Holy cow. What a crazy, chaotic, busy last few months we've had. In the MONTHS since I last posted, several things in the Schienbein family have happened. First, and most exciting, our baby sister was born. Elin Bryce joined our family on November 27th. Over a month early! It was frightening, and stressful, but she's home with us now and doing fantastic. Tayler and Carson have been wonderful with her. They both help me out when I need it, and even when I don't! Carson especially makes his services available at all times. He helps me hold her bottle, screams "Baby Crying!!!!" when she cries, and gladly pushes her in her swing...even when we haven't asked him too! But, it's all out of love, and listening to him say "Bless you, Elin!" (which sounds more like "Bush you Eeeewen!")when she sneezes is probably the sweetest thing I could imagine. Tayler helps me with Carson when I'm busy with Elin, and helps me with Elin when I'm busy with Carson. She truly is a life saver.
Elin has been a great baby. She sleeps quite a bit still, is eating well, and seems to be growing like a weed! We couldn't be happier. She's one month old today, and on one hand it seems like she was just born. But on another hand, it seems like it was a million years ago that Brian and were driving to the hospital multiple times a day to see her! We're just so happy she's home with us, and doing so well.
Another change in our family was our move from West Richland to Kennewick. We decided a few months back that our family was getting too big for our house in West Richland. We really wanted to find another house in West Richland and started hunting. Finding what we wanted in West Richland proved to be harder than we imagined, and when our house sold after being on the market for only one day, we really had to get serious. We didn't even ask our Realtor to show us any houses in Kennewick because we were confident we did NOT want to live in Kennewick. But, by some strange luck, we were shown a beautiful home in South Kennewick that had the floor plan of our dreams, plenty of room, and a little extra sweet treat in the back yard in the form of an underground pool.
Tayler has started at her new school, which she's loving. Her teacher is male, which she wasn't sure about at first, but has decided she's happy with since he is so nice and so funny. She gets to ride a school bus to school as well, which she's really been enjoying.
So, our family has been through quite a few transitions in the last few months. We're working really hard to get back into some sort of routine, but it has taken some time. With Elin's stay in the NICU, the holidays, getting unpacked, and adjusting to living in a new city, we've kind of feel like it's been a whirlwind of a winter. But, all in all, everything has turned out to be positive, and we continue to feel very blessed.
