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Getting ready to go home.

 

The three Dufrene girls posing in the hospital bed that I have called home for the last two nights.

 

Ten tiny fingers and ten tiny toes. It's so amazing how tiny babies are. Such a tiny little girl with so much love.

 Of course, we had to have a little bit of fun before we said our bon voyage. The nurses were a bit confused by this but we couldn't resist.


Georgia couldn't keep her eyes and hands off of Adeline. There's no jealousy here just pure love. She was covering Adeline with a shower of kisses. I just love this picture that captures her excitement on seeing her baby sister.

 I think Adeline is hungry. Looks like she thinks Georgia's nose might taste good.

 Georgia is definitely going to love her new role as big sis. Just can't wait to see their relationship blossom over the years.

Finally, we are heading home. Car seat, check. Baby, check. Georgia, check. Our new adventure as a family of 4 begins!

Growing our family to 4.

40 weeks

We headed to the hospital on March 28 to have our new little baby girl. We still weren't certain what her name would be but we thought we might just need to meet her to make that decision.

During this delivery, we were blessed to have Georgia & Adeline's Nana, Sharold, in the room and taking care of Georgia at night. She was a big help in maintaining the calm in the room as things intensified. Here's what happened on this great day;

0850: checked into hospital
0930:  2 centimeters, water broken by Dr. Bushart
1000: Pitocin started
1255: 4-5 cms
1330: epidural started
1535: Dr. said we're 9 3/4cm
1609: Adeline Elizabeth made her debut. 8lbs, 1 oz. 20 inches

Our sweet Adeline is such a little snuggle bug. She is very curious from the start, checking out the room and all of the noises that were taking place.

Yeah, we finally get to meet our newest pink bundle of joy. Seems a little easier this time around. We were acting like old pros at this delivery thing. 

Whew! Adeline is finally able to take a little snooze after her first feeding and bath. It was funny because during her bath, she kept lifting up her head and moving around. The nurses laughed and said, "She's like a little barracuda". Seems pretty strong. She looks at peace in her bed warmer after all of the poking and prodding she went through.

Georgia is in love.

Georgia was instantly in love with Adeline. She walked into my room and didn't even acknowledge me. She had her eyes fixated on Adeline with a big grin and huge eyes of wonder as she said, "I need to go wash my hands so I can hold her".

What a proud Daddy and Big Sis!


Dr. Bushart makes a visit.

Dr. Bushart stopped by to check on everyone with his big smile and funny humor. Georgia was so excited to see him (he always gives her a lollipop) that she quickly gave Adeline back to Daddy so she could talk to him. As you can see in the picture, she is extremely in awe of him. :)

Trick or Treat, 10.18.2011

Georgia is really getting into the Halloween spirit this year. She loves to say "Trick or Treat". Here's a video of her sharing her Halloween spirit. Also, she loves to spin around. Notice how dizzy she is starting to become.

I'm going to scared you, 09.15.2011

We made a homemade scary Jack O Latern mask and Georgia loved wearing it. In this video, she is chasing her Daddy around trying to scare him. She's saying, "I'm going to scared you".

Dressing up is fun to do, 06.14.11

Georgia and Jamie had a blast dressing up in Grandmom Judy's princess dresses and more. They had an impromptu dance recital where Georgia learned a few new dances from Jamie. Here's a video showing their fun...

Louisiana vacation, 06.11.11

 

We met Georgia's cousins, Jamie, Christopher and Henry at Cafe Maspero's and the Aquarium of the Americas. As you can tell, she was a bit excited over all of the various fish, turtles, alligators and more. Running from exhibit to exhibit, Georgia couldn't believe all that was in front of her. I think she might have been thinking that she was in the Finding Nemo movie.

Destin trip, 06.14.11

We headed to Destin, Florida for relaxing fun in the sun with some great friends. Georgia really enjoyed the beach and playing in the sand. She was a little under the weather but still had a great time. I think we'll have more beach vacations in our future if she has anything to say about it.



So excited to be at the beach.

Georgia & Lilly digging in the sand.

Anyone thinking of Princess Leah?

My beach sweetheart.

2 year old pictures, 05.19.11

The gorgeous and lush Umplauf Sculpture Gardens were the perfect backdrop for Georgia's 2 year old pictures. She spent a great amount of time searching for fish in the slow flowing stream that cut through the grounds. Spring is definitely in the air and the lush gardens were in full bloom. There were butterflies fluttering around the pond and its lily pads. Georgia was quite the adventurer as she explored her surroundings all the while Casey was snapping some great pictures. We had to include her 'funny face' picture.

 

And now she's TWO, 03.26.11

Her 2nd Birthday party was beach inspired starting with the sand castle cake and her own sand bucket cake. Her family and friends had a great time celebrating her big day. Lots of fishing, decorating sand buckets, and pulling strings to a flip flop pinata.  We did lots of trial runs on blowing out the birthday candle. So much so, that Georgia ran right up to the cake and was waiting for everyone to sing "Happy Birthday" to her so she could blow them out.

  



Drumming on her new drum in her pjs after a fun-filled day. Her ice cream covered shirt says it all. What a day!












Her BFF and celebrating on race day, 02.20.11

Over the past two years, Georgia has developed a blossoming friendship with her best friend, Lilly. They started out meeting at 3 months at cookouts, bathing in their swim suits at 5 months and then playing in a playyard at 7 months. Now they have taken gymnastics together for over a year and you can see how close they have become. They really encourage each other to do the activities in class. It's been a cute experience to watch their little friendship grow. 

We ran in the Austin Livestrong Half-Marathon and went home to celebrate with Georgia. She really liked the medal and our bid numbers.