Our First Week

It's hard to believe that just yesterday marked one week of Morgan being a part of our family. It's amazing how in some ways it feels like she has always been part of our gang.

We're working on developing some routines as best as we can. Just the fact alone that Nana is here, Daddy is on vacation and Grandpa and Grandma come to visit in a week means that true "routines" are far from being established. But Morgan is developing some patterns in her napping and sleeping. She hasn't had any horrific nights, in fact a few "good" ones considering she is 8 days old.

She has survived being smothered with love from her sisters (and Nana). They are all anxious to hold her and feed her and "play" with her. The novelty is tapering off but they remain great helpers and are so in love with their baby sister.

Baileigh is ready to babysit (in her mind)...she is great with Morgan and will hold her and cuddle with her as long as I allow. It's kinda crazy for me to see her with her baby sister...I feel like I was just holding her and now she is seven and a big sister to three!
Brooke isn't jealous in the least bit. She is so affectionate and caring with Morgan and always bringing her blankets or stuffed animals or pacifiers.
Mckenna is just as reliable as her sisters are in being sweet to her new sister. She likes to entertain her with singing and dancing.
Morgan survived her first bath this week. She was accompanied by Brooke who spent the majority of the bath singing to Morgan in order to try to get her to stop crying. I explained to Brooke that it's pretty common for babies to scream during their first baths...I made the mistake of saying something about how I hope she doesn't go pee-pee or poo-poo in the bath and Brooke freaked out and wanted to get out of the tub. I managed to calm her down with some white lies and then prayed that Morgan didn't go potty or Brooke would never bathe with her again!
Brooke was in charge of washing her feet...she took her job very seriously.
She looks happy to have survived the bath!
Baileigh bought Morgan a little teddy bear blanket that she will totally grab and hold which thrills Baileigh.
She totally looks like our girls...question is which one. In some pictures I see Baileigh, then lots of things remind me of Mckenna or Brooke. It will be fun in the next weeks and months to see who she starts to truly look like.