Update - VIsit from Lala

As I type this message Dave is driving my sister, Leticia, to the airport. She arrived from Houston on Wednesday evening and spent a wonderful four days with us. Here she is about to see Chloe for the first time. Can you tell she's excited?

And here she is taking her first peek at her newest niece...

Her main goal in visiting was to hold Chloe LOTS and she definitely accomplished that goal! She was an awesome babysitter and it was great for me to get a little break, too. They say that the first few months having a new baby at home are trying and they're not kidding! I don't want to sound like a wimp but if I'm being totally honest the past month with Chloe home has been utterly exhausting! Wonderful, but exhausting! (I don't remember it being this way with Solana but there are a lot of differences. I'm older, we already have another child, Chloe's seriously high maintenance, and I'm OL-der... ;-) It was nice to have a helper for a few days. I let Aunt Lala change diapers, feed, and hold Chloe as much as possible. Dave and I even made it out Saturday night for dinner and a visit to the theatre for my birhtday gift - Wicked! Such an awesome show - I loved it!!! And as it turns out, Dave and I actually DO still enjoy eachother's company! Haha! Leticia also organized a little birthday party for me. Solana made me a crown and they had cake, balloon, cards, banner... All a girl could want on her birthday :-) Solana selected the cake with BLUE icing because that's my favorite color. Here we are enjoying the cake...

And the final treat , my parents sent me some birthday money so I decided to go on a shopping trip to Kohl's. Leticia, who has WAY more style than I, acted as my personal shopper and helped me pick out a ton of cute tops. Thank you Leticia! Your visit was such a refresher! I feel like a new woman :-D

Chloe loved her time with Aunt Lala. This is what Leticia usually looked like during her visit (smile included).

Solana loves her Aunt Lala, too!

She had just a few photo shoots with Chloe. I ordered a bunch of gigantic flowers for Angela to photograph her in. We just couldn't help ourselves today, though. The outfit is a gift from my friend, Melissa. So cute!

We had a little scare with Chloe getting a cold and congestion last week. We took her to the Pediatrician twice but they tested her for RSV (a really common virus that affects the respiratory system and would be really really bad for a baby with chronic lung disease to get) and it came out negative. Whew! She seems to be doing much better now. We also went to the hospital on Wednesday to get her Synagis shot (RSV preventative) and they weighed her at a whopping 7lb 8oz! She's amost to Solana's birth weight of 7lb 14oz! I can't wait to get pictures of her at that weight so we can have matching baby pics :-)

Here she is chillin' out in her swing. The awesome hat and blanket were crocheted by Dave's sister, Carol. Thank you Carol! We love your hats and blankies!!!