Some new pictures!

Here are some shots of our girls at the same age...different coloring but they do resemble each other!! I love their nose's!

Caelyn Elise - 2 days old

Aliyah Noelle - 5 days old

So it has been awhile since we updated the blog but it is busy taking care of two little ones! The adjustment is going really well! Caelyn has started sleeping in her big girl bunk bed that daddy built and she loves it. She has had no problems adjusting! We will post pictures of her amazing room (I promise Aunt Leah). This weekend Jason and his dad installed fans with lights in both the girls rooms and I am so excited about having overhead fans and light...no more lamps!

We (the girls and I) didn't make it to church today because Caelyn has been coughing and had a very runny nose...I don't think she is sick just cutting at least 3 maybe 4 teeth all at the same time! So my prayer is they would come in quickly. I am loving being home with them...when my patience is running thin it seems like Caelyn does something to make me laugh... God is good! Today at lunch she was mimicking me laugh and squinting her eyes and I could hardly contain myself it was so funny...and our laughter kept egging her on...she is our ham! I have learned she is a very social creature and thrives by getting out of the house and interacting with people, which has been a bit more difficult for me while daddy is at work. I have been able to go to the Women's Bible Study at church on wednesday mornings (which I usually can't go to because I am working) and it has been a HUGE blessing, I think Caelyn probably LOVES sundays and wednesdays since she gets to play with her friends at church in the nursery!!

Life is good in our home, we have had many wonderful friends bring us meals throughout the past 3 weeks. We are richly blessed!

Aliyah is one week old in this picture. Caelyn is a wonderful big sister! She always wants to know where the baby is and kiss her or hold her hand!!

sweet moment

Family shot at an open house/shower that Alyssa and Grandma Pam threw for Aliyah! She is 2 weeks old in this picture.

Uncle G and Aunt LuLu

Caelyn and her "kitty-kitty"...love that sweet smile

My precious baby Aliyah with her bright eyes

Sleeping in Daddy's arms today...3 weeks 1 day old! She likes to keep her hands up while she sleeps, she is an excellent baby...great nurser, wonderful sleeper...I feel so lucky!

Here are some videos of the girls for family who live far away! Aliyah has the hiccups but it is fun to see her for those who can't in person! And Caelyn has just started saying "Happy"...she just started saying it out of the blue...you ask her "Caelyn are you happy?" and she'll say "HAPPY!", it will melt your heart it is so precious. So I was trying to get her to say it while I was videotaping...but she was a little camera shy, maybe next time!

a look back at Christmas....

Christmas was a lot of fun getting to see friends from far away. We enjoyed spending some time with Clint & Rachel. Caelyn and Cora enjoyed running through the Roberts back yard. It will be fun once they are a little older and can be skype friends!

Caelyn loves her kitty cat xylophone / piano. Her favorite thing to do is to bring it to you to have you play a song on it so she can dance around.

A family photo on Christmas day

Animal Crackers...... my Favorite!!

Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Buss and Great Grandma

Christmas with Grammy Pammy, Grandpa, Uncle Greg, and Aunt Alyssa

Aliyah Noelle is here!

Aliyah Noelle was born January 8th at 1:02pm.

She weighed 7 lbs 10 oz, and measured 19 inches long.

This is a great shot of Caleyn sitting with Angela in bed. Greg and Alyssa had come over to stay with Caleyn while we went to the hospital. They brought Jason lunch and Caleyn was excited to see us. I think she wondered where we had gone - but she was happy to have her aunt and uncle to hang out with. Just moments after this picture was taken Angela's water broke. Greg and Alyssa decided that was a good time to take Caleyn home for her nap since it looked like Aliyah was on her way. Little did they know how quickly she would get there - 21 minutes to be exact!!

Here we are holding our precious little one - it looks like she is singing!

beautiful mother daughter shot

Thank goodness Uncle Greg and Aunt Alyssa were able to come over and stay with Caleyn. Here they are spending time with their nieces.

Caleyn is doing very well adjusting to the new addition in our home. She loves to give Aliyah kisses and always want's to know where the baby (or sissy) is, and what she is doing. The only thing that has been rough on Caleyn is getting in 3 teeth all at the same time. This has disturbed her nap time and she hasn't felt that well. Today was a good day so maybe we are getting past them.

After getting a sponge bath

They say it and you know what - it is true. Ever since we brought Aliyah home Caleyn is looking bigger and bigger. On top of the fact that she weighs at least 3 times what Aliyah weighs. It is funny how time flies and how children grow but we are loving every moment. In the past week Caleyn has started something new. When we put her in her high chair to eat she starts chanting "pray" "pray" and holds out her hands. Then she takes 1 finger from each of us in her hands and we pray for the food. She doesn't close her eyes but rather is fascinated that we are and continually glances back and forth at each of us. So sweet and we are enjoying every minute of it!

Now to our faithful blog followers. You may have noticed that we missed Christmas. Well not really but we missed putting pictures on the blog. Jason took some time off and we worked on projects around the house in anticipation of Aliyah's arrival. Jason started building a bunk bed and a window seat and Angela worked on sewing curtains with blackout fabric. We have also been finishing the decorative painting in Caleyn's new room as well. Needless to say we spent many nights working late into the evening as we like to do and didn't take time to update the blog. But have no fear - we have plenty of Christmas pictures and adventures to share with you so watch for them in the next week or so.