"Transition"

Sorry for the super long lag in my blogging. Who would have thought living in a hotel with a newborn was much easier than living at home with two kids? We are getting back into the swing of things after taking three days just to unpack our bags. We had to get our lives in order b/c both of our families are coming in town tomorrow to celebrate Nel's 2nd birthday and meet Julien.
On our last day in AL we went to the botanical gardens. Our 11:00 a.m. flight had to be pushed to the 5:30 p.m. flight because our ICPC hadn't cleared yet. The flight home was exhausting but Julien did so great!
We finally got home around 11:00 p.m. and my parents got to meet Julien. They watched Nellie while we're gone all week and cleaned up our house and stocked our pantry...woo hoo!
In the morning we brought Nellie out to meet Julien but it's on film so I don't have any pics. But here's the first thing she does...sits in his bouncer and plays with it.

It was a rough couple of days getting use to the whole brother thing for her. I asked her to hold his bottle and she let go and started screaming.
Here's a little look into our life right now. A mess!
"Proud" big sister.
Here is Julien's and I's first date. We went to a bridal shower for a friend.
So Nellie is obsessed with her duck costume for halloween and never wants to take it off, if I let her put it on. Here's cody reading to Nel in her duck costume on the couch with J crashed out.
sweet handsome boy.
Julien's first day to go to our church.
Here's my attempt to get a pic of the kids together. i put J in nellie's arms and she pulled it out and he fell back.
At least she gave him a kiss!
This is what we had to resort to.
She loves to give Julien his pacifier and feels so proud when he takes it. AND she likes to use a paci now too. ugh...
Another attempt at a pic of both of them.
Look how huge she looks! I feel like I came home to kindergartner after spending the week with my newborn. Her hands and feet and diaper are enormous!
And here's a pic of Julien today. We had his two week check up this week and he has thrush and a congenital breathing problem that causes him to gasp and breath loudly at times. It's b/c his trachea and esophagus thing didn't develop all the way and it's flappy causing him to have trouble breathing. The doc says as long as it doesn't get too bad we won't have to go to a specialist and it should clear up on his own in the first two years as his stuff matures and gets harder cartilage. Confusing, I know. It's hard for me to explain cause I don't fully understand it.

Anyway we have spent the last few days adjusting to being a family of four and trying to figure out Julien and how to handle Nellie. More pics to come!