What's happening

Well, it's only 7:30 and both kids are in bed so I thought I'd get caught up on posting pictures to the blog. I am going to try and post some videos too but that will depend on how long til Ivy wakes up to eat again.

The biggest news around here is that Chad finished everything for his master's degree! We are so excited and relieved that he is finished. Chad went through the same school that he got his RN from, Excelsior College, and it's a distance program based in Albany, NY. So he had to go there for 4 days to present his final project, and my mom came and stayed with us. We had a great time and she was a huge help, as usual. Ezra LOVES his granny.  

 We had a little problem with Ivy while mom was here. One night she woke up around 11, and usually during the night I just feed her and she goes right back to sleep. Well, this didn't happen that night. She cried like she was in a lot of pain all night and would only sleep if I was holding her. It was so out of character for her that I took her in to the doctor the next morning and he agreed that that amount of fussiness was unusual for a baby her age (she was still crying as we were in the doctor the next day). So he ordered urine and bloodwork (traumatic for me) and an x-ray of her abdomen. I saw the x-ray before we got the results of the labs back, and it showed that her entire abdomen was filled with gas. I was so relieved. She wasn't completely herself for another day or so, and she slept the entire next day except when she was eating. Poor thing was so exhausted. Thankfully, she is back to her normal self now. She is seriously the sweetest, smiliest baby and she really doesn't cry much at all. Once she sleeps 12 hours in a row at night she will be the perfect baby! :)

 And finally, daddy came home, and we were so happy to have him back.

 I have also started keeping Ezra's little buddy Trevyn again. Ezra saw that Trevyn was wearing a baseball hat one day and just had to find his too.

 Here is Ivy having some tummy time and big brother keeping her company.

 Giving me his best "cheese face."

So that's the last few weeks in pictures! I am in the process of uploading videos so look for another post soon.