Melody and Tyler update

Melody had her 6 week check up last week and is doing really good! She weighs almost 10 lbs. now and has outgrown all of her newborn outfits. She gets stronger and stronger each day and can pretty much hold her own head up now. She coos and smiles whenever she gets face to face contact and you smile at her. She really is a really good baby and I'm having a ball spending my maternity leave with her. We take drives to go shopping and I pump in the car when we're out and about for several hours. It's quite convenient and she's taken to being out of the house very well. We met up with Caroline and Harolyn and the kids last Friday at the Bronx Zoo. It was a beautiful day and Melody was a joy all day. That night Eric went to a Spiritualized concert and I had double duty with both kids that night. Eric thought it might be a good idea if I had a friend over for some help but I didn't think it was necessary. Both kids were very good and went down around 9:30pm so I had some time to myself even.

This weekend we spent Saturday in Sheep Meadow and met up with Eric's friend Oliver and his family, Irka, and Victor's family showed up as well. In the evening I went to Vince's birthday party in the West Village and it was Eric's turn for double duty. I think it fared very well without me! He's such a great dad!

On Sunday we made a trip out to visit Granddad and Grandma for some ribs and seafood chowder. Yum! Always a good feast at the Maurer house. Tyler had his nap in the car so he missed out on a swim in the pool but he had fun running around with Grandma nonetheless. It was good to spend some time with Lillian and catch up as well.

Melody's features are coming in and she doesn't furrow her brows as often as she used to. Her double chin is subsiding too. Her eyelashes are growing out as well as her eyebrows, though people are still mistaking her for a boy.

Tyler is so much fun these days and his vocabulary expands quite a bit every day. He's beginning to string words along and I can't wait until he can speak in full sentences. HE loves Yo Gabba Gabba and Thomas the Tank. Though he throws toys and jumps around everywhere, he's been very good with Melody and is pretty careful around her.