Quick updates and some chaos!

I am very limited on time lately, but wanted to share some of my latest pictures.  Here is a friend's son, Ward, who came over to play with Henry when we were watching Clemson play football.  They boys had a blast....especially in this monkey grass!

Here are some more pictures of Henry and Finley with my brother and Brigit!  Check out Henry's sucker!

Yes, that is my mom riding on a camel at Edventure!

I took some quick pictures of Fin a few weeks ago because I had taken some of Henry around the same time.  I never realized how big Finley's cheeks were compared to Henry!  What a chunker!

Here is Henry.....

Back to Edventure with Brigit.....my pictures are a little out of order.

Looking back at what was going on in Henry's life around 6-7 weeks of age, I saw the post where we had termites in our house.  WELL.....6-7 weeks of Finley's age we also had a little chaos.....we had a horrible storm one evening that led to this beautiful double rainbow....you can only see one in this picture....but we had a tree fall down in our front yard covering our driveway.  With all of the neighbor's and our parent's help, the men got it all cut up and the women went to Gee Gee's house because we had no power.  Luckily, the power came back on 24 hours later and we had a nice place to stay! 

Finley is 1 month old!

Finley was 1 month old on Saturday, September 17th!  I am a little late with my post because time is flying by and I am struggling to find time to blog.  As of right now, we are again dealing with some tummy issues with our sweet little guy.  We are not sure what is going on, but Finley likes to cry.  I have changed his formula for the 4th time to Nutramigen (Emfamil), so hopefully that will be the last formula we will need to be on for a while.  He is also taking Zantac and seems to feel a little better.  Time will tell. 

Finley is not a very content child....in that he does not like to be in one place for too long.  My mom said babies don't get bored, but I think he just wants a change of scenery or someone to hold him.  His likes: being held, sleeping on his stomach, the baby bjorn, the vibrating bouncy seat, getting a bath and being outside.  His dislikes: being swaddled, the end of his bottle, going to the bathroom, being burped, lying on his back looking around, being in the same place for more than 5 minutes, and Henry poking his eyes.

Here are his one month pictures.  My sweet friend Micah gave me some of the most adorable stickers to put on him for each month when I take the growth tracking pictures.  Thanks Micah!!!

Beau has found Finley likes a "pallet," and I thought this was a funny picture of him in his big bed.

My brother and Brigit came into town this weekend to meet Fin.  We had a big time with both boys.  Finley cried a lot and Henry ran nonstop!  It was very exciting.  Needless to say Henry has slept like a champ this week!  Here we are at Edventure.....checking out of the grocery store.  Henry is a little blurry in this picture because it is so hard to get a picture of him being still.  

Again, on the tractor.

Then to the fire truck.....

Against my wishes, Beau took this picture of my brother, Finley and I.  I guess I will be glad I was in a few pictures?????

Uncle Brent and Aunt Jess came into town this past weekend as well.  I actually got a picture of all 3 boys and Henry was smiling (ignore the Christmas pj's).  We told Henry to make his "Happy Face."  This is what we got......

Updates....

Finley was 3 weeks old this past Wednesday and things are really picking up!  I did not believe anyone when they said having 2 kids is very different from having 1.....but they were all right!  It is not hard, just busy and I am on the go all day long.....which I like, but I also like my "Alle" time!  One day I will get it again, I hope.  I took Fin in for his 2 week appointment last week and he weighed in at 7 pounds 12 ounces (21%), he was still 20 inches long (23%) and his head was 14 3/8 inches (37%).  I talked with the doctor about him crying a lot and so he switched his formula to Gentlease.  I am not sure if it is working as of right now, because he is crying a lot still, but his gas is a little better.  He has also been put on Zantac because of the crying and I think that has helped a little, but I don't think it has solved the problem.

For right now we are just watching and taking note on his behavior to make further decisions.  

Here is Henry, Carlisle and Lindsey.....one of Henry's BFF's!!!

Here are some pictures from this week. My friend Sarah came over and took some really cute pictures of Finley. I am not posting my favorite one yet because it is for October. I thought they turned out adorable!

Meeting more family!

Uncle Brent and Aunt Jess made their way down from Asheville this past Sunday to meet Fin and see Henry.  We had a fabulous time visiting with them and Gee Gee and Pots.  Here are a few pictures from the day!

This is going to be them soon....they are expecting a girl in January!

Funny story behind this picture....after bath I brushed Henry's hair back to look like Elvis and he said to me, "let's go show dada."  When we walked downstairs, Henry ran over to Beau and said, "look at my hair dada.....," well, Beau touched it and Henry said, "DAD, DON'T MESS IT UP!"  It was hilarious!!!

Fin's First Bath

I could not remember when we gave Henry his first bath, but we thought Fin was definitely ready for his!  I tried to keep him awake while we put Henry down to sleep, but Finley fell asleep too....so we had to wake him up.  I know.....that was really mean, but he needed to be washed.  Since he still has that darn umbilical cord and his circumcision is still healing, we had to give him a sponge bath.  Here he is before we started....sleeping so soundly!

He was not a happy camper!  However, he was much cleaner and seemed to sleep better the night we did this.  Can't wait to start doing this every night!