well hello...

i'm pretending that it hasn't been 3 months since I updated this blog...are you?  well i know my mom isn't but anyway...
we are doing good.  miss marley is turning into a real sweetheart.  and big sister is handling the transition as well as expected.  kindergarten starts in 3 weeks.  i'm really pretending that isn't the case.  more on that later.  for now, i'll post some pics already...

notice a theme in all these pictures???  big sister is never more than a few steps away.  she adores marley.  marley adores her.  they will be the bestest of friends i pray...

georgia's favorite thing to do...

it's rare that Marley sits still enough and stays quiet enough to let her sister hold her like this but when she does, Georgia is the sweetest thing to her.  lucky little sister...

phone pics

it's no surprise that i have 1,000,000 pictures of georgia during her first years.  i mean what else was there to do besides photograph every cute thing she did?!  marley won't have the luxury but I am trying my hardest to at least get a few pics each week. and the reality is that most of those pics will be taken with my phone.  oh well.  i'll share anyway...

could this be any sweeter?!

this is what has to happen to calm the fussin' (i.e. screaming) most days...

sister is happy to occupy the baby stuff till bitty is ready for them...

somebody's preferred sleeping method.  bitty loves skin to skin.  momma loves it to almost as much as a free hand though...

told you there was fussin'...

being a good big sister...


this is what happens when momma is busy feeding a baby and georgia has free time.  should i be impressed or scared????

1 month old

MK is one month old today.  I can't really decide if it's gone fast or slow. The weeks fly by but the days are quite long sometimes.  Such is life with a newborn I know.  She is settling in to somewhat of an unpredictable routine and we are slowly getting to know each other. She is a sweet baby.  Full of personality already. And Georgia has been great with her. Harold goes back to work full time next week and I'm a little anxious.  It seems like the transition from 1 to 2 kids might be a little more challenging (and a lot less tiring) than when we just had one baby.  It will be so great and in a few months we'll look back and remember these precious (hard) days...

Here's a few more pictures of this last week...

settling in...

Marley will be 3 weeks old tomorrow.  Hard to believe and then again, it feels like she's been  here longer.  We are all trying to figure out our new normal and settle in.  There's been laughter and tears from everybody in the house (okay no tears for Harold but then again, he's the only man in the house).  Us three girls will do enough crying and fussing to make up his share no doubt.  But it's good.  It's all good and we'll be just fine.  Georgia is doing GREAT with caring for Marley.  Marley is a lucky girl to have her watching over her.  Here's a few pictures from the last few days.  I'll update more later...

Marley Kate Goss

Marley Kate Goss ~ March 27, 2013 ~ 7 lbs 1 oz ~ 20 inches long

We are so in love with her.  I must admit though, I feel like a first time mom.  It's been 5 years since I've been in the newborn game and boy am I rusty.  Nevertheless, she is a joy and I am trying to enjoy every minute {anxious or not} of my time with her.  I'll update more this week but I wanted to make sure my bitty girl made her blog appearance before she was a year old. :)

And her sister is in love. How did I get so lucky to have two girls?!...

love

i got my friend dede to meet us at the park and snap a few pictures with my camera before i got too uncomfortable (or marley made her appearence)...i just uploaded them to the computer and i didn't even waste time editing them before i posted them here.  i just had to share and document. and well editing may take another 2 weeks so...anyway, i love my people so very much and i love that we'll have a few last pictures of our family of 3...