Life at home

So Maddie turned three yesterday and Piper turned one month. We have had birthday parties for Maddie three out of the last four days and she is LOVING it. Her party last night was a big step for us, namely taking her to Chuck E Cheese. I'll be honest, I wasn't looking forward to this at all due to my memories of CEC being crazy loud and smelling of urine. But what do you know, it was sweet! Cheep, fun, not too busy, no urine smell. What more can you ask for? The best part was that Wchunkle Dave was up from Cali and came with us to CEC and swim class after.

As for Piper, she is doing great! She had her one month check up and is doing well on all levels. She was up to 6lbs 10oz and so far and has no ill effects from the premature birth. Having her home has actually been a lot easier than we imagined it would be. One thing that helps is she NEVER cries! Well, not never, when the doctor gives her a shot she can wail like Axle Rose, but other than that not a peep.



She loves to be held but doesn't need to be which is really nice. I think this is good for Maddie because she doesn't always have to deal with a crying baby and Mom and Dad are free to still play with her.

Also, since she was in the hospital nursery for a week surrounded by crying babies, you don't need to be quite around her. She rarely wakes up at a loud noise and is really hard to startle (I once sneezed around Maddie and she started crying hysterically).

We're trying to get some sleep but that is always tough with a newborn. On a good night, we get to bed around 10pm, wake up at 2am and get back to bed at 3am, then wake again around 6am. Unfortunately the good nights are usually only ever two or three days but such is life.

Other than that, we're taking it pretty easy. Family and friends are stopping by every so often which is really fun. Soon Piper will be strong enough where we can actually travel with her and maybe bring her over to Seattle or down to Oregon. We're looking forward to introducing her to you all.