our lil' maya is a "big girl" said in strange deep voice that finn is loving right now. at the doctor's office today they said she weighed 10lbs! i took her to in to make sure she was doing alright, she feels really warm to me -almost constantly. luckily, anytime i've taken her temp she's normal. but she's really stuffy at night. poor little nose. the doctor said everything looked great. no infections, no labored breathing, etc. just a little head cold. her humidifier arrived today, luckily! so, with that magic weapon & the dreadful squeggie-in & salinin' it combo she should be good to go in no time.
she also has a bit of a heat rash, at least i wanted to make sure that's what it was. we were in flagstaff last weekend- wanted to remember what low 90's felt like instead of 100 +!!! & i wore her in my ergo the whole day- which was maybe too warm for her. but, it's almost gone.
other than those details, everything is going really well. finn requests i hold him & "daddy hold maya" more & more, but he's still very sweet to her. last night we were driving home from our friend keith & joanne's house, fairly late & maya was oddly upset. (usually she loves being in the car) he started singing twinkle twinkle & then the abc's to her & she fell asleep. it worked!! she was lulled to bed by her big brother for the first time! bryan also happened to give her a passy somewhere during those songs, but, i think finn's sweet voice was more to blame!
here are a few pics from when nana was here.
saying good morning maya!
this was just too funny...
he's getting so big & cuter -if that's possible.
maya sucked her thumb several times that first week n half or so. i haven't seen her do it since, although while aunt rae rae (stephi) was here she did give herself an arm hicky.
he loves looking at her.
:)
our sweet girl.
our lil grumpy girl.
several movies were watched while nana was here. finn was in heaven.
we especially liked the princess & the frog. might be my favorite disney movie.
so, steph just left this past saturday. sunday was hard without her; finn was a grump & bryan & i didn't have much patience. luckily, our friends birthday dinner made us all feel better!
today went really well. it was only my fourth full day alone with both kids. & it was the first time that maya napped while i put finn down. she's normally content to sit in her swing or lay in a bed alone, but, she seems to know when i'm putting finn down & is grumpy if i'm not holding her. so nap time has been complicated. but today went smoothly! kindof exciting.
i have my first portrait session this friday, so maya will have her first non-family member babysitter :)
okay, time to feed maya & then watch me some gilmore girls. i'm kindof obsessed.
smelling the flowers, that boy of ours.
then our friends rob & tina came by. rob brought cigars...
kyan, their adorable lil chunker, really wanted to get close to maya. rob would keep him back just far enough he couldn't touch her & he'd start crying. i think he has a crush on her.
hannah givin finn some lovin.
playing trains. i bet this boy spends at least 5 hours a day playing with his trains. we had a few more visitors but i didn't take pictures of them. i started to get tired & decided to just relax & visit while sitting on the couch.
my mom was non-stop with helping us with laundry & cleaning.
finn's been doing this suck in his cheeks thing lately.
maya & i looking at her birth photos. it must have bored her because she fell asleep.
my lil sweet pea.
daddy saying goodbye as he goes back to work for the first time since she was born.
before we have our next kid, IF we have a next kid, i hope we live in some european country that lets both parents have a 6 month maternity leave... that would be awesome. the 3 days he took were not enough.
