big update

It's hard to find computer time these days, hence the lack of blogging the past couple months. I'll try to keep this thing more up-to-date. I'm thinking about trying a photo blog type thing. If I do I'll add the link to my sidebar. :)

Blake is such a good baby. He got super fussy there for a while, and his pediatrician prescribed Zantac for him. That helped him a LOT, and after 2 weeks of that we decided to see how he does without it. He hasn't had it for a couple weeks now and has been fine. Seems like it was a temporary problem. He's not much of a napper... he cat-naps all day. But I don't' worry about it since he sleeps pretty well at night. He's such a talker, and he's so happy! It's really easy to get smiles and coos from him. His ability to talk reaffirms Haley's speech problems - she never cooed like he does. Another thing about Blake... he HATES riding in the car. That makes it pretty hard to go out anywhere. Haley hated the car for a while too, but she got better. I know he will too.

Haley's been seeing a speech therapist through the early intervention program, but we also got with another speech therapist who sort of specializes in apraxia. Haley's too young for an "official" diagnosis, but everyone seems to agree that it definitely looks like that's what she has. We've been working on different things, and she's made a LOT of progress! She can say 'dada', 'buh buh buh', and 'eesh' to try different words. She's doing so great and trying so hard. We're so very proud of her.

So how is it having 2 little ones? I won't lie - it's not easy. Housework and showers are luxuries that don't always happen every day. (Did I just admit that publicly? Ugh...) I spend my days changing diapers, feeding them, cleaning after them, helping Haley with mouth exercises, helping Blake learn to roll over, getting Blake to sleep, playing with either/both of them, watching Dora, dealing with tantrums, playing outside when it's not too brutal, etc etc etc... Does that sound fun? It doesn't to me just reading it. But overall I REALLY love staying home with them. Yes it's hard, yes there are things I'd like to do that I can't right now (start a photography business, take a random spur-of-the-moment trip, have a relaxing meal out, type with 2 hands, etc...). But I wouldn't trade my situation for anything. It's so fulfilling taking care of them. Before we know it they'll be in school and I'll miss the days of trying to appease 2 crying babies at once.

How about a "few" pictures? :)