Adjusting

After Hannah was born, Liz's mom came out for a couple of weeks [only partially to see the baby- John was also graduating with his master's, and John, Amy, and Sam were getting ready to leave Utah for their respective grad schools]. Mom was soo helpful. We'd kind of expected the adjustment to two kids to be hard, but it was INSANE! Bethany loved her little baby sister for a while, (until she started saying, "I'm done with my baby sister" and "MY daddy!")but it was hard for her not to have things done on her schedule anymore. And Liz was not a very fun mom for a while- constantly doing baby stuff, unable to bounce on the trampoline or play as much, tending to a screaming baby. Not to mention sleep deprivation... And Mom picked up a lot of that slack. So thanks, Mom!

Bethany suddenly stopped taking naps (or took them after a LOT of screaming), stopped sleeping through the night, and stopped being so well potty trained. One night, Mom actually took Bethany out to sleep in her car around 4 in the morning, after Bethany and Hannah had been waking each other up all night long!

Mom and Hannah

Waffles with Sam, John, and Amy...

and Mom and Hiram...

and a VERY sleepy Bethany

Uncle Sam and Hannah

What a nice big sister!