Puddle hopping

It rained today.

So when Grace, Faith, Chloe, and I took our afternoon walk, Grace insisted on wearing her rain boots. 

And Grace really wanted to hop in the mud puddles.

So I let her.

And we walked until we found a BIG puddle.

And Grace hopped.

And splashed.

And marched to the beat of her own drums...  She really had a blast puddle hopping.

Faith's 2 week checkup

Today we took Faith back to her pediatrician for her two week checkup.

She weighs 8 pounds 5 ounces putting her in the 75 percentile for her weight.  Faith grew another 1/4 inch this week.  She is now 21 1/2 inches long.  That puts her in the 90 percentile for her height.  And her head is 35 1/2 centimeters which is in the 50 percentile.

I asked the pediatrician if we should be concerned about Faith's little boobies because they are pretty puffy.  She told me that while they are larger than most, it's nothing to be concerned about.  She just has a lot of breast tissue because of all the estrogen she's getting from my milk.  And we might even notice them leaking milk!  But not to worry it's normal and will eventually go away...

Then the pediatrician left and the nurse came back in to prick Faith's heel for her second round of state screenings.  Poor thing yelled and yelled while the nurse squeezed and squeezed her heel to get the blood needed for the tests.  Grace stood beside me while I tried to comfort Faith and said, "It's not working, Momma!"  And she was right.  Nothing I did made Faith stop crying until the nurse was done.  The nurse was very nice though.  After she was finished she told Grace that she was such a big girl and a big helper.  Then she offered Grace a Splenda lollipop.

After Grace selected one lollipop the nurse told her to get another one because she was such a good girl.  Then she told her to get one for Momma and another one for Daddy.  Needless to say Grace was very excited about all the treats.  After we got in the car Grace said, "We go to duh doc-tur mah-row too, Momma?"  (Can we go to the doctor tomorrow, too, Momma?)  Thankfully, no. 

We go back for Faith's 1 month checkup on August 17.

Beautiful Grace

Grace, what are you doing?

Yook, Momma!  It's yip-sticks!  (Look, Momma!  It's lipsticks!)

I won tuh yook pree-yee yike yew!  (I want to look pretty like you!)

Baby, you will always look beautiful to me.

With or without lipstick.

Kangarooz

Today Hope and I took the girls to play at Kangarooz because it was just too hot to play outside and Grace has been cooped up inside our condo for too long.

Hope and I took turns playing with Grace.

And we took turns watching Faith.

Because Faith actually managed to sleep through most of the excitement and is too small to play on the toys.

We stopped playing long enough to eat pizza for lunch and then we were back at it.

No matter how hard we tried, we just couldn't convince Grace to play on any of the bouncy houses.

Grace just wanted to play on and under other playthings.

Eventually my little ladybug was too tired to play any longer so we finally went home.

Last minute date

Mom and Seth stopped by for a visit today and agreed to watch the girls so David and I could get a little alone time together.

So we decided to try a local restaurant that has live bands every Friday and Saturday night.

It's right on the water and warns about alligators.

They take those gators seriously.

The band was pretty good.

And the outdoor deck was packed with those eating dinner and even more tearing up the dance floor.

But the best part for me was the one-on-one time with my sweet husband watching the sun set together.

Tummy Time

After Faith took her bath this morning, we decided to have a little tummy time on the same pink quilt that Grace used.  It's a beautiful and soft quilt that Nanna had made for Grace when she was born.

And I took naked pictures of course.  This picture (I cropped out Faith's little hiney) reminds me of Grace.

We had to cut our session short, however, because little Faith pooped on the quilt. 

Ahh.  The joys of newborns.

Pictures of Faith