So last night, before bed, Madilyn ate 11.5 oz of formula. I don't recall Lily ever eating that much. I'm kind of curious as to where it all went. I think we're clearly in growth spurt territory. M also isn't all that interested in her bottles anymore. She's eating whole jars of baby food. Frightening! In a good way, I suppose. She'll be eating less formula = less bottle washing. I typed "whishing" which is a pretty close assimilation of washing and whining which is what I usually do.
We made it to gymnastics class today. woohooo! It was really weird. Madilyn fell asleep so I put her in her stroller and went to spend more time with Lily. I sat on the floor and all of a sudden I was surrounded by children who wanted to say hi or try to jump on me. Maybe because I'm so tall? Please don't say that I resemble Barney. I'm quite sure my couperosity isn't THAT bad.
Here are some pics of Madilyn eating. She grabs a hold of the spoon and has such a strong grip that it takes two of my hands to pry off one of hers. She also ate so much pureed peaches tonight that she didn't have any room for formula. I'm glad because formula is frackin' expensive!
Gosh, just think by June of next year she'll be done with formula! Only 7 more months to go!!! I'm sure that I had other news but I'm too tired to remember. I just hope that I can get up and get us out the door to gymnastics. Only a few more classes left for the year. And yes, I'll be signing Lily up again for class in the new year. I also keep on forgetting to look up ballet classes for her.....
Madilyn just does not want to sleep at night. So we get up for a morning feed and then we sleep in until noon! Of course, this isn't going to work when Pedro goes back to work tomorrow.... In other news, I've been introducing solid foods to Madi. She was lukewarm on the whole thing until I gave her peaches yesterday. She could not eat her lunch fast enough! She had cereal and peaches this morning and almost ate the whole bowl full. I was shocked.
Harris Teeter has a special on right now: buy 1 get 1 free for baby food. You know that I put a hurtin' on that aisle. Anyway, Pedro is trying to kick me out of the study. We had a great visit at g-ma and g-pa's house last week. It was nice seeing Lee and Hailee (spelling?). H is a beautiful and wonderful young lady. :) Hey, she watched the baby a lot for me so I might be biased.
Claire is a veritable delight. :) Don't worry Todd and Nicole, she'll be sleeping through the night soon. :)
That seems to be my subject more and more often! Lily's been sick. Please don't ask me if it's the swine flu, because to be spiteful, I'll say yes. She's feeling better today, finally. Madilyn is congested so now I'm worried about her. I think I'm going to become a shut in. You might be asking yourself, isn't M a little young to be on a potty? Well, Lily is 3 and we had to coerce her to pee on the potty this morning. No potty = no Curious George. She can do it, she just doesn't want to. argh So anyway, I'm starting early with M.
Let's see... I'm working this Saturday. I had Hallowe'en off so that we could go trick or treating. So I feel like I've forgotten most of what I learned! I haven't had time to really review this week because of Lily and some other things. Sometimes life just gets BUSY. Today I made a lasagna. Well, it's actually in the fridge waiting to be cooked. M was asleep and I figured I would seize the moment. I am making it for a new mom. It meant so much to Pedro and I to receive a week's worth of hot dinners that we do it for other new moms when we can. Honestly, after get through a day of being sleep deprived and trying to keep up with a toddler and a new baby and the aches and pains and rips from labor, a hot meal feels like winning the lottery.
I guess I don't have any new pics of Lily this time. M has been so much fun lately. I mean she's always fun but now she tries to catch her daddy's mustache. :) She has great motor control in her hands so I'm expecting her to be picking up cheerios by Christmas and feeding herself. That's what Lily was doing. :) Uh oh! I hear a baby waking up....
I'm super tired so I'm not going to write too much. Madilyn is really trying to crawl and tries in the middle of the night. She's also doing 360 degree rolls in her crib and banging her head on the slats so I'm going to have to put the bumper in tonight.
I'm not sure how people did it in the "olden" days. Granted they didn't have the internet, tv, or Farmtown. I spent two hours today cleaning my desk and I only got half of it done. I put things away and recycled what I didn't need, etc. Went through some books. It's amazing how much stuff we can acquire. I'm SO glad that Lily loves her sister. Can you imagine how much more hectic life would be for me if she didn't???
Since M isn't showing much interest in her bottle these days, I gave her some pear sauce for lunch. She did pretty well - she ate half the jar. Granted the jar is pretty teeny. :) 
Well, I spent most of last week in a tizzy about work. So my house fell by the wayside. Now I'm trying to conquer mountains of laundry! I've also been trying to reorganize my house. Pedro and I are so tired of all the clutter. It's hard for me because I'm the custodian of my parents "stuff". Their photos and the things that they collected over the years. It's not a lot but combined with everything else.... There's nothing of theirs that I would get rid of.
Let's see, where to start? Lily and Madilyn both had appointments at the doctor's office today. Lily got her flu shot. I was wondering how she'd react to getting a shot now that she's more cognizant of things. She did okay. She cried a bit but I had a chocolate ready for her. :) I wanted her to go before the baby because I figured that watching M cry would stress Lily out more. M did great. And yes, that is how Lily hangs out.
I've been a busy bee lately. I start work this Saturday. I'm only going to work 1 day a week but there's an awful lot of preparation going into this one day. :) I went to school last night to practice on someone and that really helped. I found myself remembering the flow of things. So that was awesome. :) Poor Pedro has had to put up with me running around all over the place this week. I told him that it won't always be like this. The spa's grand opening is next week so we're all figuring things out this week.
I guess that's it in the news department. Madilyn is growing like a weed. I can start her on cereals now. I just keep on forgetting. :) Like I said, it's been a hectic week. It was such a beautiful day yesterday that we went to the park. I fed Madilyn at a picnic table while Lily ran around for an hour. It was nice. And then, of course, she crashed. :)
Lily had a good time today. I still feel bad that we couldn't make it down to Newport News. Lily was asking for "cole" or Aunt Nicole, who gave Lily some awesome presents. Once Lily opened up the playdough ice cream maker, she really didn't want to open anything else. :) I gave her mostly a lot of silly things - ballet costume, fairy wings, etc.
Stacy was nice enough to join us for the celebrations. Oh, and I have no cake left. Lily found the last piece and scarfed it. I can't say anything since it was her cake. :) I wish I could've taken a picture of her when we sang her Happy Birthday and I put the cake in front of her. She looked SO delighted. But I was holding the cake and I only have two hands. Sorry.
Lily wasn't too sure about her birthday card from g-ma and g-pa.
But she loves being a fairy princess. :)
And the cake was awesome. :)
We have some great pics of Lily at 5 months of age trying to - alright, successfully - stealing my Mother's Day ribs. M is still 3 months old and she tried to snatch my granola bar.
I'm not super sick but I've been coughing almost non-stop since Monday. I'm going to try to see my doctor today. There have been a lot of flu cases around here so I'm sure she's busy. Yesterday, Lily and I went shopping for her birthday. She didn't see everything that went in cart. But she did find the stash this morning. How do they DO that?
I asked Lily this morning if she could stop growing up so fast. She did use the potty this morning, all by herself so I guess that's the good part. But watching her run around in her jeans yesterday... she's growing up so quickly!!! I'm enjoying her almost 3 year old self. She likes to play games and is making great abstract understandings. Was that English? But I miss the chunky little baby who never wanted to let go of me. I'll have to enjoy M as much as I can. Of course, M doesn't care who holds her - as long as they have warm arms and a smile. :)
Lily wasn't all that impressed with her pony tail.
And whenever g-pa is around, flan will be had. Yes, it was October 10th yesterday and Lily was running around outside in shorts and a strappy shirt. Good grief. Pedro is sick today. We think he was coming down with something yesterday. Today, he's in bed. :( I have a cough too but after 6 hours of sleep I've been running around the house and singing. It must have been a good 6 hours. :) Well, I'm off to the paint store and then to the grocery store for some Thanksgiving trimmings. I'm not going all out but it's been a while since I've celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving. Mostly because, after two thanksgivings I'm a little sick of turkey by the time that Christmas rolls around. :)
