Ky and Stratton...

It never ceases to amaze me what an amazing young lady my Ms. Kylie is turning out to be. She truly has a gift for entertaining babies and a deep LOVE for her brothers. These are a couple pics I took while the kids vegged out on the couch this past weekend.

Strat @10 weeks is starting to 'talk' to us now. When he makes eye contact with you he'll kick with excitement while he giggles and coo's, I LOVE it! Also, he gave me a 7 hr. stretch last night, which is the longest he's ever gone! I consider that some major progress! Now, we just have to keep it moving in that direction. He's doing great bottle feeding, and I'm so OVER pumping, so we've been integrating formula and I hope to be done with breast milk all together over the next week or so.

This is one of my fave. pics right now, I only wish I could have gotten some of Ky's facial expression in the shot as well. Just like Beck was and still is fascinated with her, so is Stratton!

Making funny faces...well, Ky is at least

Stratton's check up

At 10 weeks Stratton weighed in at 15.3 lbs, is 24 in. long, and has a 17 in. head circumference, he's over the 95 percentile in weight, and head size, and 90-95% in height. He's about to have to switch to size 3 diapers, which start at 16 lbs. (the 3's are leaving read marks all over his thunder thighs). Doc. said he's looking good! Crazy to think that my 10 week old is only 10 lbs. lighter than my 18 mo. old. sheeeshh!

More of Stratton!

Another pic to see how strange his hair is growing out to look...

Easter happenings...

Mom reading bedtime stories to the boys...

Easter morning, trying to get a picture with mom and the boys...didn't really work...

Beck refusing to sit still, but he looked so stinkin' cute in this outfit my mom got him. Can you notice he just got a hair cut too? lookin' good!

Kylie very excited to wear her easter dress. She had me straighten her hair, which makes her look so much older...

Trying to get a pic of the three kiddos before leaving for church. Beck wanted no part of it, Stratton looks quite scared, and you can see ky's eye is healing, but you take what you can get =)

I swear it doesn't look like any of my children are in the least bit related....

Classic Beck cheese face...

Kylie on Easter morning checking out her new zoobles she got...

Beck very excited about his backpack of playdough items...

Three weenies veggin' on the floor Easter morning...

Playin' in the puddles, we've had some crazy storms around here lately...

Splash!

Now I know this is a horrible picture of strat, but you can see how odd his hair color is right now. The roots are so much lighter than the ends...

Where to begin? Kylie went in this past Friday to have her second, and hopefully last, eye surgery. This time the doctor only worked on the right eye, since it was the only one that suffered from the Brown's syndrome created from the previous surgery. The operation took place at a different facility than last time, and I actually stayed home with the boys. Although my family would have been more than willing to help us out, with the memory of the last surgery still fresh on my mind, I knew I couldn't go and not make Kylie nervous with the sheer terror I was feeling. And good thing I didn't go, because I broke down in tears more than once throughout the morning waiting to hear from Jason. Anyways, the surgery went SO much smoother than last time! The facility was much more kid friendly, the staff was awesome, and they switched up Kylie's meds ahead of time so she woke up much calmer than she did after the first surgery. The doctor is very optimistic that he did what he needed to do, although we won't know for sometime the final results. Although I am happy that we have once again made 'progress' I'm not nearly as thankful as I should be...right now, I just want it to be done, FINAL, ALL BETTER. I want the doctor to look us in the eyes and say she's perfect and he doesn't need to see her again. Oh well, I just have to keep telling myself 'baby steps'.

Beck is becoming more of a terror every day. He has started to slap himself in the face every time you say no to him or tell him to stop. I know it is out of frustration, and apparently a very common issue young boys have, but sometimes I have to laugh because its sorta funny. Jason, on the other hand, doesn't see the humor in it at all. One thing is for sure...i think we're in for a tough next year with him. He is just as stubborn as Kylie, if not more, and has twice the temper. Doesn't that sound like fun? As much as he makes us laugh each day, he also makes us want to pull our hair out!

Strat is Strat. Nothing new on that front. We've been bottle feeding him breastmilk for about two weeks now. And I think its really starting to help his stomach issues. He's just such a lazy nurser that he actually takes in less air with the bottle. I've been mixing a little bit of formula here and there to try and introduce the idea, there's no way I can pump this much everyday for much longer...its driving me INSANE! Right now I'm pumping at 8 am, 2 pm, 8 pm, and 2 am...yes, I said 2 am, after Strat wakes to eat at night I have to pump because I need to make sure I keep producing milk in case he doesn't do well with the formula. Aside from that, he's growing like crazy...still. I'm finding it hard to change his diapers because it seems like his leg rolls even have rolls. I had him in a 9 mo. onesie yesterday and it fit him perfectly..the boy isn't even 10 weeks yet!!! His hair is deff. lightening up quite a bit which is really funny. It makes him seems like he has some major bald spots and a really bad dye job, but really its just his roots growing out almost blonde.

Anyways, we hung low most of the weekend, running a couple errands here and there, letting Kylie recoup, and going to church on Sunday. Kylie had her first post-op appt. on Monday and the doctor is very pleased with her progress so far. She's actually farther along than he thought she would be at this point, which is nice to hear. However, she does have a burst blood vessel in her eye which is causing her actual cornia to be puffy and glassy. The doc said this isn't a big deal and it should go down along with the rest of the redness and swelling. She headed back to school today and I think she'll be just fine!

Here are a couple random pics from the last week or so!

The proof is in the picture...

In an earlier post I shared Beck in one of his 'cheese' faces and talked about how he decides to smile every time I take out the camera...just in case you didn't believe me, I wanted to share a couple more shots, now none of these are very good pictures, but you should find an ongoing theme...

Beck w/ sissy's bike helmet on...

Beck and Strat just waking up from naps.

Beck....just being BECK.

Beck and Ky before church...

While playing in the play room...I think I can actually see his brain through his nose in this picture....

Now, I know I'm bias, but i think I have a pretty cute kid....can't really prove that when this is the face he gives me anytime I try to snap a shot....nonetheless, the pictures make me smile! =)

Pics of Strat...

A very tired boy resting on mom...

All decked out in his UNC gear...

Sleeping peacefully...

Hangin' w/ the BEST sister ever!!!..

My man...

Best Super Hero EVER!

Alright, maybe not the best (he sleeps a lot on the job) but def. the cutest!

Stratton getting to meet his friend Miles who is exactly two weeks older (another member of the 'big boys club')

Miles looks like he's a little jealous of Stratton's full head of hair here....hehe