Visitors!

This weekend Allie had some special visitors. Her cousins Sally Kate, Logan and Caroline came to meet her. Uncle Kurt, Eric and Aunt Sarah brought us delicious doughnuts for breakfast and spent the morning hanging out. Abby always enjoys seeing her cousins and today was no exception, while Allie's aunt and uncles were getting acquainted with her Abby and her cousins played all morning!

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Uncle Kurt and Allie

Uncle Eric and Allie

Logan chased Abby and Sally all morning

Home Sweet Home...

After nearly three days in the hospital, we are finally home. Thankfully, the weather cooperated enough to allow us to travel the roads again. The winter has been relatively quiet here, but the last few weeks have been nothing but snow and ice...just in time for Allie's arrival!  The city has been shut down since Friday due to the poor weather.

Abby was very excited to have Allie at home finally. Mommy and daddy were just happy to be back at home with our girls. We're hopeful that Allie adjusts easily to her new home and we'll see how well the first night at home goes!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Allison Michelle is here!

We are so excited to announce that our second baby girl has finally arrived! She made her grand entrance early Friday morning, February 27th at 2:24 am! She weighed in at 9 lb 8 oz and was 21 inches long. Jennifer thought it might be time for Allison to come around 7:00 the night before, so we headed to the hospital around 8:30 and shortly thereafter the doctors said it was the real deal! We are beyond thrilled to have her here finally! 

Since she was such a large baby the doctors were concerned that she might not be able to balance her sugar levels as needed so for the first 12 hours or so she had to have her glucose levels tested each time before she ate. Fortunately, her sugar levels never dipped into the dangerous zone. Her jaundice levels are also a bit high so, we're going back to see the doctor on Wednesday to make sure the levels are satisfactory. 

Allie has already been poked and prodded so much that she doesn't even seem to be phased by more needles. She seems more upset when she gets too cold or hot! She's been eating great and time is already slipping away too quickly. As second time parents we are really relishing our time with her as we know all too well how fast time passes. There are moments that we wish we could save in a bottle so we can keep them forever. 

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Snow Day

Today we had our first snow this winter. We knew the weather was going to get bad so we brought our laptops home with us, thinking we could do some work too. Abby's school was closed as we anticipated. Since Jennifer is so close to going into labor we've tried to stay calm so we don't have to venture out of the house for a delivery. Jennifer is seriously concerned there wouldn't be an anesthesiologist on call! Abby was very excited that snow was on the ground and immediately asked if we could go outside to build a snowman. So we headed outside to see if there was enough snow on the ground. Of course there wasn't and it was very icy snow anyway, but we still had lots of fun playing in the snow and throwing snow balls!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Happy Valentine's Day!

This Valentine's Day daddy took Abigail to get donuts for breakfast. She picked out pink donuts and baby donuts (donut holes) and brought some home for mommy too! The day was mild and sunny so we had a "tea party" outside in the afternoon. Abby enjoyed being hostess for us and poured the tea and made sure neither of us had empty teacups. That evening Abby went to Papa and BB's so mommy and daddy could enjoy a nice date night. It will probably be our last before Allison gets here! 

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Allison's Room

Wow! Jennifer is now 37 weeks, which means Allison is full term. We are so excited that D-Day is getting closer. We've finally finished up Allison's room too, so all we're left to do is wait for her to make her grand entrance. As usual Ginger joined us for the photo op, plus she loves the rug in Allison's room.  We went in for the weekly check up today and Jennifer is already dilated at 2.5 centimeters. We were shocked because it's much faster progress than it was with Abigail. The doctor said he may be seeing us before our appointment next week!

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Party & Painting

Abby's friend, Reagan, celebrated her 4th birthday on Saturday at Southern Glaze. All the kiddos got to pick out their very own "coin bank" to paint in whatever design they wanted. Their finished pieces are then fired and glazed as a souvenir of the day. Of course, Abby loves painting and crafts so this was perfect for her. She chose the princess castle and painted it pink, purple and red. The only thing she didn't like about the party was that she couldn't take her castle home the same day. We have to wait a couple weeks before we can pick it up and bring it home. By then, it'll be a nice surprise for her!

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer