Holland - 3 months

My last few weeks of maternity leave flew by, of course.  We tried to get in visits with family and friends and soak up all our time together. We took Evie to get her first haircut! Gigi came to visit, and we went to see Julia's dance recital together.  Evie danced in the aisles to every song, so I've gotten her signed up for dance classes beginning in August. 

I celebrated my first Mother's Day with 3 kids!  Church was the ultimate "mother's" day experience.  Holland pooped, I went to change her and realized she'd blown it out all over church dress and I had no car keys to get her a change of clothes.  I bring her back in church in just a diaper, get keys, get her dressed, and as I'm heading back in to church, I see Daniel with Sullivan and Evie heading for the bathroom.  So we were all present for the Lord's Prayer and the closing hymn.  Love being completely disruptive in church multiple times...These days pass quickly though, so I'm trying to take it all in stride.

Holland started daycare on May 18th.  She was asleep when I dropped her off, so when she woke up in a new place, she was upset. :(  I went to feed her at lunch, since she still wasn't taking bottles, and she seemed happier.  The lunchtime feedings continued for the entire month as the bottle attempts at daycare continued to fail.  Alas, it only took 3 days of daycare for Holland to get her first cold and ear infection. Unfortunately, since she was a week shy of 3 months, her fever on a weekend meant an ER visit for us.  They poked and prodded her and it was terrible.  The worst part was, they said they found nothing wrong- just a virus.  When we went to see our regular pediatrician a few days later, she told us the ER results showed RSV was positive. Didn't give me a lot of faith in the ER here for babies.  Pediatrician said her ears were also infected, so we did our first round of antibiotics.

Last Day of Maternity Leave nap together

baby iv port, cuff, o2 monitor

This month also brought Sullivan's last day of 1st Grade. He had such a good year this year, and has just grown so much.  He's reading books on a 6th grade level (he's on the third Harry Potter book) and just seems really interested to learn.  He's a walking encyclopedia (and general know-it-all), but his teacher really seemed to know how to channel that in a positive way.



Holland weighs about 14 lbs and is wearing size 3-6 month clothes.  She still sleeps like a dream in the cradle in our room. She continues to want to cluster feed for a few hours before bed, but then sleeps for 8 hours, eats, and then sleeps some more!  I have to wake her up to get her dressed and fed in the mornings.  She's really started laughing and cooing and trying to talk to us.   She's discovered her hands and likes to look at them and clasp and move them around.  Still hates her bottles, but loves her big brother! Generally, just incredibly happy.