The Month of Mae

One month old Baby Mae with a raging case of newborn acne

Yeah!! Niko is healthy and can hold Mae again!

Ella's buried in the leaves!!

Playing in the leaves

"Boofus" the pumpkin

Nicholas carving our pumpkin (note the tongue action)

Baby Mae is one month old today! Wow! In many respects, the time has flown by, but it has also been quite a month of highs and lows. The joy that Mae brings has made the stresses of this month so much easier to deal with. I've decided that we need our own name plaque on an exam room door at the doctor's office. If there's a childhood ailment, we've had it this month. If I may run down the list.......

*Slow weight gain--Mae--resulting in 2 trips to the doc
*Breastfeeding issues/pain when feeding?--Mae--one trip to doc, two trips to breastfeeding support group
*What is this huge ulcer on my daughter's tongue??--Mae--trip to doc--thrush
*Coughing/Fever/Ear infection/pneumonia--Nicholas--3 trips to doc; one trip to lab for x-rays!
*Flu shots--Niko and Ella--occurred during a sibling trip to doc
*Coughing/Fever/Ear pain/ear infection--Ella--took to the doc today!!!
And we get to go back Friday for Mae's 1 month check-up!

We're praying that we're getting all the crud out of the way now and it will be smooth sailing through the winter.......it never hurts to hope for the best!

Mae has started to rally with her weight. As of yesterday, the 20th, she weighed 8 lb 15 oz so we've come a long way from her low of 7lb 7oz at the hospital. She's starting to watch us some and look in our direction if we speak to her. The kids are still completely infatuated with her. What a blessing!