Siena now weighs 9 pounds and 5 ounces which means she gained 2 pounds and 7 ounces over the last month! She is 20 inches tall, so that's another 1 1/4 inches in a month. Here's the funny part: she is in the 14% percentile for weight and the .49% for height. Yes that's .49% as in a half of a percent, less than 1%! But the best part is when you compare her weight to height ratio she is off the charts as in SUPER CHUNKY!!! She has rolls and I love it! So to sum up the visit she is chunky, has a head tilt, her head is NOT flat and she is doing great!
Now to sum up how well Cole behaved on my FIRST outing with two children...well let's just say I learned my lesson. Why did I even think that it would go ok? He was throwing his shoes across the waiting room, trying to hit me, yelling no to the receptionist when she so kindly put a movie on to calm him down. It's wasn't a movie he wanted to watch. The in front of the Dr. he basically gave me a big F.U. and was so disobedient that I was practically in tears.
I was so frustrated, pissed off and I really had to pee, so as soon as the Dr. left I packed everyone up, made sure I had everything since Cole unloaded the diaper bag in the toy basket and took off to the bathroom. When I was finished I turned to walk out the the nurse stopped me as said "are we ready for shots?" Holy crap! Siena was getting shots today and we had just discussed not 10 minutes before how I was unsure about giving her shots today because it was my first day back at work and I didn't want her to be hurting and crying tonight when Mike was all alone with them. We talked and decided that it was ok to give them since babies usually don't have reactions to the first set of vaccines.
So back to the room we go and of course Cole begins right in again so to distract him I let him play with the faucet while I help with Siena. Poor Siena. Cole never cried much for vaccines and so I was not prepared for Siena to scream bloody murder and turn as red as a tomato. So of course that set the tears off again.
They both fell asleep on the car ride home and Cole is 1 1/2 hours into a his nap that doesn't usually start until noon. I'm overwhelmed and of course going back to work doesn't help the emotions either.
Cole has his 2 year check up on Friday am I looking forward to seeing how much he has grown.
This week Siena has been giving out lots of smiles. Pretty much anyone will at least get an Elvis lip raise out of her. She is also cooing back to me when I make cooing noises to her. It is our own little conversation. She likes to face forward in the bjorn when I go for my walks.
yes I know it isn't exactly all lined up. I got a headache and gave up.
Siena is now 10 weeks old! She still has her days where she likes to sleep and then there are days like yesterday where she did not sleep at all. She can sit up against a pillow or the corner of the couch with out falling over. She still prefers to sleep in the swing over the crib. She has started taking a pacifier and actually keeping it in her mouth which has helped her (and me) when she is crying for no reason other than it is her fussy time. Siena has a very good grip and she uses it to pull out my hair. She still spits up occasionally but so far no more projectile vomiting caused by over eating. Siena has some very good rolls starting on her thighs and they are just the cutest rolls ever!
Cole is a little thief. If you were using something and now it has suddenly disappeared, it's a guarantee Cole had something to do with the disappearance. It would be one thing if he put everything in his pockets or had a little collection spot because then it would be easy to retrieve the missing items. Cole prefers to toss everything off the deck and into the tall grass (ok they are weeds, but I like to call it grass) and then we have to search every where until we either find it or give up until the "grass" dies or the lawn mower hits it.
Hey if any one is interested in one of their own, Cole is more than happy to give you a one-of-a-kind window drawing. Best part is that he loves it so much he works for free!
On our way to the park the other day I turned around to look at the kids and this is what I saw. Cole has been holding her hand in the car on every trip now. He loves his little sister!
I never thought I would have to put my kids in daycare. But the time has come to cover an overlap of about an hour - when I go to work the two nights and Mike gets off work. Fortunately I knew some one who does daycare and it's only 2 minutes from my work. Couldn't be happier with the outcome. You can tell Cole didn't care that I was leaving. 
Our Easter was really nice. We had a wonderful brunch on the deck and then we went next door to have Cole find his eggs. Mike kept sneaking eggs from Cole's basket and re-hiding them, egg hunting lasted for awhile. Siena enjoyed the day by sleeping.
Since this months cupcake birthday fell on Easter I decided to make them somewhat Easter them themed. So we had bunny stuck in holes and grass with eggs and flowers.
Siena is officially 2 months old! I am guessing she is about 9 pounds and 20 inches long. He feet are 3 1/2 inches long. We will find out tomorrow at the dr. She slept 6 hours in her crib last night! This was a big event for all of us. She is a great sleeper at night but just not in her crib. She can sleep all night long in our bed so we are working on getting her to stay in the crib for longer periods of time. She is really good at holding her head up now and she is smiling at us a lot and starting to coo. She now likes being in her swing and bouncer but only for short periods of time. Siena still nurses like crazy and is starting to grab at my face and hair when she nurses. She can still fit into her newborn sleepers but the 0-3 month sizes are finally not so big on her.
Since he destroyed the box they came in, he decided that the empty fruit snacks bag made a great replacement. He had them packed in there so tight he could turn it upside down and color with all of them at once. He was pretty proud of himself.
This is pretty much what it looks like when Siena is trying to sleep and Cole is any where near her. How she sleeps though that is beyond me.
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