Luke fell down the stairs at a friend's house on Wednesday and hit head first. He ended up with a pretty big knot on his head and began throwing up which landed us in the nearest ER. A ct scan showed a very small subdural bleed so they decided to keep him overnight to monitor him and to repeat the ct scan the...
Ever since Luke climbed out of his crib and we had to transition him into a big boy bed, he has been protesting every night. He cries and bangs on the door for us to "open the door, mama". We had to put a lock on the outside of his door to keep him in (at the recommendation of our pediatrician). Well today,...
Luke woke up at 3:30am and did not go back to sleep. He cried and tried negotiating and everything else he could think of to convince me to let him come out of his room and "wake up". I put him down for his nap at 10:45am and he went down suprisingly easy. He did cry for about 10 minutes but then was...
Another one that didn't make it on the birth announcement, but I think is pretty cute.She was two weeks old in this picture. ...
Olivia is already a month old. I love her so much. What was life like before this sweet girl??Olivia sleeps from 10pm to 2:30am and then 3am to 6:30am pretty consistently. We are still exclusively breastfeeding, which has finally become easy and enjoyable. It is such a special time that we share and I am so glad I stuck with it. Olivia likes...
Nick took Luke to the pool the other day and was throwing him up in the air into the water. Luke stopped and said "NO, Daddy, Lukey not the ball!" Hahaha!I was playing with Luke last night and pretending to eat his hair, nose, ears, etc. He usually gets mad and tells me to "spit it out, Mommy" and give them back. Well,...
Olivia slept from about 8pm to 2am last night!!! Whooohooo! I feel like a new woman this morning!Luke is brushing his teeth "all by himself"...must run...I hear water! ...
Olivia has been going through a growth spurt the last few days so she has been wanting to nurse every hour and a half to two hours. Sometimes she would finish a feed and want to eat 15 minutes later! It has been exhausting to say the least, but I keep reminding myself that things will get better and easier and this will...
This morning I was brushing out Luke's hair after we washed it and he kept saying "Ouchie, Mommy! I don't wanna be happy. I don't wanna be happy." I was like "what?? You don't wanna be happy? What are you talking about?"It took me a few seconds to realize that he was trying to say "I don't wanna be handsome." I always say...
Taking both kids to the mall today proved to be only a slight disaster. I thought it would be nice to get out of the house and let Luke play at the mall play area and then at the train table at Barnes and Noble. I was feeling a bit ambitious after my first real cup of coffee this morning since who knows...
Although I absolutely LOVE this image, it did not make it onto the announcement, so I thought I would share it here. Check out her little smile! ...
So, I decided a few days ago to quit breastfeeding. I went two long days without breastfeeding Olivia at all, and then I panicked and changed my mind! I started breastfeeding again two nights ago, but now my milk supply is so low, I'm not sure if she's getting anything at all. She still enjoys breastfeeding, even if she's not getting much right...
This is the little look he flashes quite often these days. S-T-I-N-K-E-RAnd this is Luke sporting his "gobbles". ...
A favorite from our attempt at a newborn session this morning. You'll have to wait to receive the birth announcement to see the rest, but I just had to share at least one! Oh, and before I forget, since I am sending out the announcements soon, if you have moved or I do not have your address and you would like me to...
Luke will take Olivia's tiny little hand and stick up her last three fingers, folding down her index finger and thumb, and raises her hand and says "two 'ore minutes". This is what he does when he doesn't want to take his nap or come inside or whatever. I guess he is trying to teach her the ropes. He also takes her hand...
Olivia is wanting to nurse ALL the time...literally. She will sometimes nurse for 45 minutes or more and she is wanting to nurse every hour today. I am hoping we are just going through a 2 week growth spurt, because I'm not sure I can keep this up with Luke running wild around the house. Today while I was nursing, Luke managed to...
That seems to be all we talk about in our house these days. Pump, nurse...nurse, pump...nurse, nurse, nurse. "Whatcha doin' Mama? Pumpin' milk?"...."Seester cryin'! She sad. She need mommy's milk." These are the little conversations we have all day. Yesterday I had just about had it with BFing and Nick and I decided to just give her a bottle of formula to see...
Luke has been very interested in me nursing Olivia. The first time, he came over and watched intently and asked a thousand questions about "mommy's milk". He thought it was pretty funny and kept laughing about it. Then, yesterday while I nursing, he came over and put his mouth on my elbow and started sucking and saying he wanted to drink "mommy's milk"....
Today was Olivia's first trip to see Dr. Lestz, our beloved pediatrician. This was just a 48 hour follow up since Dr. Lestz was not able to see Olivia in the hospital. She checked her weight and she was 7 pounds 11 ounces!!! She was 7 pounds 5 ounces on Sunday when we left the hospital. I am so proud of my "mommy's...
It isn't any wonder that the doctors said "look at those cheeks" before they even pulled her out of my tummy. She's definitely got 'em! She has smiled a couple of times, probably due to gas, but it looks like she might have great big dimples too!And a few more from the hospital... ...
