Room for a Sister

In anticipation of Audra's arrival Maura's bedroom needed some sprucing up.  Not only to make room for Audra, but to make more room for Maura herself!  She was still in a toddler bed, actually the crib converted to a daybed style toddler bed.  That crib has served us well...all three of our kids used it as a baby and then we converted it to a toddler bed for Maura. 

So, we got the girls a new bed...a twin size daybed with trundle. It is h-u-g-e!!! I am sure the two little peanuts will both sleep together and the trundle won't be used for quite some time...except for sleepovers with Charlotte!

 

 

Shirts for the sisters!

Even though Audra will be much smaller than Maura

she will be the Jie Jie (big sister)

since she is actually 4 months older than Maura.

 

 

A few of the gifts that are waiting for Audra at home:

 

On Thursday, when I got home from work, there was a package sitting on the kitchen counter.  I couldn't imagine what it could be...everything I had recently ordered had already arrived.  When I opened the package I immediately knew it was a gift for our sweet little girl....a stuffed panda and the book "Panda Bear, Panda Bear What Do You See" by Eric Carle.

 

 

At the bottom of the package was the note from the sender:

 

 "Audra, Here is a new friend for you to cuddle and love!  Welcome to America.  Ask your mommy for some caramel corn.  It's my favorite!  Love, Indigo"

 

Indigo is my friend Alisa's 2 year old daughter. 

What a wonderful surprise!