Pool!!!

Ok, so it is pretty normal to have a baby pool for the little ones. We had one but I think the dog ate it. Friday I invited Noah's friend (and my friend) over to play in our sprinklers. I got out our set of three animal sprinklers and our water table. Erin and Noah had such a blast and played for FOUR hours without reprimand or major crisis. It was pretty blissful. I just was slightly amused and slight amazed at the contrast between their play and my good friend AJ's pool play (7 month olds in a pool). It never ceases to amaze me how kids change and grow soooooo quickly. Noah and Erin set up the water table and crocodile to make their own little water park and when they had saturated the earth they started digging up mud and putting it in the pool. The little video is at hour 3.5 out of 4. Enjoy the summer!!!

The Flying Creatures NEVER leave!!!!

We've been working on this bat colony for SOOOO long.  Since we moved in.  Things have gotten incredibly better over the years.  We used to have quite a few bats in our living space all the time but it has slowly dwindled.  We hadn't had a bat in ages and then the night Maeve was born Paul's mom stayed in our house and one flew around in the entry way!  Poor Ina!  We couldn't find it later and haven't seen it since.  We had a contractor replace all of the rotten wood all over our house a few weeks ago to deter the bats as well.  And then, last night I was walking to VBS and Sophie was acting weird.  I went to see what she was doing (as she has taken to eating birds...) and there was a bat on the tree just hanging out. How weird! They are usually flying or sleeping, but not this guy.  And he was gone when I came home, so I know he was alive.  eeew.  

Perspective

At birth Noah was 7 lbs. Maeve was 6 lbs 10 oz.  At 3, Noah was 37 lbs.  At 1 month Maeve is 8 lbs, 3oz.  Mind you, Noah has ALWAYS had a big head, but seriously, look at the comparison!

Siblings

This is pretty much every day for us...  super cute.

5 weeks

Maeve is now 5 weeks old. At her one month appointment she was 8 lbs 3 oz! She gained about a pound and a half in a week!

The not so good news is that at her appointment she was diagnosed with reflux (insert dramatic dark music here). I never wanted to hear that word again, but alas, here we are. She is in a lot of pain after feedings and you can hear her choke up fluid and sometimes she spits, though not very much. The doctor prescribed zantac to help. I am trying to eliminate dairy from my diet as well to see if it helps her. I'm not convinced it's reflux as she is super gassy and fussy. She is not fussy at night or after the first feeding in the morning which makes me think it is something I'm eating. We are looking into infant probiotics, anyone ever had any experience with them?

In other news, she is changing every day. She very much enjoys looking into the mirror for long periods of time and she really, really likes tummy time which also surprises me. We also started the cloth diapering again this week because we were able to borrow newborn cloth from a friend (the one size fall off of her in the smallest setting) and we started the cloth wipes that we just bought as well (we scented them with jasmine and chamomile oils!). She still isn't awake for more than 10-20 minutes after she eats and then drifts back off to sleep for the next hour and a half.

Here she is, with her uber loving big brother!

(Noah just got out of the shower...)