The First Three Months

The first 3 months after Blakely was born were a whirlwind.  We all just got used to having another child in our lives.  Sure, there were difficult times that you have to prioritize…when I’m feeding Blakely and Pax has a dirty diaper and Alan’s at work, what do you do? Or how about the time Alan was out of the country, Pax had a stomach bug and was getting sick all over the carpet and Blakely was crying for hours on end…what do you do?  The answer to that one was call my mom, who so willingly drove all the way down to my house to help! 
Blakely had colic up until she was about 10 ½ weeks old.  It was not fun.  She would cry and cry, nothing would help her.  We’d feed her, burp her, rock her, swaddle her, play white noise for her, change her formula from one kind to the next, from a powder to ready feed, give her Zantac, change her meds to Prevacid, give her Chamomile tea, etc.  Nothing at all worked except for just letting time pass us by.  I’m already beginning to forget how difficult it was, thank goodness.  Zinet helped us out a lot.  She watched Paxton a couple days a week, which was nice because I knew he was getting more attention than what I could give him at home with a colicky baby.

Other things took some getting used to.  Like taking both kids somewhere by myself.  That was always a gamble.  Sometimes I would take the single stroller and pray that Paxton would walk next to me…that turned into a disaster one time when we went to the mall where he ran off and was hiding behind clothes racks before I had to literally chase him down, pick his limp body up (you know how kids will make their legs go limp to make it nearly impossible to pick them up), and carry him out under one arm while I pushed Blakely with the other.  I bet that looked awesome to any onlookers.  Another change we came across is our tradition of going to Whole Foods each Sunday night as a family.  Well, now with two kids, one of us has to push one cart with the kids while the other pushes a second cart for the food.  I’m sure we look funny, but that’s our thing we do every weekend.

Other than the colic, Blakely has settled in well.  She never lost any weight, which usually happens with newborns.  She never misses a meal.  She’s such a cute, chunky baby with some extra rolls in her thighs.  She loves loves loves to be held and if you’re not holding her, do not lay her down, she hates laying down.  Pretty much from day one, she will literally pull her head up as if she is trying to sit up…talk about a strong baby.  You’ll see her in her carseat with her head moving forward as if she’s trying to sit up, it’s so funny!  I’ll sit her up on the couch and she will just sit there so happy.  Of course we think she is absolutely beautiful.  She has olive skin tone (lucky girl!), dark brown hair, and dark blue eyes.  People say she looks like Alan from her eyes up and me from her nose down…we totally see it that way too.  She loves to cuddle and enjoys having a pacifier, specifically the WubbaNub.  At first, she wasn’t too fond of pacis and would spit them out, but luckily she took a liking to them, which is great…for us!  Her brother Paxton is in love with her.  He makes sure to kiss and hug her every night before he goes to bed.  He'll tell her he loves her.  He likes holding her on his lap and even tries to feed her.  He says that she’s cute.  And the way he talks to her in his baby voice is enough to melt your heart.  God has blessed us with two amazing children!