<cliche>Got Milk?</cliche>

Indeed I do not "got milk", but I can borrow some. Drumroll please..... Lydia Jean Becker's first bottle feeding! I'm sure it's not as satisfying as when Polly feeds her naturally, but I enjoyed it. Polly was a little sad to see her grow up so fast but liberated a little. Lydia was hungry and quickly gulped down her fastest meal ever and went back for more after the bottle. No troubles taking the bottle or going back and forth. So now I can get up in the middle of the night and feed her (and I'm happy about this? I guess so)

Keeping your feet on the ground...

Left me first say that I really like Saturdays as a rule. They were invented by Dr. Satur thousands of years ago because he wanted a day that he didn't have to go to work, but instead stroll around town with his family. I'm glad to annouce that we are keeping the founding mission of Saturday alive by doing just that. We got ourselves all ready and set out for a brunch at The Catalyst cafe with our friend Jill. Some buckwheat waffles, eggs, toast and coffee (a treat!) later we headed out for our walk. We meandered all over stopping at shops, the farmer's market, and to visit Jake at work. We went over the bridge to Bernice's Bakery to celebrate Lydia's 1 month of age by eating some treats ourselves. Somehow we end up there very frequently.
Lydia was AWESOME the whole day. She slept a lot, but even when she was awake was just nice and calm. I think she likes the hustle and bustle of being out. We brought her to the park and changed her outside in the sun. She even spent some time without her clothes on and loved it. She got to feel the grass between her toes and didn't seem to mind (or really even notice).

A major minor success

Yesterday Lydia was able to fall asleep in her crib for naps and not by being held. She still needed some coaxing and her little turtle sea aquarium crib toy which plays music. But I consider that a step in the right direction. So last night we tried to continue the trend by putting her in her crib when she's tired and try to get her to sleep in there. We aren't up to the crying it out stage yet... maybe over the weekend when we can both afford to be up a lot more. Polly spent a lot of the night up with her last night keeping her calm and in and out of sleep. We're hoping that she gets the hang of this sooner rather than later. Apparently after 3 months old it is a lot harder to get them to sleep on their own, so it's better to start right from the beginning.

We know she's getting enough sleep to get energy to eat, she's now 9 pounds and 7 ounces! She's getting to be a tiny chubby baby!

Sprung

Our yard has sprung into action. The pear blossoms (left) are blooming and Lilac tree is very purple. There's dandelions everywhere that I need to take care of with Weed & Feed. We went to Bozeman Friday for Stacy and Eric's graduation. Lydia handled the car ride and everything with ease. A little meltdown near the end of our drive there.. but otherwise slept the whole way. We both wish we could have stayed longer to visit with family there. Now it's Polly's very first Mother's Day. We had waffles with strawberries and a little vanilla ice cream. Yum. And some nice flowers of course. Now it's off to Jake's for a BBQ. Fun!

All by myself, don't wanna be...

There's no more company around to help us out anymore and I'm running very short on days home with Polly and Lydia. If I can get some work from home hours in then I can go in to work on thursday and then work from home on friday. That way we can leave early enough for our big trip to Boseman. I hope she handles the car ride and new environment well. Lately she has been having trouble getting to sleep on her own. We have had to use a lot of tricks like putting the basinet in the bathroom with the ceiling fan on to get her to sleep. Of course the usual swaying, rocking, shushing etc. But those eyes have been popping right back open, most likely accompanied with a loud sound. I hope this isn't the start of the dreaded COLIC. That unexplained mysteriously unconsolable baby syndrome. Lets all hope that she gets her nights and days figured out without too many nights like last night. whoo.

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