Maddie in her Johnny Jumper

Andy's Work

One of Andy's designs made it onto the Wired website. The article is about the fastest computers in the world. The massive illustration of the Jaguar (1st pict on the site) was designed by Andy!
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/supercomputers.html

Rough Week

This has been a hard week. Maddie's reflux is getting worse. She doesn't always want to nurse when she should. So, we are headed out to see the dr this afternoon. We started her on axid when she was 6 weeks old (she is 17 weeks old today!). That med didn't work so we have been on zantac. The dr has increased the amount on three different occasions. Still, it doesn't seem to be working. She is not sleeping well at all. Last night, she was awake and fussy from 9-2:30.
Otherwise, things are going pretty well. Andy is still extremely busy with work. We are looking forward to starting our very own Thanksgiving tradition at our house this year. Wish me luck on cooking that turkey!!!

Dancing Maddie

November Picts

Thought I would share some picts from the last few days. Hope you enjoy!

Kingsport Trip

Riley spent a week in October in Kingsport with the grandparents. Maddie and I traveled up there the week of Halloween to join him. I think everyone really enjoyed having the grandkids around. Riley's favorite thing to do was spend time outside running around in the yard. He also loved playing in the gravel and dirt...typical boy!

Maddie is doing pretty well. She is 14 weeks old. Her reflux has become more pronounced but she still smiles alot. She is still strictly nursing and growing like a weed!!!

Blessed Family

I have to say that God has truly blessed us with two wonderful children. I give thanks to Him daily for allowing Andy and me to be apart of their lives. Riley and Maddie bring us SO much joy!

More and More Pictures!

Some more recent picts...

Riley using the Bjorn to carry Baby Tad around:



Riley loves daddy's hat:



Maddie in her Halloween attire:




Riley with Maddie's hat:



Maddie being her happy self:

Maddie "Talking"

Recent Pictures

Just some pictures to share with you.

I'm not sure if I really want to brush my teeth or not:



I love playing with daddy's shoes:



Guess who I'm going to be for Halloween?:



Our sweet Maddie:






Getting ready for a walk:





Riley LOVES his siser:

Two Month Checkup

Maddie went for her two month checkup today. She weighs 15 lbs!!! That's right, 15 lbs. I promised the doctor that the only thing I'm feeding her is breastmilk. She has fat rolls everywhere!!! The doctor did think that she has some reflux going on (her big brother had a bad case of GERD when he was little). She hasn't been able to sleep on her back or tummy for a couple of weeks and we believe it's due to the reflux. So she has been enjoying her swing alot! Besides that, she is doing great. More picts to come soon!

Crazyville

Yes, it is crazy at our household. Life with a two year old and a newborn is SO hectic. I love them so much and would not trade it for the world...it's just hectic!!! Maddie is growing SO fast. As of last Friday, she already weighs 13 lbs at 8 weeks old! She has outgrown her 0-3 month clothes and has moved on up into the 3-6 month clothes. Size one diapers are too small. Last week, she started to not sleep at all during the night if we laid her in the crib. I ended up taking her to the doctor because she acted like her stomach was killing her. Come to find out that the antibiotic I was on for the last two weeks for strep throat tore up her stomach. So now I am giving her a culture to straighten out everything in her stomach/intestines. I can tell some improvement already.

In order to give her the culture, I had to use a bottle with her for the first time Friday. Of course, I was really trying not to use a bottle at all, but had to. She is definitely not crazy about it. I feel she should be eating directly from me so introducing a bottle was not something I wanted to do. I don't mind nursing her around the clock if it means she is getting the best start to life that she could possible have...breastmilk!

Riley is doing very well too. He has been seeing an OT for about 8 weeks now for sensory/low muscle tone issues. I can't believe all the improvement he has made. He starts speech therapy tomorrow. I look forward to my little man talking!!!

Andy is extremely busy with work. Riley looks forward to his daddy getting home from work every night.