Four Week Frenzy

I'm a bit behind on my four-week post for Evelynn. Any of you who know about this week know why. It started with my big 3-0 weekend last weekend. Instead of celebrating, we spent the weekend and part of the week caring for (and cleaning up after) Claire who contracted a stomach bug, throwing up all in the car and running fever for several days. We were all a sad lot with our usually cheery girl feeling so very lousy!

But we're back on even ground this week and Claire is looking happy again. Here she is riding her toilet paper pony.

As far as Evelynn is concerned, at four weeks we are surprised at how well she holds her head up. She likes tummy time and practicing lifting her head. I also discovered today that she likes being carried around in the sling - in fact, it puts her to sleep. Like her sister, Evelynn is not much for riding in the car. She is sleeping well and eating well. The only thing she does not do well is burp. She continues to have a hard time with gas and spitting up. I am trying to modify my diet as much as possible to help with this and hope she gets a better handle on it soon. We must go through 4 or 5 outfits and at least that many burp rags every day.

Claire loves her sister more and more every day, and we know it will get even better once Evie is able to do more. We had a pretty rough week #4, but are hoping for a good week ahead.