Schimpffs and Huber Farms

While Joan was here, we also took her to Keith's school, then Schimpffs and finally to Huber Farms. Schimpffs was really fun this time because the owners were there and demonstrated how they make their red hots and let the kids in the museum area have a treat out of the old candy machine. Kenz thought that was really cool and picked a tootsie roll. Below are the pictures from Huber Farms. We had a delicious lunch at the restaurant and Mackenzie loved all of the painted pumpkins and picking her own pumpkin. She was really in love with the mini pumpkins so we picked out one large one for the 3 of us to carve and got her a little one to paint.

Bernheim Forest

While Keith's mom was here, us girls took a little trip to Bernheim Forest. I mostly nursed while Joan and Mackenzie took pictures and walked the beautiful grounds but it was a fun outing.

Clara: week 4

We were really starting to get the hang of things at this point. Keith was back in full swing at school and I was really enjoying my days at home with the girls. Kenzie was still a sweet big sister, willing to help me all of the time. On Friday the 23rd we had our first date night (Clara tagged along of course) but it was nice to get out. The next day I went to my good friend Sarah's baby shower and then to the Louisville Bats museum because we couldn't miss free museum day and we had a lot of fun! Keith had a volleyball tournament right after that (they won!) and then we went to dinner at our friends the Schmidt's. It was a really busy but fun day and life felt really normal. On the 27th Keith's mom came. It was so fun to have her to ourselves and Mackenzie especially enjoyed her undevided attention.

Clara: week 3

Not a whole lot of picture taking going on because the sleep deprivation and taking care of 2 was starting to catch up to me. Clara was still proving to be a good baby though with awesome sleep and eating habits. We both went in on the 19th for appointments. My body was healing well with 30 lbs. now off and Clara weighed in at 8 lbs. 4 oz. and 20 1/2 inches. Compared to Mackenzie, she seemed chubby to me. She had a little click in her hip joint that the doctor told us not to worry about until her 1 month appointment. Other than that, she proved to be perfectly healthy!

Clara: week 2

My mom left a few days into week 2 and I of course cried when she left. Keith called to check and make sure I was ok on his way back from the airport "So were you crying because of hormones...or you were sad she's gone, or hormones..." yep. Week 2 was good though, we started to develop a little bit of a routine and Clara started sleeping a 4 hour stretch during the night. It helped that we had meals brought in for a few days after my mom left. I continued to feel better and had shed about 25 lbs. (of 45 I gained) by the end of week 2.

Clara: Week 1

Week one was much easier than I anticipated. We left the hospital Sunday afternoon and Keith had Monday off so he was able to stay home with me. Mackenzie was actually really sweet with Clara and didn't seem too jealous of a new intruder who occupied most of my time and attention. I spent Tuesday at home by myself and actually liked the challenge of caring for two, probably because I knew reinforcements were coming that night:) My mom came in Tuesday night and stayed for a week. It was so wonderful to have her help and company!! Keith was able to take quite a bit of time off also so we saw more of him than usual. Clara was a little fussier than her sister but she ate and slept better. Despite getting up several times at night, I surprisingly had a decent amount of energy and my body was quickly recovering from labor. We took my mom on a walk at Anchorage Park, went to Keith's school to show her around, went to Schimpff's Confectionary and then on a walk around Waterfront Park.

Sisters at 8 weeks

Kenz on the left, Clara on the right.