(May 13-19) Leila's 2 months old!

*Disclaimer: most of this post was typed on my iPod during middle of the night sessions feeding Leila so they are not complete sentences/thoughts and if I wait to complete my thoughts, I probably won't ever finish a post again.

May 13-19, 2013

Leila (9 weeks old) had rough night and another episode Sunday night. Monday had to be held all day. Caleb and mom went to park. Caleb and Lizzi played in sprinklers and we all ate otter pops. 

Monday night, technically Tuesday morning, Leila rolled over from stomach to back on her own! Probably a fluke... But I was surprised to see her little open eyes staring at me when I glanced at the monitor.

Leila rolled over again! Smiles and coos a lot in response to us. Stops crying when Caleb holds her hand. Cries when he cries or screams, or is too rough with her. Stares at her hands with crossed eyes. Getting more coordinated at bringing hands to mouth. Tries to suck on hands all the time. Stands when being burped. Still arches back and coughs more (clearing reflux?). I'm up with her every day from 3/4 am til 5-ish and then Caleb is up so she stays up... she is starting to get overtired. Seems less lethargic, sleeping less soundly and not as frequently. Always used to just fall asleep in my arms throughout the day. Now she doesn't as much.

Loves her daddy

2 months old!

 Trying to break Caleb of 4:30 am wakeup habit. Falls asleep in stroller on the way home from the park, not long enough first nap and won't take a second nap. Still likes to test limits with hitting and time out. Asks to hold Leila and likes holding her for a long time.

"Holding" Leila

This is his, "I'm so excited to be holding Leila!" arm flailing.

He also loves to lay down next to her/on top of her.

"Mom! I wasn't done holding her yet!"

Leila loves baths.

Caleb washes dishes while I wash Leila.

He drags the chair over there by himself and climbs up on his own too.

 Other highlights with Aunt Lizzi this week: played at mall, rode trolley, saw the fish at Walmart, and Lizzi took care of Leila during Caleb's nap every day, letting me nap! Thank you Lizzi! The pictures of the trolley are on Lizzi's phone.

Caleb became adept at using iPhones while Lizzi was here.

Friday morning Leila had an EKG and appointment with the pediatric cardiologist so Allen worked from home to go with me while Lizzi babysat Caleb. The appointment went well, although the hole was not smaller, she is showing no signs of heart failure so we have our next appointment in 6 weeks to see how she's doing then.

In the afternoon I thought it would be fun to go to the pool... I thought it was open so we all got ready, drove there and the pool was closed... so instead we played at spray ground. We went to Sonic on the way home and Caleb ate half of Lizzi's chicken sandwich and at least half of her shake! (pictures are on Allen's phone)

Allen started installing our garage door opener so we can park in the garage during the summer! Yeah!

We wish you lived closer!

Caleb has started to prefer eating out of our bowls than out of his own.

Giving Leila some lovin'

We'll miss you Lizzi!!!

This is after I went to a baby shower for a friend and Lizzi babysat/watched Psych while Allen worked on the garage door.

Saturday Lizzi went home and I had to hold back tears since I won't see her again until after her mission (approx Dec 2014)! That day I also had a Primary temple trip I took Leila to while Allen stayed with Caleb.

 That night Caleb had babysitter (he was asleep when she got to our house and slept the whole time), we went to Houston Dynamo game. We got the tickets through Allen's work so we had fourth row seats behind the keeper and made it on TV (we watched later). They even bought us dinner and one of his clients held Leila for half of the game. It was our first Dynamo game and it was fun! Some day we may get season tickets.

Sweet seats!

Bad picture of the stadium while walking with the crowd from the game.

You can kind of see the stadium in this one.