Life Has Changed

Since the birth of our beautiful daughter, life certainly has changed. But we are all adjusting well and enjoying these moments as I know from how Jaret has grown that it all goes by too quickly.
My mom just left today after being here for a week. It was great having her help out with things and was hard to see her leave. In fact, Jaret wouldn't even smile when mom tried to take a picture of him before leaving. He had such a sad face on - I guess her leaving was as hard on him as it was on me.
Since coming home from the hospital, there have only been two really difficult nights where it seems that Kirra didn't want to sleep much. The other nights have been really good with her only getting up briefly twice to feed. The feeding is going really well, which I am thankful for. She is a very content little baby, another blessing. Jaret is so good with Kirra and keeps saying, "That's my baby sister." He is very helpful, from bringing her tub downstairs without being asked when he knows I am getting ready to bath her, to sitting and talking to her in her swing (something I really need to get a picture of). Each time I look at my children, I feel so very blessed. When I look at Jaret now, compared to Kirra, I realize how much Jaret has grown over the years. And to think that just a couple weeks ago he was my baby. He is becoming so independent and wants to help with so much around the house. Tonight after supper, we baked cookies together which he and I really enjoyed. I have been trying to spend as much time as possible with him when I am not busy with Kirra. It has been enjoyable watching Jaret and his team play soccer. How can you not be entertained by watching 3 and 4 year olds try to understand the concept of soccer. They start by playing lots of little games that teach some ball control. Then after a snack break they play a short soccer game. Jaret definitely does the most running on the team, but most of the time it is him running off in some other direction entirely - no where near the ball. It is pretty funny. He also likes to fall down a lot. Sometimes I think that he thinks he is playing football and that falling down and causing other kids to fall as well is part of the game.
We have also been busy with our house build. There are so many decisions to be made and we have changed our minds a few times on the colours. However, I think the decisions are almost all made and we can sign off by the weekend. From there we will have everything on our end in order and then hopefully it won't be long and they will start digging.
I am including some pictures that were taken on Mother's Day. We went to Heritage Park with Mark, Shea, and McKinley to see Thomas the Train. Jaret and McKinley had so much fun and it was a great way to spend Mother's Day as a family.