Spring?

We are getting tired of waiting for spring around here! Today we dressed Amelia in a spring-ish dress!


Today Amelia expressed a lot more interest in Lucky (as he is the only one to express interest in her).


Who/what is by my face?...


It's my kitty :)

Amelia continues to smile more and more every single day. We love her smile, it can lighten our moods in a second!


I have to work on getting us ready for church now. Mia and I are going to the evening service alone since Jason is at work now and I worked this morning making us miss morning service!

Another Busy Week

We had another busy week this week. We have been working hard to get Amelia's weight up and as of yesterday, she is ten pounds again. We have begun routinely supplementing her with Similac formula 2 or 3 times a day. That, along with our regular nursing routine, has made a difference so we will continue with that from now on. Jason has found another way of using our Boppy pillow. Here he is giving her her ounce of formula this morning:


We have also been getting a little better at "tummytime". Amelia can now tolerate it for a few minutes, but then she gets like this (which is how she used to be the entire time):


In other news, I have begun the process of re-entering UW-Milwaukee and hope that it is all taken care of and I can start in May. We have just been waiting on my Century transcripts (they came yesterday, while I was at work, so I will drop them off on Monday)to get here so I can drop them off at the school and the admitting office can look things over. I find it all a little silly. I have missed one semester and I left in very good standing. And this whole transcript thing is strange...they already have this very transcript on file, nothing has changed... Oh well, life is full of rocedures we don't think make sense.

I can't think of much else to update anyone on and Amelia is now up from her nap and needing a diaper change and/or some eating time!

(Oh yes, Grandma, I ended up needing to get a new battery for my car. The weather and lack of being driven for 2+ months completely ruined mine and there was no power left in it at all. Jason took it in and had it tested)

Not Just for Babies

It seems that the Boppy pillow is not the only baby item that our cats love...
Lucky (as well as Ludo) have taken a liking to Amelia's "donut". It is an oval pillow, open in the middle (hence, "donut"), with a fleece cover on it that my mom got for us at a craft fair. We have found both Ludo and Lucky in it severl times. In an effort to deter them from using it we stand it upright when she is not in it. Lucky did not seem to have a problem with that, as you can plainly see in this picture:


Ludo has taken a liking to her bouncer:


In other news, I had my second day back at work this afternoon. I was late! I had some car issues. GM has a theft-deterrent system called Passlock and it works strangely sometimes. In both my Ion and my previous car, an Alero, I have been deemed a "thief" and unable to start my car. It always seems to happen at the worst times too! I am thinking seriously about finding a way to disable the Passlock system since it seems to cause me more trouble than necessary. I have googled the problem and it seems I am not alone. Others have disabled the system, that is where I got the idea! We will see what happens.

Jason has been enjoying his time at home with Amelia it seems. They have a good time hanging out. Friday he was the one to get her dressed and he chose a onesie that he made for her (he has a matching black t-shirt):

OOPS!

During the afternoon when Amelia naps, I rarely zip her crib tent up. I don't do it because I am in and out of there checking on her often and I keep an eye on her door to make sure one of the cats hasn't nudged his way in...today I did not keep a very close eye on her door and this is what I found...



LUCKY! I am so thankful that this didnt end badly...Lucky really does love his baby which means I will have to keep a closer eye on him sometimes (or zip her tent for each and every nap!).

Pictures from Grandma Fronczek's Camera (finally)!

Since my parents decided to visit suddenly, I remembered to put some pictures from my mom's camera on my computer!


"Three Men and a Baby" (visiting Great-Grandpa Fronczek in the hospital)



Hanging out with Grandpa after his nap :)


All decked out in some Classic Pooh this afternoon to run errands with Mom and her Grandma and Grandpa Fronczek!

A Busy Week!

I don't know where this week went! I cannot believe that it is already Saturday and almost April. We had Amelia's one month appointment on Thursday and got some not so great news...she had lost a few ounces instead of gaining a couple pounds! So, today we had to go in and meet with a lactation specialist at the hospital to see what is going on. We have good technique during our feedings so what is the problem? It seems that she is not getting enough of the "hind" milk (similar to whole milk), which is what helps her gain weight. She is likely only getting "fore" milk, which is the millk that collects near the front and therefore the first stuff she gets when feeding. I have some new things to try during our feedings from now on that will hopefully help move the "hind" milk forward and help her gain weight. We go back in on Friday to have her weight re-checked.

My parents decided last night, spur of the moment, to drive to Milwaukee to see us. So, tonight we will have company...maybe I will the house cleaned with an extra set of hands?!

We also bought the rights to Amelia's hospital newborn photos and the CD arrived today, here is a favorite photo:


I will try and post some more pictures in the next couple of days!

Weekend...

We had a somewhat busy past few days. My sister Kim is visiting us so that she could spend her birthday with her niece this year. We have been running errands and having lots of outings, it has been tiring! Today we went to the Olive Garden for Kim's birthday lunch. Amelia behaved very well!
Amelia is now having some formula here and there. Sometimes we run into a problem where she is hungry and for some reason I just don't seem to satisfy her :( So, every couple of days she has a couple of ounces of formula. It satisfies her for longer and Jason and I don't have to listen to her cry for hours while I keep trying to feed her with her satisfaction only lasting about 20 or 30 minutes at a time. I was really hesitant to use it the first time but it really has made a difference in our daily lives...we are all happier :)

Smiles :)

This afternoon Amelia was all smiles! They started in her sleep during a nap in my lap (she fell asleep mid-feeding) and when she woke up she was smiling still! I tried to get a good picture but it was hard since she was in my lap and I had to hold the camera above my head and hope that I was getting her in it instead of the top of my head! I did alright...see for yourself:


This is one I got during her nap.



Hopefully we get better at this as the time goes on and I can get some really good pictures of that smile!

Some Pictures :)

Not much is new around here this week. We are taking it day by day and learning as we go.
I did take some cute pictures yesterday and they are worth sharing:


Waiting for Mommy to dress her.


A super cute outfit to run errands in!


Hanging out with Lucky on the bed.

A Day of Firsts!

Today we had a day of many firsts for Amelia!
This morning we woke up and got ourselves ready and took Amelia to Epikos for the first time. She got pretty fussy about halfway through the sermon and Jason wisked her downstairs and canged her diaper and entertained her. She was pretty hungry and wanted her Mom to feed her asap!
After church, we picked up our friend Dawn and headed home where Amelia got her first bottle feeding from Daddy! She took to it right away. The doctor told us it could take a while for her to accept a bottle since she is used to me feeding her but she took it right away and guzzled the 4 ounces of milk! Here is a photo of her and Daddy sharing the new experience:


After Daddy left for work I realized that I had a LOT of things to get out in the mail. So, Dawn and I took Amelia on her first walk in her stroller! I pushed Amelia and Dawn was nice enough to push the pet stroller so that Poopy could join us on our walk outside. The weather has been so nice this weekend and we hope it continues for the rest of the week :)