3 months old

Carson turned 3 months old yesterday. I remember when he was just a few weeks old, thinking I can't wait until he's 3 months old so he will be on a sleep schedule and he will be interacting more...I do love this stage but it is all happening so fast this time. It is so different with Carson. I want to hold him all the time and savor every little sound he makes and smile that comes across his face. I love bathing him and feeding him at 10 pm because it is just he and I and he is so sweet and cuddly. He is so much more laid back than LG. He just chills in his bouncy seat or his swing and only cries if he is really hungry or really tired. She didn't cry a lot either but she was just more demanding.

This was him yesterday morning right before Andy took him to daycare...just chillin'

His shirt has a whale on it and reads, "I am whaley cute!!"

He sleeps a few hours a day at different times, so his naps are not consistent yet but he always falls asleep around 8 pm. He gets his last bottle at 10 pm but I am considering feeding him every 3 1/2 hours instead of every 4 so I can give him his last bottle at 8 and he can go to sleep then for the night. He wakes up between 5:30 and 6 am. I make him wait til 6 am to eat...mean mommy :) He and his sister are still the best of friends. He is the first person she wants to see when she wakes up in the morning and he smiles whenever he hears her voice.

This was them this morning before school (and clearly before LG's hair had been fixed :)

It just doesn't get any sweeter, cuter, or better than this!!!

Valentine's Day

LG is beyond excited about Valentine's Day today! She screamed, "HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, MAMA!!!" to me this morning. We got her a balloon and some Valentine's MandM's. She also has a V-Day party today at school. She told me to have fun at my Valentine's party too. I didn't have the heart to tell her that we don't have a V-Day party at my school. LOL!!!

She and Carson both have Valentine's shirts for today (thanks to our friend, Alisha). LG must have shown us all her shirt a hundred times between yesterday and today, saying, "Look what I'm wearing tomorrow!!" She also has socks and a jacket with hearts on them so they were deemed by her as appropriate for today. :) Notice that LG has her "shades" on her head and Carson's shirt reads, "Ladies Love Me!" Hahahahaha!!!!

Pauli-Hulk

LG is the "star student" at her school next week. This means she gets to bring 5 of her favorite items and pictures of our family to show to her class. She also got to bring Pauli-Hulk home for the weekend. Pauli-Hulk is the parrot she is "feeding" in the above picture. She gets to draw a picture of what she and Pauli-Hulk do and tell a story about it. Andy and I have to help her write it in a book with those stories of her classmates who were previously star students. She got P-H yesterday and he ate dinner beside her, slept with her, ate breakfast with her and is going to spend the night at her Mimi's with her tonight. I'm sure he will go to church with us tomorrow. As you can see, she is SO excited to have Pauli-Hulk with her!

A little Lou goes a long way...

Bella LouAnn is always right underneath my butt, no matter what I'm doing. LG and I are sitting on the big chair and there she is...just staring at us. When I sleep, she sleeps right against me. When I feed Carson, she brings a toy and drops it on my leg. If Carson is in the way, she jumps on the back of the couch and drops it on my shoulder. She is far more jealous of my time with Carson than LG is. She won't eat until I am in the kitchen fixing my food and if I'm out of town she won't eat until I come home. She waits for me to get out of the shower everyday (like a stalker) so she can lick my legs and feet, especially after I put my lotion on! I never get a break from her! But, if anything ever happened to her, I would be devastated! As much as she gets on my nerves, she is my 4 lb baby girl! When she's sweet, she's really sweet! Love you, Lou!

I never know...

...if LG is really sick!!! She started coughing last week and had a low grade fever. I took her in to the dr. on Saturday morning. She was bouncing around the office like she was feeling great! The dr said she had some sinus drainage but was fine otherwise. He said the fever she had was not even considered fever. OK...and he said to give her some hot apple juice and honey. Huh? Anyway, she was complaining of shooting pains in her left ear so I made an appointment with her ENT (Dr. Jeff Cunningham~the best, CUTEST ENT ever!!!) on Monday. By Monday LG had an ear infection in her right ear (not the ear that was hurting) and fluid behind both ears, which is probably the reason for the pains in her left ear. He put her on an antibiotic and an

antihistamine. We have to go back in 6 weeks for a hearing test and to check to see if she needs a 2nd set of tubes. I sent her to school yesterday because she "seemed" fine and wasn't running a fever. By 11 am they were calling me to come get her because apparently 100.4 is considered fever. Whatever~who decides these rules anyway? They gave me a letter with the date and time on it and said she couldn't come back until she was fever free for 24 hours. DUH!!! This is not my first rodeo. So, we are home again today and she is acting perfectly fine.

I have to keep telling her to sit still because she is supposedly sick. Sick, not sick, fever, not fever, ear infection, clear ears, this mother thing gets more confusing by the day. :)

How long will the sharing last?

When LG gets up in the morning, Carson is already awake. This morning Carson was laying in mine and Andy's bed when she woke up. She spoke to him and then went back to her room and then to his room to gather up some lovies and a blanket. She put her lovey (Foxy), his lovey (Puppy), and a little stuffed monkey beside him and then covered them all up with her favorite, have to have to sleep, Dora Blanket. :) So, in other words, she is sharing her most prized possessions with her little brother...Andy got a picture of it because we know this is too good to last!

A wardrobe change!

I always lay Carson and Lilley Grace's clothes out the night before so Andy can get them dressed in the morning and take them to school/daycare. I leave at 6:30 am so I'm already gone by the time he gets them dressed. I laid out a 3 month outfit for Carson~LOL!~Oops, he is obviously too big for a 3 month outfit! :) Andy called me and said, "I think the outfit you laid out is too small...the buttons are pulling open." I said send me a pic and I'll let you know what I think. Well, I think this outfit is about 2 sizes too small!!

So I left it to Andy to pick out his outfit for today and it is no surprise that this is what he ended up wearing :)Andy explained that "today is game day!!" Sounds good to me! GO TIGERS!!!!!!