A new chapter!

Well, this last week Luke and I came to the decision that I would leave my job at Organic Valley to stay at home with the kids. I loved my job and the people that I worked with but staying home with our kids was something we both really wanted. I wish the best to everyone that I worked with and I will truly miss them. It was a very hard decision to make as it's hard to find a job that you really like and enjoy and enjoy the people that you work with.50th percentile)

On another note, Cooper had his 2 month well baby check last week and here are the stats:

Weight - 12 lbs 12 oz(50th percentile)

Height - 21.6 in(3rd percentile)

Amazingly he is still quite a bit smaller than Josie was at this same age. Hopefully he catches up!!

Josie is still loving her baby brother and wants to hold him on a daily basis. She is talking up a storm and is learning new words steadily. Cooper loves to lay on his book and look around, although when sleeping he won't lay flat. He sleeps in his bouncy seat at night and in the swing during the day. He is sleeping 7-9 hours at a time at night. He is also eating like crazy during the day. He is quite happy in the mornings but by the evening he becomes quite unhappy and cries a lot.

8 Weeks Old!

I can't believe how fast time is flying by. Cooper is already 8 weeks old and set for his 2 month check up next week. He has started smiling like crazy and is finding his voice. Every once in a while he will coo. The last several nights he has slept up to 10 hours straight. I can't believe how nice it is to get some good sleep. I'm sure it won't last, but here's to hoping!! Cooper still does not sleep on his back so he spends his time sleeping in the swing during the day and his bouncy seat at night. He has started to like laying on his back, if he is awake.

Update on Cooper's cardiologist appointment, is that everything is fine and it is just a newborn murmur. We are hoping that it will go away on it's own, but come to find out they truly do run in the family. Luke had a murmur when he was a baby as well as Josie. I found out this last Friday that I have a heart murmur. The doctor had never mentioned hearing it on me before, but because of the amount of water that I am currently drinking to keep up with nursing Cooper, she was able to hear it. She said the more water a person drinks the more pronounced a heart murmur can be. Luckily, I just need to be aware that I have a murmur and no additional tests are required.
Josie is still doing really well with her brother. She is starting to love to hold him. Almost every day, she tells me she do it, which means she wants to hold him. One must stand close by when she is holding him as when she decides she is done, she just pushes him aside and goes about her business. We are working on her telling us when she wants us to pick him up. Tomorrow will mark 1 week or her not having her nuk(pacifier) except at naptime and bedtime. She had a hard time the first several days but it's getting a lot easier. Hopefully she will continue to get better about asking for it.

We also finally got air conditioning in the house last week, so we are finally able to stay home anytime it gets too warm. Yeah!!!!!!!