Its June already???

As I suspected, I had a hard time updating the blog in May. We definitely had a busy month. Below is a recap of what we did!

Chase's 4th birthday was May 10th. We had a party on May 9th with many friends at our house. It was a good time. Started out a little rainy, but ended up ok. Chase got a lot of fun gifts and got a really cool riding car from Uncle Adam. There is a video of him driving at the end of the post



Chase and Will Chase as Batman

Hotwheels Cake!

A few days after his birthday, we went to Little Rock and met up with mom and Randy and we all headed to Branson, MO to Silver Dollar City. It was Chase's first experience at a 'theme' park and Chloe's first vacation. We got lots of pictures, but somehow the little one in the stroller missed out on many-sorry girl. We've got lots of other ones though!

Memaw and Chase riding a ride

All of us on a train ride

Chase in a huge rocking chair

Chase in the pool at our condo

one of the very few pics of Chloe

Geese at the condo

On the way home we stopped at Arkansas' Natural bridge, pretty cool, huh?

When we got home there were only a couple more days of school left. This is Chase's last day at one of his school. He's playing with his friend Wyatt...two peas in a pod.



After school was out, we all got to go to Destin to the beach for a week. We had a blast! We met two other familes there. There were 5 kids-Chase the oldest at 4! It was busy, but actually very nice. All the kids (and parents) got along great!

group shot on our last night






June is going to be a lot less busy, and then I have to start back to work on June 22nd. BUMMER!!! I've been working one day a week for the past few weeks, to ease myself in, but that doesn't make it any better! I hope everyone is having a fantastic start to their summer! We certainly can't complain here at the Wingert household!

1 month birthday!

Well, today was Chloe's one month birthday and we forgot to celebrate...already starting off on the wrong foot, huh? She'll probably never know the wiser though, will she?!

Things are going well so far. We still don't have the nighttime thing figured out perfectly, but we're making headway. Tonight, she went to bed at 8pm, we'll see how long she stays there...so far, its 10:10 and she's not really made a peep. She'll probably be up around 11, 3 and 5, but who really knows? She loves being held-to a fault, perhaps? When she cries in teh middle of the night, if it goes on for longer than a short while, we'll go in and get her, try to feed her, but often, she just wants to sleep in our arms. Its quite cute, but annoying too because by the time we realize it, its an hour later and we've been sleeping on the chair together. Fortunately, we do both get to sleep, but unfortunately, its not in our respective beds. Oh well, I imagine this will get better with time, right?

As you can imagine, we've had a pretty busy month! I can say though that we have some great friends and family-no doubts about it! This past weekend, Susan and her 2 younger girls and her mom came up for the weekend. We had a great time. Visits from friends are always too short though! I did manage to get a few pictures, hopefully Susan can send me some others though!

The month of May will be a busy one for us too, but busy fun-hopefully! We're going to Branson, MO and Silver Dollar City May 13-15, then Destin, FL May 23-30! We also have Chase's birthday, Mother's Day and our 7th wedding anniversary too! WOW! Doesn't sound like a cheap month, does it? Well, it'll all be worth it, I'm sure! Who knows when I'll get to post in May, but I promise I will!

Below are some pictures from the month. Trust me, I could bombard you with several hundred more, so I'm trying to be thoughtful!

Some poses from our Sweet Pea!

Chase and his baby sister that he is SOOOO proud of!

Chloe's first bath, but Chase wasn't far behind, of course!

Easter at Amanda's house. Aren't they cute???

I'll post pictures from this weekend on another post!

love to all!

Carrie

She's home!!!!

Whew, we finally made it home! We came home on Friday, April 3rd at about 4pm! That morning, I called the NICU to check on our girl and our 'favorite' nurse, Maureen, was back. She had watched Chloe the weekend before and assured us that Chloe wouldn't still be here when she came back to work on Friday. When I called on Friday morning, she said she was sorry to see her still there, but she would do whatever she could to get Chloe discharged that day. She asked if we'd be ok if we didn't 'room in'. The policy is that if you have a baby in NICU, you spend one more night in the hospital to make sure everyone is comfortable with everything and then go home the next day. It was a long day and a lot of work, but Maureen was able to convince the Doc that Chloe was ok to go home and that the people at home (us) were capable of taking care of her without rooming in! So....we came home about 4! Below are some pictures that we took on the way to and from the hospital as well as at home!

Now that we're all back home and all of the grandparents are gone (Wingerts left on Sat, mom left today), its up to us to figure out our 'routine'. For the most part, Chase is doing great. He loves being a helper and loves hugging and kissing on his baby sister. Yesterday, he was quite needy and whiney, but today has been much better. We worked a nap back into his day today and even before the nap, he was pleasant to be around. I know its going to be an adjustment for all of us, but I guess we'll figure out how to make it all work just like most of you have done!!!

We took Chloe to the doctor today. He said she looks great! The jaundice is still there, but not enough to be concerned about. Her eating, peeing, and pooping are doing great, so the jaundice should clear up soon! When we left the hospital on Friday, her official weight that day was 6lbs 1 oz, today it was 6lbs 14oz....so obviously she's eating!!! I'll probably get back to my bad habit of not-so-often posts, but I'll try to do better than once a month! Thank you to everyone for checking in on us and for sending us your love, prayers and support! It certainly helped us get through all of this craziness!!!!


Chase is very excited to get his sister! Memaw made some yummy cookies and Chase decorated the box for the nurses!

Mommy holding Chloe, so excited to go home soon!........Chloe is in her first 'real' outfit! Its a little big, but still precious!

All packed up and READY TO GET HOME!!!!!

Big brother, little sister! Papa, Chloe and Chase observing

Chase checking out Chloe's stroller. Helping daddy feed!!!!

Sooooooo happy to be at home!

Love to everyone!

Carrie, Mark, Chase and Chloe!