Two Times the Fun

Baby Caroline is here!

Just a quick post of pictures then it's off to bed! Caroline Joy was born March 20. 2011 at 9:29am, weighing 7lbs. 14.2oz., 22in. in length. We are all doing wonderful...so in love with our sweet new addition. Caroline has been an excellent baby so far. Grace hasn't missed a beat and seems to be perfectly fine with having a new baby sister steal the spotlight. We are spending tonight in the hospital and then home tomorrow morning we go.

Waiting...

Isn't waiting fun?! Um...NO! My first of the "checked" appointments with my doc ended with him saying, "I don't think you'll make it to your due date!" Really, doc?! I mean, he's a professional with lots of experience...so we take what he says a little more seriously than oh, say, the random people at the grocery store who tell you, "Looks like it's a boy!"

So here we are...a day before Caroline's due date...not in labor. My last day of work was Wednesday and Andrew's is today. (Paid leave time...Andrew=30 days...Emily=0 days)

The house situation has hit a very dumb wall. We are still waiting on our buyer's funding. It was promised mid-March... Our realtor wants to extend the closing date to April 30th...but the seller of the new house won't sign an extension past April 15th. If the $$ doesn't come through by then we will lose our house. So, please take a moment to pray the Federal government gets a little pep in their step and passes the budget!

We are sitting in a semi-clean house filled with tons of tubs of our belongings. Caroline has a drawer...no room to call her own...just a drawer. And so are the days of our lives...

February 2011

My, my, February is a short month! It has flown by... Grace has been a very busy girl. Just a playin' and a playin'...cooking, Play-Doh, markers, painting, coloring, shopping, babies, and reading. She can count to ten perfect in English and nearly so in Spanish (thank you, Dora). She has her colors down...although, she likes to respond "purple" first...just to see if you are paying attention. She talks and talks and talks...wonder where she got that from... She is a delight & we are really enjoying this age.

Andrew & I are anxiously awaiting the birth of our second baby girl, Caroline. I am 37 weeks pregnant today. I have an appointment on Monday with my doc...we'll see if there has been any progress. He told me last week that he didn't think I'd make it to my due date (March 19th).

We are in the process of selling our home & purchasing another. Hopefully, we will close before April. That's right,...the Schwengels never do one major life change at a time...we find it more fun when a couple or more coincide. Life is crazy...but GOOD!