12 weeks old!

3/6/09

Adeline is 12 weeks old today. Time is going by even faster with her than it did with Owen. I guess because life is so busy with two babies under two years of age. I guess that is also the reason I have been so bad about blogging lately. I need to do better. If I don't document the little things somewhere I will forget about them.

About 2 weeks ago, Adeline discovered those cute pudgy things attached to the ends of her arms. Her hands and fingers are constantly in her mouth now, thus causing the neckline of her shirts to get wet with slobber.If I don't put bibs on her, I end up changing her outfit several times a day. I guess that is one way to get some wear out of her outfits though. She is growing so fast,and has so many clothes, that she is only wearing some things a couple times before they are too small. I never thought I was going to have to buy size 6 month winter clothes, but I had to hit up the clearance racks at several stores to get her though the cold weather with clothes that fit. I have already bought several new things for spring and summer in size 9 and 12 months. Grandma Shultz also bought her and Owen some new clothes for Spring.

Adeline has started to let out some cute giggles on occasion. Last night she thought it was really funny when George said "boo". Every time he said it she would smile and let out a little chuckle. I am not sure what was going through her head to make the word "boo" so funny, but non the less it was cute.

She is still sleeping wonderfully at night, and napping well during the day. She goes to bed at 9:00pm, and gets up between 7:30am and 8:00am. She is breastfeeding about 5-6 times during the day, and still putting on the pounds. She is now over 15 pounds. When I sent some pictures to my dad the other day, he called and asked if she had chubby arms. I replied,"She has chubby everything!" I love chubby babies with lots of fat rolls. Hehe!

When Owen was a baby, if he was not being held, entertained, or sleeping, he was screaming. If I put Adeline in the swing, vibrating chair, or on a play mat, she will be perfectly happy by herself for a good 30 minutes so I can get things done around the house. I love that!

Her clogged tear duct has been completely cleared up for the past month. Whoohoo, no more yucky weepy eyes! After loosing all the hair she was born with, new hair is coming in, but it is very fine, and sticks straight up. I am hoping that once it gets longer it will start to lay down. She has awesome head control, and loves to look all around to see what is going on.

I am loving the warmer weather today, and after nap time I think we will all go for a walk. The fresh air will be nice.

Adeline is 2 months old!

Adeline had her 2 month check up today, and everything went well. The scale at the doctor's office confirmed she is still just as chunky as ever, weighing in at 13lbs 11oz! She is almost 14lbs, and only two months old, which put her in the 97th percentile! I looked back to see what Owen was at his 2 month check up, and he was only 11lbs (50th percentile). What can I say, she loves my milk. She is in the 95th percentile for length, at 24 inches, and 50th for head circumference at 15.5 inches. Owen was the same length at his 2 month check up, and he has remained tall, so maybe Adeline will do the same. She received no immunizations and won't until her 6 month check up. We are putting her on the same delayed schedule I made up for Owen.

I am going to try and get some shopping done this weekend. I purchased Adeline some cute summer clothes a few months ago, but I am going to have exchange them for a bigger size. I bought 6 months, but she is wearing that size now, so it won't work for this summer. I am really looking forward to feeling the warmth of the sun, swimming, playing on the swing set with the kids, and just being outside without having to wear lots of layers.

Adeline is cooing tons, and starting to have her hands open more. Before, they were clenched closed most of the time. Smiles are frequent, and last night she smiled really big when Owen was laughing in her face. It was so cute. When she smiles it looks like she has about 5 nuts packed in each cheek. Hehe! I am kind of sad that my dimples didn't get passed on to either of my kids. During the past couple of nights she has slept 10 hours. It is amazing how different two kids can be that came from the same parents.

Do you think they look alike?

I am horrible about saying who babies look like. Lots of people have asked if Adeline looks like Owen, and I never know what to say. What do you think?

Owen 9 weeks

Adeline 8 weeks

Owen 2 weeks

Adeline 2.5 weeks

First for Everything

2/10/09

Since the last post, Adeline has continued to sleep for 8 or more continuous hours at night. Love that!! She has developed thrush again, so I am treating her with the Nystatin liquid that we had left over from last time, three times a day. I am also applying a cream that I got from my midwife to my breasts so that we are not passing it back and forth. I am wondering if it was actually totally gone last time. This morning I read on a reliable breastfeeding website that I was supposed to continue giving her the Nystatin for 3 full days after the white patches disappeared. I stopped as soon as I saw no more white patches, so maybe it has just grown back over the past 3 weeks. She also has developed a skin irritation of some sort on the right side of her forehead and cheek. I am wondering if she is having a reaction to the lotion I use. I almost always hold her with her head on my left arm, so her cheek and forehead are touching my skin. I have stopped putting on my scented lotion, so we will see if her irritated area improves.

Adeline finally got her first real tub bath and she loved it! She cooed and smiled the entire time. I think she would much prefer the tub over the wipe down baths she had been getting. She would scream and cry almost the entire time during the wipe down baths, so these are a thing of the past.

Don't make fun of my double chin.

Owen got a training potty for Christmas, and we just got it out this week. We have been putting him on it every morning when he gets up, before and after nap time, and before he takes his bath. Where the potty is located in the extra bathroom, he can reach the door, and he always wants it shut while he is sitting there. He seems to like sitting on it, but he had never done anything until last night. We finally got PEE IN THE POTTY!!!! George and I cheered, clapped and praised him like crazy. This morning he sat on potty again, but just wanted to play with the door instead of peeing. I will try again before lunch.

He moved his little rocking chair over to his crib so he could climb in and get the ball back that he threw in there.

Trying to look cute when he knows he is going to get in trouble from climbing, AGAIN!



Owen has a new favorite reading spot. He climbs up the ladder to the top of his little slide, and then turns around so that he would be going down the slide backwards. Instead of going down the slide, he sits up there and reads his books. Sometimes he says words that I can understand, and other times it is just jabbering nonsense. It is so cute. He LOVES to read. When the power was out, and we were only spending time in the living room, he would want me to read to him for hours.


Trying to get a picture of the two of them together, but it looks like I was the only one that wanted it. (Dad, I posted this one for you.)

After Owen stopped whining, and realized that Adeline was crying, he tried to comfort her. How sweet?

I have been really busy with lia sophia lately. I had three new girls start during the past couple of weeks, so I have spent a lot of time doing training. I also had a show this past Friday, and Sunday, one tonight, a meeting on Wednesday, and another show on Thursday. I have this weekend off for Valentine's Day.

Blessed

I have not had to suction out Adeline's nose, or heard a cough out of her for 3 full days now. I think she is finally 100% healthy!! It was hard for me to remember what healthy looked and sounded like since is was over 5 weeks ago. Poor thing, she has been sick more days than not. I am so glad to have a healthy, happy baby again!

We have now had 4 nights in a row with Adeline sleeping 8 hours or more!! After sleeping that long, she gets up, breastfeeds, and then goes back to sleep for about 2 more hours!! With her sleeping that 2 hours in the morning, it gives me plenty of time to get Owen up, breakfast made, and cleaned up. Owen still has to go around the house and look for "baby" first thing when he gets up in the morning. For some reason he can't say "baby" in his regular voice. He goes up several octaves, but it is so cute.

Snow can be fun, but ice...not so much!

Still looking cute even after falling off the sled.

2/3/09

Life is now back to normal following a few days without power. Last week during the snow/ice storm we lost power around 6:00am on Wednesday, and it didn't return until Friday afternoon. If all we had was the snow, I am sure we would not have lost power. Everything was covered with an inch and a half of ice. We could hear trees snapping and falling to the ground for a couple of days. All I can say is thank goodness for gas fireplaces! We have a fireplace in our living room so we turned it on right away, and shut all the doors to the other rooms. Doing this, we were able to keep the temperature in the living room around 70 degrees. We brought a mattress out and slept in front of the fireplace. Adeline slept in her bassinet right beside us. We thought Owen was going to have to sleep with us, but our nice neighbor let us plug a space heater into his generator, so he slept in his crib. He has never slept with us, so who knows how that would have gone over. Since school was cancelled George worked as a patrolman for the week. Since Owen and Adeline were finally feeling better, we decided to go to Terre Haute for the weekend and go to my parents big Super Bowl party. The power came back on Friday just in time to do a couple loads of laundry so we had clothes to pack up.

Daddy and Owen playing in the snow.

My parents received about 10 inches of snow, but no ice, so they never lost power. Must have been nice! Since lots of snow was still on the ground, and the temperature was in the 40's, George took Owen out to a local park to play in the snow. Kameron, Mason (Owen's cousins) Aunt Kari, Uncle Brye, and papaw, went as well.

Kameron, Mason and Owen sledding together

They went sledding, made snow angels, had a snowball fight, and built a snowman. Owen must have worn himself out. He feel asleep on the way back to grammy and papaw's house, and then took a great nap! All the ladies stayed home getting things ready for the Super Bowl party. Everyone had a great time playing games and watching the big game later that evening.

Daddy is hard core, I am only 20 months old, and he

has me going over ramps!

Not a perfect snow angel, but close.

Check out what we created!

Snowball Fight!!!

Adeline will be 8 weeks old on Friday. She goes for her 2 month check up next week. I can't say it enough, she is an awesome baby. She still naps quite a bit during the day, but when she is awake, she is very alert. She is noticing more and more of what is going on around her. The mobile above the swing and the lights above the vibrating seat really seem to catch her eye. She already has great head control, and she loves to extend her legs and stand up. I have heard a couple little giggles from her this past week, which really made me smile. I have already had to go though her clothes and take out the ones that are too small. She has moved up to 3-6 months, and a couple of 6 month outfits. The grow so fast! It looks like she is going to have long arms like her dad and brother. Some of the clothes that fit her everywhere else, have sleeves that are too short. That would be great if both kids get daddy's height genes! We only have a couple more size 1 diapers to use up, and then she will be onto size 2. She is also sleeping great through the night. Last night, I breastfed her at 9:00pm, she was asleep by 9:30pm, and she didn't wake up until 5:30am! George and I were ready for bed when she went to sleep, so we got 8 hours of continuous sleep! WHOOHOO!! I fed her at 5:30am, she was back to sleep by 6:00am, and slept until 8:45am. I didn't get to take advantage of that extra sleep since Owen got up at 7:30am, but I can't complain.

She still has not had her first real tub bath. Her belly button was finally healed, and then we had no power. I didn't want her first bath to be in cold water! Then we were out of town, so tonight will be the night! I will have the camera ready.

I am really enjoying purchasing girl clothes. After having three nephews, and a son, it is nice to buy pink for a change. I am in love with Amanda Remembered dresses and bubbles. I have already purchased a couple cute outfits for this summer. She is going to look so cute in her little smocked dresses. Bring on the warm weather!