Valentine's Day

So much for getting a good picture of the two of them, huh??

Mark had to leave for Orlando, FL for work on Valentine's Day. We went to church (Jack's first time... he slept the whole time), went to my parent's for lunch, and at the last minute as we were flying out the door to get Mark to the airport on time, we remembered to snap a quick picture of Jack and Kate in their Valentine's Day duds.

Maybe it was the fact that we were rushing. Or that Mark was using his phone, not his nice camera. Or that Jack can't sit up yet. But, we've gotta work on getting some good pictures of these two.


Lovin' those high waters, Kate!

Kate and Jack

This girl is in love with her baby brother.











She tends to be a little rough, so I'm expecting him to be a tough little guy.



She loves to kiss on him.









When she wakes up in the morning, the first thing she says is, "See Bay Jack" (the second "b" in baby is absent).

The next thing she says is, "Watch Barney." And we do. We have watched the SAME Barney video that she got for Christmas over. and over. and over. Because she loves when we all pile on the bed and watch it together. We know that she needs that right now.







Poor girl has gone through quite a change and for the most part, she is handling it well. We have our issues, like last night when she threw a screaming fit for FORTY MINUTES over going to bed.

Or when she crawls around on the floor and says she's a baby.

Or gets mad for seemingly no reason and throws something across the room.

Baby girl has become familiar with the corner in the Time Out spot, but we are giving her a little leeway, keeping in mind what she is going through right now.





All in all, she has adjusted wonderfully!! We are thrilled that she hasn't asked to send Baby Jack back yet. :)

Jack Ryan

Jack Ryan Roskowske made his debut at 4:05 p.m. on Friday, January 29th. He weighed in at 8 lbs. 2 oz., was 21 inches long, and has a full head of hair.

Everything went so smoothly with his delivery. We checked in, got my IV hooked up, got the monitor going... within 30 minutes or so. That part seemed to take forever when we were having Kate.



From there, things got rockin' and rollin' pretty quickly. I got an epidural before I had to feel any major pain, my doctor came by and broke my water (which really moved things along), and by about 3:50, I was ready push. My doctor got there around 3:55 and about ten minutes and three pushes later, Jack was born. It was easy peesy! And it was such a fun experience!!



We could tell he wasn't as huge as we thought he was going to be, but we were really surprised that he was only a little over 8 pounds. And, no one expected all that hair!!!









We had tons of visitors and it was so much fun.















Kate came in as Jack was in the warmer. She was so excited to see him. She watched him get his first bath. She was a little nervous about seeing me because I was in a hospital bed with an IV, blood pressure cuff, and I probably looked a little scary anyway! Soon, that passed and she jumped right up there with me.









She was thrilled when she was able to hold Jack for the first time.















She felt like such a big girl when she came up to the hospital each day. She would walk in and say, "Hey, big guy!"



Coming home with two kids was a little surreal, but we got into a pretty good groove.











Mark has been off all this week, which has been awesome. Kate has been doing really well, sleeping at her normal nap time, and staying all night in her bed (with the exception of one night). We have to remind her to be gentle with Baby Jack. She gets a little rough at times. She will cram his pacifier in his mouth and then pull it out really fast. Or poke him really hard, and then tell us she's just patting him. She wipes him down with a baby wipe (like all over his face) and tells me that he likes it. Poor guy.

But, she is really sweet with him, too. She says "See Bay Jack" when she wants to look at him and "Tate Wylee hode" when she wants to hold him. She kisses all over him and loves when he holds her finger. She loves all the visitors that we have been having.



Jack is such a good baby. He is very laid back. Let's hope he stays that way. He looks just like Mark, so hopefully he will have his laid back personality, as well.



It's quite an adjustment to go from giving Kate all the attention to dividing it. Especially now, when Jack requires so much from his mama.

Last night, I wanted to give Kate a bath because I hadn't spent a whole lot of time with her. She only wanted Daddy to do it, so she said "No like Mommy". Ugh... it broke my heart. In the end, I gave her a bath and we had fun (and a big talk about how it hurts my feelings when you say you don't like Mommy).

We are just enjoying our little family and loving on Baby Jack. He's such a little sweetie.





Thanks for all the e-mails, texts, phone calls, visits, meals, love, and support everyone has given us. We realize how very blessed we are!!