Happy Halloween

Mitchell and Shelby want to say Happy Halloween!
My little pumpkin!

C-O-L-I-C

Hello everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts, we have had our hands full the past few weeks! Well what we thought started out as just acid reflux has turned into colic too. I had always heard of colic horror stories but you just don't understand it until you go through it yourself. My sister-in-law says she feels like some things happen to make you grateful and let me tell you, this has really made us grateful of how easy of a baby Mitchell was. We just didn't know how easy we had it. I'm also thinking once she overcomes this colic that we'll be grateful for every quiet, non-crying minute that we have with her and I know she'll be a happy baby! :)

This past Friday was a really rough day and the only thing that kept me sane was Mitchell. Whenever she cries really hard she starts sounding like a lamb, so on Friday I think i heard him say at least 5 times, "There goes that crazy little lamb again." Thankfully he was very good for me that day and helped me to laugh a little too! Besides her "crying" time in the evening she's really becoming very alert and very curious. I know this may seem like forever at the moment but it will soon be over and long gone. As John says, "we are just weathering the storm" Speaking of John, he's a great dad and husband! Monday night i had a really bad headache and it was during her crying time, so i went to Mitchell's room to sleep(he was camping with mom) for what i thought would just be for 4 hours, but he stayed up with her until midnight and let me sleep until it was time for him to go to work! Thanks hun! So last night i returned the favor and he got a good 8 hours sleep! I'm also very thankful for my mom and grandmother who have really helped us during this time. Mitchell has been spending a lot of time with Grandma and Papaw and grandmother keeps Shelby for me while i work.

We have switched her over to soy formula, because we were thinking the dairy that i was eating may have been hurting her belly too. She does seem to be less fussy during the day since we have switched! So we just keep looking at the calendar for that magic 4 months mark when everyone says it seems to go away! Until then we are cherishing every happy moment we have with her! :)

One month old

He loves his sister. Saturday night we went to John's 10 yr. reunion. Mitchell went to Pops and Shelby went to Grandmas. When we went to pick Shelby up the first thing Mitchell asked Grandma was, "Did you take good care of my sister?"

Brother kisses

One month old

I know people say it all the time, but time flies! Shelby is one month old today and her looks are changing daily! She's really starting to loose her hair on top. I'm afraid she's going to look like an old man pretty soon since its falling out so fast on top and not on the sides or back! It's pretty clear that she's going to have dark eyes, not sure what color, but i don't think they will be blue like Mitchell's.
Around 3 weeks of age Shelby became really fussy, starting spitting up, and was uncomfortable after just about every feeding, so last Saturday we went to the doctor. I had been looking online and it seemed she had most of the symptoms of reflux, so after telling the doctor all of her symptoms she prescribed Zantac. She said it could take up to a week for it to start working. About 4 days after she started it, she was feeling lots better. Before the medicine right after her bottles she would be fussy-sometimes on and off for about 3 hours, but since the medicine has started working she's a completely different baby. Mommy and Daddy are very thankful that this only last for about a week!
Her sleeping patterns are still about the same, but she's staying awake a little longer now. Last night she was awake for over 3 hours at moms. She has lots of entertainment from the rowdy boys! We are still sleeping on the couch though. Getting her in the crib for longer than an hour at a time will be our next goal!
Here are a few pictures that mom took last night. She's really putting weight on now! We took a few more today, so I'll get those posted once mom sends them to me!