6 weeks.....my love

Lucien is getting to be a big boy now. Wednesday, March 12, I took him to get his weight checked (as I do every week, I know I am paranoid) and he is 10 lbs. 10 oz. He is gaining right on target. I love everything about this little boy. The way he breathes, the cute faces he makes (particularly the "oooo" face), the way his right hand wiggles when he stretches, the snorts and grunts, when he gets exited he starts to kick both legs out in front of him. His beautiful smile and open mouthed "laugh". The way he looks up at me when he is eating and then the look of satisfaction when he is done and lays there gazing up at me. I love pretty much everything about him...............even his scales and bumps:)

Bumps, Rashes and Scales....OH MY!

So little Lucien has the trifecta of newborn skin irritations, cradle cap (head, forehead and ears!), infant acne, and prickly heat (all over his body). Little man looks rough. I am told by the doctor that prickly heat will go away by increase air flow around the skin, the cradle cap is a loosing battle (you just have to wait for it to go away or try and scrub the heck out of it....no thanks) and the infant acne is caused by my hormones so it is just a waiting game. It's sad because I really wanted to get professional pics made of him while he was still considered a newborn but it doesn't look like that is going to happen. I may go ahead and do it anyway because after all, like the doctor said, this IS what he looks like right now. I just don't want him to look back and think, "what did you all do to me!?". :)

Yesterday morning Isabelle wakes up and mildly complains that her face itches. By 11:00am it was full on spots all over her back, arms, and face. Large red blotches. So I call the doctor and they have me stopping the ammoxicilan she is on for an ear infection and giving her benedryl until it clears up. Well as of this morning it is even worse and she even looks a little swollen.......but breathing is just fine. I think the doctor is trying to rule out a reaction to the antibiotic but since it is even worse this morning I have no idea what that means. I will call the office when they open to find out, but it looks like we may be taking yet another trip to the doctors office. Between all the kids and me I have been to doctors offices more in the last couple of weeks than I have last year alone! Ah well, when it rains it pours!

Yesterday I also went out and started purchasing some toys for Lucien, he is really starting to get more alert at times and he will follow objects and stare at things intently. This is such a fun time!

Day at the zoo!

It looks like the end of winter is in sight! We got a break on Saturday and had some beautiful 60 degree and sunny weather! So I decided to pack the kids up and get them out of the house. We packed a picnic lunch and was having a great day until Isabelle realized she was tired and when Isabelle gets tired, you better watch out! She screamed from Gorilla Forest all the way to the entrance.........lucky me. She even stopped to pull down my pants at one point. Needless to say she fell right asleep once we got to the car. Lucien enjoyed his first real time outside as well. He definitly loves the great outdoors and slept the entire time. He looked so content. We really enjoyed the time outside though......on to 40's for the rest of the week.