Guess who forgot to get up at 3:30??

The girls!! They both slept from 11:30 til 6:00!!! And so did we! :) They didn't sleep alot yesterday, so I guess they were both pretty tired.

Phil's uncle died a couple of days ago, so he's gone to Gallatin for the funeral today. Hopefully, the girls will be good! Speaking of which, it sounds like Callie just woke up. :)

2 Month Update

Callie and Emma are growing big and strong!

Callie now weighs 10 lbs 10 oz!! Yikes! She's almost 23" long. She is no longer on the preemie chart and at 50% on the regular charts! She's my big girl!

Petite little Emma is a whopping 7 lbs 10 oz and 19 1/2" long. She is only around 15-20% on the preemie charts and doesn't even register on the regular charts yet. However, we're so close to that magical 10 lb mark when surgeries can be scheduled. I dread the surgeries so much, but I know the outcome will be so good.

We went to my in-laws this weekend. They took the girls at night and let us sleep! We were getting pretty spoiled. It was back to reality last night. The girls really didn't do too badly! Emma actually slept from 11:30 - 4:00 without so much as a sound. It was Callie that woke up early! We just brought her to bed with us for an hour or so. Both of them went back to their crib after the feeding and slept until 7:00 - we had to get up before then anyway to get ready for the doctor.

Josh had a big time this weekend. We took him to the park (while grandparents kept the girls). We had a picnic, fed the ducks and rented a paddle boat. He wasn't too fond of the boat after 30 minutes. I think the life jacket was really bugging him. Plus, he was ready for a nap! :)

I started work again today. So far, I have done absolutely nothing but read email. I am lucky enough to work at home until school is out. After that, my mom will come up 3 days a week to keep the girls. Phil's parents said they'd come up 1 day a week, too (most weeks). I plan to work 4 days a week - possibly working a half day on Friday's at home. That way, I can keep them 1 full day myself. I hate that I have to go back to work, but the insurance is way too important right now (I carry it on the whole family). They've been so good to work with getting good doctor's for Emma, that I don't dare quit work now!

Plastic Surgeon

We saw the plastic surgeon today. I think we've picked a good one (not that we had much of a choice). He really seems to know his stuff.

However, it's going to be a long hard road for little Emma. She will probably have anywhere from 3-6 surgeries by the time she's 5 years old. I can't believe how long of a process this is!

Her first surgery will be roughly when she's 4-5 months old (or 10 lbs). She's right around 6 lbs now, so we have a ways to go. This surgery will be to fix her lip (or start to fix it). They will also implant a device that will stretch her mouth (sounds painful to me). This means we have to go see a pediatric dentist to make the device. Luckily, the dentist that we need to go to is the same one I was getting ready to take Josh to. I guess I need to make an appointment for both kids now! This guy is on the "cleft team" that will be seeing Emma over the years. I just hope and pray medical insurance will pay for any of his work. I have my doubts. Our dental insurance really stinks, so there may be alot of out of pocket costs there.

We also think Emma may have reflux. I'm going to make her an appointment tomorrow to have that checked. Basically, if she's awake and doesn't have something in her mouth, she's crying. The surgeon doesn't really think she's in pain from the cleft...he suggested reflux (or just plain colicky). He's the 2nd person that's actually suggested reflux. That wasn't the first thing that came to mind because she doesn't spit up all that much.

I did buy her an incline pad today, so maybe that will help her sleep a little better...maybe if she's propped up a little, it will relieve some of her pain. I do keep her on a pillow during hte day (propped up on the arm of the couch) and that does seem to help.

Saturday

I can tell I'm not going to be very good at keeping up with this. :)

We slept until 9:00 this morning. It was nice to sleep in. The girls ate at 11:30 last night and then didn't eat again until 7:00! They did wake up during the night, so they came to bed with us. They seem to sleep better that way. I'm not overly thrilled with that at all. Emma's the worst - she has a hard time sleeping in the crib. She just plain has trouble sleeping, I think. I don't know if she's in pain or what (with her mouth).

We have an appointment with the plastic surgeon on Monday. We have a ton of questions for him! It will be nice to see what our game plan is going to be. Maybe we'll find out how many surgeries Emma's going to need.

I have a baby shower tomorrow. The church is giving us one - we were going to do it before the girls were born, but that didn't happen! :) This way, everyone knows more of what we need/want (formula and diapers) and the girls will get to go to their own party.

We're having some trouble with Josh listening/obeying us lately. I know this has been a big change, but he's going to have to learn to control his little temper! When he gets mad, he hits and pinches us...NOT acceptable! We're taking away privileges (t.v., bubbles in the bathtub, etc.). We do give him spankings for his worst offenses, but we let him know in advance that he's going to get one, too.

That works for a little bit, but then he's right back at it. I just don't know what to do! I know he's at "that age", too...but geez!!