Back from the Cabin

We are back from our week at Buffalo Lake!  It wasn't exactly beach weather like we had hoped but we still had a good time together.  We spent alot of time trading each other off during the night and for naps.  Rachel smiled alot this past week - she is really responding to us!!.  We had a little birthday party for Abigail with our friends that own the cabin (and some other friends too). Near the end of the week Dave noticed something funny happening with the engine of our van.  So one morning Dave took off to Stettler to get someone to take a look at it.  I felt a little nervous watching him drive off knowing that if something happened we would have no way of contacting each other.  But Rachel is still doing fine.  And the van is fine too - we had to replace an ignition coil.  Thankfully it wasn't more than that.        

Rachel is having a terrible time with gas and pooping - poor girl. Rachel's feeds still go badly sometimes - she cries for a long time, obviously hungry but she doesn't drink.  We're still trying to figure out the right consistency of formula to rice milk* so she doesn't gag when it flows too fast, but it can't be too thick or she has too hard of a time sucking it out of the bottle.  But for some reason, Dave has this knack of getting her to drink when I can't.  It is really remarkable (and annoying;) ).

It's good to be home again!  One more week of holidays. 

*the rice milk is suppossed to help her keep her milk down but she still seems to have alot of reflux.  Hoping a prescription drug will help with that soon.

A blurry picture but a great smile!

Abigail's Third Birthday

Abigail making Rachel smile