Ingrid's Grandmothers

Ingrid with Grandma J at 3 months

Ingrid is a very lucky girl to have so many family members nearby... including her two grandmothers. Grandma J comes over on Mondays to help watch her, and Teeny helps out on Thursdays (and often other days, too, since she lives right upstairs). It's awesome. Thanks to you both!!!

Now we just have to figure out how to get Ingrid to take the bottle again so that Kirk and I can enjoy an evening out, or I can go and get my hair done or have a girls' night once in a while...

Ingrid with Teeny at 2 months

Christmas

I hope you all had a very merry Christmas! We've been having a wonderful time with our family members from near and far. It's great seeing how they all love her (almost) as much as Kirk and I do.

At the same time, it's been stressful since we found out last week that Ingrid hadn't been gaining weight and (at five weeks old) still wasn't up to her birth weight. I'm going in this afternoon to see if all the pumping, more frequent and careful feedings, supplementing, prayers, herbal remedies, etc... have paid off. Everything else in my life has pretty much been on hold while we work to fatten up our sweet little girl.

Ingrid with her adoring 3 year old cousin (above) and her equally adoring great-granny and great-papa (below).

An Anniversary

I've been around long enough to know that I'm extremely lucky to have married into a wonderful, funny, loving, easy going family like the Jorgensens. Today marks exactly 6 years since Kirk and I exchanged vows and I became an official member of the clan.




The truth is, I would have married Kirk no matter what his family was like. He's that great. And more. But the fact that they're such lovely people made the deal that much sweeter. Thanks! I love you all! (But most especially you, Kirk.)


(Kirk's oldest two siblings and their families weren't around for the game of bocce when I took these photos, but they are of course included in the above sentiments.)