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!

6 weeks old and RSV update

This morning at 1:15am, Adeline turned 6 weeks old. Fortunately, all was quiet in the house, as everyone was sleeping. She actually slept pretty well last night, which can't be said for many of the nights over the past 2 weeks. During the night she definitely seems to be worse, and I think it is because all those secretions just pool up while she is lying down. She seems like the congestion is getting a little bit better, but she developed a nasty cough a couple of days ago. The way her cough sounds makes me think she has a sore throat. The same time she started coughing, breastfeeding her became very difficult. I guess it was just too hard to do with a sore throat. I was pumping and feeding it to her in a bottle one to two times a day. Thankfully, breastfeeding today is going much better. I just feel bad for her, that half of her life she has been sick. By weighing her on our scale, she is now over 12lbs. Even through being so sick, she is not having a problem putting on weight. I must have some high calorie milk since both of my kiddo's are chunky monkeys while breastfeeding. : ) Her belly button has finally stopped draining so she is going to get her first tub bath either today or tomorrow. I will be sure to take pictures and post them later. She is getting some new hair growing slowly on the top of her head. The bald man ring of hair is still around the bottom. She is now wearing 3-6 month clothes, and is just about to move up to size 2 diapers. I am still waiting on her to feel better before I take her out for her newborn pictures. We have found her new love....the Baby Bjorn. She loves riding around in that thing, and it makes it easier for us to get stuff done around the house. She is starting to smile more and more everyday. Of course, every time she decides to do it, I never have the camera nearby.

Owen is finally feeling better. He is only coughing once or twice a day, and I no longer am having to suction out his nose. He is very thankful for that! I can't believe he will be 20 months old in a couple days. His speech has really taken off, and he is starting to repeat alot of the words we are saying. He still says some words that I can't understand, but it is getting much better. We have started putting him in time out when he acts up. He has to stay in there for one minute, and believe me, sometimes that is the longest one minute of my life. Every time he gets out before the minute is up, we but him right back, and the time starts all over. When we first starting using time out, sometimes we had to put him back 10 times before he would stay there for the full one minute. He tries to be really cute, and smile, slide out of the time out area on his belly, or do somersaults to get out. It is really hard to keep disciplining him when he being so cute, but we stick to our guns. When he gets up in the morning, the first thing he does is search all around the house looking for "baby" and "daddy". Once he finds Adeline, he wants to kiss her, which has been hard since I have been trying to keep the two away from each other while they are sick. I have been having him blow her a kiss instead, or he will kiss her back. Once he is done with Adeline, he then looks around for daddy, and when he can't find him, he goes to the the long window beside the front door and looks out saying, "daddy?" It is too cute! We are going to have to get a chain for all the outside doors since Owen is now unlocking the handle and the dead bolt, and going outside. We have tried the child safety feature for the doorknobs, and he gets them off in about 30 seconds. He is also fascinated right now with taking all his clothes off. I will get him up in the morning, and he will have taken off his pajama's. At least he keeps his diaper on; that could get really messy. He also loves to take clothes out of the dirty clothes hamper in my bedroom and put them on. Most of the time he doesn't put it on correctly. He will have his head in one of my shirt sleeves so that his whole face is covered. Then he walks around the house with the shirt covering his eyes, and just laughs and laughs when he runs into something. What a silly boy!

I have my six week follow up appointment with my midwife on Monday. I still have one undissolved stitch that I called about a couple week ago. The nurse said that I need to sit in a warm bath five times a day for about 10 minutes. I thought, "Yea right, does she realize I have a newborn and a wild 19 month old? When will I find five 10 minutes slots of time during the day to soak in the tub?!" Needless to say I still have not been in the bathtub. I am just thankful for the 5 minute shower I get when George gets home in the afternoon. I am sure things will be better now that the kids are starting to get healthy. I just keep thinking, "this too shall pass."