Time is Flying

I can't believe this weekend has already come and gone.  We were able to get out of the house a little bit and we were all excited.  It is so cold, so we still didn't get to do much outside.  Trenton took Cooper for a ride on the four wheeler in the snow and she had a great time.  We haven't played too much in the snow because last time a "woof woof" tried to jump on Cooper and because the snow was so deep she couldn't get away.  Bless her heart it scared her to pieces.  So now she thinks anytime we go outside, that the "woof woof with no tail" is going to get her. 

We continued our plight to encourage Carsyn to start taking the bottle.  We tried Trenton feeding her and she still wasn't having it.  I was able to get her to drink a couple sips here and there from one of Cooper's sippy cups.  We started noticing that everytime she got a little bit of formula on her face, her chin and around her mouth would get red and puffy looking.  So I have decided to just give up.  Carsyn has been exclusively breastfed for 9 months (except for two days at 6 weeks old when my dad passed away and I didn't have any pumped milk to give her).  I have stuck with it for 9 months and what is 3 more months, provided my milk supply stays strong enough?  I felt awful this weekend trying to force the formula on her when clearly she doesn't want it, need it and it was causing her some sort of rash.  I don't want to spend a ton of money trying to find the "right" formula this late in the game anyway.

I am super proud that I have been disciplined enough to breastfeed for this long, it has not always been the easiest choice.  The La Leche fanatics used to drive me nuts and now I have become one.  I wish that someone had educated me when Cooper was born and I wouldn't have given up sp easily.  I am sure with the help of a lactation consultant- I could have made it work (and saved a ton of money not buying Alimentum.)  I am praying that the breastmilk will benefit Carsyn in many ways in the years to come.  Hopefully I won't get another itch to start encouraging the bottle and can just stick with it for three more months.

Happy Girl

Tomorrow Cooper has her three year old well check and I can't wait to see how much she has grown.  She is so smart and she continues to blow me away everyday.  She has been a really good girl lately.  I find that the whining and tantrums comes and goes every couple months, so I am enjoying the good behavior while it lasts.  She cracked us up this weekend when she told Trenton he was being naughty and that "God is watching you.  And Santa."

This doll's name was Carsie.  Now it is Snoobie Doobie (which is her go to name for everyone).

I am going to start trying to post more here, at least once a week.  I would love to print out every entry and have them bound into a book so the girls can see how they've grown and what they were up to.