Hello Again

Okay so I have been bad about blogging lately. James is giving me a run for my money. First of all, you have to understand where I am coming from before I explain how my son feels the need to make me think. I teach Autistic kids therefore I am very schedule oriented and I think of how to solve behaviors..there is always a solution to why something is happening. Ansley was one that I could put on a schedule and the same schedule worked the entire time for her. My biggin thinks that it is okay to keep me guessing. Every week he is making me second guess myself and the schedule. James is really punishing me for not boob feeding him. Up until he was 2 weeks I boob fed him. He loved it. Then the reflux set in and I just immediately put him on the bottle. Well we just had to up his feedings to 5 ounces. This kid is going to be out of his infant seat by 4 months. On the up side he has really started to recognize me. We had some friends of the family over the other night and he was fussy until I got a hold of him. It gave me a glimpse of the light that we are on our way out of the newborn "crazyness of wanting to put the child back in me" stage and on to the good part. I just keep reminding myself when I am up at 3 am that in a year sleep will return.
Ansley has really been thriving since starting Mt. Pisgah. She is just a sponge right now. She enjoys singing and has really started to imagine play. It is so much fun. Her favorite thing to do is to play pretend making cookies. She still enjoys her brother and is excited to see him when she is away. We have really gotten serious about potty training. Buying diapers for two is insane. I am giving her until the middle of February to get ride of the pull ups. Girlfriend can do it when she wants a treat. It is amazing how the urge to pee just appears.

This was my first week back at work. It went really well. I am waiting for everything to hit the fan. My students at work were angels. It is only a matter of time until they punish me for being out.
James had a good week too at Grandma's. Thomas is starting to accept the fact that James is a permanent friend. He is now 5 weeks old and starting to really become a joy to be around. He is still waking up once during the early hours. We have so far been to the doctors weekly. This week he was put on antibiotics for Thrush. We went to his one month check up today. Within the first 5 minutes of being in the room he peed all over the wall, floor, car seat, and table. That was great!! I still haven't gotten the whole don't leave the pee pee wide open in the air. He then preceded to poop it up. Dr. Wilburn confirmed that he definitely was a boy. The last two times we have been in the office he has blown up the rooms. I am starting to get a complex. James is now 11 lbs and 4 oz and 22 1/2 in length. He is in the 90 percentile for weight and 50th for height. I vowed to the doctor that we really would try and stay away until his two month checkup. We will see how long that lasts.
Ansley is still enjoying her new school. She is learning so many new things however she refuses to share the knowledge with Bob or I. She told Bob that her teachers do not have names. Yet, she will count to 5 in Spanish for Aunt Caroline. Ansley's teacher is excited about how well she is doing. Ansley has really been initiating potty training these days. We are still having a problem with her keeping her diaper on during the night. I went up to get her out of bed this morning only to find a naked tush. I asked her where her diaper went and she told me it was over there because it was really full. Luckily, she had not peed in her bed. She is too funny!! She is still head over heals in love with her brother. She watches out for him and mimics things that Bob and I say to him. It is so cute!!! We couldn't be more blessed.

Both of the kids had a great day. I seemed to have more soy milk on me than usual but other than that they both behaved. At one point to day Ansley was missing in the house. Bob was in the kitchen and I was getting dressed. I came out only to hear silence. Not a good noise when there is a toddler running around. I found Bob and realized Ansley was not on the same floor we were on. I assumed she was up in the playroom. James was upstairs in his room taking a nap so I quietly hollered up to her. The response was "I am up here." I went upstairs took a quick look at James only to see his blanket on the floor. Luckily, he was still sleeping in the swing. I followed the sound of Ansley. James and she have a jack and jill bathroom. I got to the toilet to hear Ansley saying "I pooped on the potty mommy." First thing to my mind was yeah right there must be poop everywhere. But she had gotten her stool and climbed. She had pooped in the potty!!!! Yeah!!! Of course I had to take a picture of her.

4 weeks old!!

Today James is 4 weeks old. We went back to the doctor yesterday because he is still not comfortable after feedings. His reflux seems to be different than Ansley's. Ansley pucked a lot!! James tends to dribble instead of projectile. He also seems to be in a lot more pain. So we went to see Dr. Wilburn...again. She is very patient with me. While we were there James blew up a diaper and peed out of his diaper all over me. Then I put him on the table to change him and he pucked all over the table. All Dr. Wilburn and I could do was laugh. The smell that came from that room was nasty...Soy milk and poop..yummy. Dr. Wilburn increased his meds and the plan is to hopefully get him back on breast milk next Saturday. Good news is James weighs over 11 pounds now. Big guy likes to eat. I did realize we were over feeding him by 4 ounces.. not good for the reflux. Otherwise we are doing great here. Ansley started Mt. Pisgah and is loving it. I feel much more at ease leaving her at this school all day. She gets to play with Frances in the morning and at recess. Plus she gets Spanish and Ballet. I laugh at the ballet thing because it just doesn't run in her jeans (the gracefulness).

Today was the first real good day. Both kids were calm and on their game. I do believe this day was 1 out of 7 and that means that I am in for it. Ansley's new saying for the week is "Hey guys, whatcha doing?" She also still thinks that James is the best thing to happen to her. She wakes up asking for him and has to say good night to him every night. They are so sweet together. Today I was able to get some good pictures of James. Tomorrow he will be 4 weeks old.
Ansley starts Mt. Pisgah on Wednesday!! We decided to move her to the same school as Frances. Mostly because it will make my morning a lot less stressful because Caroline will be taking them to school. They are in different classes but will still see each other throughout the day for chapel and recess.

Warning: Naked chicks singing in the bath tub.

Singing in the bath tub