week one: beauty & the beast

the post title says it all. we have survived week one.....with our children "beauty & the beast" (their new nicknames :) ). the only way i have survived is because of the tremendous help from my hubbie. he totally knows how to step it up, take charge & get it all done. we have also been so thankful for all the help from grandparents, aunts & uncles- from play dates to meals to running our errands it has all helped us survive. the three year old "beast" is harder than the one week old "beauty"!

due to the fun snow & ice storm (not really fun- total joke- we need school to open back up ASAP) we still haven't been to the doctor for fran's first weight check. luckily they will be open tomorrow & we will see what the girl has been packin' on. her cheeks are getting chunky & so are her thighs so i am thinking she is doing her part. she pretty much just eats, sleeps & does a lot of blowing out the diapers- so many times that henry gets a kick out of it and loves to say "excuse you fran!".

henry has been doing pretty good- but definitely room for improvement! i think part of it is because we have been stuck inside so much because of the weather. he is missing school & really needing the exercise & play time with his friends. whenever he does come back to the house from being gone he ask for her immediately & always wants to love on her. the funniest part about the past week was it took four days for him to actually call her by her name! for the longest time we kept asking him what her name was & he would just say "i don't know" with this sly smile on his face. i knew he knew but he just wanted to put us to the test!!

my dad always took our pictures growing up with the sign beside us showing how old we were at the time. i really regretted that i didn't do it with henry so i have promised myself i would do it for fran. i figured why not put them both in the picture?? she will be the princess but i thought hen could also have some spotlight as well.

enjoy some highlights from her "first week". i truly want to "soak up" this time with her at home since i know it will be short & sweet before i return to work. she is going to be my princess :).