Allie-Parker is one month old!!!

You heard right- sweet darling Allie-Parker is one month old!!! Five weeks to be exact!!! We went for her well baby check up yesterday- and she has gotten soooo big!!!  She weighed in at a big 9 pounds and 3 oz (she has gained 3 pounds in five weeks!) and was 21 1/2 inches long!!!  I thought for sure she was going to be off the chart- but she is in the 40th percentile for both height and weight.  Dr. McDonough said that she was super strong and looked beautiful, I, of course, agreed.

Dr. M also changed her formula to one that is soy based.  Thank you Ryan's side of the family for having milk allergy ;)  Hopefully this will help her fussiness and diaper issues.  The Prosobee is already seeming to help- she took a 30 minute nap yesterday- which is a HUGE accomplishment for my children!

Onto a Garrison update.  He is doing well with the role of big brother.  He has started eating good again and is really minding throughout the day.  It is amazing what a spoon can do for a child :)  Gar has started feeding himself lunch and he is almost completely off of baby food (it's just so convenient :)  He can say almost anything and is very close to being able to crawl out of his crib!

He has however started waking up every night around 3 and staying up SCREAMING until about 5:30.  We thought it was his teeth so we felt bad for a few nights, then we "tested him" by putting him down to see if he would play and sure enough he walked right over to his toys and was fine!  So last night we let him cry in his crib for two awful hours.  Please pray that God will guide us and give us wisdom on how to tackle this issue.  Garrison is a wonderful little boy- but he is def at the age now were he can be purely defiant.  

Enough of the complaining though!  I have some pictures that I really should post of Allie-Parkers one month checkup, but seeing that I started writing this at 8:30 and it has taken me until now (1:00) to finish it- I am going to take a nap while both babies are sleeping :)