Kompare.Us

The guitar player is the woman Anya helped in the Parker 4-year old day camp class in 1992! We only got to 2 characters, but it wore us out!

Also known as the Stand and Wait!

Colleen was happy to be in her red wagon and Bea was trying out shoes for the first time. Colleen also was enjoying the sour cream in her quesadilla! And both Bea and Colleen wearing a “crown”.

We had a good time at Daddy’s work picnic. We played bean bag toss and had popsicles. Colleen got a pink butterfly on her arm.

We took a family trip out to the Botanic Gardens. It was hot! Colleen liked the model railroad garden and the fountain. We also saw bee houses (so, of course, we took a pic of Bea in front of them.)

Ok, we are going crazy. While intellectually I knew that having two kids was going to be more work, I honestly was not prepared for how completely chaotic our life is. We are not getting anything done beyond caring for the girls. I know part of it is the difficulties with Bea’s acid reflux and gas which make it hard for her to get comfortable enough to sleep. And I know that we would be having quite a time anyway with Colleen entering her terrible two’s. But, we are overwhelmed. How in the world do people have more than one or two kids???

Anyway, very quick updates…

Beatrix:
1-month appt: 9 lbs 4 oz (yes she gained nearly 3 pounds in her first month!!) and 20 inches long.
2-month appt: 11 lbs. 5 oz (still growing well!) and 22 inches long.
Bea is on Zantac for her acid reflux so at least she isn’t screaming all the time anymore, but she still has major issues with uncomfortable and painful gas. It is so hard to see her squirming and straining so much of the time. She also was just diagnosed with thrush, so now we have her on medication for that as well. That could explain some of her pain when nursing.
We also are dealing with at least one total blowout a day. We are going through clothes like crazy! Something we didn’t have to do with Colleen!
But, Bea is also now smiling a lot and has quite a few periods of quiet alertness where she will start to interact a little with people.

Colleen:
Colleen is definitely pushing the limits and experimenting and being a typical 2-year old who can drive her parents crazy. She is also quite devilish and sometimes it’s really hard to discipline her because she has such a great big grin on her face. She still is very, very shy around other kids and most adults, but Tom did see her talking to another little girl at Sunday School which is a huge!
Colleen now has a Tumbling class on Thursdays that she loves and likes to walk on the balance beam best. She also is good at talking to the teacher, Miss Mary. She still goes to Kindermusik on Saturdays (with Tom) and Play Group at church on Tuesdays. She loves Miss Dena and Miss Christine, two of her Sunday School teachers. And she talks and talks and talks…I am constantly amazed at what she remembers and how well she learns. I get worried that she’s watching a little too much PBS, but she seems to learn from the shows and then uses some of the plots and things she learns for her own pretend play.

Other events that occurred…In October, Anya turned 36 and in November, we celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary.