Merry Christmas

We had such a wonderful Christmas this year. Santa did not disappoint and got Austin a mini iPad and Wesley "Ballapoolsa." Austin was so excited for Santa to come she asked to take a bath at 6pm and was in bed by 7pm. I thought for sure she would be up at the buttcrack of dawn, but we were plesantly surprised when she ran into our room at 7:40am. In the afternoon we hosted Yaya, Papa, Unlce Phil and his new girlfriend Lauren, and Uncle Mark, Auntie April, Anthony, Michael, Payton and of course Nana (even though she lives here) for lasgana. I was pooped by time everyone left at 6pm.

 

On the Wesley front, I am happy to annouce that Wesley is now 100% bottle fed. I go back to work in a week and was having a lot of anxiety about Wesley still refusing a bottle. I also was not looking forward to pumping. Pumping is very time consuming and a pain in the butt. I did it for 4 months after I returned to work with Austin. I told Luke I just cannot picture myself doing it this time around. So I called the pediatrician and asked them to recommend a formula (Gasp!). They recommended Gerber Goodstart Gentle because of Wesley's reflux and sensitive stomach. On Friday morning Austin and I left for the day to go paint pottery and go to lunch and Daddy was on "Operation Bottle" with Wesley. The first two bottles Luke tried to feed Wesley she refused, but by the third bottle she had given up and it has been pretty smooth sailing since. Luke gave Wesley the rest of her bottles that day/night and the next day I gave her a bottle. It was bittersweet. I wanted to cry, but these tears were tears of joy. I really think that I was unhappy breastfeeding Wesley. I was depressed,  had anixiety and was mad at times. My relationships were suffereing. This change has been the best thing for the entire family. I can now focus on other things besides nursing Wesley. I can spend more time with Austin and Luke can now play an active role in feeding Wesley. Plus, Wesley did get 3 months of being breastfeed, which is better than nothing.

 

Wesley is not a fan of tummy time, but decided to roll over (from back to tummy) on Christmas Eve. She was pretty upset, so what did Luke and I do...help her roll back over? No, we got the camera out first to take a picture. :-)

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December Update

We have had a pretty busy December and there is still 3 days until Christmas. Since my last update we went to go visit Santa at the local mall. Austin was all up for it while we were at home. I dressed the girls in the cutest matching outfits and we set off. But once we got to the mall, Austin was too "shy" to sit on Santa's lap. I really wanted to get a picture of both of the girls together. Luckily, Austin did get a chance to visit Santa when my parents took her to the North Pole Experience up in Flagstaff. We have had a really warm "winter" and two days before they were to head up to Flagstaff it snowed. I am sad that we missed out on the North Pole, but Mommy, Daddy, Wesley and Nana went to Las Vegas for the rodeo.

 

Austin finished up soccer in December also. This is the first time in a very very long time that she is not in an extra curricular activity. I am not going to lie, its kind of nice. I am not sure what we will sign her up for next. I think we are just going to take a break for a while. The weekend before Austin headed up to the real snow in Flagstaff they had a Christmas festival here in Carefree were they trucked in 25 tons of snow. Nana took Austin up there to play in it, but said it was melting and packed pretty hard (I think it was in the mid 70's that day). This past Thursday Austin had her holiday concert at school. It was her first holiday concert and I was so excited. I almost cried. I am really happy that we switched Austin to her new school.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 Months Old

 

 

Let's see what has happen in the last month...Wesley has been on Zantac for her acid reflux and I truly believe it is helping. I forgot to give her morning dose one day and she was a very fussy baby all day long. Wesley is not a fan of tummy time, but will lay on her back on her play mat and roll on her side. She is getting awful close to rolling on her belly, which I am sure will upset her. We started putting her down for naps in her crib not in the bouncer. I bought a wedge we put under the mattress that elevates it slightly. Wesley is not a good napper, but she will sleep her typical 30 minutes in the crib without the bouncer. We need to tackle nighttime sleeping next.

 

This past weekend Wesley made her first trip to Las Vegas. We went on our annual trip to the NFR and Luke's Mom was nice enough to come with and watch Wesley while we went to the rodeo each night. She did so good in the car (however we played the vacuum white noise the entire 5 hour drive) and the first night she went down and slept like a champ. The second night we were not as lucky, but still got a chance to go to the rodeo and spend some time with those Harney girls. Wesley is still not taking a bottle so it makes it difficult for me to go anywhere.

 

I am sure I am forgetting something, but Mommy brain is in full force tonight. Oh, I remember. I go back to work in exactly 2 weeks. I actually miss working after being off for 3 months. However, life in general is going to be difficult once I return. I am not quite sure how its all going to work, especially if I have to travel anytime soon. My Mom is going to watch Wesley so that is one less thing that I have to worry about.