February 1, 2005
Lauren had her
1 month appointment today and she weighs 9lbs 13oz 
She's gained 2 lbs since birth! Katherine weighed 9lbs @ her 1 mo
February 8, 2005
Lauren had an
appointment for her second HepB shot today. Here are her stats now.
Head: 38cm
(75%)
Length: 23”
(97%)
Weight: 10lb
3oz (75-90%)
Wowza! She’s
outgrown her newborn-footed outfits because she’s too tall. I’ve unpacked the
box of 3-6 month outfits that K used to wear and loaded Lauren’s dresser with
them. It’s so funny to see her in Katherine’s old outfits. She’s also already
up to the next size in diapers.
We had a nice
visit with the folks in
The one snag
with our trip was what is now referred to as “the backpack incident”. Lauren started
getting fussy during the last hour of our trip. After stopping at two exits in
a row to feed her, we decided that maybe she needed a diaper change. We stopped
and I hopped out to change her. I pulled the diaper bag from the back and took
care of business. However, mommy brain, I forgot to close the
back of the van and when we took off, a lady at the gas station started honking
her horn. We pulled onto the shoulder, right across the street) and closed the
door. I asked Woody if everything was still there and he said he didn’t think
anything fell out. We arrived in Tallahassee an hour later and alas,
Katherine’s Dora back pack, which contained all of her clothes for the weekend
along with her teddy bear, Dumbo video and security blanket. Woody and Brad made
the hour and a half round trip back to the exit and thank god, they retrieved
the backpack. It has a bit of road rash but everything was secure inside. Whew!
Katherine has
been going to bed like a big girl lately and she will be rewarded this weekend
with a family trip to the zoo or if it’s too cold, to the museum. She’s really
been awesome for the most part with everything that’s been going on around her.
As long as she has her sleep she’s great. The only time we get into it with her
is when she’s not gotten enough rest….then it’s awful. Of course the “no’s” hit
pretty fiercely this month but they seem to have peaked last week. There has
been a sharp decline in the amount of frustration now that that phase seems to
be nearing the end.
In the evenings,
I’ve started asking Katherine what her favorite part of the day is. So far,
answers like “rolling down the hill”, “painting at Miss Candice’s’” and
“playing the piano with GiGi” are some of my favorite answers. I plan to try to
enter them into this journal so that I can remember what really floats her
boat. One day, in the not too distant future, I’m sure her answers will be more
like “when Bobby smiled at me”, or “Shut up mom, this is a stupid game”. I’ll
be able to look back and remember when she was so innocent and sweet. sigh
Lauren is
holding her head up but it’s still a pretty big melon and it plops forward
after awhile. She’s smiling and cooing at us and is generally just a great,
easy baby. We figure it’s our gift for dealing so gracefully with the
high-needs baby that was Katherine. We can actually put Lauren down after she
falls asleep and she stays asleep! Go figure.
Family wise,
Woody is keeping busy with work and we are looking for a new car for me. The
back door to the van broke and will not latch shut. I wouldn’t mind if it were
just me, but I’m not so comfortable driving the girls around in it. Besides it
gets crappy mileage and is falling apart slowly anyway. In fact, I took it to
get the oil changed last week and the guy looked at me and said “wow, you sure
do have a lot of oil leaks in that car”. Hummm really? My garage floor hadn’t
noticed. LOL
February 14, 2005
Happy
Valentines Day. Woody got me a nice frame and he put pictures of the girls in
it for me. I also got a gift certificate to the spa for a mani & pedi. That
will be nice when I find the time to get there.
K had a party
at daycare and she got chocolate and lots of cards. She’s such a chocoholic.
February 15, 2005
Lauren is
starting to coo and smile a lot more. She’s got a lovely smile.
February 16, 2005
Katherine
melted my heart today. I had picked her up from daycare and we were chatting
like usual in the car. She said “mommy. You are my best friend mommy” and she
had the sweetest look on her face. I practically pulled over right there and
gave her a hug.
Her favorite
things for the last few days have been:
Monday: playing
outside and riding bikes
Tuesday:
painting (I see a trend here)
Today: eating
crackers. Graham crackers that they eat for snack. Apparently they got to eat
outside today since the weather has been so nice.
Lauren rode
around in the baby bjorn carrier for most of the day while I cleaned and
worked. She’s been really gassy and pukey the last two days. Wonder if I ate
something that is bothering her (sure hope it’s not the chocolate. that would
stink! LOL) or if it’s all the mucous from her cold. So far she’s been way
sicker than K ever was but she’s a better sleeper and she’s growing well so I
guess it’s a fair trade.
Woody’s joints
are still bothering him. He met with a rheumatologist who seems to think it’s
either gout or rheumatoid arthritis. We are waiting for the test results and
should know something by next week. We are keeping our fingers crossed for gout
since that’s manageable with meds. It will be nice if he finally gets a
diagnosis. That’s got to be hard to be in such pain yet not know exactly why.
February 23, 2005
That Katherine
is one funny girl. Today in the car, she said “that’s a poppy sign!”. I had no
idea what she was talking about. She said it again and I realized that she was
referring to the stop signs. Poppy had shown her the stop sign when they took a
walk the last time we were at their house. She also says “Poppy is playing the
mee-meeps” whenever we play the Harry Connick CD and the jazzy piano songs come
on. Maybe she’s some kind of music savant or something…I mean what toddler
knows the difference between jazz and classical? She never says that when we
listen to classical piano pieces. Weird.
The recurring
neck problem I’ve had is back. I turned the wrong way two days ago and pow!
Pain. So, now Woody and I are both broken. The house is falling into chaos. I
have a chiropractic appointment today. It usually takes about 1 day after an
adjustment to start feeling better. Hopefully I will be feeling good when Susan
comes down for the weekend. Katherine can’t wait to see her grandma and grandma
will be surprised to see & hear all of Laurens smiles and coos.
Today is hat
day at daycare. K was so excited. I took her suitcase of dress up clothes and
hats for her to share.
I just put
Lauren down in her crib awake but sleepy for her nap. We shall see if she falls
asleep in there. I really want her to start taking her naps in there.
February 28, 2005
Katherine had a
pretty funny one tonight. She loves taking medicine and she’s had a cough that
we’ve been treating for the last few days. Woody asked if she needed medicine
tonight and I asked her if she was still feeling sick. With the most serious
look on her face she said “Yes I am sick mommy. I’ve had the hiccups all day!”.
I had to laugh at that one.
