Coming out of the fog...

I think we are turning a corner. Megan is going on her 2nd good week in a row with only a few minor outbursts of unexplainable crying. We are very thankful that we are heading into a new season with her. I love that the weather is warming up, Megan is smiling and sleeping better and we are all returning to a feeling of "normal!" I am still following a gluten free and dairy free diet and I really think that has made the most difference in Megan's tummy issues. I cheat every now and then on the gluten, but never on the dairy. It's my hope to try to add some of the gluten back in slowly, but I'm afraid to do it just yet. God is giving me the strength to hold to this diet as it is definitely far from my normal consumptions!

Megan has the biggest smile that makes me almost forget all the tears. She is cooing and starting to try and giggle. Erin loves to play "this little piggy" with her and Anna still mothers her by bringing her passy and luvy. This week she has just awakened to her toys and they don't scare her as much anymore. She'll track me all the way across the room and craves face to face attention. She is a good napper, probably my best one yet, but she hasn't gotten the night time routine down yet. She still wakes once around 2 a.m. and then finishes the night in the swing. I know, I know, I will have to break her of that, but right now, I have to catch up on my sleep and you gotta do whatcha gotta do! For now, we are just enjoying a lot more peace and quiet - Thank you Lord!

Photo Shoot

Our Little Family

Baby Love!

I thought getting a picture of 2 kids together was challenging, throw a newborn in the mix and it's near impossible. I have a very short fuse for picture taking. Although I want the perfect shot, I get very stressed very quickly trying to get it and then usually give up all together! Luckily on Sunday we were able to get a few decent shots. No particular reason, just finally got the girls in coordinating outfits and needed a new pic for the blog header! Here are a few extra shots we got, as you can see, Anna is very infatuated with her baby sister!

And so it begins...

I pulled this out of Erin's bookbag today and asked what's this? To which she responded from behind a big grin, "It's from Noah!" About a week ago Erin took a card to school for Noah in which she wrote the words I love you! I know I probably should have censored it, but it was so cute. I guess he liked it, or his mom did, because he gave her a specially decorated card and a bouquet of lollipop roses. It made me blush when I saw it and Baba and I both looked at each other and said this is only the beginning!

Megan is 2 months old

Can you believe Megan is already 2 months old? She weighed in at 10 pounds 8 oz, 23 1/2 inches long. She sure is giving us a run for our money. Just when you think you know what you're doing with this whole parenting thing, you get a child you just can't figure out. Everyone tells me I'll look back at this all one day and laugh - not laughing yet! Hoping brighter and happier days are in our near future. She's such a cute little girl and coos and smiles at us when she's content. I'm looking forward to the Spring when we can get outside and enjoy some fresh air and hopefully all her tummy issues will be resolved! Despite all her idiosyncrisies we do love her to pieces and love having 3 girls!

Daddy's Valentine's

I have a feeling Joe is going to go broke every Valentine's Day. He was very sweet to pick out cards for the girls this year and get mommy roses. We always go out to eat as a family on Valentine's Day so that we don't have to ask the grandparents to babysit. Just so happens we went out for lunch this year, so Baba and Papa Joe came with us. Erin really got into the spirit this year giving her daddy lots of kisses - watch out boys of the future!

New Tinkerbell undies for Erin - they don't make Peter Pan ones for girls, or she would prefer them!

New Elmo undies for Anna - hope to use them soon!

Megan is sporting her little hearts pants - she can be quite cute when she wants to be!

Chillin at the Red Robin!
Erin's main squeeze this Valentine's Day

Stimulation

Megan is enjoying her new stimulation! Anna is too. She has to be right there with Megan when she plays with her toys. I can't believe Megan is old enough to enjoy these toys now, but I do have to watch her as she tends to be like Erin and can easily become overstimulated. I will say when Megan is happy and pleasant she is smiling up a storm and trying hard to coo. These are sounds and sights we missed with Anna as she never really smiled or cooed. I'm happy to hear those sweet baby sounds again. Now, if we can just eliminate the crying, we'll be good to go!!!!

Erin's first report

Erin had her first official report for school. Tomorrow is D for Dinosaur day and each student had to choose a dinosaur and find some facts about it and write a sentence about it. It really hit me hard when we were sitting at the kitchen table doing this together. I can't believe she is writing words and not asking me how to spell them and looking through books for information. I know this is the first of many school projects, and I hope I can keep my patience with her as well as I did with this one! She is just thriving in school and sometimes I'll ask, "where did you learn that" to which she responds, "at school of course, we learn all kinds of things." She's a little sponge. Oh, and Anna was insistent on being at the table with us, she never wants to miss a thing!