Little Autie (seems to be sticking as a nickname) is chubbing up big time! I have no idea how much she weighs because we don't ever go to the doctor. I'm guessing it's around 10-11 pounds. She was 9 pounds 9 ounces at 6 weeks - so we're probably closer to the 11 mark.
She HATES to be in the car!!! "Hate" doesn't even come close to describing how she feels about her carseat. I even padded it with an old bed foam to make it extra cushy and she still screams bloody murder the entire time. Makes for very very very long car rides. The usual 2 hour trip to Grand Marais took 3 and a half! I was ready to sleep on the side of the road in Schroeder and make the last 45 minutes in the morning. It's pure hell...for everyone in the car.
She has started to smile at people, a LOT. I just love to watch her face and interact with her and once in a while I get rewarded with a big chubby cheeked grin.
Her arms and legs are still herkey-jerkey all over the place, but she finds her fingers and sucks on them more and more.
Nights are rough - and I know it's all my fault!!! If I could just sit up with her and nurse for a full feeding session and then get her back in her bed - we'd probably all be getting more sleep. The cycle has been started of me being too tired to stay awake and she sleeps next to me - but stirs every time she loses the nipple. Therefore, I'm being woken up constantly throughout the night. Poor Tim, at some point I get really whiny and start babbling about how "I just can't do it anymore! I haven't slept YET! I'm SOOOO TIRED!" - he's heard it all before.
Even with the rough nights she is still a very calm baby. The days are easy and she just goes with the flow. We spend most of the day with her in the wrap - either the Moby on loan from Mary or my Storchenwiege. I haven't found anything I can't do with her in the wrap yet. When I volunteer in the big kid's classes - she just sleeps away! At Oscar's Christmas party one of the mom's at the very end said "Oh my gosh! There is a baby in there!"
Tonight we took all the kids downhill skiing at Spirit Mountain. At first it was going to just be the big kids, but Wally got wind of the plans and said "I go skiing too!" We couldn't resist. So Oscar on his board, Rowan, Wally and Tim on skis and Autumn in her wrap on me! Wally told me before we left the house, "I have scros-scruncy skiis" Took me a few time before I realized he was trying to say "cross- country" - oh how I love the things he says and the way he says them! Every day there are at least 3 things that come out of his mouth that I will my brain to remember. But do I stop to write them down? - of course not. Because at that moment I'm probably also nursing a baby, switching the laundry, spelling a word, answering a question like "which Pokemon card would win if the Lego spaceship started a battle?" and realizing it's 1:15 and no body has had lunch yet!
So back to skiing. It went really well! I was cursing us after Autumn screamed the whole way to the hill and Wally fell asleep in the car (giving up his nap!) - Why are we here!?!?!?! But it turned out to be really fun and I'm glad I was there to help pull Oscar to the magic carpet because he doesn't know how to get one boot off his board yet; I was there to cheer on Rowan as she snow-plows/pizza-slices down the hill; and I got to see Wally ski for the first time! Tim is a great instructor - he used to teach kids at Lutsen. Rowan was a huge help to Oscar too - she got him off the magic carpet at the top and is just as aware as I am (at times more) of where all the kids are and if they need any help.
Wally and I went into the chalet to let the big kids get off the bunny hill and Wally said to me "Doing great...I'm doing really great."
10 week old Autumn did really great too - she slept the entire time...until we had to get back in the car and drove home.
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