I'm a failure at blogging!

Ha ha! Okay well since I'm sure that nobody actually reads this anymore I am determined to try to keep up with so I can show my daughters when they are older what they were like as babies. I have myself to blame, but also the lack of a home computer. I truly envy those moms who find the time to blog on a daily basis and run a house. I find the simple day to day life with 2 children under 2 exhausting.

Anyway, I will attempt to play catch up to some degree with the last 4 months. Lets start with Sophia's birth. Induced 1 week early, thank god! 8lbs 14 oz, 21 in long. Induction went slow at first, maxed out on pitocin and not needing an epidural until the dr. broke my water. 15 min later got epidural, 15 min after that started having intense pressure/pain. Went from dilated to 5 to 10 in about 15 to 30 min. 20 min. of pushing and she was out! Wahoo easy, piece of cake compared to 4 hrs of pushing with Addy!

The first thing I thought was wow they could pass for twins, except Sophie has darker eyes. She also seemed to be more mellow than Addy right away. She was a good eater and we did make it a bit longer with the breast feeding than I did with Addy, I think about a month this time, but alas again no milk supply! :( Anyway it didn't seem to influence her growing like a giant!

Addy didn't seem to be too disturbed by her sisters presence, she was far too busy with other things. When she did notice her she seemed to like her. She would smile and hide her head or try to touch her toes. Addy has just entered a the phase where she is starting to play with dolls and pretend so I think this helped. She does get jealous at times but just that she can't have mommies attention right when she wants it anymore.

Then just as mommy's body was getting back to normal a slight set back with appendicitis and a lovely appendectomy. Also a crazy coincidence that Chris had his appendix out 1 year ago when addy was about the same age. Thankfully my quick nursing skills kicked in and I suspected it early so I was able to have a quick laproscopic surgery and was home the next day. A week of pain pills and taking it slow and then I was back to my old self.

That pretty much brings us up to date. Let me see Sophie had her 2 month checkup with a whopping 16lbs, OFF THE CHARTS! She is currently 15 weeks and wearing 9 month clothes. She had her first cold and is still a bit congested. Shes still sleeping in our room in the pack and play and we are hoping to get the crib put together this weekend. She still gets up 1 to 2 times a night for a feeding. We are noticing that just like her sister she too would like to be carried around the house all day! This makes for long days for mommy! Oh I also don't want to forget to mention that she had her first giggle. She cracked up when Addy and I were doing the hokey pokey dance. She found Addys giggling when I tickled her hilarious!

Addy is going to have her 18 month check next month and I think she will be around 30 lbs. She is wearing 2T to 3T clothes and is a great eater. She drinks from straws and open cups with assistance. Uses a fork pretty well. She is saying lots of words including: Mommy, daddy, Brooke, kitty, uh oh, no, wow, light, shoes, go outside, one, two, five, six, nine, up, all done, hi, bu bye, nye nye (night). She puts her dolly to bed, which is a easter basket, covers her, and gives then nuks. Also says nye nye to them. She loves to swim in her pool, still loves baths and has a horrible habit of tasting/licking everything! She likes to play in her sandbox, but mostly throws the sand.

Mommy is working odd shifts here and there and we are looking for daycare for the both of them soon so that we have more options for work, appointments, etc.
We will be taking a trip to michigan soon so that should be an intersting care ride. We are also looking forward to our one year anniversary! I will try to post pics soon.