"Yo everybody, happy Canada Day!!"
Annette celebrated her other country's independence today with a parade at school.
All the kids got dressed up in red, white and blue and waved flags :-)
Here's Annette with her classmates and teachers!
Zell came to see the parade too, but ended up sleeping through it instead :-)
Annette, who turned 21 months old on Tuesday, is growing into her role of big sister to Zell, who is 6 weeks old today!
She now has enough hair for pigtails - her new big girl hairstyle :-)
We said goodbye to Mormor a couple of weeks ago by going out for Tex-Mex. She'll be in China until the end of August, when she returns with Morfar.
Zell is growing fast and becoming more aware of her surroundings - here she is waking up from a nap yesterday.
Annette and I went over to her friend Asher's house yesterday afternoon while Zell stayed at home with our new part-time nanny. Annette loves having Mommy all to herself whenever she can :-)
Zell has had a busy 3 weeks of life!
She had her first real bath with her big sis, who thought it was great fun to have a baby in the bathtub with her :-)
She's been spending time with her Mormor (who came all the way back from China just to see her!), Uncle Nils and her cousins.
She also got baptized yesterday in the same gown worn by her Morfar and Mommy - it's seen a lot of babies in 60+ years!
We are loving our new family of 4 :-)
The stork has arrived! Zell Persson Hollrah was born on Thursday, May 12th at 3:31 p.m., weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces and measuring 19 inches.
Heading to the hospital bright and early on Thursday morning, this is the last picture of Zell inside...
...and the first picture of her outside!
We had a wonderful labor and delivery nurse who had 2 hats ready for either a girl or a boy - we were delighted to get to use the hat she made with a bow on it!
Mommy and Daddy with our newest addition :-)
This will be our last blog post as a family of 3, since the new baby is arriving tomorrow! The princess helped me celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday with brunch at Brennan's, which was wonderful :-)
She loves the new pool Daddy got for her!
It took a while for the water to warm up,
but once it did Annette got in and practiced her kicking :-)
Summer has arrived! Annette enjoyed splashing and drinking pool water with her friend Trey after school last week.
She's also grown to LOVE bath time, and stays in there as long as we let her :-)
Apparently reading while on the potty starts early...
All of Annette's friends are in the process of turning 2, so she's been a frequent party-goer. This weekend we went to a party at Wonderwild, where Annette made Daddy take her down the slide at least 20 times. Both of them were pretty worn out afterward!
On Tuesday we went to Hermann Park with our moms group from church, where we enjoyed strolling by the pond and feeding the ducks.
On Sunday we all went to church in the morning, and then to Grandpa David and Grandma Susan's house for dinner in the afternoon.
Annette got a stuffed bunny, which is her new favorite toy :-)
She mostly dined on pretzel sticks, but also ate some cucumber slices for variety.
Meanwhile, her little brother or sister is getting ready to make its big debut! It is 6 pounds 5 ounces as of this morning, and already looks just like Annette did when she was born!
It loves to suck its thumb and chubby little fingers :-)
On Saturday we went to an Easter egg hunt at our church. Annette was terrified of the Easter Bunny, but loved this little baby bunny.
She gave it lots of hugs and petted it nicely :-)
On Easter morning she got all dressed up in her fancy new dress!
It gave Daddy a flash forward of what it would be like to walk her down the aisle :-)
Annette had a great weekend! On Saturday she got to meet Kay, Jim, Maureen and John, her great uncles and aunts, plus see Auntie Lauren, who were all in town for a wedding.
Yesterday at church they had a Palm Sunday procession where all the kids waved palm fronds as Jesus and 2 donkeys came down the aisle. The donkeys were a big hit, and Annette loved petting them :-)
On Sunday afternoon we went to a birthday party/Easter egg hunt for 2 of Annette's friends.
She was very good at picking up the eggs and putting them in her basket.
After all that work she enjoyed relaxing in a chair and eating a cup of ice, her new favorite treat :-)
This weekend Annette stayed with her grandparents so Kendall and I could get away one last time before the new baby arrives next month! We went to Galveston and had a wonderfully relaxing time on the beach :-)
Annette's brother or sister is growing nicely and weighs about 5 pounds. This is a picture of it sucking its little fingers - just like big sis!
Last weekend Annette and her Daddy went to our friend's lake house for a crawfish boil (Mommy was sick so stayed at home).
She LOVED fishing in the cooler for ice and eating it!
The water was still too cold for swimming,
but she enjoyed a boat ride around the lake :-)
On Tuesday we went to the Houston Arboretum with one of our moms groups. The kids loved walking around the trails and looking at turtles in the pond.
