Elena-ism's

I must admit, having an angelic second child has made it harder for me not to have favorites. I adore Elena, but when she is throwing a tantrum because we wont give her a tenth popsicle of the day and Aubrey peacefully sleeps... you get the picture. As I have been trying to be patient with her, today I was blessed with more reasons why I really do adore Elena.

1- When Elena "reads" to herself she begins by saying "and it came to pass..." Not only is this hilarious, but she really does hear us during scripture study!

2- Lately she has been saying "snake- kill me." A little weird, and scary but then she goes on to describe the huge anaconda we see at the Zoo frequently. We try to remind her that there is glass between her and the snake to she is safe.

3-She screams into her microphone "in excelsis deo"

4-She helped me with dishes today. I washed the bottles, she rinsed and racked them, and did a very respectable job. We only had one big spill as she went to rack a bottle she had rinsed.

5-She puts her hand on Aubrey's head and says, "bless baby." Anytime she sees Mom get a blessing she wants one too.

6- I can't do this with Aubrey-

We had a birthday-shout hooray!

For some reason that primary song has been in my head "we had a birthday shout hooray, we want to sing to you to day." Our baby was born, just a couple days after 37 weeks, on December 31st (yes, we got our tax return baby). From the onset of contractions to delivery was about 3 1/2 hours. It was a whirlwind. I didn't get my epidural until I was at an 8, I am just glad I got one though!She came out after 5-10 minutes of pushing, so she didn't even have the cone head. She was 6 # 4 oz. Baby is doing very well. She looks a lot like Elena. Things have been insane because Elena has been incredibly sick since Thursday- the day before Aubrey was born. I didn't get to see mike much while I was in the hospital because he had to watch Elena, and Elena could not come visit me in the hospital. We have spent many days and nights at doctors offices, urgent cares and even the ER between Aubrey and Elena. Fortunately Mikes mom came on Tuesday after I almost had a melt down Monday night. Here are some pictures, and we will try to write a more complete story later.