Well I am finally getting the hang of this being back at work thing and being a mom. It is tough (a few meltdowns here and there) but totally worth it when I come home to my beautiful girls every day. I am going to try over the next week or so to get all caught up on everything as I have lots of pictures and random stories etc....
The first few weeks home with Alex were extremely challenging....However it really had not a lot to do with the fact that we had a newborn. We were somewhat prepared for that part... What really got us was all the sickness that hit our house. First the week Dan was home with me he had horrible allergies which then turned into a horrible sinus infection. Then I came down with a cold and sinus infection. And then Sam came down with a bad case of sinusitis or whatever a bad cold in a kid is...So after those 4 weeks of illness we were much happier. Also Alex was a trooper and didn't get any of it. She was able to stay healthy until almost 3 months old around Christmas time and got a cold. We were lucky that it never got to the bad RSV part just a cold and I was very diligent about sucking out her nose every hour or two..Poor thing but she made a pretty quick recovery.
So in all the sickness we had Alex's 2 week progress report. She did great...
Weight 8 lbs 8 ounces
Height 20.5 inches
Head 14.3
They were very happy with her weight gain as at two weeks they should be back to birth weight and wow this kid blew that away... When we brought her home from the hospital I started calling her pipsqueak but let me tell you that didn't stick too long...
Here are a few pics of the adjusting going on at our house..Sam adjusted super well and her nurturing side came out right away. She even likes to share her toys (for the most part) with Alex. Here Alex is just 2 weeks old and Sam is giving her the board game piece from one of her games. I always find toys on our near Alex...So cute..
Dan trying to figure out how to hold both of the girls at once...
Sam tickling her sister...
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