One month old

I can't believe my little girl is already a month old.  She is already getting so big she doesn't feel as small anymore.  At her appointment last week she was a little over 3 weeks old and already weighed 9 lbs 3 oz and had grown half an in.  The doctor said he wasn't worried about HER eating considering she had gained almost 2 lbs in 3 weeks.

The last couple of weeks have still been fairly busy.  We have gone to the Rochelle-Lander pool to swim.  Although Langston just slept and I just waded.  Langston has gone with me to two summer musicals.  I am starting her out early since it is something I enjoy.  We finished the summer reading program at the library, visited my grandma in the nursing home, started watching Navy and Isabelle again, swam at Oak Meadow with the Ryans, went to movies at Mesker, swam at Rebecca's aunts, went to the girl scout summer social, visited with mommy's friend Christina who is home from Africa, gave Langston her first bottle, and enjoyed Chuck-e-cheese.  This week is the 4-H fair and we are looking forward to the demolition derby on Saturday.

Langston has been waking up a lot more during the day and actually a little more often at night.  Now that she is more alert she actual wakes up to eat pretty much every three hours like clockwork.  That is okay though because I am still able to sleep in after her six o'clock feeding.  We shall see how I am once school starts and I have to stay up to get Kenan ready.

1st real bath wasn't until she was almost three weeks because the cord took longer to fall off

Langston's great-grandma Kathy

1st bottle(3 1/2 weeks)

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Mommy's friend Christina

The Garden is Still Hanging on

I finally pulled up my lettuce and broccoli from the garden.  The lettuce looked good but was bitter tasting and the broccoli never produced fruit.  The peppers are pretty pitiful, but two of them have a few peppers actually growing so I have left the,  Everything else is doing well.  I have picked squash, zucchini, yellow zucchini, cucumbers, some cherry tomatoes, and carrots.  This past week is taking its toll on the garden though because I have had to prune back several areas on the squash and tomato plants that have browned and turned yellow from the heat.

Yellow zucchini, yellow squash, and green zucchini

Kenan was the one who wanted to plant carrots.  These are the first ones picked.

I have lots of green tomatoes and not very many red yet.

cucmbers, squash, and zucchini

Bike Riding

Kenan was so excited last week because he learned to ride his bike without training wheels.  He tried Tuesday night, but ended up having the training wheels put back on.  Then Wednesday he wanted to try again because the neighbor boy was learning.  It didn't take him long to get the hang of it this time.  Since last Wednesday we have probably taken him out almost every day.  He keeps getting better and better.  He even said to me, "Mom, aren't you so proud?"

Here is Easton riding his bike.

Two Weeks Old

The first two weeks of Langston's life have been great.  She is sleeping fairly well for a newborn with stretches of 3-4 hours at a time at night.  I think you are just used to less sleep with each consecutive kid, so it doesn't hit you as much as that first one did.  If I take away the interruptions, I am still getting 7-8 hours at night.  I don't nap throughout the day when she is sleeping because 1)she is always sleeping 2)we stay pretty busy enjoying summer stuff.

We got to enjoy 4 nights of fireworks over the holiday weekend. Three of them were shows we went to and one was fireworks we set off ourselves. We have been to the library twice, the drive-in, miniature golfing, bowling, and have run numerous errands. Langston just comes along and fits right in. Right now she is still sleeping a lot, although each day she does have a bit more awake time.

Cousin Tenley with Langston

Great grandparents Fern and Bill

My napping family.  Notice who isn't napping?

Staring down his ball.

Easton really got into his shots.

At the drive-in with my sister and her boyfriend and his daughter.