Family Picture

Here is a picture of our cute little family. I've decided to stay a brunette for now instead of red since it faded to brown so fast anyway.

My brother is in town for Thanksgiving and I am so excited for him to get to play with Manhattan while she is small and 'floppy' since he will one day have children. I will make him. It is so rewarding to have this little person that is part of you and means more than the world to you.

I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving.

Video of Manhattan

Here is a video of our baby girl playing with her glow worm.. She loves to lay in her crib and just stare at it..she hits it with her hand when she wants it to play more music.. So cute.

She is almost 6 weeks!! Time is flying by! Kelly went back to work last week and this is my first week back to work.. It so incredibly hard to leave out sweet little girl behind but I am thankful to return to work because I was getting bored and needing something to stimulate me and motivate me to get out of my jammies.

We are doing very well with breastfeeding and pumping so she still gets breastmilk when I am at work or unable to feed her. I can't believe how well she and I have taken to it. We have our difficulties at times but overall it is working well.

Manhattan loves bells for some reason.. Nursery music doesn't seem to put her to sleep but instead amuse her and hold her attention.

Update on the Baby

She is doing really well. We went to the doc on Tuesday and she has an upper respiratory infection but there isn't much they can do since it is basically a cold. But she has a harder time breathing since her little nose is full of boogers and mucus. And she hasn't pooped in a few days so we are worried about that but the doc said it was okay. I go back for my 6 week check up on Tuesday.. Can you believe it has already been 6 weeks? And work is okay. I am glad to have something to do but I have to get my sleep schedule back and get Mattie to work with me. But overall it isn't too bad, she naps quite often it is just getting in the habit of napping with her... Like now. She is sleeping and I am checking my email. When we were at the doctor she was 9 lbs 13 oz and was 22 in long. So she is growing and growing and growing. She has started to move her arms and hold her head up when she pushes herself across the ground so I have no doubt that she will be crawling before you know it.

Tish, Kelly's mom, was in town for a week so we took Mattie up to the Grand Canyon, where is was really really cold. So Mattie spent most of the time under Kelly's sweatshirt in her carrier. But we all had fun.

Now Kelly and I are both back to work and learning to both work and be parents. but i think we are adapting well.