lanky chunkster

Little Miss finally had her 2 week check-up, a little on the late side. She is now 9lbs, 9oz and 23.5 inches long with a 14.5 inch head. Her last weight check was at 4 days old when she weighed in at 7lbs 6oz. So in just over 2 weeks she has gained more than 2 pounds.... Woohoo! I guess she IS getting enough to eat.

She is well above the 100% for length, 70% for weight, and 50% for her head size.

She has had a little cold for a few days now and had a temp of 100.2. I am so, so thankful it wasn't any higher. At our hospital if your under 2 month old baby has a temp of 100.3 or higher it means an automatic trip to the ER for a spinal tap. Umm, no thank you. We will check it often for the next couple days, but she should be fine. Micah had a similar thing happen at 9 weeks and came super close to getting a spinal tap. Thank God for a compassionate Dr. who spent extra time evaluating him so he could avoid a spinal tap.

Plaster.... art?

Men... skip this post. Unless you want to feel really uncomfortable. Skip, skip.

For all my pregnant friends, this is just how different 2 pregnancies can be. The casts were both done at 38 weeks and the kids born at 38 weeks 3 days and 38 weeks 4 days. You want to guess which was the 6 pounder 18 inch mini and which one was the scale tipping 8 pounder 22 incher?




So much for objects in the distance appearing smaller......

Summer

Creative. Cheap. Close. Connection. Community.

That's the criteria for our summer fun. Got any ideas?


I am excited about this summer. It's the first summer in years that both me and my husband are both up for some social interaction. He has been studying or traveling for job interviews the last 3 summers and last summer I was just a mess emotionally. So glad that is over! My hubby is still testing and interviewing with fire departments but just locally right now. So....

We need some plans!

House Arrest

If you need me, I am at home. Indefinitely.

I am on house arrest. My car is in the shop this week as we do our part to stimulate the economy by running up thousands of dollars in repair bills. So glad we can do our part to help our country. I suppose I could use my husband's car this week and let him ride his bike to work, but there are 2 problems with that plan.

1. His car has no air conditioning.
I guess thats not such a big problem other than I detest arriving places completely drenched in sweat from the black leather interior. Yuck. I also will not put a newborn in a car without AC.

2. His car is a stick shift.
I have never really mastered the stick shift and still have horrific flashbacks of rolling back down a mountain hill in Colorado while my mom yelled at me to get it in gear. Fun, fun times. It was in that moment that my parents swore up and down that they would never buy another standard transmission. I have had a bit of a mental block about it since then and come up with lots of convenient excuses not to learn. My current excuse is that I do not think it is wise to learn to drive with my precious toddler and newborn in the car as I would surely kill at least one of us.

So I will be home. All week. Maybe longer. I think my house may actually get cleaned this week.

Edited to add: I just read this and realized it reads like I am really annoyed by being home all week. I actually am quite the homebody and am looking forward to just being HOME!