The Life of the Hornickels: Fun with the Girls

It's hard to believe, but Macey is already over 2 months old! Time is FLYING by and she's changing so quickly. At her 2 month well visit she measured as the size of an average 4 month old! Overall she's a great baby: she sleeps for 5-6 hours at night (I'm hoping for a bit more soon, but I'll take this for the time being...), she likes to sit in the bouncy seat, swing or lay in her jungle for 30-45 minutes without fussing, and she really doesn't cry all that much. She's smiling SO much now and is "talking" more and more too. She and I have "conversations" which cracks up Evie. :) Her head is so strong and she likes to stand with our help. The one catch with Macey: she has a huge blowout in her diaper EVERYDAY! It's like she holds it all in for one explosive diaper! And there's nothing like pulling a onesie over her head after it's filled with poo. :)

Evie and Macey get along SO WELL! Evie is infatuated with her little sister and is SUCH a big help. She sings to Macey when she's crying, she loves to hold her, and loves giving her kisses.

Evie's updates: she's really enjoying preschool and is learning so much! Her lead teacher is very impressed with her intellect and said she's reading ready and really attentive and interested in their writing activities.

Unfortunately in December Evie's arthritis came back. She's back on Methotrexate and Meloxicam, but we're still waiting for the inflammation to be completely gone. Her range of motion is good and luckily there are only occasional mornings that she's stiff, but by now the inflammation should be totally gone. We have to up her dosage of Methotrexate and hope that within 3 weeks it goes away, otherwise we have to look at switching her meds. She's such a trooper though, she never complains and takes all of the doctors appointments in stride. An amazing little girl, for sure!

Here are some pics from January and February at the Hornickel household.