Earlier this week...

After 4 long months of midnight and 3am feedings, Lilly slept in her crib, in her room, until 5am.

And tonight, as I lay her in her crib to sleep, it hit me. I have 2 children here on this Earth (and of course my sweet baby Madison in Heaven)...

But Abby and Lilly...here with me now...big enough and old enough, to sleep in their own rooms.

In their own beds.

Without their Mommy.

All night.

Seriously, When did they grow up?

And more importantly, when did I?

Wordless Wednesday

We're a bunch of sickies

We are all sick over here. None of us are feeling well, but luckily, it's just a nasty cold bug we have here in our house. The doctor confirmed that on Friday with the girls. And speaking of that...

Abby, who turned 19 months last week (she's 16 months adjusted) weighs 27 pounds and is 33.5 inches tall. She's pretty much wearing 24-month to 2T sizes now, with the exception of a few 18-month favs that I still squeeze her into. She's as healthy as can be, except for the nasty cold.



Lilly turned 3 months old last week (she's 1 month adjusted), and much to my surprise tipped the scale at 11 pounds 4 ounces. Out of nowhere she had a crazy growth spurt and now is 23.5 inches tall. I can't even believe how many things she has already grown out of. We are still trying to get her issues under control...like sleeping for more than 3 hours at night. We've switched formulas, and have started adding probiotics to her bottle in hopes of making her more comfortable. I have laid off of the Zantac because it just didn't seem like it was doing any good. And the thrush is getting under control. Everything else is on the up-and-up with her, with the exception that she has to have an echocardiogram done. What used to be an intermittant heart murmur has turned into a tiny bit of concern,so the doctor wants to make sure there is nothing major going on, other than the usual preemie/newborn stuff.




They are both as cute as can be and I couldn't be more in love with anything as I am with them.

Today

UPDATED:

Abby is 19 months old. Oops. I must have fat-fingered the zero.

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Today Abby is 10 months old.

Three days ago, Lilly turned 3 months old.

And these girls are running me so ragged that I can't even find time to post, let alone take, pictures of them.

They both see the pediatrician on Friday so I am hoping to have a big update after that.

It'll be my big 'return' to blogging...as I've been such a slacker lately.

I used to give my Mom such a hard time about having so many pictures of my big sister as a baby, and none of me.

But now I get it.

I SO get it.

Happy St. Patrick's Day...

...or not

10 weeks old

...8 pounds 6 ounces
...20.5 inches tall
...hair: red
...eyes: blue
...seems to be refluxing (just like Big Sis) so we've started her on Zantac
...is starting to hold her head up
...still eats every 3-4 hours 'round the clock (will Mommy ever sleep again?)
...in size 1 diapers
...wearing some newborn but more and more 0-3 month clothes
...is being treated with antibiotics for a little case of thrush

Today Abby is 18 months old. And she goes down the slide all by herself.



And her baby sister Lilly was 9 weeks on Monday.




I can't even believe how fast the time is passing, with little time to blog, unfortunately. I'll try to do better with that. Tomorrow Lilly has her first doctor appointment in over a month, so I will be sure to post her latest stats and such. My best guess is that she's about 8 pounds now. She's getting to be such a big girl. It's hard to believe that my due date was last Saturday and going by her adjusted age, she is just 5 days old.