Welcome Home!

Big brother, little sister. The first picture of their first hug. We were glad to see Tagg so happy. Since we brought Sloane home on Monday he was calling the teddy bear Shayne gave her "Sloane" so we were a little worried. Of course he was trying to feed the bear his muffin so that gave us some hope! Since we finished Sloane's room and started telling him about his little sister, he's gone into her room and pulled this teddy bear off the shelf. He walks around hugging it and calls it "Soan Bear." He puts the bear in the rocking chair, covers it with the quilt mom made and rocks it. Sometimes, he crawls into the chair and cuddles with the bear. Now that he's making the connection, we have visions of the kind of big brother he's going to be. And it's pretty sweet! We were sad he couldn't be with us this weekend but maybe this is a less traumatic way for him to adjust to the reality of being a "big brother."

The car ride home was...interesting. Sloane was awesome but the "infant insert" in the car seat was no match for Utah highways! We had to pad her head with burp cloths and blankets to make it less bumpy so we promptly got another insert when we got home! Her little jammies were so big, we couldn't find her hands half the time.

Sloane got to meet Grama and Bompa and Auntie Leese who had been watching Tagg for us. He was almost as interested in Sloane's toes as he was in the books he found at Grama's. (he's not actually reading - yet! ;-) but he did start learning his states by looking at the pictures) She also got to meet Aunt Biff which caused Tagg to have a little jealousy attack. He held up his arms the second Tiff took Sloane and said "Tagg turn Aunt Tiff." It was cute. Happily, he thought mom was a nice back up plan!

Probably the funnest introduction was between Sloane and Harper. The two girls are so cute and it's amazing how much larger Harper is considering she's not even 6 weeks older than Sloane. How fast they grow! Becky says Sloane makes Harper look like a linebacker! We got some really cute pictures of them together. Doesn't this look like they're already telling secrets?! They are already sharing clothes! Yes, Sloane is wearing Harper's going-home outfit in this picture - and it actually doesn't drown her unlike most of her outfits! Harper actually brought her over a handful of little outfits that she's already outgrown which was really sweet. Who cares if they're hand-me-downs as long as we know where her feet are! Marc (my brother) and I are pretty proud of our little girls! Poor Tagg! It's going to be like having twin baby sisters to torment him - and to torment! We're pretty sure that he'll also be their biggest protector!

We need to get some photos of me and Scott with the babies! Those self-portraits from the hospital just are not cutting it! Once we get settled in a bit more, it's paparazzi time!