the boys are growing very well, and doing great overall! Mason still deals with his Reflux issues and is a bit fussy because of that sometimes, and now we have found out lately that Noah has a bit of reflux issues as well. He started spitting up a lot like his brother, and then getting really fussy (unusual for him) and looking like he was in pain a lot. I was nervous that he was developing Colic (oh no!), but he seems to have just had some bad issues with gas lately, and then the spitting up more is hurting his little esophagus. It is definitely not fun for any of us--but the doctor says that they should outgrow this by 3-4 months--so we are almost there!!
Mason now weighs (as of Friday the 17th) 10.8 lbs, and Noah weighs 10 lbs!! Noah is sure catching up quickly! They got their 1st round of shots at the doctor on Friday, and they did pretty well with the actual shots (I think it is harder for the parents to watch!); but then little Noah started acting a bit weird, and went really Pale, and so we had the doc look at him before we left, and turns out we had to hook him up to the little O2 machine to see what was going on! He was just acting dead to the world-- it was really scary. But we got him to wake up a bit, and he got a bit better, and then managed to get him to eat a little, and he got even better. They tested his iron levels though, and he is a bit on the low side, so we have to give him Iron supplements for 2 weeks. Poor dude. Traumatic day!
We are trying to get some good sleeping habits formed now as well, and I think that we are making good head way! We had a really good night last night--and hopefully it will continue. The doctor told us that they "should" be having 5-6 hour sleep intervals at night now....and they are not! They still wake up at 3 hours on the dot and want to eat! she told us that they (mostly Mason.....our big baby!;) needs to learn how to self soothe himself to sleep, and that will help with the length of sleep, and the reflux. Here's hoping!!
As for Anthony--he is doing great with dealing with small intervals of sleep at night--and then going to work all day! He is a great daddy, and the boys really love to look at him!
At home he has stayed busy besides the boys----as we crazily decided to re-do our Office! Upon doing this, we discovered that the previous person that did all the framing, electrical, etc in the basement did a complete botched up job of it0--so we had to tear everything down to the foundation and are starting from scratch! We both had a little too much coffee that day we decided this was a good idea right now....
I have actually been lucky enough to meet up with a new photographer friend in the last 2 weeks, and able to get out and do a family photo shoot, and an engagement shoot! She has also been kind enough to invite me to be a 2nd shooter/assistant on all of her 17 weddings this year!! I am also still an associate photographer for Grant Oakes, and have a few others that are mentoring me/letting me shoot with them! Anthony has designed my website, and so in the near future I will have that up and running, and then my hard work leading up to really getting myself out there will actually be happening soon! I am super excited!! I will send yo all the link to my website once it is done! In the meantime-- if you need family pics, portraits of any kind, know someone getting married, etc.......pass them my name and let me know, and I would love to shoot! (This is of course all possible only with the support of Anthony--he is amazing! Also--our parents for babysitting so I can go!!! Thank you!)
Here are some cute pictures from the last few weeks! There are so many to choose from because they are just so darn cute, it is really hard! ;) (I am biased...I know!)
Happy Holidays to you all!! Stay Safe and Warm!
