed animals pedicures.

I used to get drunk with friends on St. Patrick's Day...

now I dress up my kids and go to parades.

Anabelle celebrates her half birthday on St. Pat's day, she is two and a half!

Charlotte is 3 weeks old.

Spring is here.

You get the best view on top of Uncle Mike's shoulders.

Charlotte slept through the whole parade, only opening her eyes for a second when the firetrucks went by.

Aunt Steph and Uncle Mike

Hey Grandpa, can you help me open this candy?

Parade watchin'

Our little peanut is 3 weeks old today. I haven't been very good about taking photos of her, so today I set up a little photo shoot. As you can tell from her clothing... it has been beautiful weather here with a high of 83 today. She has been keeping her eyes open more lately, and spending more time awake during the day.

We received this super cozy blanket as a gift from Aunt Pam, Gene, Joey and Sarah. Charlotte was very comfy all bundled up in it.

Charlotte is 2 weeks old!

We have made it 2 weeks here in the Delaney house with our newest arrival! During that time we have had some eventful days and some very non-eventful days. Most of our time is spent napping, feeding/eating, playing with Anabelle, and rocking Charlotte; with a few fun outings and visits from friends thrown in there. My Mom was able to come and spend 3 days with us this week, which was a huge help. John was able to stay home the other 2 days, so I still haven't braved being alone all day. Although I did decide to try out to the grocery store today with both girls by myself. I know this doesn't seem like a huge deal, but I felt like it was a big accomplishment. They took it easy on me, Charlotte slept most of the time and Anabelle was on her very BEST behavior. They must have known that today was not the day to give Mom a hard time.

Charlotte is still up a lot during the middle of the night, so she and I have been camped out on the couch in the evenings. She hasn't made the jump to sleeping in the bassinet yet, right now I can get her to sleep swaddled on her boppy pillow next to me on the couch. During the day we try to lay her in her bassinet to get her more used to it. Hopefully she'll start sleeping in it soon and I can move back to sleeping in bed. Today we went to the doctors for her 2 week check-up and she weighed in at 7lbs. 7 oz.- just 1 oz more than her birth weight. She is on the slow side for gaining weight, so we are going to try and plump her up :) Everything else looked good, and she will go back to the doctor on March 25th for her first round of immunizations. Here are some pictures from our week:

Aunt Kari

Uncle Joe

Aunt Becky

I started pumping breast milk, so John got a chance to feed Charlotte for the 1st time.

Charlotte got a bath, she wasn't very happy about it.

Anabelle was happy to stand on a chair nearby and watch the action.

After her bath we took Charlotte up to her room to get dressed and she was really screaming a lot, my Mom snapped this great picture of Anabelle- apparently it was a little too loud for her :)

All dressed and warm again.

On Tuesday, we had some beautiful weather here, around 55 degrees, we decided to take a little walk.

John even pulled out the lawn chair for a little bit to soak up some sun.

I managed to snap a picture of Charlotte with her eyes open and not screaming.

Our 2 cuties, I love this picture!