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Thursday, February 28, 2008
Carried away...
So today Payton was playing on Playhousedisney.com, they have some fun games she likes to play, and I discovered some print and color pages. So Payton picked a couple and I printed them out for her to color. I thought, this is great, I bet the web is full of print and color sites. So I found an awesome one at www.kidscolorpages.com I did get carried away printing though. I swear our printer was sweating!I printed so many I am going to send some to school with Payton and Addison! They have a TON of cute pages!
Monday, February 25, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Pink???
Yes, pink. Tina said the blog needed a face lift so I decided that since I can't avoid pink in this house then that's the way it should go.
We went to the Zoo in St. Paul a few weeks ago and here's the scene: two pink strollers one with Addison in her pink snow suit, the other with Payton in her pink jacket and Tina in her pink jacket. Plus Payton's friend Ava in her pink jacket.
We went to the Zoo in St. Paul a few weeks ago and here's the scene: two pink strollers one with Addison in her pink snow suit, the other with Payton in her pink jacket and Tina in her pink jacket. Plus Payton's friend Ava in her pink jacket.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
12 Months...
So Addie's official birthday was yesterday. We did celebrate in MI a couple of weeks ago, but we couldn't let the actual day come and not celebrate her again! We had another cake and more presents. Our good friend Amy sent her the cutest toy purse. I had never seen one like it, I think it is fisher price... It has a big fat lipstick that rattles, cloth money that crinkles, big fat keys, and mirror and it plays music, counts.... She LOVES it. Payton does too! We had one of her new favorites for dinner, pizza, and of course chocolate cake!
We went to the doctor's today for her well baby. Finally a well child visit!!! Her ears are STILL clear! She had 3 vaccines and here are her stats... Weight 25 1/2 pounds, 31 inches long. She is 97% for both height and weight. She is fast catching up to Payton, who is about 29 pounds. They are just totally different! I still haven't figured out how to get photos off our new camera... photos to come! So we had to go to the lab to get her a hemoglobin and lead blood test. No problem... until the results came back. Addison is taking after her mumma and big sister's footsteps and is anemic. She has to start iron drops for 3 months. We will go back in one month to have more blood drawn. At least Brian and I know what we are up against. Her numbers aren't as bad as Payton's were at this age, and Addison does have a thalassemia trait (found on her newborn genetic screen, it is just that she carries this trait for a specific anemia) so that will probably mean she will be a little lower anyway according to her pediatrician. So back on iron for us! God we hate that! But what can we do...
We went to the doctor's today for her well baby. Finally a well child visit!!! Her ears are STILL clear! She had 3 vaccines and here are her stats... Weight 25 1/2 pounds, 31 inches long. She is 97% for both height and weight. She is fast catching up to Payton, who is about 29 pounds. They are just totally different! I still haven't figured out how to get photos off our new camera... photos to come! So we had to go to the lab to get her a hemoglobin and lead blood test. No problem... until the results came back. Addison is taking after her mumma and big sister's footsteps and is anemic. She has to start iron drops for 3 months. We will go back in one month to have more blood drawn. At least Brian and I know what we are up against. Her numbers aren't as bad as Payton's were at this age, and Addison does have a thalassemia trait (found on her newborn genetic screen, it is just that she carries this trait for a specific anemia) so that will probably mean she will be a little lower anyway according to her pediatrician. So back on iron for us! God we hate that! But what can we do...
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Whirlwind
The last couple of weeks have been just jam packed for us. As Brian blogged I did bring Addison to have her ears rechecked before we left for MI, we finally got a good report so we were off to MI to celebrate Addie's birthday with our families. We always say that the drive is always about an hour too long. That is when one of the girls starts to lose it and want out. This time it was Addison, but overall it was not a bad drive at all.
We had a big party for Addison with friends and family. She of course didn't nap that morning and was a little cranky. So we ended up cutting the cake without her. She did have a little personal cake of her own that she dove into when she got up. She loved that. And I am getting better... I left her clothes on! Payton was stripped to her diaper when we had her first birthday party! Of course Payton always loves it when Auntie Nicole comes and she can play with Elizabeth. It is so nice that they get along so well. This week Elizabeth called Payton to talk one night. I think Payton did all the talking!
Addison got to meet some new little friends. Two of my good friends from high school each have young kids. Tania's oldest Tyler was a favorite for her. She just kept scooting up to him. He was not thrilled I might add! He kept running away! And we finally got to meet my friend Leah's little guy Luke. He is only 16 months old! So cute too! Addison got a add-a-pearl necklace from my sister Val and her husband (her godparents). It is so cool. Every birthday Val will get another pearl and eventually she will have a beautiful strand of pearls. Totally awesome idea. We had a busy but nice long weekend. The day we left it was very windy and super cold (-30s with the wind chill) the entire ride. About a hour into the ride we put a movie on for Payton, about 10 minutes in she vomited all of the place. We were in the middle of nowhere. So we cleaned her up the best we could and drove about 20 minutes or so to a gas station so that I could change her clothes. Poor thing. The road was rough with snow/ice and with the wind the motion was too much for her. But she got to tell her "throw up" story all day at school on Monday!
I can't believe our Addison is going to be one this week! We have her one year appointment on Thursday so wait for that update. She is now doing mixed formula and milk. She is doing okay with that. We are still doing 2 bottles and 2 sippys a day of that. We are so trying to do only one bottle, but our little girl decided that she wanted teeth for her first birthday... she has popped out the bottom 2 in the past week or so. So she isn't doing good drinking her bottles even. She is not a good little teether. The new teeth and all the attention she got last weekend, is not making this week any fun. Nights have been frustrating to say the least. She wants us to hold her ALL the time. Her teachers have noticed that as well. She will just yell at you until you give her some attention... She is loud too! She has been babbling some words lately. She can say Uh-Oh, Hi, Mama and Dada, pretty regularly now. She is still scooting and now can get herself up on one knee to see things up higher. She can wave and clap. She is still a good little eater. She will try anything. She just loves to feed herself! We have started to introduce water/juice in her sippy cups as well, but she is not interested in that. Unless you count throwing and hitting things with the cup interested!
Payton had a great week. She LOVES Valentine's day. She still has her Valentine's from her class last year and she can tell you who each one is from. She loves them. So she had a big party in her class and we brought treats for everyone. Addison made out like a bandit. Considering her room is ages 6 weeks to 18 months those kids got a lot of Valentine's and treats. All age appropriate of course. Then we came home and we made Daddy a special cake (on Payton's insistence). We frosted and wrote "We Love Daddy" on it. Payton could not wait for him to get home! She kept saying "We need to hide and jump yelling SURPRISE!" She is so cute!
I am finally getting the house back in order, and since the girls are both napping, I am off to clean some bathrooms. Fun, I know...
We had a big party for Addison with friends and family. She of course didn't nap that morning and was a little cranky. So we ended up cutting the cake without her. She did have a little personal cake of her own that she dove into when she got up. She loved that. And I am getting better... I left her clothes on! Payton was stripped to her diaper when we had her first birthday party! Of course Payton always loves it when Auntie Nicole comes and she can play with Elizabeth. It is so nice that they get along so well. This week Elizabeth called Payton to talk one night. I think Payton did all the talking!
Addison got to meet some new little friends. Two of my good friends from high school each have young kids. Tania's oldest Tyler was a favorite for her. She just kept scooting up to him. He was not thrilled I might add! He kept running away! And we finally got to meet my friend Leah's little guy Luke. He is only 16 months old! So cute too! Addison got a add-a-pearl necklace from my sister Val and her husband (her godparents). It is so cool. Every birthday Val will get another pearl and eventually she will have a beautiful strand of pearls. Totally awesome idea. We had a busy but nice long weekend. The day we left it was very windy and super cold (-30s with the wind chill) the entire ride. About a hour into the ride we put a movie on for Payton, about 10 minutes in she vomited all of the place. We were in the middle of nowhere. So we cleaned her up the best we could and drove about 20 minutes or so to a gas station so that I could change her clothes. Poor thing. The road was rough with snow/ice and with the wind the motion was too much for her. But she got to tell her "throw up" story all day at school on Monday!
I can't believe our Addison is going to be one this week! We have her one year appointment on Thursday so wait for that update. She is now doing mixed formula and milk. She is doing okay with that. We are still doing 2 bottles and 2 sippys a day of that. We are so trying to do only one bottle, but our little girl decided that she wanted teeth for her first birthday... she has popped out the bottom 2 in the past week or so. So she isn't doing good drinking her bottles even. She is not a good little teether. The new teeth and all the attention she got last weekend, is not making this week any fun. Nights have been frustrating to say the least. She wants us to hold her ALL the time. Her teachers have noticed that as well. She will just yell at you until you give her some attention... She is loud too! She has been babbling some words lately. She can say Uh-Oh, Hi, Mama and Dada, pretty regularly now. She is still scooting and now can get herself up on one knee to see things up higher. She can wave and clap. She is still a good little eater. She will try anything. She just loves to feed herself! We have started to introduce water/juice in her sippy cups as well, but she is not interested in that. Unless you count throwing and hitting things with the cup interested!
Payton had a great week. She LOVES Valentine's day. She still has her Valentine's from her class last year and she can tell you who each one is from. She loves them. So she had a big party in her class and we brought treats for everyone. Addison made out like a bandit. Considering her room is ages 6 weeks to 18 months those kids got a lot of Valentine's and treats. All age appropriate of course. Then we came home and we made Daddy a special cake (on Payton's insistence). We frosted and wrote "We Love Daddy" on it. Payton could not wait for him to get home! She kept saying "We need to hide and jump yelling SURPRISE!" She is so cute!
I am finally getting the house back in order, and since the girls are both napping, I am off to clean some bathrooms. Fun, I know...
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Addison Update
Addison had a visit to the doctor yesterday to check on her ears and....they look good!! We're heading to the UP to have an early first birthday party so we wanted to make sure she was doing better. She's been a bit cranky for the past week but it could be many things...just wanted to rule out the ears. I don't have her stats from the doctor but I think she's in the 95th percentile for both weight and height (Tina might know).
Friday, February 01, 2008
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