WEEK FOURTEEN

Caitlyn had a doctor apt today.  Technically it should have been made at a later date since it was suppose to be at 4 months,  but nonetheless Dr. Mason still saw us and Caitlyn got some shots.  She cried and cried, but thankfully not for long.  It is so hard watching your baby cry and knowing they are in so much pain.  Shortly after the appointment, she fell asleep.  Our big girl weighs 15lbs now and is 25 inches.  Height is 95% percentile and weight 85%.  I guess I am doing a great job feeding.

After her apt, I had some one on one time with Colby and we went to the gym.  It was the first time I had been to the gym since I went back to work.  It felt great.  I ran for 7 minutes (my record so far) without stopping.  Then ran for another 6 minutes after a walking break.  Not bad for not going to the gym in 3 weeks. I am trying to lose this second pregnancy weight but it is not disappearing as fast as I hoped.

Caitlyn's personality is really showing now.  Her dimples are the cutest.  She smiles all the time.  She is also enjoying tummy time a lot more and starting to half roll.  I love my little girl

WEEK THIRTEEN

Ahhhhhhhh. Three months have flown by.  Caitlyn has officially started daycare and is loving it.  I have  to drive to two different schools in the morning so it hasn't been so good for me.  Somehow I have been getting to work early still or right on time.  I am shocked myself.

WEEK TWELVE

The only good thing about returning to work was that I lost 5lbs.  I got alot of happy greetings and some not so happy ones from people who wished I did not return.  i came back to a mess and now i just wish i could hand in my resignation letter tomorrow. Missing the kiddos is not helping either.  I am glad to be getting a paycheck again.  In the meantime, I am going to keep reminding myself that Caitlyn is in good hands even though I wish I could spend all day with her.

Marsha was here for a week to watch Caitlyn and they had a blast together.  She did a great job.  Marsha also volunteered to take Colby for a couple of days in July.  Cant wait.

WEEK ELEVEN

Our last days of going to the gym together are over.  I had a good run.  I took Ms. Caitlyn to the gym for the last 6 weeks and it was very therapeutic.  I don't think I really lost any weight so hoping going back to work will be the deal breaker.  If not, then surgery it is.

Caitlyn has been a chatterbox this week.  She has been cooing and giggling and smiling up a storm.  I love that girl.

Matt and Jessie also came to visit and gave Caitlyn her first cow. Here is some pics from that weekend.

WEEK TEN

We went on one more trip away from home, and also our last and it went a "little bit" better than it did on Mother's Day.  We traveled to Bethesda, Maryland for my Aunt Deborah's 60th Birthday celebration.  It took us 4 hrs to get there (normally a 1.5hr drive).  The hotel we stayed in was beautiful and had tons of room for Colby to play.  That night, Colby stayed with a babysitter while we all went out. Caitlyn wore the prettiest dress and looked adorable.  I did not take any photos but I know Phyllis and others took some during the night.  Caitlyn got a little cranky towards the middle of the event and the music was a little too loud for her ears, so we did not stay long.  The next day we got to spend some time with my Aunt and cousins and enjoyed the beautiful weather.

The rest of the week Caitlyn has been staying awake a lot more.  She is still not nursing very well.  I finally got a call back from the lactation specialist at the hospital who gave me some suggestions.  Either way she is doing great weight wise and my boobs are not sore, so I guess in the end things are good.  I think she will do a lot better feeding once she gets three bottles a day.

I am dreading going back to work.  I realize that I have two weeks left and then all the fun is over.  Maybe it won't be so bad this time around.

WEEK NINE

Caitlyn is officially two months old.  Wow.  She has moved into size two diapers and we are still trucking along with the cloth diapers too.  I feel like I change her every twenty minutes or so.  All I know, I have been doing tons of laundry.  Bill is really going to miss this productive side of me when I go back to work.  Nothing will get done.  Ohh well!!

This week we attended Charlie's 1st Birthday party.  Charlie was a cutie. I wish I got some photos of the boys together.  Caitlyn got to enjoy a beautiful BBQ birthday party.  It was her first one.  She also went strawberry picking for the first time too on Sunday.  Well, she did participate because I held her in the carrier for half of the time.

We also had another big milestone.  She is now officially sleeping in her crib.  The bassinet is gone.  She is still sleeping long stretches at night so I am feeling pretty energetic most of the day.  She is an angel, but Bill believes otherwise.

This weekend we head over the bridge to Bethesda, Maryland for my Aunt Deborah's 60th birthday bash.  My mom, Aunt Phyllis and my Aunt Deborah's kids will all be there.  Unfortunately, great grandma Rhoda didn't feel up to attending after her fall last week.  Caitlyn has the cutest black dress to wear.

WEEK EIGHT

It was my first mother's day with two children and it wasn't as picture perfect as I hoped.  I did get to spend it with the people I love, my husband, Colby and Caitlyn.  Let me explain.  We left Thursday headed towards Gillett, PA in hopes that the children would be asleep for the drive.  Originally the drive takes 5.5 hrs with no children.  As one can imagine, with two children, it took 8 hrs to get to PA.  Colby did not fall asleep until 11 o'clock.  Caitlyn screamed her head off every hour or so.  Either she needed a diaper changed, food or just wanted to get held.  It was a disaster.

We finally got to Bill's mom's house at 1:00 am.  We then had to put all the cribs together, get somewhat settled and try to make the kids go back to sleep.  After all the driving was over, Bill and I were glad to finally be out of the car and ready for some needed sleep.  The next two days were fun.  We went to a bouncy fun center and Colby had a blast jumping on the bouncers.  He got to play outside in a giant yard and see the cows or the "moooss" as he calls them.  Caitlyn got passed around.  His Aunt Deb, Uncle Kevin and Aunt Joani all came to see us too for a visit.  It was great seeing everyone.

We left Sunday (Mother's Day) to go to my grandma's in NJ to spend Mother's day with all my family.  We left at 10:40 and did not arrive until 4:30 pm.  Another long drive that should had only taken us 3.5 hrs without children.  The same story, but this time we stopped 7x instead of 6.   Around 3 o'clock I got a text from my Aunt that my grandma had fallen earlier and was taken to the hospital.  She blacked out and fell while in the bathroom and the employees at the residence found her.  She is okay now, but will be going to rehab.  My Aunt did not want us to visit her while she was in the emergency room.  Our mother's day celebration was a bust and we ended up spending the night at my grandma's alone.  We did stop by Marsha's for a short time and Uncle David visited Sunday night after he left the hospital.

After all was said and done, our visit was short, but extremely tiresome being in the car.  We did make Bill's mom's happy by spending time with her.  We did learn that flying just like long road trips are now out the door until the kids are older than 3.  Sorry people no more traveling for us ;-) (except for Grammy's 90th birthday celebration).