5 weeks old, 15 months old

It's funny how mothers define the time of year by the age of their children. This isn't the first week of spring or even the 25th of March. It is the week Lydia is 5 weeks old and the month that Delores turns 15 months old. lol

So it has been a long while since I was able to write. The Lewis household has been in a whirlwind. We had my birthday celebration day. Which was really just a bunch of errand running that never gets done because I have the babies and Josh is never home. We did get all of Lydia's stuff for her nursery though so I was glad I got that taken care of. I also got a new pair of shoes from the "White House Black Market." So I got my new shoe fix for the year. And we went to Saskatoon's for dinner. I wanted to try someplace new. I got the duck and it was AWESOME! lol. We had a couple of pieces of duck when we went to the "Melting Pot," for our Valentine's day and we fell in love with it. Anyway, that's about all we did, but to make up for not really doing anything Josh got me Prince tickets so that is what I'm doing for my birthday.

Josh's birthday is on Sunday and the poor man is on call. He told me this morning another driver quit (surprise surprise) so it is just him and one other person on this weekend. He's going to be run ragged. April 2nd is his birthday celebration day. We are going to the shooting range to go skeet shooting. He doesn't know it yet, but he will also be pistol shooting. His 9mm got stolen out of his car about a year ago and he's been very upset about it. So I asked my step dad to find him another one and he pulled through. But it's a surprise, so shhhh! lol. I will also be making him diner and a cheesecake for his birthday.

Delores has been doing good. Just as wild as ever. She is having some allergy problems with all this pollen, but she is still a pistol. We made the decision to wean her off the bottle Saturday and we went cold turkey. The first night she threw a fit for about 2 hours. The next morning she threw a fit and then got over it. Since then she's been fine and we are now on day 6 without a bottle and never looking back.

Lydia is doing good. She was 10 pounds last week at her 1 month check up with Dr. Stafford and this Tuesday she has her 6 week checkup with Amy (my midwife). I think she'll probably weigh around 11 pounds. She's my little chunker. lol. We have given up on finding any other pediatrician because they either don't take our insurance or they insist on vaccinating your children or they won't see you. Insane policies. You try to do what you think is right for your kids and they force you to do what they want anyway. Well I'm standing my ground and the can kiss my behind. It's not a law and it's Josh and my own personal conviction not to vaccinate. We will not be forced to follow someone else's beliefs. At least Dr. Stafford supports our decision even if sometimes he does seem old fashioned and impersonal. Anyway, we think Lydia has colic. For about 2 weeks now she he been screaming from about 7 until it stops for no reason at all. I've tried to cut out dairy in my diet but everything has some form of dairy in it. The only thing I can really eat is meat and veggies with no butter. I haven't been very successful so I don't know if it's helping, but I'm gonna keep trying. We also got Lydia's crib and dresser together and moved her into her room and she has been doing well when we can finally get her to sleep. I'll post pictures when I get her nursery completely done. We still have one corner filled with junk and laundry baskets to get out of there. We have to take down the pack n play to fit those back in our room, which will happen this weekend I hope.

I am doing good. I'm 5 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight. I'm still pumping and stocking breast milk like crazy. I have almost 600 ounces (4.68 gallons) of breast milk in our freezer. It's getting crazy. I don't know what I'm gonna do with all of it. I'm still in the process of making diapers. When I get a chance I cut out some patterns here and there but I am still pretty far from sewing them. I did get all but 4 of Delores' bumgenius diapers converted from velcro to snaps. I have to wash the other 4 before I can do that. I am giving those to Lydia and the new ones to Delores because the new ones are bigger. So after I get those other 4 washed I'll be putting Lydia in cloth. Maybe by Monday. Delores will have to wait a little while longer.
Yesterday we went to my papa's funeral. It was pretty sad, but we had been preparing for it for a while so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. He died Monday night after I and the girls left the nursing home. They said they felt like he was just hanging on the see someone so my brother went up Sunday and I went up Monday. It was the first time he "saw," Delores walk and "saw," Lydia. I say "saw," because it was like he was in a coma with his eyes open. But about 5 hours after we left he passed away. I am just glad that he got to see me accomplish some things in my life. I always said that I wanted him to see me get married and have kids before he died and he did. So I couldn't ask for more. I honored him by giving Delores his name as her middle name and I am honored to be named after him also. He lived a good 90 years and I am glad that I inherited so much from him. I will miss him, but he is in a better place, watching over us and taking care of us in a way he never could if he were still here on this earth.

So that's what has been going on with us for the last 2 weeks I guess. Hope all is well with everyone else! Back to motherhood I go.