Grammy Patty visits

Last Thursday before Grammy Patty came, we took our first family trip to the park in Windham. It was an unusually warm day (around 60 degrees). The park was packed and Sebastien had a great time playing on the slide and jungle gym. Here is a picture of our first family outing!

Grammy arrived Thursday night and Sebastien wasted no time snuggling up to Grammy and playing with her.
Below: Genevieve getting burped

Below: Sebastien helped Kim put the Easter eggs on the bush. He was more interested in running around the yard though and didn't want to come inside.

Below: family of four

Below: This morning we all went to our town's annual Easter Egg hunt. Even though Sebastien was in the 0-3 age group, he barely made away with 2 eggs. They were all gone in seconds! It was too chilly for Genevieve though so we left right after without seeing the Easter bunny.

Below: Sebastien on the hunt

Below: Genevieve was very alert after feeling that cold morning air at the egg hunt.

Below: Funny faces by both

More baby pics

Genevieve is well and thriving. She is already up to 7 lbs 4 oz (after leaving the hospital at 6 lbs 11 oz). She is gaining so much weight because she eats every 3 hours around the clock! That makes for a very tired mommy and daddy. Grammy Patty arrived yesterday though so it's her turn to be tired with us! Here are a couple pictures from a few days ago.

More hospital pics and first day at home!

Here are some more pictures from the hospital and then some from our first day at home. Below: our little peanut

Below: sleeping bundle
Sebastien pulling off Genevieve's hat

Sebastien "holds" his little sister

First family photo

Below: Getting ready to go home

Below: bye bye hospital!

Below: Sebastien points to where his sister is

Below: She sleeps ALL the time so this was a rare photo opportunity with her eyes open

Below: hanging out on the bobby pillow

Below: Mommy & Genevieve

Baby Genevieve!

Genevieve Samantha Masse arrived 8 days early on Wednesday morning March 10th. Compared to her big brother she is a little peanut! She was born at 7 lbs 1 oz. Mommy, Daddy & Baby are doing fine. Here's her first picture!

Birth Story: Kim was home with Sebastien Tuesday night around 6 when her water broke. She called Dan to come home from work right away while she frantically packed bags and Sebastien ran amuck. Grandpa Masse picked up Sebastien & Gwynnie and took them home while Dan and Kim headed to the hospital. Kim's contractions started naturally (without her having to be induced) around 8pm and Genevieve was born the following morning at 7am. No epidural this time either, and Kim learned that giving birth to a 7lb baby isn't any easier than giving birth to an almost 9 pounder either! But Mom, baby and daddy made it through fine and everyone is healthy and happy.

Below: all cleaned up
Baby's report card: 7 lbs 1 oz, 18.5 in

Below: Sebastien came to visit Wednesday night. He didn't care too much for Genevieve other than to give her a few pokes and take off her hat. When we asked him where the baby was, he pointed at her. He was excited to play with the new Elmo doll that grandma gave him instead. Below is daddy & Sebastien playing with the hospital curtain.

Dan, Kim, and baby Genevieve all got decent sleep Wednesday night and are looking forward to Genevieve's second day.

Photos of the Baby's Room!

We finally finished the baby girl's room this past weekend. Yeah! Now I feel like it's ok if the baby decides not to wait for her due date. So here is the progression of the room in pictures. We chose to convert Dan's office into the baby's room since Dan no longer works from home and Kim's office is also the guest bedroom.

Below: the cleared out office

Below: Sebastien likes playing in the empty room
Below: my little helper strips wallpaper

Below: wallpaper is off!

Below: After doing some intense sanding, mudding, and priming, Dan paints the room pink. Below: Kim's finished "Sleeping Beauty" paintings

Below: The finished room! Here is the crib.

We also had the carpet pulled up and wood floor underneath redone.

We are looking forward to meeting our baby girl!

Warming Up & Counting Down

As the weather warms up, the real countdown to baby girl begins. This weekend we had plenty of sun and highs in the mid 50s. I'm hoping we've seen the last of the snow. These pictures are from Sunday afternoon. Dan worked out in the yard picking up all the branches that fell in the windstorm (there were sooo many). Sebastien helped for a little while then wandered around the yard with mommy. Here are some pictures of Sebastien in the backyard. You can see the tarp on the neighbor's roof here where the tree feel though last weekend.

Sebastien liked looking at the pond. (Check out that full mouth of teeth too!)

Playing on his new swing.

Here I am, ready to go at 38 weeks. There's a little under 2 weeks to go until the due date. So far there have been no indications that the little girl will be coming any sooner, and that's ok because it gives us more time to get stuff ready. Her room is almost done. It just needs the final touches. Pictures of it to come soon.