Juliet's one month photo shoot

I did a one month photo shoot with Juliet. Our very good friend Catherine maintains that there are no pictures of her as the 3rd child. We are trying not to give Juliet cause to make that same claim. You know those Anne Geddes photos where she has babies in costumes sleeping on various props? I always wondered if they drugged the babies...but now I suspect maybe not. Half way through our photo shoot, Juliet decided to doze off...which made for some cute final photos. Enjoy!

late May - early June

Papa and Juliet

I know, I know, where are the photos? The good news is we've been taking them...the bad news is (until now) we haven't had time to post them. Here are some photos from the last couple of weeks. Juliet is doing great. I will do a separate post with photos from her one month photo shoot (I promise!)

Papa and his Munz granddaughters

Juliet making new friends - my colleague Lisa

At the theater to see The Little Mermaid!

Sydney taking care of and admiring her newest little sister

Rocking the camo!

Bathtime!

Juliet looks like she was caught in the act!

More new friends - Stephanie!

Dress up fun!

QT with Kathleen

Juliet is already facing forward in the Baby Bjorn!

Sleepy smiles on the changing table

Score: Joshua 1, Piano 0!

Classic with the bib saying plus jazz hands combo!

New jammies from Julie!

getting acquainted with Evelyn

more sibling bonding

She still manages to cave even when she is front-facing...and it's adorable!

Sydney's class trip to Minnewaska!

Annual May photo shoot

When my parents were here a couple of weeks ago, we did our annual May photo shoot of me and the girls. Here are the "best of" shots.

Happy 3rd Birthday Evelyn!

Evelyn celebrated her third birthday yesterday. Here are some photos and videos from the big day!

The week in review

In case you are wondering why there isn't a day 3 of Juliet, followed by day 4 and so on...things took a turn for the insane right around day 3. The short version is that Juliet was losing a lot of weight despite nursing well and became dehydrated. The decision was made that she needed to be transferred to a NICU to get IV fluids and re-hydrate before figuring out what was making her spit up rather than digest the food she was ingesting. The main issue is that the birthing center I delivered at did not have a NICU which meant Juliet got transported to a hospital a half hour away. At first I (Elizabeth) thought it was crazy for all of us to be headed there in the middle of the night before it dawned on me that I couldn't go with her because I wasn't discharged yet. Joshua and I decided that he would go with her and I would stay until being discharged the next day. Worst night of our lives...by far. Juliet arrived at the NICU in the middle of the night Tuesday night and was discharged on Friday afternoon after re-hydrating and slowly doing a good job ingesting and digesting milk. We are thankful to the NICU staff who were great and we are grateful beyond words for my Mom and Joshua's parents and sister Rachel who took care of Sydney and Evelyn so we could focus on being there for Juliet as much as possible, my recovery, and just generally not losing our minds. Juliet is doing much better and had her first well check yesterday. She had gained a little weight back since being discharged from the NICU and will go again on Friday for another weight check to make sure things are moving in the right direction. We are so thankful to have her home with us. Nothing shows you how fragile life is quite like hanging out in a NICU for several days. Once we regained our composure, we started to take pictures again...here are some images from the rest of Juliet's first week of life.