Thought I would post some super cute pics we've taken recently. We went to the park yesterday and Alex had a blast playing. Then last night we had some smores. That's where the really yucky marshmallow mouth pic comes from.

So I finally have the laptop back and can post a few pics. Some of my favs are the last one where Alex is holding Addison and the close up of her face when she's on the uv bed.

It's been such a whirlwind since we had Addison. There was all the jaundice drama, Christmas, Grandma passing away, and then Nathan heading off to Dallas to start training. The jaundice took forever to go away and you can tell she has a little still lingering. Her face has a little yellow in it still. Her doc says that now it's breastmilk jaundice and unless you interrupt it with formula for a day it'll just take a little while to go away. She hasn't gotten any worse though so it's not a big issue anymore. She's been doing really well at night. She was getting up three times a night, then it went down to two, and now it's down to once around three or four in the morning. Not too bad! Nicole, the mother of Emily that I watch, said she had been reading that if they eat a lot during the day they should start sleeping through the night earlier. So, I just feed and feed and feed all day long. Every two hours and sometimes even less than that. She loves to eat too so it's not too hard to do that. She's pretty easy for the most part. She's usually very happy in the morning. If she gets grumpy at all I bounce her in the bouncy chair or carry her around in the sling while doing chores. She usually calms right down. At night she gets pretty grumpy right before bed and we can't do anything to console her. So, every night lately we've been laying her down and she cries herself to sleep. At first it was a little hard to deal with but it's almost like she knows the routine now. Last night it didn't take hardly any time for her to fall asleep like that.

I'm so glad Nathan is back home now! When he left I was really upset but the week flew by. I tried to keep myself really busy so I wouldn't think about it as much and time would go by faster. So, on Monday I had a friend over and we rented the women and got a pizza. Tuesday, we left early in the morning and went to Salina. We left on Wednesday afternoon. Thursday, Karen came over and hung out with me. The boys had a lot of fun playing! Friday, Nicole came over for a while in the morning and Nathan got home that night. Nathan was supposed to go to Brazil on wednesday but they ended up being able to do all their training in Dallas. So, I get a little over a week with him and then he leaves again. I'm glad to be able to have him home for a while before he's gone. We're going to spend a week in Salina when Nathan's gone so that'll be fun.

It's was fun for Nicole to come over on Friday. She brought Emily and I was shocked by how much she had changed. It was sad that I've missed all this time with her. They've also had a lot of problems with other sitters which I can't imagine because she was always such a good baby for me. She sits up all on her own now and picks up cereal all by herself. She's so much bigger and holds her own bottle! I'm really looking forward to watching her again! My first day is the fourth. Nicole's gotten her on the same sleep schedule as Alex so that'll be really nice. It'll be fun for Alex to have her to play with too!