Low Key weekend, which we LOVE

It seems that we have been going so much lately, that it is nice to spend a weekend at home with no plans. Of course, as I type, DJ and Dutch have gone to Lake Jocassee for the morning - I guess they needed a good, refreshing swim. Lane is sleeping so I am catching up on loading pictures from the last 3 months and updating the blog.

I am super excited for Tuesday. Dutch has a playdate with Katy Cox and we will be going to the Children's Museum. We have never been, but I have heard wonderful things about it and I hope that there will be plenty to entertain Dutch. I'll post pics as soon as I can.

The next few weeks will be filled with weddings, birthdays, birthday parties, baby showers and our trip to Mexico. We are super excited about all the things to come, but as for now we are enjoying our time at home with the kids :)

Happy 4 months, Laneybug!

On July 4th, Lane hit the four month mark.

As few things about Lane - She is babbling up a storm and loves to talk to anyone that will talk back or listen to her. I love hearing her "talk"! She is teething a good bit and our pediatrician thinks that any day now, her two bottom teeth will be in. If so, it will be a shock to me because Dutch didn't get a single tooth until 7 months or so. She now rolls over from front to back and smiles and laughs often. We thought we were over the waking in the night to eat, but ever since my Florida trip (where DJ watched them - what did he do to my sleeping baby?), she wakes up at 3:30am to have a bottle. She is now eating 6 oz. every three hours. The only time she stretches her feedings is from 8pm-3:30am. I know what you all are thinking - "just keep her up later or feed her again around 11pm" - trust me, we have tried it all and no matter what time she eats or how much or how often, she is still up at 3:30am. We have tried rice cereal, but I am not sure her stomach is ready for that just yet. As I have mentioned before, we struggle with acid reflux and milk allergy, so the rice has not been the easiest for her to digest. My pediatrician recommended that we try oatmeal, so we tried that last night. We'll find out today, as it processes, if it works for her. Hopefully if it does, it will allow her to stretch her feedings at night.

Also, because we haven't seen a complete change in her reflux, the doctor has recommended that we change her formula to the Similac version of Nutramigen since some babies do better with certain brands. He also switched us back to Zantac, but a higher dose.

Here are her most recent stats as well as some from the past (Dutch's and Lane's) that I forgot to post.

Dutch: 2 years

Height: 35.4 in. (73rd percentile)

Weight: 26 lbs. 6 oz. (29th percentile)

Head: 48.9 cm. (54th percentile)

Lane: 3 months

Weight: 11 lbs. 14 oz. (39th percentile)

Lane: 4 months

Height: 24.5 in. (50th percentile)

Weight: 13 lbs. 6 oz. (37th percentile)

Head: 41.9 cm. (69th percentile)

July 4th Beach trip

This year, we traveled to Litchfield Beach with our friends AJ & Kelley, Lindsay & Brandon and their daughter, Anna James. This is the 2nd year that we have done this together and we are hoping to start somewhat of a tradition, especially once all of our families really begin to grow and the kids become older. We had such a good time! We were even able to find a sitter so we could go to dinner and grab some drinks afterward. It was nice to see others down there that we don't get to see that often and of course, it's always wonderful to be at the beach! Here are a few pics from our beach trip...

Just waking up from a nap on the beach

Brandon, Lindsay and Anna James

Brandon and Anna James

Too bad Dutch was napping...

Lane

Lane and Dutch hanging out in their pj's watching Elmo

AJ and Johnny

Anna James

Lake Trips

We've been going to the lake a good bit this summer, probably due to the fact that Dutch loves the lake, the boat, fishing - just about anything that deals with water in general! Dutch had his first tubing experience this summer and seems to really enjoy it. Of course, we ride with him and the boat is going very S L O W. Lane also seems to enjoy the water. I'm not sure if any of you have gone to Lake Hartwell recently, but enter that water and it feels like a bath - seriously! So, I feel sure that has a lot to do with her tolerating it. We've had a great summer so far with the kids and now that Lane is a little older, she is so much easier to take places and really interact with her.

Here are a few pics of our recent lake trips - some with my family and some with DJ's.

Dutch and DJ enjoying a tube ride

My nephews, Jacob and Joseph

Me and Dutch on the tube

My nephew, Jackson

Laneybug

My beautiful, baby sister, Brittany

Jacob

Joseph