Poor Gwynn & Payton!

Yesterday at around twelve Payton started crying and didn't stop until Charlie came home from work. I was so busy trying to keep Payton happy by the time I got to give Gwynn some much needed attention I realized she had a fever of 102! I had already called the doctors office earlier in the day for suggestions on how to calm Payton down and they said I needed to bring him in the following day because there may be something wrong with him. I called back this morning to see if I could bring both kiddos in earlier and they said of course...so with my two sad little ones we were off to the doctors office. The verdict is out..... Gwynn has a bug that is going around she will have a fever for a couple days that will lead into extreme bowl movements and then should subside. Payton on the other hand wasn't such a slam dunk. Payton has extrem gas the doctor said it is the worst she has seem in a very long time. Payton is on medication and I can't eat any dairy to see if it will help the poor little guy. The doctor thinks he is intolerant of dairy. Our doctor said he is in a lot of pain so we hope me not eating dairy and the medication will give him some relief. I will keep everyone updated!

A little update!

Life has been busy for the MacDonald family with a lot of change and adjusting but all is well! As many of you know we were going to be moving to Park City Utah this summer for three months but plans have changed. Charlie now will be travailing two to three days a week to work in Utah. I will be home with the little ones. We both have mixed feelings about this but are grateful it is short term. I know I will miss him a ton! He is such an amazing hands on Dad it will be hard with out him.

Payton is doing very well and getting more adorable with each passing day. He is continuing to grow at a rapid pase and is developing more and more everyday. He is a great baby who defiantly prefers his mom to anyone else. He is still sleeping most of the day with awake hours in the evening. He is waking up about two to three times per night. We are all learning about what makes the little guy happy and its a fun process.

Gwynn is also doing very well. Gwynn loves being a big sister and is doing a wonderful job. She helps me with diapers and her newest job is burping Payton after he is done eating. She loves her brother and is so wonderful with him. She gets very worried when he starts to cry and and loves to tell strangers she is a big sister. I couldn't be more proud of what a great little person she is. I am truly impressed with how well she is adjusting on a daily basis. I also think things will continue to improve once I can get out more and let Gwynn run off some of her energy.

The past two weekends and weeks have been packed with activities. Charlie's sisters Libby and Sarah as well as there significant others came up to visit and attend the car show with Charlie in Sherwood. It was a lot of fun and I am sure will become a family tradition. Sarah also brought us a ton of pre made wonderful meals we are still enjoying as well as beautiful flowers. The MacDonald girls know how to pick beautiful flowers! My mother was also up for a visit on Friday and Saturday morning. She enjoyed holding Payton and playing with Gwynn. Our fathers day was filled with a lot of relaxing, a park visit and a walk. Gwynn picked a breakfast spread of donuts, cake and sausage for Charlie.

This past weekend Charlie's father and step mother came up for a visit and treated us to dinner and gifts for the little ones. Payton received his first pair of pedi peds in camo. It was a great visit. I also had a last minute wedding on Saturday that went very well. I think I have done every type of wedding possible now. This wedding was a musical! It was very hard for me to leave both Payton and Gwynn but Charlie did a great job with two for eight hours. We then had a dinner with a group of friends in Sherwood and today Charlie headed out to Utah. We are all doing great and loving life and all the new and exciting changes. I am hoping once I get adjusted a bit more to two little ones I will be able to blog more often.

Payton's a tank!!!!

Today Payton had his two week check up and he confirmed our thoughts that he looked like he has been "chunking up" a little bit. He weighed 9 lbs and grew an inch!! That's 1lb 5oz heavier from when he was born. We were both very suprised that he gained that much especially after it took what seemed like forever for Gwynn to gain that much weight. So it seems like he is getting plenty to eat and everything else checked out great.

We also confirmed that the pediatrician at the hospital where he was born was full of B.S. when she was getting us all freaked out about whooping cough. Our pediatrician said that there is no way that he can get it since he actually gets the vaccine from Tiff, so good news there. Other than that everything has been going good. Tiff has had to sit up with Payton a few times because he hasn't quite adjusted to the night hours being sleeping hours. I have also gone back to work now and I think Tiff is doing a great job keeping up with the two of them and keeping Gwynn from climbing the walls. She's a little bit attention starved but she is getting used to having to share the spotlight with Payton.

It still looks like we are going to be heading to Park City Utah after the fourth of July and have begun looking for places to stay over there. We also are excited about staying with the Alonzo's the weekend of the fourth while we are in Seattle for Tiff's Uncle and soon to be Aunts wedding.

It looks like we will finally be getting some nice weather up here and are planning on taking advantage of it by going to the Sherwood Car Show this weekend with the Tenbusch clan from Longview. Payton is going to have his first experience with muscle cars and smoking tires!! Hope everyone else gets to enjoy the sun while its here and hope to see all of you soon.

Life is good!

Life is good for our family. We are really enjoying our time together learning how to balance having two little ones.

Gwynn loves her new brother and enjoys kissing him and touching his little nose. Gwynn tells me he has a funny nose all the time. I think she is amazed with how little all his features and body parts are. She also likes to copy Payton and pretend cries like a baby and requests milk when he is having milk. I think Gwynn is going to make an excellent big sister. She is so sweet and gentle with her new brother. Gwynn also has been so spoiled with gifts by well wishers. Charlie is an amazing father taking Gwynn on little outings everyday. Today they went and got supplies to finish her dollhouse and went swimming. She is a very happy big sister.

Payton is doing very well. He is eating and sleeping great. He only wakes up twice a night so far. We went to the hospital yesterday and meet with the lactation nurse and Payton is already back up to his birth weight. He is a very mellow baby even more so then Gwynn was. We feel really blessed to have such a calm newborn and hope he keeps it up.

Thanks again to all the friends and family who have brought food and gifts. I think our fridge is more full then it has ever been. I know we all appreciate everything everyone has done for our family. Thank you all so much!

I am also happy to announce Tarah had her first doctors appointment today and her baby's due date is November 25Th!!! I am so excited for her and Brodie!