Pretty Girl

Just a FEW of the MANY pictures of the baby girl :) Taking advantage of her enjoying pictures right now!

Thought her expression was cute.

1st Day

I don't like to compare the kids, but thought it was interesting seeing pictures from the first day they were born. Mikaela looked more like Lucas in the beginning. She's getting her own look now, I think a good mixture of both the boys.

Keldan

Lucas

Mikaela

Happy 1 Month!

Mikaela is 1 month already! Can not believe it. She is just growing like crazy and changing her looks I think. What shes up to:

*9lbs 4oz...can she really be that big already?!

*22 inches long. She grew 2 inches in 1 month!

*3.5 oz of formula (Nutramigen) every 3 hrs, getting up about once during night to eat.

*Just now in 0-3 months, size 1 diapers.

*Holding her head up very well. Does not like tummy time at all.

*Will smile at me when I talk to her :) Love it! Looks for me if she hears my voice.

*Takes a lot of little catnaps throughout the day.

Is she a good baby? Sadly no :( Her reflux has been really bad. Very fussy, screams a lot from the tummy aches, and not laying too much on her own. It's been a LONG couple of weeks. Do not like to see her in pain! Finally had to put her on Zantac and added rice to bottles. It was a medium dose, not seeming to help so today (at her mth check up) her doctor upped the amount. Going to try that and if no success then we will try the other reflux medicine. She also would like her to do a swallowing test at Akron Children's Hospital. Keldan had to have it done when he was a baby. They just watch the esophagus while she eats just to make sure its not bothering it and to see if they should try a different thickenings of the formula other than rice. Other than her poor tummy problems she is perfect :)

It's amazing, I'm completely exhausted from trying to keep her from hurting but she gives me that beautiful smile as soon as she hears or sees me and I just melt! Oh how I love her! She also loves me to rub my cheek against her head ;) Wish they would stay like that :)

with Minnie Mouse when she was born

with Minnie Mouse at 1 month

Park Time

I feel terrible, we did not make it over to the park all summer. So today we took a little advantage of the beautiful weather and went to feed the ducks (didn't play on the playground). I think they enjoyed chasing the ducks & geese more than anything...such boys! Meemaw came along and then she treated us to Pizza Hut afterwards. We told Keldan to not chase the geese too much or they will bite their butts, so we were walking back to the car and Keldan had to walk past a bunch of geese, he grabs his butt and says "don't bite my butt". They are too much fun!

On the leash ;) If not he would have been in the water.

Mikaela wasn't up to feeding the ducks ;)

Baby Michael

We have a new nephew! Michael was born 16 days after Mikaela was. Think its pretty cute how their names go together and they were born so close :) He is so adorable! When I told the boys that they had a new cousin and showed them the picture, Keldan kept saying "my baby Michael". I finally was able to hold him this past Saturday, just wanted to munch on those cheeks! So cute!

Few hours after he was born

Grammie with the "twins".

I just LOVE this picture.

Meemaw's Work

We took the kids to see where Meemaw works (where mama used to work). They wanted to see the new baby and the boys too. The boys loved it! The 2nd floor, kitchen area, is a big open space, they were able to run some of that energy off. Took pics of a few people holding Mikaela (some of the same people still work there from when I did).