A Little About Leah

Some of our favorite things about Leah:

Instead of saying yes, she says "okay" in various intonataions when you ask her a question, while nodding her head in agreement.

She is extremely helpful. She throws away diapers, after she makes a face and says, "ick." She loves to sing the clean up song and always helps pick up toys.

She is so talkative and has an extensive vocabulary. When she is around new people, however, she is very shy and reserved.

She loves everything girly...earings, necklaces, headbands. When I put on a new shirt or a frilly dress, she'll look down and say, "pretty." She also likes having her finger nails and toe nails painted, yet she is always a little scared about the process. She acts like it hurts when I'm painting them, but as soon as I'm done she is thrilled.

She is so sweet with Sarah and will share her favorite things, like her bunny. She will bring it to Sarah and say, "Share...Nice." She is also very concerned with Sarah cries, and she will run over to her and try to make her happy.

On My Own

Today is the first day I am all by myself with the girls with no help from parents, in-laws or David. My assessment: so far, so good with one minor incident; Leah locked herself in the basement bathroom.

It happened just after I took these pictures on my phone.

Notice the small white thing poking out of Leah's pocket in the last picture? It's nail polish. She's been carrying it around, since she asked me to paint her nails on Saturday.

Just after snapping this photo, Leah excitedly hit me on the head with her nail polish. I told her in a stern voice no hitting, picked her up, and sat her on the floor.

She quickly stomped off to the bathroom and shut the door.

When I went to let her out, it was locked. No crying or screaming. Phew.

I talked to her through the door while I tried to unlock it. I tried using a nail and a paper clip with no luck.

Oh great, now what.

Luckily, I was able to reach my Dad at home who walked me through how to pick the lock with a flat head screwdriver.

After a few minutes Leah was free. I thought she would have been a little scared.

Nope, once the door opened she calmly looked at me and matter-of-factly said, "Dark...Bathroom...Dark" and went back to her toys.

G&G Carrier

My parents left today after spending almost two and a half weeks with us. It was so hard to see them go and to say goodbye. We are very grateful for their help.

While I rested, my mom took care of the babies and the house. She also made curtains and Sarah's blessing dress. In addition to landscaping, my Dad finished about 30 other little projects around the house that have been on our to-do list.



They also had some fun taking Leah to the waterpark,


helping Aunt "Sissa" make a bookshelf,

and showing Leah caterpillers that "tickle"

We also watched at least a dozen episodes of Bones.

Sarah's Blessing

Everything about it was absolutely beautiful.

Curb Appeal

The major project my Dad took on while my parents were here was to landscape the front yard.

After several trips to Home Depot and the nursery and lots of hardwork and time, he helped us turn this:

Before


Into this:

After

(the light green stuff is grass seed)

The process:

A new door was installed the day we returned from the hospital.

Sisters

There has been a lot of lovin' going on in our house. It's almost impossible to get Leah to look at the camera when she is with Sarah, because she can't keep her eyes off of her.

Sweetness

My friend Penny took some beautiful pictures of Sarah when she was only 5 days old. I can't wait to see the rest of them.

At a week and half, she is the sweetest, easiest baby. She sleeps, eats, and is content, even with Leah getting really close to her face and almost shouting, "Baby!"

We love her so much and think she is just the cutest baby.