Weeks 2, 3 and 4....

1 1/2 WEEKS OLD
Hali came down with her daughter Natalie (5 weeks in this image) to visit. I couldn't resist putting all the kids together in a photo. And Miss Amelia insisted on having baby Anna in the photo too!



1 1/2 WEEKS OLD
Just a cute photo of the boy.


2 WEEKS OLD
Amelia loves spending time with Oliver. Surprisingly she doesn't get jealous of him
(I hope I don't have to eat my words one day!).


2 WEEKS OLD — Mother's Day weekend
We enjoyed a nice picnic in the park and some time playing outside on Saturday afternoon.
It was a beautiful weekend.

They took me to the nursery to buy flowers for our front porch and Amelia helped me plant our hanging baskets. We had so much fun getting dirty!




3 WEEKS OLD
Papaw was in town to visit for about a week. It was nice having company in the evenings and help with Amelia. We took walks, played in the park and enjoyed dinners together.


Early morning breakfast with the kids...I think
we stayed in our pajamas for the next 4 hours!


3 1/2 WEEKS OLD
My girlfriends and I try to get together once a month and it was going to be hard this month so they all came over to the house. These are some of my best friends from high school who live here in town...we even enjoyed Sunrise Pizza since they opened up a store here in Columbus — it was just like being back in Warren!
LEFT TO RIGHT: Gilda and Lucas (10 months); Darcy and Oliver;
Me and Amelia (2 1/2 years); Kim and Beckett (3 months).

THE BOYS! Art and Lucas, Than and Nietzsche, Andrew and Beckett, Tyler and Oliver.


4 WEEKS OLD
This is the typical Oliver face we see! He tends to cry a lot and LOVES to be held. He's a rather gassy baby and you can tell it makes him quite uncomfortable at times. I wish I could do more for him...if anyone has any recommendations, I'm all ears! I'm watching my diet, giving him Mylicon, bicycling his legs to help work out the gas....


A little afternoon photoshoot.


Enjoying some time in the swing. This doesn't comfort him like it did Amelia.
He likes the swing for about 10 minutes and then he's done.

Baby feet.

Weeks 1 & 2

This is our first day home with Oliver. Amelia held him for about 30 seconds!

Oliver had a slight case of jaundice but nothing that warranted being put on a bili ruben blanket like Amelia had her first week, so we just let him bathe in the sun for a few minutes.

Grandpa and Grandma came down to visit and spend some time with Amelia.

This was Oliver's first bath ... in the kitchen sink.

All wrapped up after his bath. I love the content look on his face.

And thankfully he loves taking a bath (I know it doesn't seem that way from the previous photo, but after I took that photo he was all quiet and serene.)

Sleeping soundly ... unfortunately not at 4am.

Amelia loves playing with her babydolls and taking care of them ... she's just the sweetest.

All in all, things are going well ... we're still trying to adjust to the night-time feeding schedule though. The worst time of day is between 4 and 6 a.m. Oliver usually wakes up somewhere around 4 or so for a feeding and has the toughest time going back to sleep or at least staying asleep. His other problem is that he is TERRIBLY gasey! He seems like he's in so much pain

Amelia has been a wonderful big sister. She is super understanding and is wise beyond her years. Seriously, she is. When Oliver cries she tells me to pick him up, and if he still cries she tells me that I need to hold him so that he's up on my shoulder — this typically gets him to stop crying almost immediately — and she knows it. She is very gentle with him and loves to give him hugs and kisses.

And for how wonderful she is with Oliver she is struggling in other areas. She's had a terrible time napping at school so when she comes home she is a train wreck! Some nights are better than others but the nights when she's been up for 12 hours straight we know we're in for a tough time. That little girl certainly has a temper too! And she talks back like a 15-year-old ... it's crazy! I don't know where she's learning to be so defiant, maybe it's genetic (and that'd be my fault!) We're hoping this is just still an adjustment period for her and that things will get better.

We haven't had many visitors so if anyone is looking for something to do we'd love to see you!