Update...

Well, Sydney's going to be three weeks old tomorrow...I can't believe it!!!! It's been amazing watching Alaura and Sydney. She loves her soooo much. You've never seen a prouder big sister! She's a big helper too. She'll get me diapers and wipes whenever I need them, she helps me get clothes and just generally loves her to pieces!!! Here are a few pictures of the two of them. I'll have to include a picture of myself in my next blog so you can see the "before and after" since I got pretty huge in the end. I'll also do the labor story soon.

Eric trying out the pump i had to get because I couldn't nurse Sydney after I got my CT Scan.

Sydney sleeping in her bed for the first time

Here are the pictures we took of the girls last week

Alaura hanging out in her panties and boots

Here's the junk mail that I gave to Alaura last week...she calls it her food magazine and wants to read it every night for her bedtime story :)

Alaura trying to ride Leyna

Today I ventured out to the grocery store with both of the girls and Camie and Leyna. I was nervous that it was going to be a horrible trip...and it was...LOL. I've been trying to figure out how I'm going to go shopping with both of them as far as the sitting arrangements go. I don't want Alaura down because she tends to run around alot and I didn't want to have to Chase her, so the solution I came up with was to put Alaura in the cart and Sydney in a sling. This seemed to be working until my back started to REALLY hurt from wearing the sling. Then I had to take Alaura to the bathroom, so I had to help her go then go myself all while wearing Sydney in a sling with my back on fire! Yay for potty trips!! Then we tried to hurry as fast as we could to get the shopping done and then Sydney woke up...Now there's something you have to understand about Sydney, She's a very happy easy going girl...unless she's hungry. You do not mess with her when she's ready to nurse!!! And she was ready to nurse!!!! So Camie took her for a little while in hopes that she wouldn't be as upset, and it worked for a little while. Camie jumped in line and I ran to get a couple last things, then i heard both Sydney and Leyna start screaming, so I ran across the store to relieve poor Camie who was getting some very interesting looks from people. Then Sydney really lost it, so I'm trying to unload my cart with a screaming child, waiting for the cashier to ring everything up, then I pay and the cashier helps me load up my cart mean while both Sydney and Alaura are completely melting down (Alaura wanted to help load the groceries because she always does and she didn't get to this time, plus it's way past nap time) so once the carts loaded I try to push the cart out to the car as fast as I can but, it's pouring outside, so i have to put Alaura's jacket on one handed and stick a hysterical Sydney back in the sling to keep her dry. I run outside pull Alaura out of the cart and stick her in the car, start throwing all of the groceries into the trunk as fast as I can and jump into the front seat to start feeding my poor baby. While nursing Sydney Alaura asked if she could eat one of the special yogurts. So she dives over the seat into the trunk to grab one and then while eating it she squirts it all over her hair and shirt!!! luckily Camie had something to wipe her up. We all hung out in the car for a while and Camie dumped a bag of pretzels on the ground (thanks Camie...LOL) So, after 2 hours I finally made it home!!!!