On the fifth day of Christmas....

It has been a busy week. Mommy's second week back to work, and it feels as if I haven't missed a beat. We had shopping and haircuts, doctor's appointment and sick kids (and parents). We have been busy.

First, Mia had her two month old appointment on Tuesday. She took her shots like a trooper, only crying for about a minute. She is happy, healthy and perfect. She tips the scales at 11 pounds, 7 ounces and 22 inches long. She's a bit shorter than Olivia was - Olivia was born at 22 inches. Mia is talkative, social, happy, laughing (first time today) and holding her head up. We call her our little big shot because she is working so hard to accomplish everything.

Here's Mia getting ready to cry.Here she is actually crying.Here she is almost smiling...And miracle, upon miracles - we actually caught a smile.Olivia was sick on Wednesday night. Actually, we've all been sick for about the last two weeks with the same cold that doesn't want to leave. Olivia had a fever on Wednesday. She came home, was crabby (because she had dry skin on her hands, we used vaseline, and she was unhappy that it wouldn't dry). Then she went to sleep for an hour before waking up and working herself into a huge fit because her ears hurt, which made her cry, which made her cough, which made her ears hurt worse. After she had some motrin, she slept and was fine. Olivia also got her hair cut and donated it to make wigs for kids. She had them cut off almost an entire foot of hair.

Here's Olivia being mad at me because I wouldn't let her use my camera.

Tony and I have finished our Christmas shopping and our cards are going out tomorrow. All that's left is wrapping the gifts. We can't wait for Christmas day.