I don't know how I got the best 2 year old in the entire world, but I did! Adam has been so wonderful the past 2 weeks with all the changes in our family. He has LOVED having his Grandma's here to play with him! He is such a good helper and loves his baby sister -almost too much sometimes. We hear a lot of "ee-ar" (sweetheart), "baby Tess so illy" (silly), and most often it's "baby tess so ute!" (cute). It has been fun watching him become a big brother. I can't believe how big he is now that there is an actual baby around. I also marvel at how much he is like his Uncle Kevin. Some of his favorites include Peter Pan, Pagemaster (I know, go figure!), he started making animal shapes out of his half eaten crackers, and today he discovered and loved Lego's! Yikes!!!
We have wonderful parents that have helped us out so much the last 2 weeks while I have been recovering. My mom was here for a week and a half. It was so nice to have her around!! Dad and Katy drove up last Wednesday to pick her up and spend the day with us. Then my awesome mother-in-law came for a few days and was Adam's little shopping buddy. They had already left the house for the morning by the time I woke up most days. It was such a help having her here.
As for our little Tessa...she is doing pretty well. We both had our 2 week check -up yesterday. I am healing well and the dr said I could go back to normal activities as long as I was still taking it easy when I feel I need to. I am glad to be able to drive again. That was annoying, but Eric was great about getting me out of the house. I am feeling good though..considering I am getting about 4 hours of sleep a night. I just remind myself that it won't last forever. Somehow that makes me feel better in the morning.
As for Tessa, everything is looking good except her weight. Instead of gaining, she is losing. We have gone from 6 lbs 6 oz when she was born to 5 lbs 14 oz 4 days later and now 12 days after that she is at 5 lbs 10 oz. The dr is concerned as am I because she eats really well and is having good wet diapers. I am taking her back Thurs afternoon to check her weight again and if she hasn't gained anything then we will have to figure something else out. I will have to pump or give her formula and measure exactly what she is eating so we can see what her intake is. I wasn't really stressed at the dr's yesterday, but last night I was really worried and feeling like a horrible mother. Today is better though...I am working hard to make sure she is eating well and we will just see what happens on Thursday. My mom says her block of cheese weighs more than Tessa does. I have no idea how I ended up with such scrawny babies considering the genes that run in my family.
Tessa's favorite place to be is snuggled up on my chest and I have to say I love having her there!
Her 2 weeks old pictures. She swims in some of her newborn clothes.
We have wonderful parents that have helped us out so much the last 2 weeks while I have been recovering. My mom was here for a week and a half. It was so nice to have her around!! Dad and Katy drove up last Wednesday to pick her up and spend the day with us. Then my awesome mother-in-law came for a few days and was Adam's little shopping buddy. They had already left the house for the morning by the time I woke up most days. It was such a help having her here. 
As for our little Tessa...she is doing pretty well. We both had our 2 week check -up yesterday. I am healing well and the dr said I could go back to normal activities as long as I was still taking it easy when I feel I need to. I am glad to be able to drive again. That was annoying, but Eric was great about getting me out of the house. I am feeling good though..considering I am getting about 4 hours of sleep a night. I just remind myself that it won't last forever. Somehow that makes me feel better in the morning.As for Tessa, everything is looking good except her weight. Instead of gaining, she is losing. We have gone from 6 lbs 6 oz when she was born to 5 lbs 14 oz 4 days later and now 12 days after that she is at 5 lbs 10 oz. The dr is concerned as am I because she eats really well and is having good wet diapers. I am taking her back Thurs afternoon to check her weight again and if she hasn't gained anything then we will have to figure something else out. I will have to pump or give her formula and measure exactly what she is eating so we can see what her intake is. I wasn't really stressed at the dr's yesterday, but last night I was really worried and feeling like a horrible mother. Today is better though...I am working hard to make sure she is eating well and we will just see what happens on Thursday. My mom says her block of cheese weighs more than Tessa does. I have no idea how I ended up with such scrawny babies considering the genes that run in my family.
Tessa's favorite place to be is snuggled up on my chest and I have to say I love having her there!
Her 2 weeks old pictures. She swims in some of her newborn clothes.
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She is so adorable. We chuckle at your comments. We are very proud that Adam is wearing the shirts we gave him in the pictures. I knew there was a reason all those premie clothes kept calling to me. I should have sent you some. Our Walmart has a TON of premie clothes. If you'd like I'll send you some!!!!
Let me know!
This is mainly for Eric. I showed my friend Liyinn pictures of baby Tessa, and then I showed her a picture of mom and then Eric, and she thought he was my dad, not my older brother. I wonder what she'd think Dad is to me.
She is just too cute. Liv has been carrying her picture around the house. Livvy lost weight for the first couple of weeks too. I can't remember what we did though. I know that is totally unhelpful. (I just laughed for a good 3 minutes over alex's comment!!!
She really is adorable!
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