check-up/sick visit

Buddy's 6 month check-up and shots were at 7 months. He's 16 1/2 lbs, 27 inches long, and Doc said he's developmentally about 6-8 weeks ahead of the minimum goals for kids his age. He's rolling over, lifting his neck up high, and scooting around and rolling really well. He grabs onto and chews anything and everything within reach, but doesn't quite have the pincer grasp mastered yet. He thinks he can eat our food, to the point that he begged for beans and rice at the Mexican restaurant until I fed him some the other night. He inhaled them. He "talks" in his own little language, and I swear he knows how to cry my name. He LOVES his big sister, and doesn't seem to mind her invasions of personal space.

Bear has been fighting the crud on and off all month, and earlier this week she complained of an earache. We had her checked, and sure enough, she has a mild ear infection. Her first in a long time... like 2 years +. She hated seeing her brother hurt as he was given her shots, and was such a brave girl when they drew her blood that we split a flurry at McDonalds after the appointment. She weighs 33 pounds, I forgot to ask them to check her height, and since it was a sick check, that's not standard protocol at our office. But she's growing... somewhere between 3t and 4th pants and shirts, but 4t and 5t shorts. She loves all things princess, and her current favorite movie is Barbie and the Diamond Castle... we have it from netflix, and she won't let me send it back.

mommy's boys

I took this tonight. Buddy fell asleep on Daddy. When the camera flashed, he smiled.

Catey's spring break

"Cousin" Catey came over for a couple of days this week. We had lots of fun with her!

Hannah's 1st egg-coloring experience

Hannah was having a rough time; this is the only one where she was almost smiling.

The beads kept sliding under the metal frame for Catey's suncatcher...
it took us 4 tries to get it right...

Silly Hannah with her butterfly on her foot, and Catey's hard-earned suncatcher.
Sweet snuggles

Buddy's first word?

The past couple of days, I swear our little guy has been screaming for me when he wants something. "Mamamamama" is a recurring sound coming out of his mouth. It's usually only used when he's angry. But our friend Catey was here, and she exclaimed, "he's calling you!" I figure that if someone who is not normally around him recognizes it, than it MUST be his first word.

handedness?

I wonder when kids' handedness really starts being noticeable? While taking his bath, Buddy splashed almost entirely with his left hand.

Today, Bear tried to "bowl" on the Wii with her left hand. She had fruit snacks in her right. (Shows where her priorities are.)

pics... week of 3/16/09

she still looks so small from this angle...

practicing on her "balance beam" at home;
it would hurt a lot more if she fell here than at the gym!

evening chat outside- happy st patty's day

"look, mom, the frisbee is kinda like a necklace!"

pretty hyacinths & my pretty girl

the bib says, "grandma never says no!"

Our thinker...

So, Bear wet her bed again last night. Once again, she figured out how to remove the not-so-deterrant door knob cover from her door. She also changed out of her wet pj's all by herself, put on a matching pair of top and bottom, then crawled into bed with us without giving us any indication of the former. It was almost 6:30 a.m., and for some kids, apparently that's a normal time to wake up.

But as she sat on the toilet before breakfast, I noticed something peculiar. She was missing underpants.
(That's when I realized what she was wearing was not the same as what I had last seen her in at bedtime.) Yep, she had changed her outfit, but missed one little detail....

Good and bad

The good news...
Buddy doesn't need antibiotics.
He's growing: at 6 months-ish, he weighs 15 lb 14 oz and is around 26 1/2 inches long.
He doesn't have to have his immunization this week.


The bad news....
His temp hit 103 this afternoon. I noticed his torso felt hot while changing his diaper.
He still got poked at the Doctor's office, and his big sister was almost as hard to console over seeing her brother in pain as he was during the process of being pinned down for the blood draw. I guess that's good news, too, at least she's compassionate.
He has a virus.

1st teeth

You can't see them in photos yet, and I am not willing to work hard enough to get them visible in a photo... but Brandon's bottom two front teeth have broken through.

Here's a pic of him all cozy in his car seat when we returned home from our small group meeting on Sunday:

Here he sports one of his new bibs tonight: