Then & Now

In honor of World Prematurity Day and in memory of Trey we thought we'd share a then and now picture of Stella.

Picture above snuggling with Trey in January 2010.  At a few weeks old she was not strong enough to eat on her own yet and needed a a little bit more time in the NICU.

At left learning how to ride a big kid bike this fall.  She's come so far and we are so grateful for her health!

Below playing parade (they pretend to watch...) with Claire-Bear!

Zzzzz's

We've had some sleepy girls lately, but then again, we've been sleepy too. We're happy to have an extra day at home this week thanks to our veteran's!  Today Claire slept until 10am and if she wants to sleep in tomorrow too that will be fine by us!  Last weekend we took a day trip to Ottawa to visit Ikea.  It was a tough trip with the girls but we managed to make it back with a new king size bed that's just perfect for all of us!  The girls sleep in their own beds for most of the night but when they do end up with us we'll have plenty of room now!

Stella has taken a liking to band-aids and will tell us she needs one - we usually go along with it.  She's also had a bit of a cough lately so we've had her take a breathing treatment.   Fortunately she doesn't seem to be getting worse.

We finished up another gymnastics class this weekend.  Claire didn't really want to participate this week but Stella loved her class and was happy to get her certificate at the end!