3 weeks down & first day of preschool

Family Photo
August 28th, 2011

It's now been 3 weeks since our family has grown and it's nice to be able to say we've survived. Allie has been a very big help with Kendall and is very loving and gentle with him. She likes to feed him his bottles and even stops after awhile to make sure he burps. She has also tried to make his bottle for him when he cries even if he just ate so I have to keep an eye on that. The last bottle she made was quite watery. The first little while she was having a few melt downs but really I think the biggest issue was the lack of routine. She was going to bed much later than usual and then throw in the whole idea of having to share mom and dad and that made for some pretty big tears. Thankfully we have been able to get back on schedule and she has been doing much better which also means that mom and dad have been doing much better as well. Kendall is a very good baby not that you can have a bad baby but he does have his schedule and sticks to it pretty good. He eats every 3 hours pretty much on the dot. He has been sleeping pretty good at night too (knock on wood) there has only been a few nights when he's decided that he didn't want to go back to sleep after eating at 2:00 in the morning. At his 2 week appt. He weighed 9 lbs. 3 oz. and was 21 3/4 inches. He'd gained a pound and grown 1 3/4 inches in 2 weeks. Crazy boy already had a major growth spurt. The dr. said that he must be a good eater (which he is) because he's growing faster than normal. I guess most newborns grow 1/4 of an inch each week not 3/4 like he did. Maybe that's why he has an extra feeding during the day when compared to the guidelines for formula fed babies. All in all we are doing good and loving the new addition to our family.

First Day of Preschool
September 7th, 2011
I love the pose. I can't take pictures of Allie now without her either doing some type of pose, making a really cheesy smile, or not smiling at all and giving me the evil eye. She has been "patiently" waiting for preschool to start again. There's a group of moms from our church that take turns each week doing the preschool. It's just one day a week, but Allie loves it so much. She can't wait until she gets to go to "real" school though and that will have to wait another year.