We have had a few cold days with daytime highs in the 20s and 30s. It has been so consistently cold that this morning the lake in our backyard was iced over and the ground was frozen. Brooke had some fun playing outside with us (Alex did too but we didn’t get his picture), and then while Brooke was napping Alex had some fun with us indoors.
Alex has been playing a game of Jekyll and Hyde for the last two and a half weeks where he is a very happy agreeable baby who naps well during the day and then cries inconsolably for 4-6 hours at night. At this point we’ve tried it all: swing (borrowed from a friend), bouncer, holding, swinging, swaddling, 3 different noise machines, lavender baths, infant massage, nudity (his not ours), gas relieving poses, medication (for pain, gas, congestion -you name it we gave it), fresh air, driving him around in the car, and double feeding. Today we took him again to see Dr. Mink as this started a bit before his 4 month birthday to see if there was anything else we could do. We’ve got a couple more tricks up our sleeves now and hopefully those will work for us so we can all get some much needed sleep soon.
[All pictures of daytime happy Alex]
The rain has parted for us and so Brooke, Alex, and I had a muddy day of fun at the very wet Botanical Gardens. It was a flux ‘warm’ day of 70 degrees (which happens occasionally with our coastal weather) so it was definitely a day to spend outside even if it was muddy.
This holiday season was a fun one because Brooke is old enough to have some idea of what is going on and learned about all the fun traditions of Christmas. It was also Alex’s first Christmas. We had Ammy and Papa visit us this week and they had a lot of fun playing with Brooke and Alex. On Christmas Eve we went to see Christmas lights and then set out Spritzgebäck cookies and milk for Santa. Then everyone had fun opening gifts on Christmas morning and enjoyed a Christmas dinner.
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I took the kids this morning to the Aquarium for Brooke to run around since it has been so rainy lately. Alex mostly slept while his sister played but they both got to see scuba Santa before we headed out.
