Sahii Spot: April 2009

Abby at 2 months...

Well, Abby had her 2 month weigh-in... er checkup... today. All is pretty well with her, except maybe a little reflux. She has made great progress in weight, jumping 25-50 percentile points, now at 11 lbs 5 oz and 22.125 inches long. She is doing well in that department, and seems to have been on a growth spurt of late too. She also had a whole rash of shots today, so she is not exactly happy with her parents at the moment. Though it was pretty cool that one of the immunizations was oral this time rather than a shot, which is different from when Sara was this age.

We are starting to see even more smiles and cooing. She has been a big fan of mobiles the last week or two, and shiny objects and mirrors are catching her attention too. She is definitely getting bigger and stronger all the time. Hard to believe that two weeks from now she'll be in day care like her big sister.

This past weekend was pretty good. The weather on Saturday was fabulous. We started out with some father/daughter haircut time at the barber shop for Sara's second haircut which looks quite cute. We also had a whole bunch of other activities like the first trip to the outdoor farmer's market, getting to see Aunt Jo and Joyce, time at the park, and dinner with friends. We even got in some playing as well. One of the highlights of Aunt Jo's visit was a present to Sara of some "Solar Slime" (which she calls the gooey stuff). Basically it is gooey stuff that changes color in the sunlight. She wasn't too sure at first about playing with goo, but now she asks to go outside and play with it a lot, especially when it is cloudy and raining!

Anyway, the girls are doing relatively well... pics below.

The growing girl...

Big Smile

Happy arm full

New Haircut

Girls

Mini-slide

Labels: Abby, Sara

Easter Vacation

Okay, so a lot has been going on, nothing new with that... there are a whole bunch of pictures below....

Things are all right here. Abby teased us for a few nights a couple of weeks ago by sleeping 5-5.5 hours in a couple of nights in a row... emphasis on teased. She is growing and developing. Unfortunately, she is a bit uncomfortable more regularly than we would like... probably typical baby belly stuff, but definitely a bummer for all around. However, we (usually Mom) are seeing more smiles and proto-giggles. It is hard to believe that it is only about 2 more weeks until she starts at day care. Time certainly flies.

Sara is doing her bit too. She was ill a couple of weeks ago, possibly her first ear infection since right after she got her tubes more than two years ago. Went away pretty fast too. Recently found out that one of the tubes is gone too, so that's good. She has also been pushing boundaries more lately... hard to know what the exact cause is, probably a multitude of things internal and external, but it has leaked over to school for the first time. We are working through it and starting to see some progress, but only time will tell.

On the fun side of things, we headed East last weekend to see some friends and hang out. The girls did pretty well on the car trip... Sara was seriously excited the whole way. Sara and Timmy who are only a week apart in age had a grand ole time (as did everyone else). Abby did pretty well too, but at her age she doesn't really care where she is as long as she can eat, sleep, and be held :) We even went to the National Zoo on Saturday and Sara (Abby was sleeping) got to see the panda's for the first time, and some elephants, hippos, and gorillas. Sunday morning Sara and Timmy had an easter egg hunt together, while Abby and Evie watched, before we headed for home. Sara was a bit disappointed, as all we heard on the way home was "but I didn't want to leave Timmy's house."

And just as important as all of that, Today is Danette's birthday!!!!! Happy birthday!