Well it seems that I can only find the time to update the blog about once every 2 weeks. There's just no time when you have an infant! Last week was certainly a fun week for us! On Monday, February 8th, Papa turned 91!! We made a week long celebration out of it. On Monday we all met at Olive Garden (his fav) for dinner. On a side note, Nicholas was an angel at dinner and amazed us with his coloring skills. He sat there the whole time and concentrated on coloring. Not only that but he was coloring inside the lines and has been continuing this all week. On Wednesday night, Aunt Carol and Uncle Cliff arrived. They came over on Thursday and visited and then Thursday night I met the family with both boys (Graham had a work dinner) at the club. Once again we had a wonderful visit with everyone. On Friday, Kristin and Ryan flew in, just before all of the snow arrived! Kristin stayed with us Friday night and we had fun in the snow that evening. The next morning, Nick and Graham went out again to throw snowballs and play around while Kristin, Nolan, and myself enjoyed the warm house. That night was party night at Mom and Dad's house. It was a wonderful party with a lot of Papa's friends. Aunt Sue, Uncle Dick, Matt and Grandma even made the drive up for it. It was so nice to honor Papa and his amazing 91 years with a chance for everyone to be together. Mom and Carol did a wonderful job on the party too!
Sunday was Valentine's Day! After church and Sunday School, we dropped the boys off with all the family and Graham and I snuck out for a movie--Holly and Matt joined us! It was so nice to get out amongst adults with no kids for a couple of hours. We stopped off at Barnes & Noble and found Graham's book for sale too!
Monday was an adventure in shopping as I joined the girls at Perimeter mall with both boys in tow so that I could get the last of the things that I need for Kristin's wedding in 2 weeks. It sure is a challenge and quite exhausting spending the day at the mall with both of the boys. Thankfully I had my entourage to help me keep it all together.
Unfortunately, this week both Nicholas and Graham have come down with a bad cold. Graham seems to be doing better each day which is good because he has his Book Signing tomorrow. I'm praying that time is protected and he's able to make it.
Yesterday, Nolan had his 2 month check up. I can't believe it's been 2 months already. He's doing well although he is still a little guy. Weighing in at 11 pounds 1 ounce, he's in the 38th percentile. He's 22 inches (16th percentile) and his head is 15 inches (12th percentile!). He's still not showing much progress in the sleeping through the night area. I asked Dr. Bergman if he's too small or young to be going all night without eating and he said no, that it would just take some convincing from me and some crying from him to get there. I tried last night and he cried for 45 minutes and I caved and went in and fed him (twice--at 2 and 5). Both times he had gotten out of the swaddle and needed diaper changes. I'm struggling to know when to feed him and when to let him cry. It was just so much easier when Nicholas just did it on his own.
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