Pierce is 2 months old!

I can't believe my precious boy is 2 months old! Yesterday marked that day. It was bitter sweet because I was so excited for him but at the same time Isabella was REALLY sick! But I'll elaborate on him first since it was his big day. He is growing so fast! As you can tell in some of his clothes his belly is outgrowing a lot of his onsies. He's in 3-6 month clothes. I can't wait to see how much he weighs. He's the happiest little boy. He smiles all the time. You can just look at him and smile and he starts grinning so big. I just know a chuckle or two is about to come out of that tiny mouth of his. He tries to talk when you talk to him. I love it! He never cries unless he's hungry, tired, or in the car! He's not learned that mommy can't hold him and drive at the same time yet. I can't stand hearing him scream in the car. Breaks my heart! I usually stretch my arm behind me and rub his cheeks or hands until we get to where we're going. That helps to calm him sometimes but really puts a cramp in my arm! He's sleeping in his own room now and has for about a week. He is doing so much better in there than he was in my room. I've heard they can smell you if they're right next to you in your room and they're up a lot more at night. It was driving me crazy being so exhausted all the time so I tried putting him in his room and now he's only up about every 4 hours at night (sometimes 5-6 hours). So I am feeling a lot more rested now. He is too which makes for an even happier baby. I just love his disposition. So gentle and sweet. He's a very relaxed, laid back boy right now. (like his daddy) so we'll see if that sticks later.

Well Isabella had a rough day yesterday. I noticed on Sunday she was laying around the house and felt warm. She had a fever as high as 103 all day and night (for about 30 hours) and would not eat a thing. Literally she had 3 bites in 24 hours. Her cheeks were pink and I knew I had to do something. I took her to see Dr. Johnson at G'ville Pediatrics and they assumed the worst to rule out the worst. They pricked her finger (which she almost threw up from crying so hard) then they got a urine sample, then they tell me her white count is elevated so they had to take her blood! What !? I almost flipped out inside. Take her blood, are you kidding? I had to hold myself together at that point so she wouldn't get even more scared. But that liked to kill me thinking about it. So they took her blood with 3 of us working to hold her and get it done. Whew! It was over (so I thought). I told her "no more honey, they won't do anything else, it's over!" Well, that was not the case to my surprise. The nurse got her info. mixed up from the doc so she had to do it again! What!!! Not again, I just told her they wouldn't touch her anymore. Oh for the love of God, they had to get blood out of the other arm. Oh, then they gave her a shot in the leg that was very thick medicine and burned all afternoon. My goodness, poor thing, I 've never felt more bad for her in my life! We finally make it home and she takes a nap totally exhausted after all that and her fever breaks while she's sleeping. She was sopping wet when she woke up. We had to wash all her bedding and get her clothes changed. She cried, and cried, and cried. Finally about 8:00 we noticed she was starting to look better and she asked for some chicken. So we were thrilled about that! She ate chips and a chicken nugget and put on her Tinkerbell dress and Cinderella shoes and was walking around the house! Wow, that shot worked miraculously fast. She went to bed and is a totally different child this morning. Playing like she hadn't played in weeks! Yay! Thank you Jesus! I still have to take her back tomorrow morning for a recheck of her white count (another finger prick) but I can handle that after yesterday. She has to get her stomach x-rayed this week to see if she's compacted in her bowels so that will be the last thing for her to go through this week. Keep her in your prayers the week is not over yet. But I am so thrilled she's smiling this morning!

I have soooo much to say.....

These days have been filled with so much joy, laughter, fun, millions of diaper changes, many hours of no sleep, the phrase "run, run, to the potty!", and just I love you's this past month. I can't tell you how much I have thought about how blessed I am. When I think about things I want or things I think I need, I am reminded that God has blessed me with more than I can imagine already. A wonderful husband who works very hard to take care of us and a wonderful father who loves playing with Isabella to make sure she gets attention too. My precious Isabella who never fails to make me laugh everyday with that silly laugh of hers and warms my heart when she says "Mommy I want to hold you". And now my latest blessing, Pierce, who loves for me to hold him 24 hours a day and never put him down. I have been sleep deprived for almost 7 weeks now, but I am finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel. He slept last night for 5 solid hours in a row for the first time! Woohoo!! He's getting so big and his little skin is starting to clear up finally. I don't remember Isabella's taking this long to clear from the baby acne. But his seems to be taking a long time. Anyway, he's still beautiful with that said. He's starting to smile and talk a little. He holds his head up really well and just has the biggest eyes you've ever seen. Isabella is becoming quite the little girl. I told Peter about 3 months ago that we'd better hold on to that little baby face she still has because it won't take long before it's gone. Well, it's pretty much gone and changed into a beautiful little girl. She'll be 3 in July and boy how time has flown by. She's got the most sweet spirit about her, yet can be a little defiant at the same time. I'm learning how to discipline her God's way right now. Parents of small children, I would highly recommend the book "Don't make me count to 3!" by Ginger Plowman. I bought this book and it has been life changing for me as I learn how to discipline correctly by God's Word. If you want to know more just face book me. I'll fill you in on the details. Anyway, Isabella is now potty trained after many weeks of hesitation in starting down that road. Her new preschool is very strict on the fact the 3 year olds have to be completely potty trained to start in the fall. Even at nap time it's only panties. I was like "What!" you've got to be kidding me. I thought, ok that gives me 3 months to work on this. Little did I know it would take less than a week! Thank you Jesus! You don't know what a load off my back that is. Anyway, I love her to pieces and can't believe she's as big as she is. Here are some precious pictures of our last month at home. Hope you all enjoy them as much as I do.

This first picture was not for any special reason except that I wanted a picture of the 3 of us.

This was Isabella's potty chart. I cut a picture of her head out and glued it onto a little girl sitting on a potty so she would think it was her. And just did 2 sides, a pee pee and a poo poo. Simple for her to understand. She loved it and was very proud of it. We did eventually get poo poo stickers on it. :)



These two pictures of Pierce are his 1 month old pictures. He's about 10 1/2 pounds and very happy!


These next 2 pictures melt my heart every time I look at them. Isabella is just checking out her little brother. Oh so sweet!


Pierce getting a bath for the first time in this little tub. Didn't much care for it, but I think the water might not have been warm enough. I'm always afraid I get it too hot when I fix them, but he didn't like it.



These next few pictures are of Isabella in her dress up Snow White clothes. The first picture she just stood there. I taught her how to pose so that's what you see in the rest of them. Such a little diva now!



Here she is reading her Bible to her princesses.



I saw an opportunity for the two of them to get cozy so I put Pierce on Isabella's couch and she covered them both with her blanket. They're watching the Tinkerbell movie together. (ok, for only about 10 seconds before he fell over.)



Here's Isabella talking about Pierce watching the movie. I love her sweet little voice and the way she uses her eyebrows when she talks.