A life of blessings...: January 2012

We have had a month of ups and downs. After family leaves, it is always sad. Then, about a week after everyone left Laura went through about two weeks of fussiness. Where she would just cry and cry and there was nothing we could do to calm her. One of our friends who had a very colicy baby gave me a book that our peditritian reccomended to her called The Happiest Baby on the Block. It was great! We were able to learn some tricks that helped to sooth her. By week 7, we had turned a corner and she is now a dream baby. :) She continues to be a fantastic sleeper, and this past week, she started to go down at a regular time - between 7:30 and 8:30 most nights, and waking up for good about 12 hours from when she goes down. When she wakes at night, she just eats and goes right back to sleep! She is a very smilely baby compared to her older sister, so we have all been enjoying her sweet smiles. She also started to make some cooing and gooing sounds, too. The bad thing about having an older sister that attends school is that she is exposed to more germs. She is now on her second cold. Poor little thing. Just a cough and a runny nose. No fever, so we are thankful. On Monday, we take her for her two month appointment and she will get her first shots. :( Hopefully all will go well with those. I am anxious to see how much she has grown. I am guessing she is about 10.5 lbs by now. It's amazing how fast they grow. It has taken some adjustment getting used to two children. It's like when you have your first you can't hardly remember what your life was like before and what you did with all your time. We feel like that now. What did we do with just one? It was so easy! But we are enjoying our new little blessing and are curious to see what she will be like as she grows.
We are looking forward to a trip to Texas in early February. The girls are coming and we will get to see both sets of great grandparents and aunt Nee Nee, too in addition to Papa and JeJe. :) I will have mom's help coming, as she will be in town for Aunt Elaine (LaLa's) birthday party, but I'll need lots of prayers on the return flight when it's just me! I will have to change planes in Houston. No direct flights to Texico this time of year.
We met with our sitter Ms. Edie this week. She also took care of Natalie when she was a baby. We are so thankful she is able to take care of Laura, too! After this summer, she will have all girls. Her two boys will be moving on to another day care, as she will not keep anyone past age 2. I will be returning to work on February 21st. I did not want to return on my birthday, so I postponed it another day. I can't believe I'm 30 this year. Doesn't seem possible. I am ready to go back to work, but at the same time, I am not. Sure wish I could work like 4-6 hours a day and get paid the same. Nick said me and everyone else in america. Oh well, I will enjoy all the times I am with the girls and cherish them.
Wishing everyone a great 2012.