We've survived a month!

Today Todd is one month old! Brian and I were talking this weekend about how much faster Todd's first month has gone by in comparison to Hayley's first month. Hayley did nothing but scream at us for her first month of life so having a slightly more laid back baby has been a treat. I say slightly more laid back because we've discovered that like Hayley, Todd certainly has his hot buttons. His major issue is car rides. I'm not quite sure how I ended up with two babies that absolutely hate car rides, but it makes getting out and about miserable. Even Hayley (the Queen of Scream) is disturbed by Todd's distaste for the car. Last week we were headed to Nana and Papa's house when we saw Papa out at the mailbox. I rolled the window down so Papa could hear how healthy his grandson's lungs are and Hayley yelled, "Papa, help! Help!" Yeah, no kidding?!!

Todd is also having "sleep" issues. He sleeps just fine as long as he is in his swing, on his stomach, or cuddled up next to me. Yes, he's a cuddler, which I love. Because in order to get any cuddles out of his sister I first have to catch her and then I have to hog tie her and quite frankly with the small amount of sleep I get each night I just don't have the energy to do that. So I enjoy that Todd is maybe a little bit of a Mommy's boy, but it is making that (much) sought after sleep even more elusive. We're working on sleep this week though and I've officially decided that having a baby that will accept a pacifier isn't really all it's cracked up to be. At this point I think pacifiers are just a cruel trick on a poor, sleep deprived parent who thinks that they're going to get to sleep when really they'll get to lay their head on the pillow only to be awakened five minutes later by a scream because that "wonderful" pacifier has gone by the wayside. I think we're going to be done with the pacifier.

Todd has filled out a lot since the day he was born and I'm anxious to see how much weight he's gained at his one month Dr. appointment on Wednesday. He seems to be getting bigger much faster than Hayley did. We are enjoying playing with his hair. Each night after his bath we give him a new "do."

We took Hayley over to the community pool on Sunday. It's heated, but not very much. She would only go in up to her knees before running back the the "shore" saying "Brrrrrr, cold!" She has continued to go to swim lessons everyday and the Today Show will actually be featuring a segment on the ISR lessons she is going to on Wednesday morning. I'm hoping they'll put the segment on UTube and if so I'll post the link here on the blog.



Getting ready to throw a "hail Mary" pass!