Ellie is six weeks tomorrow!!! I LOVE that she is getting older and out of the newborn stage. She is finally sleeping longer at night. We're up to 5-7 hrs for her first stretch. If she goes to bed later like 9pm or after, that means I only have to get up once during the night!! LOVE IT!! She is turning into a tank, I believe she is up to 10lbs at least. Much more fun to cuddle a chubby baby than a skinny newborn! I still struggle with breastfeeding with her some days. You would think I would get that figured out by now. Bottles work well with her, so I should try to stick with that during the day than trying to figure out if she's hungry or full while she's nursing and getting mad at me. She has started to coo and sounds like a little morning dove and she smiles in response to your smile.
Whitney was sick last week with a fever and sore mouth so that was so NOT fun trying to deal with her and take care of Ellie. Talk about having your patience tested! Don't know if she had a fever because of a cold or if it was related to her "mouth illness", but she developed a fever on wednesday and stopped eating what little she ate in the first place and then even started complaining that drinking hurt, so I thought she had a sore throat. Finally on Saturday I looked at the roof of her mouth and she had a fingernail wedged into her gums behind her front tooth. No idea how long that was there, but as soon as I got that out she started eating again and has been in a better mood since. KIDS!
Nothing new with me. Just keeping up the day to day of being a SAHM with a toddler and newborn and living off brownies and chocolate chip cookies!
It's turkey season so Wade has been taking Whitney out in the evening with him to scout out some public land. It gets Whitney out of the house and me some quiet, or quieter, time with Ellie. The last time they went out Whitney came back with some "treasures" for me. What you probably can't see is a deer tooth. Wade said, at least they didn 't bring the tooth back on the skull that it was attached to! We now have a treasure box so Whitney can store her findings.
Sunday at one of the many parks in Ames. We went through the McDonald's drive thru to get some lunch for a picnic. As soon as I paid at the window Whitney was asking for french fries. Kids have a good memory, because we maybe get fast food like once a month. When we left the house it was just breezy and by the time we got to the park the wind was blowing through like a tornado. Not too much fun for Ellie so it was a short outing. I was trying to protect Ellie behind an umbrella and I had the blanket half draped over a picnic bench. 
Got to have pretty painted toes for the party! 
Owen found a worm, they were fascinated! 
Whitney didn't want to give it up and was very curious about it 
Tiffany made this cake, she is pretty crafty! 
He had the cutest face as we sang him Happy Birthday 
she "washes" dishes, A LOT!! My best way of keeping her entertained. 
she likes to paint and is very clean about it! 
she also likes to cut. No she didn't cut out the star silly, I did, but looks like she did, huh?!?! 
yeah, the kite was stuck on Whitney, she thought it was hilarious 
