2 Weeks Old

Ava is now two weeks old and the honeymoon is over! Last evening was a very trying evening in our house. Ava spent the afternoon/evening Screaming. From about 2:30-10:30 last night she spent most of the time screaming except for when she was eating and an occasional few minutes of peaceful silence. I think that her tummy was a big ball of gas. We gave her Mylicon drops but that didn't seem to help much. She got two baths last night; one was planned, the other was due to a major "blow out" that went up her back. She finally fell asleep on Nate's chest about 10:30 last night. She was so exhausted from crying all evening that she slept until 3:00 when I woke her up to change her and feed her. She was back to bed a little after 4:00 and then got up at 7:00. So, at least we were able to get some sleep last night. I'm praying that we don't have a repeat performance of yesterday this evening. Erin and Kevin are driving up from Des Moines this afternoon to spend the night with us so that they can meet Ava. I informed Ava that she is having company and we would all appreciate a nice quiet evening together. We'll see if she cooperates.

We've had a fairly busy week. Monday Lisa and Craig came to visit. Ava was on her best behavior. They were up visiting from Kansas City and we were so glad that they were able to come by to meet her. It's always great to see them and hard to say good-bye. Oh how we wish they didn't live so far away! We thank them for taking the time to come over when they had such a long drive ahead of them. Tuesday we took Ava for a weight check at the Dr. She weighed in at 8 lbs 4 oz, which was good. They wanted her back up to her birth weight by 2 weeks so we were right on track. We did a little shopping at the mall and then went to visit Grandma Veldman at work. Everybody just loved her. I hope that little girl doesn't get a big head. All she ever hears is how beautiful and precious she is. :) We spent Wednesday at home, which was nice. We had things to get done, like cleaning bathrooms and working on thank yous. Nate was very helpful and cleaned the upstairs bathrooms (that is my job, so I was very grateful when I found him doing it). Nate went to a basketball game that night while Ava and I stayed home. She was kind of fussy and I didn't want to take her to a game that was going to be super loud if she was already not a happy child. Yesterday we ventured to downtown Minneapolis to have lunch with Uncle Wes. She slept through lunch which was very nice for us, but was ready to eat by the time we were getting ready to leave Target. Shortly after that, the screaming began.

As for this weekend, Nate is reffing Sat. morning and we'll be having visitors in the afternoon. We're hoping for a nice weekend together before Nate heads back to work on Monday. It will be strange not having him around. These past two weeks have gone by so quickly.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!