One-month old!

I'm wondering how it's possible. How can Isabel be a one-month old already? Sunday was her "one-month day", and these pictures were taken then. I've made a habit of taking our kids' pictures on each of their "month days" for each of their first years.

We went back to the doctor today. She's doing well and has passed her birth weight (Yea!). She also got one shot (Boo!). She now weighs 9 lbs, 14 oz. and is 21.75 inches long. Some may think I'm crazy, but I'm pretty sure she's smiling already. I've had several witnesses, including non-family members at our MOPS meeting last night. She's sleeping great and has a very fussy period from about 9-10:30 every night. By that I mean all out screaming and nothing will console her. However, once she falls asleep, she's out.

We're doing well, and amazingly, we're surviving pretty well without my parents here. They were such a huge help! Thanks, Mom and Dad!!!!! I haven't been to the grocery store in over a month. I'm still wondering how I'm going to get there today. We MUST get milk, and I'm trying to figure out how to do that without hauling three kids with me.

Enjoy these Isabel pictures!

Snuggle time with Isabel

My little squirrels

The kids have gotten quite a bit of entertainment from gathering acorns and placing them around the yard for squirrels to find. Madelyn and Pierce decided to make a "jackpot" for them.

Family Pictures

My parents brought their camera

We have a mild obsession with this tree:

Joe Cool:

At least they're both looking at the camera:

Baby girl:

Just FYI

The lack of pictures on my blog of my third born is not my fault. JD left the camera at his parent's house when he took the kids camping last weekend. Picture taking and downloading will resume once we get the camera back this coming weekend.

My parents are visiting now and the kids are loving the attention. I hope I can stand them when all of the visitors stop visiting.

Two-week check-up

By now, I can pretty much write the script for our kids' two-week checkups. "They are a little slow on the weight gain. Come back in a week for a weight check." "Wow! This baby is so alert. What do you do with them when they are so awake like this?"

Yep. I've heard that with every kid. Three different doctors, three different kids, pretty much the same response each time.

Isabel is up from her 4 day old weight check (8 lbs, 13 oz) but not back to her original birth weight (9 lbs, 10 oz). Today she weighed 9 lbs, 4 oz. I'm not worried, but I like to be cautious, too. Unfortunately, I'm having to supplement breast feeding with some formula, but I'm trying to remedy that.

She's doing pretty well at night, as we're getting 3-4 hour stretches between feedings. The main issue is that it takes almost an hour to feed her, wake her up, feed her some more, change her diaper, and feed her some more. If I could stay in bed until 8:30 every morning, I would feel great, but Madelyn and Pierce need me, too.

We really are doing quite well. I hope this continues once JD goes back to work on Monday.