Two Happy (and Spoiled) Girls!

While Mike and I were at the hospital with Elijah for two weeks, Isabella and Sienna had the very best babysitters-their two grandmas and two aunts!!! My mom and sister flew in from Wisconsin and California, and Mike's mom and sister flew in from Pennsylvania and Ohio! What a treat for the girls! It was such a relief for us to know that the girls were in loving hands so that we could focus our energy on Elijah. Although the girls (barely) missed us, they had a blast with all of this special company. Since our families live so far away from us and eachother, we never get together with both sides of our families at once. It was fun for the girls to have everyone here, and our moms and sisters got to know each other better, too! My sister shuttled everyone back and forth to the hospital so my mom, mother-in-law and sister-in-law took turns being home with the girls.

From what we heard, the girls got away with all sorts of crazy behavior, but we didn't care since they were happy and having fun. Although Isabella is supposed to have a total of three books/made-up stories at night, she talked Aunt Katy into reading two books and telling two stories about when she was little. (Isabella is fascinated to hear how everyone lost their first tooth. She's convinced that she'll lose her first tooth this Christmas when she's 5 1/2!).

Aunt Tracy reading to Sienna

One day Aunt Tracy did a special "Spa Day" with the girls. She used my foot spa and gave each of the girls a foot massage with lotion and a pedicure and manicure. They each got to choose any colors from my stash of nail polish. This was a treat since I usually only let them wear light pink or clear nail polish! When we got home from the hospital, Isabella had put a special sign on my bathroom door which read "Fancy Sdor" (Fancy Store). We definitely have two girly girls!!

One night Isabella wanted all four of them to put her to bed. Since they couldn't all fit in her bed to read stories, she suggested that they line up in the hall to give her hugs and kisses. After my mom said good night to her, Isabella said, "Nana, you can go to the end of the line, so you can give me another hug and kiss!" All four of them went through the line several times before Isabella finally went to bed! What a bunch of softies!

Grandma and Isabella making cream puffs

The finished product!
It looks like Isabella already had a taste!

Aunt Tracy and Grandma took the girls on a shopping spree at Kohl's and Claire's for their birthdays. The girls picked out new pajamas, some new outfits and all sorts of fun accessories at Claire's. Check out Isabella's beautiful magnetic earrings and new Tinkerbell nightgown with detachable wings!
Grandma and Aunt Tracy took the girls strawberry picking with my MOMS Club. I'm bummed that I missed it this year, but they shared some of their strawberries with us.

Grandma was brave enough to let Isabella do her hair.Aunt Tracy and Grandma planned a special "Bee Day." They watched the Bee Movie, made bees out of construction paper and made peanut butter and powdered sugar "bees"!

Isabella adds the wings

The last night before they left, Aunt Tracy and Grandma took the girls to T.G.I.Friday's for dinner.
The girls each got to order a cup of "dirt" for dessert. Holy cow!!!!
Sienna liked playing "baby" with Aunt Katy, and Isabella pretended to be a puppy. Sienna, the baby, "ate" lots of pretend ice cream and Aunt Katy had to rescue Isabella, the puppy, from "eating" chocolate since chocolate is bad for dogs.

The girls modeled their new pajamas with Aunt Tracy.

Last night with Aunt Tracy and Grandma

My mom took most of these pictures which is why she's not in any of them, but the girls had lots of fun with Nana, too!!! She came earlier and stayed a bit longer than everyone else, so she was here when we brought Elijah home from the hospital. She made play dough with the girls and took them to various playgrounds and playdates with my friends. She got to "play ponies" with Sienna every morning when they woke up. My dad flew out for two weeks, too. He likes to keep busy when he's here, so he completely reorganized our shed. Thank you to our amazing families for all of your help! We couldn't have done it without you! No wonder the girls were bored out of their minds when everyone left. They had to go back to hanging out with their boring old mom!!!!! It took a few days to get back to normal.