Life with 2

I have to admit adding the 2nd child isn't as hard as I thought it would be....thanks to a wonderful partner! However, that being said.....I'm EXHAUSTED!!! I remember the sleep deprevation with Arianna being ALOT worse but that was because of her medical issues. I am just so thankful Robert lets me catch some afternoon zzzz's when he gets home or I wouldn't make it through the evening. I just really hope this little guys gets some kind of feeding schedule down soon. I am exclusively breast feeding, which is going amazing, but he will eat anywhere from 1-3 hours depending on his mood. In the evening it's every hour until bedtime. I would like to get him a little more hungry before his last feeding in hopes that he would sleep longer but I read that breastfeed babies tend to cluster feed in the evening, especially in the first 6 weeks. So....once again I'm on my kids schedule and not mine.

Sister Love!

Arianna continues to love on her brother. I am really happy she is not showing any jealousy towards Devin. She will ask to hold him for a few minutes and will give him kisses throughout the day.

1st Family Picture

Bath Time

I know this blog has been about Arianna but it has now turned into a family blog. :)

Here are some pictures from Devin's first baths. Of course his first bath was a sponge bath. He hated having his body washed but LOVED getting his hair washed.

So content!

Here are pictures from his first real bath. He was totally content during the entire bath. Actually, he cried the second I took him out.

Arianna helping mommy :)

Ballet!

Arianna has definintly been doing alot of growing up lately. She started ballet this month and is LOVING it! She asks all week when she can go to ballet again and cries when we leave. I'm so happy this is a positive experience for her.

Lexi & Arianna

Since starting ballet she is now asking about going to school. I think it's just her missing speech therapy which was at the school but I've started looking into preschools since the developmental pediatrician thinks it would be good for her. As of right now I'm not 100% sure if we're going to enroll her this year or not but I'm getting a good idea whats out there.

Devin is here!

Sorry this is so late but I've been a little busy. :) Devin made his grand entrance into the world on June 10th at 2:22 a.m. weighing 7lbs 5ozs and 20.5 inches tall. I went into labor on my own on Wednesday afternoon so there was no need for induction! :) I wanted to post a few pictures from his birth and will upload more in the upcoming days. Man how these kiddos keep you busy.

Arianna LOVES her baby brother! This is the first time holding him. She would cry when he would cry at first but she is used to it now and just tells me when he is crying.

Sleeping peacefully in MY room! Man it was a WAY different experience this time around.

Daddy & Devin

So I look awful in this picture but its the first picture with me and my kids.

We did get the FISH test done on Devin to see if he has the 22q11.2 Deletion but so far he is not showing any symptoms of the disorder. We should get those results in a few weeks. Other than a little jaundice, he is doing amazing!

Miracle!!!

I forgot to update after Arianna's orthopedic appointment. We were going in for her routine scoliosis check-up. Walked in, got her x-ray done and then waited for the doctor to come in. He walked in with a surprising look on his face and said....

"Well I have no idea how this happened but she went from a 15 degree curve to a 5 degree curve."

I knew exactly how that happened. :) For months I've been praying for her spine to straighten out and it happened! God is so good! We have experienced yet another miracle in our daughters life.

We don't have to go back for another year! Praise God!

Now we are STILL waiting for Hanger to make her new orthotic inserts for her shoes and I'm getting really ticked off at them. Arianna is outgrowing her shoes and having alot more foot/knee pain and it's been almost a month since our appointment with them. They are making her custom inserts that are a little bigger than what she's used to but will be more supportive.

I have to run and make dinner but I wanted to update while I had a few minutes.