Thank you Grandma Krollmann! We really appreciate you staying with us and helping out! Lucas already misses Grandma (as he keeps saying "Grandma", and then can't find her).
Megan had a weight check this morning and she's doing great! On Monday, she weighed in at 6 lbs. 4 oz. Today, she weighed in at 6 lbs. 12 oz. The doctor asked what we were feeding her and if it was 
straight cream. I guess there are no worries that she is getting enough to eat. Since she is doing so well with gaining weight, that will also help her get rid of the jaundice faster.
It must be rough to be 10 days old and already bored.
evenings and some bad evenings before Megan was born. Since Megan has come home, Lucas has slept through the night once. He seems unable to fall asleep on his own, and cannot comfort himself back to sleep in the middle of the night (mommy or daddy have to lay with him). Hopefully he gets better as he gets used to the new changes in the house. While he doesn't seem to be doing fantastic with his new bed, he does love his sister ... he is frequently wanting to give her kisses and hugs. :)Following in the steps of her big brother, Megan is also going for the fake-suntan look that jaundice provides. Fortunately, after almost a week of having her heels poked, her levels seem to have peaked and she will be able to avoid the bili-blanket that Lucas had to deal with.
And until we get suttmann.com/krollmann.net up and running again (specifically the photo gallery), I'll probably be posting an excessive number of pictures to the blog, so here goes ... Mommy and Megan, Daddy watching Lucas hold Megan's hand, Grandma Krollmann having fun with Lucas and Megan, Megan keeping the pacifier in, Lucas showing Megan more love, and one of our first new family photos.
Lucas got to meet his new little sister for the first time yesterday. He loved pointing out the baby and her hat. He even gave Megan a kiss and hug, though the hug was a little too rough for Megan since it made her squeak.
The nurses at the hospital keep commenting on how big Megan is, but her mommy and daddy think she is itty-bitty ... after all, she is about 2 pounds less than her big brother was at this age. :) She even looked a little lost in her carseat when she and mommy went home today.
Wednesday, Lucas went to hang out with his buddies and watch daddy play softball. After the game, Lucas and Alicia got to ride the cooler back to the car. It was a lot more fun than walking! (sorry about the small pics, but it was from a camera phone ... all we had on hand)
Lucas slept in his big bed for the first time Saturday. He really likes his new room, but we weren't sure if he would like his big bed. He got upset when Mommy left the room for naptime, but was good (and asleep) after she laid at the foot of his bed for 10 minutes.
Daddy tried to put him to bed Saturday night, but was not as successful. After about 40 minutes of trying to get him to go to sleep, Daddy gave up and 
Mommy tried ... Lucas was asleep within 10 minutes. He slept until 6:15 Sunday morning, which wasn't too bad. Normally, he probably would have gone back to sleep for a bit, but, all things considered, he did very well.
Last night, Mommy read to Lucas, did the normal bedtime routine, and said goodnight. Lucas screamed for less than 30 seconds and went right to sleep. Unfortunately, he woke up for a while around midnight, then was awake from about 4-6am.
We are very proud of our little Superdude for doing so well! Now we just need to combine his going right to sleep on Sunday night with his sleeping through the night on Saturday and we'll be all set!
We went to dinner tonight at Red Lobster with several of our friends. We thought Lucas would like a meal of chicken fingers (the only meat he will ever eat), broccoli and rice. He kept saying "no" and pushing it away, but he didn't want a taste of Mommy or Daddy's meals, either. Apparently he wanted all of Daddy's meal. He proceeded to pull Jim's full order of Shrimp Linguini Alfredo toward himself and dug in. Daddy managed to scoop 1/2 of it onto a mini roll plate before Lucas found a shrimp in his mouth and put it back on the plate. Daddy ate what he had taken so far, and Lucas's untouched meal. Apparently Lucas does like sauce ... we just hadn't tried the right one. :)
