Collin loves his baby sis...
Caught off guard....
How sweet....
Say cheese...
Daddy's big blue eyes...
It's been a while since I have updated the blog...sorry to the three people following it : ) It has been a busy past month for us. Collin has had ear infection after ear infection over the past several months, so we made the decision to go ahead and put tubes in his ears last Friday. We hope this will give our little man a break from those nasty infections for a while. It was a pretty simple surgery, although they did have to put him under. That made me really nervous, but the doctor assured us that this was a very routine surgery and all would be fine. They were very professional and did a wonderful job. The most difficult part of the entire thing was watching him wake up from the surgery. He was very delirious and confused. He was crying irrationally and continued to cry all the way home. He went down for his nap and woke up good as new later that afternoon. I have to say it was a success!
I think the jealousy thing is just now starting to set in for Collin. He is so sweet to Lily and loves to bring her toys and help out, but he is realizing that she is here to stay. He has started saying that he is a "baby" too and to put "baby sister" down and carry him. It's so hard to divide the attention between the two, especially since Lily requires a lot more of it at her age. Hopefully this will pass soon.
Lily's little personality shows through more and more each day. She has such a sweetness about her, but we have also witnessed a little bit of a temper when she gets upset or is hungry and we can't get her bottle to her fast enough. She is such a good little baby and is generally pretty happy wherever you put her. She is starting to get spoiled though. She loves to be carried around. She is very fidgety and is needing to be engaged more and more these days. I think the easy days are long gone now. She is still sleeping in her bassinet in our room. Can you believe that? Ridiculous, I know. I am SERIOUSLY going to move her to her room this week. We just need to get a screw for her crib. We would have moved her a while back, but her room is on the complete opposite end of the house as well as upstairs.
Todd has still been very busy with work and is still traveling to Houston each week. He really enjoys what he does and is very happy. I joined a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group and have really enjoyed getting to know such wonderful women. The group meets every other week and has been very enlightening on several topics from cooking to how to manage your children and household as well as what activities are good for your children and at what age. They provide childcare for the moms so you can have adult conversation and actually relax for a minute.
Some recent exciting news is that the Pokludas welcomed their new baby girl, Finley Noel, on January 2, 2008. She is a beautiful and healthy baby and we are very excited for them!
