5 weeks

Ok, we replaced our digital camera, so I have some picts to post.

Quick updates...
Keira has been very colicky. She had a horrible diaper rash last week that kept getting worse and wouldn't go away. We had to get prescription ointment for her, and her pediatrician said I should cut out milk and coffee, so I've been extra cranky and tired lately. She seemed to be doing better, but then had a bad weekend, and the only thing I had that was different was lots of chocolate, and really spicey food, so it was probably one of those. I'll be eating bland food from now on. MMMM... bananas.

Evan is doing great. His attitude is improving. He is still completely obsessed with Star Wars. He draws detailed pictures of their spaceships, and then wants to mail them to people or hang them on our bedroom walls. Tonight, he helped give Keira a bath. He was so disappointed that we wouldn't hand Keira to him, with him holding the towel. He wanted to be in charge of receiving her when she got out of the bath. We did let him dry her off (once she was lying down) and help put her diaper on and then do all the little snaps on the PJs. That seemed to make him happy. He loves her.

He is also still into karate. He just had his third class and is doing side kicks and knife punches. He is pretty good. He's coordinated and seems to take the lead in this class, whereas usually, he's happy to be more of a follower.

Isaac loves Keira too, but if something is more interesting in the other room, he quickly forgets her. Some funny things he said this week...
Me (kissing Isaac): You're a good boy.
Isaac: And you're a good mommy.

Isaac has been really bossy to the daycare kids lately. For example:
Isaac (to a kid like 6 months younger than him): NO! Don't do that!
Me: Isaac, who is the boss?
Isaac: I am!
Me: No, I am the boss.
Isaac: No, I the boss.

Isaac's sentences are getting longer. We were looking across the street at a neighbor girl's house, already decorated for Halloween, and he said:
There is Channing's house with ghosts in the grass and there are more ghosts in Channing's tree.
His babyhood is getting farther and farther away...

Keira can lift her head for a few seconds at a time. We still aren't getting much in the way of eye contact or smiles. But, today, I picked her up and started patting her back, and she pulled away from me and looked into my face, like she wanted to see if it was me. Also, she always calms down when she hears my voice. She sleeps really well alone, but seems to prefer sleeping with us, and when she's fussy, we get more sleep that way. She is terribly sweet.















Sleeping on daddy's chest. I love those jammies...


Almost asleep. Do her lips look fuller here?


So... sleepy...


Airdrying her backside, trying to cure that diaper rash...


Isaac's fake smile...


The other day, Isaac was playing for a long time at naptime, making lots of noise. Finally, I said, "Isaac! Be quiet!" I heard nothing more. Ten minutes later I had to get something from the kitchen, and this is what I found. Yes, he was really asleep.








Evan and Keira