4 weeks old

I can't hardly believe that Addilyn is 4 weeks old today! She has already changed and grown so much! The past week she has decided that she really likes to be held and has started to cry more when put down. It has made it a more difficult week for me as Kinsley decided that she wants to be potty trained! It's a little hard to hold an infant and help a toddler go to the bathroom, but I'm making it work so far! I may be calling in the reinforcements soon! Addilyn is sleeping good at night and usually gets up twice per night, but typically goes right back to sleep after eating! She seems like she's gaining weight and is even starting to get fat rolls (so cute!)! She also really likes her pacifier, but we've caught her sucking her thumb too! Today was hot out (in the 80's) and the girls wore matching dresses! Kinsley was so excited to match Addilyn and talked to me about it several times today! Here's pictures from today...

Introducing...

Addilyn Gail Johnston!!! She joined our family March 26th at 8:26pm! She was 6 lb. 6oz. and was 18 1/2 in. long! We couldn't hardly believe that she was even a day early! Last Thursday (March 26th) I started to have contractions at 12:45pm and had strong contractions all afternoon. Around 6:30pm we decided to leave for the hospital...and that was a very smart decision! Little did we know that our girl was coming quick! We arrived at the hospital around 7:00pm and it took them a long time to get us into a room. About 7:30pm we were finally into a room and Addilyn was born less than a hour later!!! It all happened so fast, but it was perfect and we couldn't have asked for any better labor and delivery! So far she has been a very good baby and has even been sleeping good at night!!! We feel so blessed to have our second daughter here look forward to all our family and friends meeting her!! Here are some pictures of our sweet Addilyn!

Kinsley's Zoo Trip

This past Friday Kinsley went with Jane and the whole crew to the ZOO!!! They were there all morning and afternoon and had a blast! I was (of course) at the doctor so I couldn't go, but Kinsley still had fun without me (hahaha!!!). I was told that Kinsley got so worn out that she even fell asleep in the stroller! Here's a couple pictures of her trip!

Baby Nursery

Several weeks ago we completed our baby's nursery! It's done in pink and brown colors and we love it! We wanted something completely different from Kinsley's room and this is what we came up with!

Diaper Shower

After church today our friends had a diaper shower for us! We to Newks for lunch and then opened up gifts! Kinsley loved opening the gifts and didn't even care that they were all diapers, she got so excited with each package! We (of course) forgot to take pictures at the restaurant, so we came home and took them! One of our friends made a "diaper cake" and it had pacifiers on it...Kinsley kept trying to pull them off of the "cake" and suck on them(she did say they are for the baby though!)!

Weekend Visit

This past weekend Marcus came for a visit! Kinsley LOVED having him here and they both played very well together. They were constantly at each other's side and Kinsley was usually bossing him around! They really enjoyed riding on Ryan's back and jumping from the ottoman to the couch and then back again! They were quite the team!

Bye Bye Ni-Night

Today Kinsley gave up her "ni-night" (pacifier)! We went and bought 3 balloons (she picked out the smiley face ones...guess she didn't know what was coming!) this morning and then took her to Buckhead Creek, tied her "ni-night" to 2 of the balloons and let them go! It didn't quite fly away at first like we thought it would, so Kinsley began to chase it and tried to catch it. Ryan had to run after it too and let it go again. Then wind finally got a hold of it and we saw it fly into the sky. Kinsley watched it and waved good-bye! Ryan then gave her a sucker when we got back to the car and she also got to keep the 3rd balloon that we had bought!

The true shock sunk in when Kinsley and I returned home. After we had been home for about 20 minutes she began to ask about her "ni-night". I reminder her that the balloon took it bye bye. She began to cry...and I mean really cry. Also, she really didn't want the balloon that she got to keep then! She didn't want to touch the balloon or be near it! I asked her if she wanted to let it go outside...she began to clap her hands and shook her head yes! So we took her 3rd balloon and let it go outside! The rest of the morning she kept telling me about the balloon and that it took her ni-night bye bye! I'm really hoping she doesn't hate balloons for the rest of her life now!