Progress and Poo-body

Well we have turned the corner. Little Mary Martin has slept through the night for about a week now. She takes her last bottle at 10:30 and then sleeps til 6 or 7 am. Woohoo!! Mom is very grateful. She has found her fingers and I think that helps her sleep through the night. Sometimes I will hear her wake up, cry out and then hear the distinctive sound of her sucking on two fingers. Then I don't hear her for two more hours...

In other news, James' potty training is coming along. We switched to big boy underwear last week at day care and after a rough couple of days, he had three days accident free at school. At home he will still have a couple of accidents but we are working on it. For example, I learned yesterday the hard way that he still needs a diaper for nap time. On the whole we are pleased that it has gone well and know that patience and persistence for the next few months make it happen.

Jim and I loaded up the kids this past weekend and, after a stop over in Nashville for one night, I continued on to Memphis with the kids and Jim went back to Atlanta. I am in Memphis all week and we have many adventures planned. I will post some pictures and videos if I can make my camera card work with Mike's computer. Yesterday we went to the zoo and last night James got to run through the sprinkler. Sunday afternoon he got to make cupcakes. And of course he spends long hours playing trains with grandaddy in the garage, in between potty breaks... Today we are planning to go watch the ducks at the Peabody come out. When I asked James to say "Peabody" it came out Poo-body. Guess we might we focusing on the potty training a little too much..

Mary Martin's one month visit

Mary Martin turned one month old on Sunday, the 16th. Happy one month baby girl!! I had plans to post a entry that day and then the next day and then maybe the next day - but I just never got to it. We have been busy this week!

Anyway, we went to the doctor today for Mary Martin's one month visit. She is up to 10 pounds and 22 inches long. Both of these are in the 75% and so is her head measurement. So all is well. The little girl is gaining weight, getting longer and just doing great. She does have a stuffy nose and so we have gotten the humidifier out and elevated her crib, etc. But I was able to brag today that she really is a pretty easy baby.

I am attaching a few recent pictures. The ones with her cousin Madeline are from last week when we took pictures of the girls in their super cute outfits from Meme. Thanks Meme!!

And sadly she is starting to loose her hair. It is receding along her part line and then on the opposite side. We'll see if she looses it all and then it comes back full force like James!!

As for the James update: we have started potty training... Stay tuned...

Wiggles - not the ones on TV

Here are a couple of photos of MM I took today. She is definitely growing and getting longer. I know all the pictures seem to be of her in the moses basket, but she is outgrowing it rapidly. I love this little cherry outfit where she is half asleep. Thanks to Aunt Norma for the outfit!!

We are getting along just fine. MM has found her legs and likes to lie on her back and just "wiggle" like Anna Lauren used to do. The video is of MM "wiggling." She is still not a great nurser so mom is just pumping to get milk for MM, which is working fine for now. She takes about 3 ounces per feeding and is eating about every three hours. Her last bottle is at 10:30 and last night she went from 10:30 til 4:30! Woohoo! So she is starting to stretch her nights which is great. I got a big smile from her today but could not manage to get it on film.

You can sort of tell in the half asleep photo that her eyes and eyelids are red. When she gets really tired at night, her little eyes get red rimmed and her entire eyelids get red. Do my eyes do this? Who in our family does she get this from?

And yes, she still looks exactly like James...

Mom and MM

Today is my first day alone with Mary Martin! After a long, long, rainy Sunday where James was stir crazy from being inside all day, James is off to day care and dad is at work today. So it is just me and MM. So far we have had an uneventful day. After delivering the boys, MM ate again and then we both got baths and dressed. And now we are all dressed up with no place to go... I am going to try and take it easy the next couple of days and not get too busy yet. Now that my grandma help has left, I am now getting up with MM at night by myself. This is not too bad so far. Mary Martin continues to be a wonderful baby - very easy going (knocking on wood as I type this). After a bottle at 10:30 or 11, she sleeps about 4 hours, needs a bottle, goes back to sleep and sleeps until 6 or so. So she only needs one "night" feeding and it is not that bad. We'll see how long this continues.

We may try and run an errand or two later just to get out. We'll see. Jim is encouraging me to nap and who am I to argue with him.

I'll try and take a picture of the two of dressed with nowhere to go later on!