Nohea is one month old (on saturday!)

So my newest little baby turns one month old this Saturday. It is hard to believe the time has flown by so fast. Soon I'll be returning to work. This past month has gone really well, despite having to recover from a unplanned csection. Nohea is a really good baby and dare I say, is even more well behaved than her sister. I'm sure it helps that we seem to know a little more about taking care of a baby than when Ellorah came home. We have a system down and it seems to be working. She is really good at night, once we GET her to sleep. But the last couple days she has done a lot better. Usually I'll hit the hay early and Norm stays up with her and rocks her and gets her to sleep, then he'll bring her in to me and we'll all sleep, then throughout the night when she wakes up I take care of her, since I'm the only one who can provide food at this point! It is working well. We went to her 1 month checkup yesterday and the pediatrician told us usually they start sleeping through the night between 7 and 12 weeks...I'm hoping Nohea will be a 7 weeker!! We'll see. She is growing well, is up to 8 lbs. 6.5 ounces and is 21 inches long! That's 2 inches of growth in the past month. Maybe she will be my tall baby, since Ellorah seems to be going to be the petite one. Maybe they'll be like me and my sister, since she is tall and I am short. Time will tell! Don't know if she will have red hair yet, looks like it has some red to it, but so did Ellorah's and now she is a blondie. We are gearing up for our first Halloween with two children! It will be a challenge trying to get everything pulled together. I don't think I'll be making my traditional fried won tons this year...hot frying oil and new baby just doesn't mix well, don't you think? So, I'll have to come up with something else.

I've been trying to get some good pics of the girls lately, but they just haven't been coming out quite how I want them. Did manage to get a few good ones the last couple days...so here is a link. In them, Ellorah is having peanut butter and apples and edamame if you were wondering!! Enjoy!

Girls - October 2008

Happy Birthday Mistie...

Happy Birthday Mistie, I just wanted to let you know how much you mean to me and to the girls. You are a super Mom, Wife, and Friend and I am so thankful that you let me take you out to get that Orange drink from McDonalds so long ago.

with all my love,
xxoooxxooo

Norm



I created a small slideshow to celebrate my Babies' Mama and hope all will enjoy it. The show does have some music with it from Eleven Hundred Springs, so turn up the speakers, pop open a cold one, put your feet up and enjoy!