Jamie is 10 weeks old! 10 weeks already. How did this happen so fast? Our little girl fits in 6 month clothes already. She doesn't look like my little newborn anymore but a pretty little girl. I told her last night that she better start slowing down. Looking at her today it doesn't seem like she listened. Jamie is long or tall. She doesn't stand up yet so I am going to say long. When I nurse her her legs hang way down onto the couch under my arm. I can't even hold all of her anymore. She fills the changing table and baby bath tub. She is is healthy and happy. Jamie loves to smile, especially at her mama. But dad has been getting his own load of smiles lately. She is the sweetest thing and I think she is the prettiest baby I have ever seen. Mama loves her baby girl.
Jamie is a great eater. No problems in that area. People say she looks like me, I say she eats like me. She still has all of her thick dark hair. Her baby acne has calmed down a bit and she has beautiful light olive skin. Her eyes are just like mine, maybe even a little more asian than mine even. Her smile is my favorite feature but I love squeezing her chubby, chunky legs. Jamie is sleeping well too. She wakes up once a night and I feed her and she goes back to bed. Some nights are better than others. I am not as tired as I was a month ago but both babies still wear me out every day. Jamie still loves to be held and that takes its toll on my back and shoulders. Her schedule is pretty much like this. Sleep, eat, play with mom, get fussy, get held for a long time, get fussy again, sleep. Repeat. Sometimes we skip the sleep again part and just go back to eating. She doesn't quite sleep as much as she used to and in fact good naps are getting rare. Like today, that leaves me with little time to myself or to get anything done. Right now she is in her crib fussing and I am waiting until the first desperate cry to go get her again. My arms need a break. And I miss blogging so today she can wait a bit longer for mom to come save her.
Pete is a really good boy. He is easy. He is sweet, happy and well behaved. Pete is extremely laid back and incredibly fun to be around. He is on a good schedule now. In bed by 8pm, asleep around 8:30pm, up the next morning around 7:30am. During the day he takes an hour and half nap. Almost to the second. Not bad huh? He is a terrible eater though. Terrible. He has a list of about 10 foods that he will eat. Cheese, bread, Cheerios, any fruit (fresh, frozen or dried), crackers, peanut butter, waffles, yogurt, jarred turkey sticks, and noodles (sometimes). Our choices are pretty limited and I pray every day that God will help broaden his horizons when it comes to good foods. I also pray God will help him learn to talk. And it is working. Pete is talking. Nothing sounds exactly like what it is supposed to yet but he is talking. I would list his words but I don't think I am going to have time for that. His vocabulary is about 10 words now and is growing every day. He started speech therapy about 2 weeks ago and though I think it has helped I don't think it has brought the words out. I think it was just time and Pete does his own thing in his own time. You cannot force it with Pete. I was never worried about him talking though. If you spent all day every day with him you would know he is incredibly smart. Just like his laid back attitude, he is in no hurry to rush into anything like walking or talking. Maybe he knows he has the rest of his life to do them anyway.
P. is doing great. He is an amazing father and perfect husband. He loves his kids more than anything in the whole world and shows it every day. His job is going very well and he loves the work he does and all the responsibilities he has.
I feel like there is so much more to tell but my babies need me now. It was nice to sit and write for a bit though. Hope I can do it again soon. A.M.
Our sweet angel.