Well, I had a great week at Cristin’s. The babies are so adorable – I loved watching them. I could sit there and watch them, whether they were asleep or awake, for hours. Conner is bigger than Makayla. He has really cute chubby cheeks and rolls on his arms and legs. He has dark hair and is a very happy baby. He sucks his thumb, which helps him to be happy. He has great smiles and makes cute baby sounds when I talk to him. Oh, he has the loudest sneezes for such a little guy! And, he rolled over for the first time right in front of Eric and I; poor Cristin missed it, she was down the hall. Cristin calls him her “teddy bear”.
Makayla is smaller and more petite. She’s kind of lanky (long and thin). She doesn’t have much hair, but it looks blond, maybe even a little red in it. She has pretty, big eyes. She likes to look at you and check you out before she’ll give you the big smiles. But once she’s figured you out, she gives great big wonderful smiles. She has some reflux problems; sometimes when Cristin burps her she will literally throw up the whole thing – it comes out pretty hard and fast, and if Cristin catches it – it’s great. If not, she has to change all Mikayla’s and her clothes (and sometimes Conner’s if he’s close by). She’s fussier – probably because her tummy isn’t always settled. She’s seems to get upset easier, too.
The whole week I mostly helped Cristin out by either staying home with the babies while she ran errands, or came with her to help out with the kids. We went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point one day, and to Chuckie Cheeses another. We did school shopping for Jamen and Tessa, and went to lunch and a movie with Eric’s mom and brother. The babies did pretty well through it all. Cristin is sure a good mom. She loves her kids and takes really good care of them. Eric works hard and is great to spend time with the kids when he’s home.
