Splish Splash We Were Taking a Bath

Monday I thought I'd try giving both of the kiddos a bath at the same time. It was so much easier! Natalee didn't cry like she usually does since she had her big brother to entertain her and Nathan wasn't trying to "help" give Natalee a bath. They both seemed to enjoy their bath a lot together.

First Visit to Church

Today we went to church for the first time since having Natalee. I am not quite ready to dump her in the nursery, so she got to visit our Sunday School class and sit in big church with Nathan. She did such a good job. Slept the whole time.

It was so good to be back at church. I missed it so much. It's funny but church is the only place I really feel like I belong........everywhere else I feel like an outsider but there I feel at ease......I guess because I am with extended family. :-)

The past two days, Nathan has been having trouble with not having as much attention as he is used to. At church today, everyone was excited to see Natalee. Nathan asked me "Why does everyone want to see Natalee"? I tried to tell him she was a new baby and people wanted to see her. I'm not sure if he really understood. I have been feeling bad because he gets so upset about not having all the attention and no one to play with him constantly as we used to. Saturday he got a bit put out with me because I was talking to Natalee. He told me he didn't want to sit with me because of that. It made me cry because I just don't know how to handle giving them both the time they want. But today in the paper, there was an article in there that was definitely for me. I have been praying constantly to God on what to do and there it was! The article was about how to deal with 3 years olds when a new baby comes into the home. How funny is that! Just what I needed! The article was so good! It described everything I was feeling and made me feel better on how I have been handing things. The article said that older siblings will feel left out but it is normal and it is definitely a good thing for them. Having someone else to take attention away from them will teach them that life isn't centered around them.......and it would teach them on how to deal with life later on when people treat them differently, as far as their peers in school. That made me feel so much better about things. It is still hard........especially just this moment when I had to get after him for being so rough on Natalee........he just got up and walked off to sit away from me........but I have to remember it will make him a better person in the end...........even if it will cause him to be a bit put out with me a while.

Look What My Brother did to ME!

This poor little girl doesn't have a chance. That is a rubber worm on her head and a blue lay around her neck.......compliments of her big brother.

Bubba Webb

Nathan found some Bubba teeth in our dresser drawer and decided to try them out. He got a big kick wearing them.

God's Grace

A new neighbor of ours down the street came by today with her two little boys (1 and 2 year old). They played with Nathan while we sat and rested a bit (Natalee was asleep in her crib). We were talking about how I felt. With Nathan it took me forever to feel normal again. It seemed like I was sore and just out of sorts for weeks.......but with Natalee I seriously bounced back a day or two after we arrived home. My neighbor mentioned something that I never realized and when she said it it made me feel so loved by God. She said it was only God's Grace that each delivery and recovery is so much easier because He knows we need the extra strength to take care of the other children we have along with the baby. That makes so much sense to me! Everyone I have talked to have told me how fast they recovered with the second and third child.........it didn't make sense to me why then but now it does. It's that so neat! God is so loving, isn't He?

Milk

Natalee's Big Brother is just a little bit tooooooooooo helpful when it comes to his little sister. I caught him just a bit ago with his finger in her mouth. When I asked him what he was doing, he said "Natalee likes my milk!" It dawned on me...........he thinks he has milk to feed her in his finger like I have milk in me to feed her. I had to let him know real quick he doesn't have milk in his finger........but he doesn't believe me.

Goodness......I'm in for quite an adventure with these two.

2 Week Doctor Check-UP

Natalee went for her 2 week check-up today. Nathan, Natalee and I all went out by ourselves for the first time also. Everything went really well! Natalee gained 11 ozs and grew 1/2" since her last appointment 10 days ago. She is now officially 8 lbs 0oz and 21" long.

I was really proud of Nathan. He is usually TERRIFIED of the doctor but he did so well today helping me with Natalee and being a big boy at the office. The doctor and nurses were so impressed with him, he left there with three prizes from the treasure box.

After the doctor, I took Nathan to the mall to let him play on the playground before we had to rush home to meet a friend of mine who is bringing us supper. On the way out to the van after playing, Nathan announced he had to potty. I asked him to wait just a minute because I was just putting Natalee in her carseat.......but poor Nathan had to GO! Right there in the parking lot, he jerked his pants down all the way to his ankles, aimed his thing up in the sky and made a rainbow right there in broad daylight before I could stop him. He was trying to help Momma out by doing it himself - but not too discreetly like we usually do. ha ha!