I'd just finished feeding Esther and snuggled her up next to the couch so that hopefully she'd stay sleeping and feel like she was still being held...

needless to say, she woke up and was searching for more grub. Is it any wonder she's growing so well?








My Mom especially liked having us down to visit. She was eager to hold Esther any chance she got. I'm glad she loves our kids, and us, so much.












We got to visit Grandma and Grandpa Weight who have many MANY grandchildren -- in the 70s I think -- and had 13 children themselves. I'm amazed how they remember us all individually. We love seeing them.







My Dad has a lot of fun with his grandkids. Here he was giving Amy and Rylee a tutorial on how to play the piano. I love Rylee's facial expression. She had just gotten up from a nap. And note the little clip in Amy's hair -- I made that! Shera taught me how to make little bows and clips and I loved it!! I never knew a glue gun, felt, buttons and yarn could be so fun.








It was great to spend time with family. I feel very grateful to have such a wonderful family who also make me laugh a lot. Ben, my brother, never fails to make me laugh quite hard when I get to see him. All in all, though traveling is not my favorite thing, it was a great visit and well worth going.

Update

So, I don't take very many photos, but I do take a few. But getting those photos uploaded and posted about sometimes (often) just does not happen. For those who take an interest in what goes on at the Weight household of late, I will enlighten you:

Hospital bills are turning me into a hippie -- we'll see how much damage is done. If they don't stop coming soon with crazy charges for things I didn't have Ryan and I might move to the midwest, buy a farm, bathe in Kefir, do a home-birth and home-school our kids whilst wearing leaves for clothes. (I was charged for, and what's harder to fight is the nurse wrote that I had a IV though I had a heplock, and that IV charge turned my labor level from a 1 to a 3 which is 3 times more expensive). I guess we'll just have to see which of those hippie-ish things stick around.

Amy continues to make us laugh, every day. Her best joke is: "Bye bye, ketchup" which she says with great delight and laughs about. She's potty training and is so excited when she goes I'm always in fear she'll actually get stuff on the ground because as soon as something starts she stands up, whirls around to check and announces so proud "Good job, Amy!!"

Esther and I are battling thrush this week, which is not fun for me... Esther so far doesn't seem more fussy than usual (she has a lot of gas, poor babe, which tends to make her fussy whenever she's trying to get it out or poop). Hopefully we'll be on the mend soon. She likes to eat often during the night especially... and she's very much a snuggler... so opposite from Amy at this age. She can sense when we leave the room. For the last few nights just to get her to pipe down, we've had her in bed with us which immediately shuts her up. When when I transfer her back to her pac-n-play, she announces within minutes how frustrated she is. I thought she could smell us on the sheets, or liked how cush our bed was... but no, it's US she can smell. This morning, I left her sleeping soundly on our bed and got up to do stuff... within 2 minutes she was fussing and then crying. I picked her up and brought her in here... and I'm not holding her, she's just laying beside me on the couch, and she's perfectly content.

Ryan continues to work super hard, and we look forward to the weekends where we can try to refuel him with Amy's jokes and lots of 'hide-n-seek'. Things are looking up though... his job should be a bit less stressful in January for him. We'll see. He continues studying every night and widdling away on his degree. I am more proud of him than I can express... in addition to doing all that he does there, he is a superb husband and father and makes me feel like royalty.

So, that's that here at the Weight household. If you can be patient for pictures, my Mom's visiting today and when she does she usually takes pictures and posts them to her blog, and then I steal them. :) So look forward to that.

More photos

Esther is now 9 lb 3 oz, so at least we know she's eating well.
She does spit up a lot, but we're hoping that won't last long if
I can regulate my milk a little better. She's had some nights of
sleeping for 4 hour stretches, but not recently. Hopefully she learns to sleep through the night soon.





My folks came up with Ben, Shera and Rylee.
It was great to see them and Amy loved playing
with her cousin.










It's cute to see Rylee toddling around everywhere












Here's a darling photo of Amy in the leaf pile.