Practicing to be a Big Sister

I babysat a friend's little boy on Monday for a few hours. Ella had the chance to see what it will be like to have a baby in the house. He is almost five months and cute as can be. Ella was very intrigued in the beginning. She thought he was fun, brought him her toys and showed him how they all worked. He just watched her in amazement. She also helped him by giving him his nuk back. Everything was just fine and dandy for about the first 45 minutes. Then, I needed to give him a bottle.

Well, Ella wasn't entirely happy about this situation. As soon as I was on the couch feeding him, she was by me, pulling my finger wanting me to follow her and her get her something. When I told her I had to feed the baby right then and I would get her what she wanted as soon as he was done, she got a little upset. ;-) From then on, she saw him as more of a nuisance than a cute little friend.

My friend came over again yesterday so we could hang out and chat for a bit. Ella was helpful and liked the baby again. (Just as long as I wasn't the one giving him so much attention). So, things should get really interesting around here in a few weeks. I think she'll adjust fine and be a good little helper with the baby. But it might take a little bit of time for her to realize that I can't give her 100% of my undivided attention all the time. I fully expected this to be her reaction so I'm not too surprised. It was actually nice to get a little preview before the baby arrives! Makes me feel a tiny bit more prepared for the transition we will be making.

New Site for News!

Welcome to the new web home for our latest news! We also have a new site for our latest family pictures! I've decided to make things a little more user-friendly for myself. So www.hollyandandrew.com will bring you to this website and there will be a link to our new shutterfly website for pictures which is http://theisaacsons.shutterfly.com/action/.

With the new baby coming in just a mere five weeks (unless she makes an early/late arrival) I am anticipating a lack of extra time on my hands. So I thought it would be more fun to try out some new ways of communicating with everyone on the internet. And hopefully both the blog and the new pictures site will make publishing our latest news a lot easier and quicker for me.

And maybe I'll be able to talk Andrew into spending a few minutes every now and then to give you an update on Hornet and whatever else he is up to. ;-)

Hope everyone likes the new sites!