Rough Week

This has been a rough week for me....but I am so thankful that my Moma came to my home today despite being very busy to help me out, even though I didn't ask her to. I have been struggling so much trying to be a good Momma and I feel like I'm not. I don't feel like I have time to play with Nathan like he wants and I don't feel like I am spending time with Natalee like she needs except to feed her and try to get her to sleep............plus I have been waiting to my test results from last week to see about those cells that showed up to be abnormal nine months or so ago...............so it's been bad.

But.......today it became all better...........I was able to spend time with Nathan and he seems to love me again.............which in turn allowed me to spend some time with Natalee without feeling guilty tonight.........and my doctor had the nurse to call me today to tell me my results are in from last week's test. It came back normal! He wants to recheck in 6 months just to be sure and if it is ok, I'll go back to yearly visits again. Yippie!

Tonight, I gave Natalee something new to eat. She constantly wants to eat every 2 hours and I am soooo sore! I found this oatmeal cereal that helps develop the brain and eyes so I thought I'd try it. Other babies her age are already on rice cereal in their formula, so I figured I could give her some for supper mixed with breast milk. She LOVED it! And as I type.......for once this week.........she is soundly asleep in her crib. Hopefully I can make up for lost sleep last night.....I only got about 4 hours of sleep.

So that being said.........Good night everyone! :-)

Big Helper

Natalee loves to eat so much that my left side has become a bit raw so I've been pumping a bit to allow it to heal. Today, Nathan asked me if he could feed his sister her bottle. He is such a big helper!

Sunday Dress

I love this little dress on Natalee. It is one of my very favorites.

Playing Outside

Friday was such a nice day, we spent the day playing outside in the driveway and later at the Riverpark.

More Pictures of the Kiddos

A Man Already!

Tripp and Nathan were downstairs working on the computer and watching Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer while Natalee and I were upstairs resting. All of the sudden, Nathan comes bounding up the stairs asking for a drink......but he was hiding his face from me. From the corner of his hand I saw something BLUE! I asked him what it was and he died laughing, running back down the stairs. I then heard Tripp say "Nathan, what do you have all over your face!" Nathan had found a blue highlighter and decided he needed a moustache. So......our 3 year old son is now sporting a bright blue moustache on his upper lip.

Day Outdoors

Nathan, Natalee and I spent a couple of hours outside enjoying the sunshine. Nathan and I had a pretty good water gun fight while Natalee snoozed away.

Natalee and her bear

My Red Hat Secret Sister gave me a little bear holding a gift card. I took off the card and gave it to Natalee to hold. She looks so sweet holding that little bear.

Love to Dance!

I found an old CD of NSync that I bought when I was a teen and popped it into the CD player. A really fast song came on so me, Nathan and Natalee cut a rug across the kitchen floor. I wish you could have seen my two kiddos. Nathan was a boogying down and Natalee's eyes were so big as she was moving along with me in my arms. She looked like she wanted to smile but wasn't quite sure. It was a lot of fun.

Who Is Who?

A lot of people have told me Nathan and Natalee look a lot alike. I was going through their pictures and on a couple of them if I didn't see the date, I wouldn't have known who was who. I am curious what you all think.

Nathan

Natalee

Some Pics of the Kiddos

Acid Reflux

I ended up calling the doctor again today for Natalee's spitting up. When I called a week ago, they suggested sitting her upright after each feeding for 30 minutes.....but after a week of doing that, she still was spitting up pretty bad. The last two nights she hasn't slept well at all. When I lay her in her crib, she would start choking, even though it had been a hour since her last feeding....last night I ended up sleeping in a chair to keep up her upright because I was scared she'd drown in her spit-up.

The doctor had us come in. She isn't losing weight (she is a whopping 9 lbs 4 ozs now and 21 5/8 inches long) but they went ahead and let me have liquid Zantac for her. Nathan had to take this too when he was little.

I gave her some a bit ago and she made the most awful face and spit what little I gave her out. It smells like peppermint so I bet it tastes like it too. Ha ha! Hopefully she will sleep better tonight.

One Month Old.....ALREADY???

Natalee is officially one month old today! Can you believe it? I can't. It doesn't seem a month yet............why does it have to go by so fast?

Nathan's Hero

While sitting at the table eating dinner last night, I noticed Nathan was watching Tripp very closely. I then realized what he was doing.......everything Tripp did, Nathan did. If Tripp took a drink of tea, Nathan took a drink. If he ate green peas, Nathan ate peas (and he HATES peas!).........he did this quite a while. Since Natalee has arrived, Nathan and Tripp have been spending more time together and getting close. It is sweet to watch.

First Smile

Since Natalee has been born she smiles all the time in her sleep.......but last night I finally got her to smile while wide awake. She has such a pretty little smile. Her whole face lights up when she does. I was so excited to be able to see her do it!

4th of July Cookout

We celebrated the 4th at the farm of my grandparents. I also got the treat of having my other grandmother who lives in South Carolina and my aunt and uncle to drive down and celebrate with us. This was the first time Granny got to see Natalee. She was so excited to see her as was I. If I remember correctly, Natalee makes her 38th GREAT-grandbaby!

We had a good time with the family, cooking hamburgers and hotdogs. I always look forward to these cookouts.

When I was little, I would always beg my Papaw to take me a ride on his big ol' blue tractor. Everytime I heard it crank up (I lived next door to my grandparents) I would come running through the woods to sit on my Papaw's lap to help drive the tractor. Well.....the tradition is living on with Nathan. He asked PP (my Papaw) to ride the tractor. They took a ride around the front yard. Nathan loved it!

Miss Sunshine

Natalee loves looking outside our glass front door. I laid her down on the floor and she laid there happy as a bug looking out the door at her Daddy mowing the yard.

Sleep No More

You know....it's pretty bad when you are sitting on the couch with Nathan and Natalee reading them a book and fall asleep mid-sentence............I was dreaming Nathan was hollering at me "Momma! Momma!" Then I realized.......it wasn't a dream........he was actually hollering at me. Ha ha!

I called the pediatrician. Natalee has started spitting up really bad. She woke up this morning with her hair wet from it. I was hoping they would give her some acid reflux medicine to help like they did with Nathan, but since she isn't losing weight, they won't. They want me to sit her up for 30 minutes after each feeding - which is every 2 hours for her! So,........I am saying Good Bye to sleep! If anyone sees me asleep in church, please punch me. I won't mind. ha ha!

Little Shaver

Tripp noticed Nathan looked a little strange. He had a couple of cuts on his face. Tripp went into the bathroom and saw shaving cream everywhere! Nathan had found Tripp's shaving cream and tried to shave!!! He was proud of what he did, but Daddy wasn't so excited I think. He is getting quite sneaky!