Wes was the best man in Trevor’s wedding on Saturday. He got married to a Washington girl, so the wedding was out here! Lots of family and friends came and stayed with us, so we’ve been making good use of our three bathrooms. Maisie has been sleeping for 9+ hours the past 3 nights because our days have been sooo busy. It was nice to have so many friends and family around. It made this place seem much more homey.
Gum anyone? -
thanks for my pretty socks Carolyn!
Maisie is 9 weeks old!
She has had a busy week of visitors and wedding festivities.
Hi everyone, this is my first blog post. I bet you didn’t know that I am typing and using computers already… (mom is helping me).
I’m 8 weeks old now! I’m getting really big! I’m 12 pounds. That’s how big daddy was when he was born. I don’t know how grandma did it!
This week I played on the swing and sat in my new chair! I also decided that I would give mommy and daddy a break and take a pacifier. I’m still deciding if I’ll take a bottle. Today mommy and I played with Kirsten and Greta.
Here are some pictures and a video-
We had a house full of happy babies last week (well, two babies). Aidan is growing so big and is such a sweetie and Maisie has been a new baby as of last Monday! We’ve made some changes to help with her acid reflux and it all seems to be working!
Here are some pictures from the week-
We made a trip to Seattle and a band was playing on top of the giant hill at Gasworks Park. 
Rebecca put a kite together-
We went to the Kirkland waterfront and listened to another band and got dinner-
We drove to Mt. Rainier on Friday and the babies did so well in the car for 5+ hours. The only time that they really cried was the last 10 minutes of the trip. We recorded a quick clip of them crying and it’s pretty funny!-
family and friends- if you ever see a picture that you would like a copy of, just let me know and I’ll send it to you 
Here are a couple photos from our week! Much more to come soon.
I set the timer for this photo and it made me laugh so hard!
This is what happened right before the last picture-
I love my sisters 
Maisie had her one month checkup this week and is at 11 pounds and she’s grown 1.25 inches.
Maisie has acid reflux, so she needs to be as upright as possible all of the time. If we lay her back, she gets really uncomfortable and you can hear the acid gurgling in her throat. Poor girl. This means that she wants to be held ALL day. Poor mama. I feel accomplished if I am able to get 10 minutes for a fast shower and super fast breakfast during the day. We can’t wait for visitors on Monday so there are more hands to hold her!
The last two weeks we have been challenged to figure out how to soothe Maisie. She could cry and fuss forever if we let her, but we’ve discovered how to calm her down and get her to sleep.
It’s a science and you have to follow each step precisely-
**Study carefully Katie, Rebecca, and Grandpa Muhr (they are coming to visit in a week!)
1. feed her
2. burp her
3. change her diaper
4. swaddle her
5. turn up the white noise nice and loud (we use apps on our phones…going sshhhhh as loud as we could was making us dizzy)
6. hold her upright on your chest
7. bounce, sway, and pat her
8. She will fall asleep almost instantly!
If you forget a step or do one out of order…you will have a screaming baby.
Since we discovered these steps, life is much more pleasant!
No pretty pictures today. If she’s awake, she wants to be held (see above) and I can’t take her picture and hold her at the same time 
We went for a walk with Kirsten and Greta yesterday-
