A big shout out to Aunt Laura, who spent over two weeks here helping make Kaya’s introduction to the Rose family a whopping success.  We are forever grateful and Kaya is looking forward to many more visits from awesome Aunt Laura.

We had trouble coming up with a thank you gift for all of her help.  As a start, we are financing the education of her new family addition (aka, sending Piolin to obedience classes!).  Here’s why! (Note: she is actually a very awesome dog who is very well behaved except for a few habits she picked up on the street in El Salvador).

The term “Grandma Barbara” was coined this week as the appropriate term for Kaya to call her beloved grandmother (this was per grandma herself’s request).  Well, Grandma Barbara made her first appearance this week and was enamored with Kaya just like the rest of us.  Grandma Barbara was also very useful around the house – we are well fed and have a clean house and bathroom!  Thank you!

We especially like the following photo.  Kaya decided to make a massive shart right as we were taking this picture.  You can see Grandma’s reaction.  (Sidenote: “Shart” is a term that is very popular in the Rose household these days – for those less informed, think creatively about what two words combine to form the word “shart”)

Kaya got to spend some quality time with her new grandparents this week.  What a lucky girl!

Now that we’re starting to get the swing of things at the Rose household, our visitors have started to see rougher days.

Laura, for example, spent a week slaving away in our kitchen.  And as a thank you, we put a bench in the hallway for her to bang her foot into.  Broken? We think so.

And Laura’s newest family addition, Piolin, took a trip to the vet to prevent any Piolinitas in the future (ie, she got spayed).  She’s a bit sad tonight.

Kaya has daddy wrapped around her little finger when she wears her strawberry sleeper.  It’s the first outfit that he actually exclaimed, “Look how cute she is!”  Now, every time he chooses her outfit, he chooses strawberries!

We are proud to announce that Kaya has officially graduated from poop school.  The hospital gave us a diagram of how her poop is supposed to change in the first week of her life.  Well, she flew through her first assignment – we are very proud.  Here’s a nice graphic  description of “Diapers of the Breastfed Baby.” Am I allowed to put this on the internet?

James and Niall visited last night and brought us enchiladas for dinner.  Thanks guys!

During our first week, we’ve learned that the absolute worst (well, maybe not the worst) thing that can happen is someone knocks on the door.  Inevitably Kaya is nursing at the time.  First, the dog goes nuts.  Second, I attempt to get up to get the door, which makes the baby scream and the dog go more nuts.  To solve this problem, Tommy created the following sign for our door.

As a thank you to Tommy posting pictures of the labor process and delivery room, I’ve decided to post a picture of Kaya and daddy sharing skin to skin time.  I can see her right brain developing already.  This picture of Kaya and me is the closest the internet is going to get of mommy-baby skin to skin time, but I like this picture.