Alyssa's Choir Performance

Alyssa finished up her choir semester last week with a performance night. This choir is run by a lady in our neighborhood and mostly consists of kids from our neighborhood. Usuallyh there are a couple of boys, but no boys signed up this time so it was only girls ranging in age from about 5 to 12. The theme was strong female roles and included songs from Snow White, Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz, Frozen, and Annie. Alyssa's Solo was in the Annie song, so she got to dress up as Annie for the show. We didn't bother with the red wig. I did attempt to curl her hair, but it was driving her crazy, so we brushed them out before the show. She obviously takes after me because she really doesnt like to get dolled up. Here are a few shots of the group.

I really wanted to upload the video of her solo, but it was too long. This one is "Do Re Me."

She really did a great job with her solo. Really loud and right on pitch. Very confident. I was glad to have grandma in town to stay with the baby so I could go.

Introducing Camden Sean Wheeler

Camden Sean Wheeler joined our family on the morning of May 1st. We went in early that morning for a scheduled C-section, which was a good thing since Camden weighed 10 lbs 9 oz and was 22 inches long. Here are some of the first pictures of our not-so-little guy.

I took this picture when he was 1 day old. It was the first time I saw him with open eyes.

Tyler has taken to his baby brother well. One of his favorite things to do is hold him and kiss him.

Grandma flew into town on the 3rd to help us out for a couple of weeks while Laura recovered from her c-section. Her main job has been to keep the house running(cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc) and keep Tyler off of Mommy. He was not happy with the fact that Mommy could not pick him up or put him to bed.

Camden has been the perfect baby, so far. Definitely our easiest. He sleeps well, eats well, and hardly cries. 

The girls just love holding their new baby brother. Whenever they came to visit us in the hospital, it was always a fight about who got to hold him first and who had him longer.

Almost every day, Tyler asks to hold Camden and wants me to take a picture of them. I have 6 or 7 pictures similar to this one with the boys in different clothes and different poses.

I have healed remarkably well this time and I'm pretty much back to normal activity. I'm getting enough rest at night because Camden sleeps really well. The girls finish up school on Friday and then the lazy summer days begin.