Part Three of The Catch Up

So I will update the past 2 weeks and then I will be caught up. I hope to update the blog once a week, at least that is the plan. This time I included some pictures of the furries. I am sure that everyone thinks that I have been neglecting my animals since I never mention them. But I assure you, it is far from it. They love the new house, Lucy and Bailey especially love the big back yard and do very well for no fence yet. Chatty (Roxy) loves having a basement of boxes to herself and can be a part of the chaos only when she wants. The gate keeps Drew from playing (when I say playing I really mean chasing and irritating) her down there. As you can tell from the pictures they are breaking in the new place pretty good. The look especially comfy, don't you think.

Drew got his first at home hair cut this past weekend. No more sitting in an airplane watching a movie and getting a high and tight by a professional, now it is in the high chair watching Mickey Mouse and Dad with the clippers. That's what happens when you have two bum parents, neither with a job. (If only that could last forever). Everyone has to make sacrifices and he didn't seem to mind. Dad did a pretty good job too! And yes that is a make shift cape made out of a towel and a chip clip. Just trying to bring a little ghetto to Bonner.

Jillian had her 2 month appointment this week. She is doing perfect. She weighed in at a whopping 11 lbs and 14 oz. (95th percentile) She was 21 3/4 inches long (50th percentile). He gave us some different medicine for the ever present butt rash. It seems to be working better. He said that he didn't think her reflux was bad enough to put on any meds. She got her shots and the rotovirus immunization, which is in a oral form. Once it finally came out (I kept reading about it in magazines), Drew was too old for it. It is for a GI bug (diarrhea, vomiting etc). She got four shots, 2 in each leg. She gave the nurse a mouth full. I have never heard her scream that loud before. It was short lived though, I picked her up and she was asleep on my shoulder in a couple of minutes. She was a little fussy that night and the next day, but she is back to normal now.

Jillian also had her first bottle last night. She did pretty well, she ate about 3.5 ounce. She got a lot more air, so the burps were big and she spit up after the first two ounces. So I think she will do fine, just have to be burped after every ounce, at least until she figures out how to get a better latch on the thing. Andy was feeding her and I felt really guilty. I know I can't be with her for the entire next year (or how ever long I nurse) at 3 hour intervals, but it was hard to watch. I felt like she was looking at me like I had abandoned her. Ridiculous I know. I start work October 1st and Nana will be watching her and Drew, so she has to be used to that bottle. I have orientation the first three days, so it will be during the day and then it will be overnights, 10:00p to 6:30a, Sunday through Thursday. It is sad to be leaving them for work, but in another sense it will be nice to have some adult contact. I am not saying that Andy is not an adult, I am just saying he is not a normal adult. He is a busy law student. And my mom and dad have be off traveling the world, so I haven't even had my mom to talk to lately. It is too bad that this adult contact (and hopefully conversation) is with strangers. It would be a lot more exciting if it was with my Mount Carmel family. I really miss my friends there.

I also posted a picture of big girl Jillian holding her head up. She is 8 weeks in that pic. A pic of Jilli and Drew's feet. I think it is cute how both of their toes are curled up the same way. A pic of Drew with a funny face (the post smooch face). I was trying to get a picture of Drew giving Jillian a kiss, but with the delay on my camera I kept missing it. He kissed her like 10 times and I couldn't get it once. But I thought his expression in this pic was hilarious. Drew is being an awesome big brother and an awesome almost 2 year old. He has been listening really well this week. No times outs all week. He is saying tons of new words (attempt at words) everyday. He says blue sky, clouds, good girl, echo, dustbuster, pretty much anything I say. Lucy and Bailey are collectively GOOBA (goose and bailey) and Jilli sounds like GIGI most of the time. Today we talked about wolves, so he is cracking himself up by howling like a wolf.

So, for those of you that haven't noticed. Jillian is a mini-Andy. I thought this from her sonogram pictures and it seems that everyone else is noticing now also. I think the only things she got from me are her lovely pasty complexion and her hands and feet. Most importantly she got her daddy's beautiful blue eyes. Who would of thought that I could have the two most adorable children and yet they look nothing alike :)

Also I am sure some of you have noticed on the birth announcement I put the wrong length. Oops. Wrong address and now wrong length. At least I got her name right. I have to look at the positive. She was 20 inches at birth!!

I didn't realize I had so much to say. Maybe it because Andy is at school and the kids are sleeping and I am not trying to do this while doing a million other things. I promise that the blogs to follow will not be epic novels. Hope all is well with everyone and welcome back mom and dad. We missed you.

P.S. I don't have an editor, so please no making fun of my spelling and gramatical errors!! (Anna!! Ha Ha!)