Well, another few weeks have past, and things are continually changing. These kids seem to do something new every day. It's amazing to watch them learn and grow! Mason is doing significantly better with his acid reflux. It hasn't gone away by any means, but his medication has limited the frequency and duration of his episodes dramatically.
As you can see, he has moments when he's a pretty happy little camper! He's our little Mr. Intensity... When he's happy, he's all smiles and cooing. When he's upset, he's a little tornado! Watch out! He's developed a special bond with his mommy, and sometimes she's the only one
Who can calm him.
Of course, then we have our little sweet Maddy girl! She's the easy baby! Well, most of the time!
However, when she screams, put some ear plugs in! This little girl can yell!
She has the cutest cry too! It's hard not to laugh a little at how dramatic she can make her cry sound!
Daddy stuck his tongue out at her last week and she thought that was so funny! What cracked us up was when she started doing it too!!! Now she'll instigate the game. We'll be changing her diaper at 2 am after a feeding and she'll stick her tongue out at you and then get this huge smile on her face! It maybe the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life.
Life with them is getting a little more manageable. They're sleeping at night a little more. We'll get 5 hour stretches of sleep pretty consistently, which is like gold to us. We've also figured out some of they're likes and dislikes, which makes life a little easier. Example; Maddy loves her swing while Mason prefers the bouncy chair.
Still, it's difficult raising two! As you can see in the picture below, sometimes you just need more hands!!! I love Mason's face in this picture, he looks like he's saying "What is going on????"
Having two, it's a rare occasion to not have a baby on you. We've been forced to learn how to do everyday tasks with one arm. Amanda hasn't mastered eating spaghetti one handed yet!Luckily, mason was out cold and never knew what hit'em.
Well, that's it for now. Thanks for checking in with us.
Enjoy your day and God Bless,
The Needham Family
1 comment:
Amanda & Chris,
Here it is the end of April and your surviving the toughest days. Love being able to check in and have pictures of the kids smiling and hearing the progress of their lives. Mason and Maddy look great! Love the new clothes and sphegette shot......
Glad to hear things are going better with Mason's tummy. I have talked with so many of my "New Moms Group" at work and a lot of them have some rather sobbering stories of the same situation happening to them. Threre's even a young lady who has twins too. She doesn't have a husband to rely on...but her Mother is near by all the time. Sounds like Marsha/Mom is nearby also. What a deal for Grandma's!
We know next week will be hard for you Amanda, it's so hard to beleive you have to go back to work alreday. We will be thinking of you both and hoping everyone gets into the new schedule without a hitch. Hang in there, it will get better and better.
We'll try to get back to Portland in the next month or so. See you then.
Big hugs and kisses. Kathy and Fred
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