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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Sibling Love

You will all probably get tired of seeing these kinds of pictures, but I never get sick of taking them or looking at them! Luke is such a sweetheart to Paige!

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The newest contraption in the Zukowski house. I actually bought the Sit n Stand stroller a couple of months ago when it was on sale, but I kept going back and forth as to whether or not to keep it. I wasn't sure how much use we would get out of it, and I was planning on babywearing this time around. I decided that it would be good to have though so Wally and I aren't both carrying kids at some point or pulling scooters (like what happened halfway through our walk the other night).
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Luke reading a Christmas book to Paige!

And just one of Paige :)
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Sunday, July 10, 2011

All About Paige - 1 Week Old

It is hard to believe that Paige has been home for 1 week already! She is a really great baby!

She barely makes a peep. She mainly eats, sleeps, and poops - as a baby should! Often times I have to wake her to eat, but if she is REALLY hungry, she will let me know.

Since our first night at home, I have been feeding her between 9 and 10 pm and then she sleeps until about 2 am where I usually have to wake her up to nurse. She quickly goes back to sleep until about 6 am, eats again, and then sleeps until about 9. So I would say that we are feeling pretty well rested around here!

Now for the pooping though - this girl is out of control! (She will probably hate me someday for posting this.) We have yet to figure her out. She goes often and the problem is that just when we think she is done (and believe me, we wait quite awhile to make sure she is done), she surprises us and goes more. There was an "incident" this week where she literally sprayed poop across the living room floor - I'm telling you, it's out of control! We have been going through A LOT of diapers so hopefully we can figure this girl out!

We are seeing more and more of her eyes lately. She definitely has an awake period beginning around 10 am and lasting an hour or more and then again around 8 pm. Although today, she was up a good portion of the afternoon.

Paige went to the pedi on Tuesday and we were told she is perfect! When we were discharged last Sunday, she was down to 7 lbs. 12 oz., but by Tuesday she was back up to 8 lbs. 4 oz. - just 1 oz. away from her birth weight. She is definitely growing everyday!

She lost her cord today too and it happened to end up on Aunt Stacey - that was pretty funny!

She has been an angel of a baby thus far just like her brother was - we are very lucky!

We have had some more visitors come through our house this week including...

My BFF Jes who will be holding her own little one in just 2 months!
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The Happ's came by on Friday afternoon for a visit with their little guy Clark. Unfortunately, I didn't take a single picture while they were here :( Congrats to them though on expecting their second little one in November!!!

Grandma and Grandpa Zukowski came by with the Great Grandmas.
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Julie who so kindly brought us a La Grotto's pizza too - yum!
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And Grammy, Papa, and Aunt Stacey came by today for a visit and some swimming with Luke!
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And some more pictures from the week!
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I think she has had enough of the pictures!
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Friday, July 8, 2011

My Heart...

is exploding! I think I tell Wally everyday that I am "just over the moon"! He always says, "I can tell." :)

Seeing these two together makes my heart both sing and melt! I can't believe I am the mom of 2! I just imagine all the memories these two will make together - I can't wait!

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Watch out Luke - she is gonna get you!
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I can't stop smiling!!!
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Babywearing...

I am giving it a whirl this time around. I never really "wore" Luke. We had a Jeep carrier that Wally used a few times and I used it once when I was at the grocery store. I figured this might be the route to go with 2 kids though so I am giving it a try.

Last night, we went for our first family walk since Paige has been home. She seemed pretty comfy and I was too!

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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Summer Fun

I am only on day 3 of my maternity leave, but I already can tell how hard it is going to be to go back to work in 3 months and how hard it is going to be to work another summer!

I have seriously never been as happy as I am right now. I get to enjoy 6 weeks at home with my ENTIRE family - this will most likely never happen again!

Yesterday I got to enjoy watching Luke play baseball at the park and swim in his pool all while I got to hang out with Paige in the shade enjoying the nice breeze! Seriously - this is the life!

My handsome boy :)
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Paige wasn't much interested in watching her big brother!
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Jump!!!
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We just need to work on catching the ball :)

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Happy 4th of July

My beautiful firecracker!
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Me and my love!
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The Zukowski family came by on Monday to meet Paige!
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And to of course do some swimming!
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Love my family of 4 :)
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On the night of the 4th, we headed to a town just southeast of us to see some fireworks (in our jammies!).

Paige and I hung out in the car...
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while Daddy and Luke were outside!
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Luke did great with the fireworks. He covered his ears a bit, but watched every second of them!
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It was a great first 4th of July with Paige!