A Baby!?!?

Getting used to a baby in the house was exciting and stressful. We had never had any children, and had really not wanted a baby so we had no baby stuff. Besides the fact we had no baby stuff, we also had not a lot of ideas what to do with her! I mean, I knew how to take care of a baby in general, how to feed it and change a diaper, I have always loved babies but taking care of one full time, well that is a little different. Now, I know everyone with first time babies goes through a change but I think ours may have been a slight bit easier if I had the past nine months to prepare and read everything about babies and talk to people. We didn't really work up to this exciting moment, it was just dropped in our laps. Luckily, baby Kristen was adorable! She was the sweetest, happiest baby. We were always laughing at her, because she was so funny. My mother-in-law told us the reason she cried when we put a onesie over her head was because it reminded babies of the birth canal (I have no idea if this is true, but it is funny none the less). So my husband began of screams of terror, yelling "oh,, no, not the birth canal, helllp!!" every time I tried to dress her! We had a lot of fun helping her learn to sit up, and of course I had to get every cute baby thing I could find. We went to the beach a lot and she loved to watch her brother play in the water. Her first steps were very exciting, we loved each new thing she could do! Although she was wonderful, she could be a trouble maker. One night at dinner, she made a huge mess (not unusual) so I put her in the bath and washed her. While I was cleaning up the dining room, in her clean pajamas, she walked over to a candle (that had been sitting there since we got her) and decided to destroy it, getting red wax all over her - back to the bath tub it was! As soon as she was washed and ready, she continued her fun by taking my husband's phone off the table (right next to him) and dropping it into the glass of Dr. Pepper, spilling the pop all over her and ruining the phone! Well, needless to say we had one more bath and I was so happy it was bedtime for our little terror! :-) Kristen was our first baby but not the last. We found out the as soon as CPS knows you will take infants they will keep giving them to you, they have a hard time finding placements for babies. Luckily, I love having them!