Forever behind

Maybe one day I will catch up but it doesn't look promising! I regret not blogging about day to day things that I wanted to remember or even writing memos down to blog about later so I figured I'd just start somewhere.  Charlie is now 2 months old and she is such a sweet and easy baby!

(newborn pic)

 She sleeps well at night, making the day time much easier than it was with Tommy. I clearly remember being so, so tired when Tommy was a newborn. When we first came home from the hospital with Charlotte, Tommy was going through a sleeping phase where he would sleep until 9am or so and it helped a ton! I think John and I both feel much more rested this time around. She did show signs of reflux so we went ahead and started her on meds (Nov 5) rather than waiting like we did with Tommy. That afternoon, she felt much better and her fussing stopped. That day at the doctors office, she was weighing in at 9lbs 2 oz. she just had her 2 month check up on December 13th and she already weighs 12lbs even!! She's in the 75% for weight and 50% for height. Go figure!  She is nursing really well so I'm not the least bit surprised. This past Saturday (the 15th) was Johns company dinner at JR's so Mimi and PawPaw watched the babes for us. This was Charlotte's first time away from us and she did just fine. Since I can't pump enough milk, we had to supplement with formula. I did a trial run the previous Wed and everything was fine. She actually took a really long nap afterwards which was great! Tommy seems to just now be getting adjusted to Charlie being with us. 

He's never mean to her but when I'm feeding her, he starts pushing stuff into my feet or all of a sudden he will a "diaper change" or to be fed. I try really hard to balance them 2 but she does require a lot of attention. He went through a phase where he would wipe the kisses off his face if I gave him one. He seemed to only do this with me and it broke my heart! At one point, he even had like 4 scratches on his nose from him hitting himself to wipe them off. He used to be my little snuggler so I'm trying to work my magic to get him back to that point, wish me luck!  We've done lots of play dates at the park with Angela (who tommy adores) and Yvette with all of the kiddos, gone to the aquarium a few times and plan on going to the zoo in the near future. I love taking Tommy to the zoo! It's a great way for him to be able to kind of run wild  and see his favorite animals. He loves the monkeys an for some reason - the flamingos! Very cute. We usually go right when they open then leave after we eat lunch. On Charlie's 1 month birthday (Nov 10th) John and I took them both to "Pumpkins and Pancakes" at the zoo. It was fun but something we probably won't do next year. We also took him to the Parade of Lights in Ft Worth and unlike last year, it was freeeeezing cold! 

I had to feed Charlie in the car before we could walk to our seats because I knew it would be too cold to take her out of the car seat. Tommy seemed to like it but it was a bit loud for him. We were sitting on the corner so every time a fire truck turned the corner, they would run their sirens and Tommy would cover his ears. 
And Charlie would wake up and fuss. Although it was fun, John said that was his last year so Charys and I decided we would rotate each yearbetween ICE at Gaylord and Parade of Lights. Tommy is LOViNG this holiday season (singing Jingle Bells as I type) and its been so much fun introducing him to fun things. One night last week, we gave Tommy his bath and instead of giving him milk before bed, John gave him a candy cane and we took him to go see Christmas lights, all of us in our pj's. we went to Diamond Loch in NRH and it was awesome!! They have 3 different houses that are synced up to music that you tune your car radio station to. Loved it! 
Today is Johns birthday so Tommy is overly excited about cake and ice cream. Woohoo!! 

HAPPY BiRTHDAY JOHN! WE LOVE YOU PAST THE SKY!!

(pic taken at Hall's pumpkin patch)