Henry - 1 Month

Plymouth Orchard Mill

Today I took the kids out to the Orchard Mill... I discovered that these farms are awesome for the kids and since I needed something for Zoe to explore that was a perfect choice for our afternoon... and I bought some apple cider and donuts for home :).

She loved it and Henry just continued sleeping in the carrier.Frank comes back home tonight... he got sick on his trip and got an earlier flight (well instead of midnight he comes back at 9PM!). Hope it's nothing serious because the kids and I wanna go to Chicago on FR and we have to stay healthy and I don't wanna leave a sick hubby behind!

Smile

One night in the tub... She still consists on being in the toddler bathtub ;)She loves bathtime:
I tried capturing his smile... after he's been fed he looks sooo happy and content and he smiles during her sleep... it's soo cute... here some tries from the last two mornings:

Comments are back up

Ok... I decided that I give it another try and open up the comment section again for anyone. If I'll get the weird sex video links again I'll have to shut it down again. We'll see... but for now... happy commenting guys ;).

Big Helper

I couldn't decide which pic was the cutest so I had to post a few of it. This morning I had to relief my milk production because it was again an overflow alert going on... so I defrosted some of the earlier milk (to rotate my storage) and gave Zoe the task to feed Henry... she LOVED it and even though he was done she wanted to feed him more and after I was done changing and washing him I saw Zoe feeding her baby doll with the bottle *lol*... she's too funny. Now I gave her her own bottle so she can feed her baby as well, even though she always goes back to Henry and wants to give him more. She's such a great big sister... couldn't ask for any better situation here. Proud big sister
Look how 'loving' she looks at him... it's incredible

A day up north with Marilyn and Nicolas

Today we headed up north (1hr) to visit Marilyn and Nicolas. Zoe loved holding hands with Nicolas (good that Frank didn't see that *lol*)The kids were just GREAT! They're doing so well... it's so much fun to be out and about with them and having a great time.
We had lunch together and since the restaurants normally have crayons for the kids (which ZOE LOVES)... they're pretty occupied during the time we're there and they have a great time coloring.
Back at home... Zoe is still full of energy and plays with her doll, being on the phone talking and also lets the doll talk on the phone... AMAZING!
She knows that she can see herself now in the cameras and she loves that as well...
So I discovered today... we have a picky-free-spirited son! Henry loves to pee when his diaper is off (no worries, I'm well trained already how to avoid being peed on *lol*) and he loves to poop into a fresh diaper! Funny little guy
Chilling out after his snack while his sister and mommy enjoy their dinner.
Frank is gone now until FR and he'll travel again next week... reality has us back but with such great kids I can easily wupp it and have a great time with them as well. I really think we should have more kids *hint* :) *hihi*... but I'm afraid if we'd really have a third one... I probably wanna have a forth one because it's so great ;)... oh well.. I'm sooooo happy with my family... now I'll go and enjoy the two peanuts :)

My little peanut this AM

Henry - 3 weeks

Urgh, can't believe he's already 3 weeks old :(... time flies. Here he is... taking up as much space as possible *lol*

Just woke up... ready for breakfast
A smile for the camera:
She's not starving at our house, don't worry... but she loves to eat *lol*... and big spoons if possible...
and a smile for the camera:

Ready to fall back out

Well, it's probably not considered a night feeding anymore because i get up now/ or better ready! But it is :)... The kids are supposed to be in 'bed' until 730ish. Zoe normally sleeps till 8 and henry till 730. This night his feeding was a little off schedule that's why i'm sitting here, ready to hop into my hot wakeup shower and henry goes back to bed now... So today he'll get up after zoe ;).
Henry still has little problems digesting my milk. Right after feeding he's in a little bit of pain but it already got much better. I guess i buy decaf coffee today and check if this has anything to do with my coffee intake :(... I was putting this off until very last since i was hoping that henry lets me drink my coffee! Zoe reacted to it back then so i guess henry is going with the same flow :(.


Yesterday night i went over to Jen (my midwife) and gave her some of my maternity clothes (umstandsmode) that i can't wear anymore. It was so great to chat with her and bryon for a bit. So glad they moved here, they're so nice.

Ok, henry is out... Time to get him back to bed and get my hot shower.

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Good Morning Little Brother

Henry in action

Joghurt Crazy

Henry's 1st Bath

... and he loved it :)

First Day home alone!

You ask me how it went? It went VERY WELL :)... we took our walk in the morning (I slowly start to get back to my 3 miles and today I walked 2 miles already), then we the kids got fed and ready for their nap while my clothes were washing. They both took a nap at the same time so I had time to fold and put away my clothes + straighten out the house a little and enjoy some me-time!!! I had a full hour where I could enjoy some internet surfing, chatting with my godmother and then it was time at one for the kids to get up. Henry needed to be fed and then we headed out to Babies 'r us and My Urban Toddler for a fun time. It all went very well and I had no problems at all with the two except I had to drag Zoe out of 'My Urban Toddler' (indoor play area) because she didn't wanna leave *lol*... now I'm cooking dinner while the kids are chilling out and make you happy with some pics :).

Have a cup of coffee!!!

Ok, who wants to have a cup of coffee with me now? And a piece of cake wouldn't be a bad idea with it :)... both kids are sleeping, the house is clean and tidy, clothes are washed... nothing else to do here for me but relaxing or just writing a little on the blog :).

Since I didn't really have time to write anything I'll do that now... oh... Sita is calling :)...

So everything here is going very good... handling the two kids is not as hard as it seems it's just an 'all day taking care of somebody' while with only Zoe I had lots of time in between to do other stuff :). But it's so much fun with the two and Zoe is just so adorable with him.

Henry is starting to have trouble pooping... or better digesting my milk... he's just in a little bit of pain but rubbing his belly is helping a lot and once it's out, he's sound asleep again. I have to see if this pain is because of the 2 week mark that he 'recognizes' my food intake through the milk or if it might be something else... I remember Zoe being in pain when she was two weeks old but her pain was much different and challenging since she was crying a lot. Henry isn't in that much pain than her... so it might go away once he's getting used to all his digesting etc. I'm very confident :).

Other than that I kind of miss my work *lol*... crazy me!!! I guess it's the 'being around people' and 'coworkers' and doing something else besides taking care of kids. This morning I was so eager to get up... I'm just a crazy person I guess... my body is slowly getting used to the new sleeping schedule. Henry is feeding so great! He comes every 3-4 hrs and in between he's sound asleep so that I get a great amount of sleep in as far as you can say that for a mommy of a newborn ;).

Yesterday I got my biometrics taking by the US Immigration Office! Everything in regards of the greencard seems to be going smoothly... the next step might be the interview but we'll hear from them when it's time. We still have lots of time until my visa expires and even then we'll be fine since we're in the process of getting the greencard/ permanent residency. All good! Nothing to worry about ;).

Today we had to say 'Goodbye' to Grandma and everybody was very sad. It was so great having her here for the 2.5 weeks... what a ride... she arrived right when Henry got taken away from me and went into the Special Care Unit... oh what a mess I was!!! The days until we finally had him home were tough but once we all were united at home we just enjoyed every day and went out and did stuff and had a great time. It's time to fill up my calendar again!

Next week Frank has to go to NYC... my first time all alone with the kiddos. I'm sure I'll be fine and I've scheduled already trips. We'll go to the zoo one day and another day we'll meet with a friend up north (1 hr away) so two full days are already booked out and the other two days I have stuff planned as well but around here so we'll just do short trips in the AM and PM so Zoe can take her nap as scheduled ;). Me and my schedules... but that's the best way to roll with kids, I tell you ;). Specially when you have two.

Ok, Zoe is up... YEAH... time to get ready and rolling out of the door to our play date *JIPPI*... enjoy the blog... I try to post as many pics as I can to keep you guys entertained *lol*

Goodbye to Grandma

Today we have to say 'goodbye' to Grandma... we had a great time together and enjoyed each day to the fullest :). Zoe will miss her terribly since Grandma went out with her every day and played with her outside etc. Zoe will probably give me a hard time once Grandma is gone and demands to go out every day as well ;)... here some pics
I captured his first smile yesterday ;)
Sleeping Henry
Some Goodbye pics with Grandma
Grandma and her grandkids:
And one pics of me and the kiddos :)... so proud :)