Alaskan Magees: Catching up

I'm TRYING to stay up to date on here...but I find myself putting a video and a few pics from 3-4 weeks ago...bear with me.

In addition to BOXES of clothes, my friend Christina generously gave us this cadillac of a swing. It swings forward/backward or side to side. It's got a mobile with or without lights and with or without music. And here's a brilliant idea - IT PLUGS IN!!! I guess we won't have to buy stock in the energizer bunny afterall.

...and 30 seconds later...

Logan's second birthday party (with the adults this time) - on his actual birthday. Doesn't he look big?Trying not to smile; I had told him he'd get an extra spanking for each candle he didn't blow out on the first try. The pressure was on!Carter playing with the playmobil toys; he took the deer antlers off and put on a piece from the policeman set. He said the lodge needed a satellite dish!

Sadie just had her 2-month check up. Nothing much to report. Her awful baby acne has pretty much cleared up so she no longer looks like she has the measles. Cradle cap has emerged, but so far, it hasn't been as bad as the boys' was.

We have now entered the stage where I should just invest in about 20 white onesies. She spits up so much and so often, she's constantly got a bib on. No cute shirts visible here. I even used an old flannel sheet to make a bunch more burp rags (much LARGER than the original ones I made).

She was almost 10 pounds on Monday, which Dr. Russell said is a little on the lighter side, but still within the norm. He had heard a heart murmur in December, but couldn't hear it this past Monday (which is a good thing). He said he's just going to keep listening for it; Sadie hasn't shown any ill effects of it, such as poor eating or gasping for air. I'm trying to adjust a few things with her eating to see if she can keep down more of what she eats. Thus far, sitting her up for 30 minutes after eating hasn't helped all that much.

Other than growing, not much new with her. She's very "expressive" when she talks...or yells, for that matter. Funny how that body language component seems so prevalent in her, compared to the boys. She's also a bed hog. I tend to bring her into bed with us when she wakes up around 2:00 - 3:00. By the time Ryan's alarm goes off at 5:00, she's in the middle of the bed and Ryan's practically falling off the other side. She's such a warm baby, I tend to feed her and then move away from her a little...but she manages to keep inch-worming her way to me, even though she's swaddled. It's actually kind of comical to watch. Imagine when she's truly mobile!

Sadie visiting with Daddy on Christmas day. Kind of a smile caught. Usually a look of confusion appears as soon as I put the camera in front of my face.