Catching up...grandparents, snow days and new Shoshana stats

With so much to catch up on I decided to make this post in reverse chronological order...starting with this past Wednesday's snow storm that kept all of us home. I think we had somewhere around a foot of snow but within a few minutes of the snow stopping to fall the sun came out and it started melting. The first set of pictures I took in the morning when Spencer and I played outside...you can see he's all bundled up. In the afternoon he and Jon constructed a beautiful snowman in the sunshine. Then I went out to dinner with a few girlfriends and by then the roads were clear and the wine was flowing!

Earlier in the week I took baby Shoshana to her eight week doctor visit. She grew to a whopping 9 lbs 6 oz which moves her from about the 10th percentile in weight to the 20th. She is still a little peanut at 21 inches (Spencer was 21.5" at birth) but with grandpa Kenny's height in her genes she may sprout up soon! All else at the doctor went well but that night - after getting her first round of shots - she had her first fever and was super grouchy...a good excuse to hold her all night!

We are so lucky that Spencer and Shoshana have grandparents that love spending time with all of us. Here are some pictures from Jon's parents visiting from South Dakota several weeks ago.

And here are a few pictures from my parents visit with the kids. They came when Shoshana was about three weeks old.

Our little beauty - six weeks (as of tomorrow)

Spencer took this picture...he is now obsessed with my camera.

Daddy's little girl...

...and here is our amazing little boy who just celebrated his 2-1/2 birthday. What a blast we have hanging out with him. This weekend Spencer helped Jon in the garden, we hung out in the playground and he flirted with our friends' older girls, he watched "Toy Story" - a movie Jon and I watched together in 1996 (or thereabouts) and we wandered around outside enjoying the beautiful weather. We couldn't ask for a better big brother!

Baby Shoshana - 5 Weeks

Shoshi hit the five week mark this past Tuesday. I took these pictures, she started crying and I totally forgot about them. Here's our sweet girl with her adorable hat made by grandma Carole - with a matching set in just about every color! Shoshana is sleeping much better, meaning that at night she actually no longer stays awake all night (finally). She will go a pretty good stretch (sometimes) but will most always fall back asleep after.

Spencer continues to excel (of course) in his role as big brother. The other day at school I had the baby with me and he stood in front of his friends, put his hands up and said "no one touches my baby sister Shoshana". Too cute. He also became her biggest mentor and cheerleader during tummy time. Also quite adorable.

On a separate note but still keeping with the baby theme, congrats to Ilene and Marc on the birth of baby Gabriella. Can't wait to get all the kiddos together.

Four weeks...

It's hard to believe our baby girl is four weeks old. Shoshana is getting big (7 lbs as of last Wednesday which equates to a gain of about 1 oz a day) and is very sweet. Spencer has taken well to the role of big brother and he loves holding his sister (for a few seconds until he finds something better like a truck or screwdriver) and giving her kisses. Shoshana has of course found her way into our lifestyle making it to her first wedding (congratulations Liz and Barber) and zipping around town. As for sleeping, there of course can always be more but at least she has her days and nights a little more straight.

We had a great week with my parents - I'll download pics of their trip later. Off to feed the munchkin again (and again and again and again!).

Baby Shoshana

Welcome to the world, Shoshana Ensley. Two weeks before my due date I left work to go to the gym and my water broke. Perfect timing...I picked Spencer up at daycare, we dropped him at our neighbors, dropped Barkley at our other neighbors and off to the hospital we went. They had to induce labor and by 3:35 pm the next day (Tuesday, Jan 26) we welcomed baby Shoshana into our lives (for those of you wanting stats, she weighed in at 6 lbs 2 oz and was 19-1/4"...not the almost 7.5 lbs they told us last Friday!).

She is so sweet and a very easy baby. Spencer has become a superstar big brother - he likes to give her kisses, burp her and help change her diapers (sometimes). Aside from the middle of the night feedings, everything has gone really smoothly with our new bundle of joy!

Not to be left out, here is a picture of Spencer with the cowboy hat we bought him at the stock show several days before his sister came. There are a few more very funny pictures in this series but I think they fall under the category of too pornographic for the internet (we'll save those for his wedding!).