I've been trying to keep my camera with me more this year. Somewhere in the pregnancy haze I lost the will to take real pictures, something that doesn't come as naturally to me as it does to Josh. Still, I got some fun shots this January:
I wanted to document Anna sleeping in Mom's bassinet. My grandmother (Marie) slept in this bassinet when she was a baby, as have most of her children and grandchildren.
Sleeping Beauty
Today we visited GrandNana and GrandPapa. My mom and I were remembering one of Andrew's first visits to their house. We put Anna in the same bread bowl. She didn't feel like she needed to be awake for the photo shoot. She may have been right.
Andrew played with a toy record player, his history lesson for today:
Andrew loved The Drummer Boy this year. In the following video, you can listen for some of the lyrics, and it will help if you remember that the drummer boy links up with a troupe of performing animals in the movie. For this one, remember that the drummer boy brings his injured sheep to baby Jesus for healing: The eyes closed kills me.
3 years ago we were only hours away from meeting our Andrew. Boy, are we ever thankful for him! He is acting so huge!
We came home from the hospital Saturday night. Anna continues to win the Baby of the Year award. We are thankful to have a little ray of sunshine around this week.
For more beautiful pictures of Anna's birth, check out some of Josh's here: https://joshfleenor.exposure.so/baby-anna
Andrew did great during surgery. Post-op was a little rough, but mostly for a momma's heart. You hate to see your baby feel so yucky. Still, it's nothing a red popsicle won't help.
We are on our way home! Mission accomplished: one kid in the hospital at a time.
