Bath Time!!!

Both girls umbilical cords f.i.n.a.l.l.y fell off! I had had just about enough of sponge baths, and we were trying to wait until both cords fell off before we did real baths. Anne Perry's fell off a full week before Audrey Kate's! They are once again showing us how very different they are!

But their reaction to their first bath at home was very similar.  Both girls were very serious and neither cried. As you saw yesterday, Addie cried through her first bath until we put her paci in her mouth!

I handed Paul my camera with the correct settings on manual mode with my external flash attached. But I failed to explain to him how to use the focus point...in the middle (unlike how things focus on the little automatic green box)! There were a few shots focused more on the sink faucet or the tray behind the sink than the baby; but I think he did a pretty good job, don't you?!?

Each top picture is of Anne Perry and each bottom picture is of Audrey Kate.

Seriously...just chilling!

Our little helper managed to soak her entire shirt, her shorts, the counter and the floor as well as unplug the bathtub stopper at random times!

But I love how she looks at and interacts with her two babies!

Addie has truly been such a sweet big sister. It amazes me how she tells everyone about her two baby sisters, where they are and what they are doing!  In addition to pointing them out to everyone at church, she randomly asked her teacher if her babies were ok after I dropped her off at Sunday School. She must be constantly thinking about them, which I think is just precious! She's learned how to give them their pacis and hold them in until the girls take them (although she periodically gets impatient and puts it in her mouth). And yesterday, I looked back and she was holding Audrey Kate's hand/arm while we were in the car...all of her own choosing!

Her behavior is night and day different than it was last week, and we are SO thankful! Obviously she is still a classic two year old, but God has truly blessed us with such a smooth transition! He just continues to meet all of our needs, from food to help to Addie's immediate love of her baby sisters!