Ear Infection

I took Natalie to the doctor Friday for a weight check and found out she had an ear infection. She did not have any signs and was really not that fussy, so thank goodness we had to go to the doctor for a weight check otherwise we may not have caught it so early. She is 14lbs 7oz! Can you believe it? She is getting so big, yeah!

We also took her to the Amarillo pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Luckstead this week. He was great and we really like his staff and himself. She had an x-ray and EKG. They wanted to get a baseline on Natalie in their office, in case there is ever an emergency or she gets sick. We will be going back and forth between the Dr. Luckstead and his partner Dr. Kershy (he diagnosed us here in Amarillo and I am pretty sure I am spelling his name wrong, sorry) and Dr. Zellers (Dallas) every couple of months for check ups.

Even though Natalie has an ear infection, she is still a happy girl. We were finally all over our stuffy noses to go visit Grandma today! We have been home a little over a month, but it seems that between Grandma, my two kiddos and myself, someone has been sick. Natalie did wonderful and we had such a special afternoon. I have posted a picture of Grandma and Natalie together.

We have also had some pretty big things happen in our household this past week:

Natalie is really sitting up by herself for long periods of time now

Natalie also rolling over a little bit more

She is also adding a few more vowels in her vocabulary

Carter is finally peddling on his bicycle! This is huge, because he has been using his feet on the ground instead and we have gone through so many shoes...He turning into a Big Boy!

I have really started to try and balance my time between housework and the two kids. I am not sure how all you mom's out there do it, but I am trying. I have started trying to do something special with Carter when Natalie goes down for her morning nap. We normally play the Wii, which Carter loves, but we also painted a few Dora pictures this week as well. We had such a great time hanging out together and after about three pictures he told me we were done.