July 10, 2008
June 2, 2008
The Last 3.5 Months!
Linnea is almost 16 months.... at her 15 month well check she weighed in at a whooping 19 pounds 10 ounces, so she is under the 10 %ile now. She continues to grow and is now 31 inches, 75-90 %ile. Her doc is not at all concerned with her growth as she continues to eat well and is a very active little girl. She remains sitting backwards in the car; but should be turning around shortly. She is a bundle of fun and excitement.
Baby #2....still deciding on a name, so feel free to give suggestions....is a GIRL! This pregnancy has been as problem free as my last to this point...we pray that continues. Dr. visits are pretty uneventful other than Linnea crying while they get the baby's heart rate. The next visit is the blood glucose test. Hooray for orange pop, just kidding!
February 16, 2008
We're Alive!
Some of you may have been wondering what we have been up to...so where do I begin!
Well lets start in the kitchen. Chris and I set out to paint the kitchen at the end of January in hopes of having it completed for Linnea's birthday in February. We patched up some problem areas, took off the cabinet doors, took out the drawers, and pushed all of the appliances and furniture to the center of the room, and thus it stayed for about two weeks! We had to go a little out of order with the painting as Chris was still working on the ceiling patch, so we started with the walls. We then moved on to the cabinets and trim...it is livable at this point but there is still a good amount of work to be done.
Linnea's birthday was February 6th we celebrated with dinner out and her free scoop of ice cream from Graeter's. She really enjoyed the ice cream, even if it was only vanilla. We then went to church for the Ash Wednesday service. We had a family birthday party on Saturday the 9th. Chris's parents, grandma, and brother, and my mom and two foreign exchange students joined us for a pizza dinner....it was Linnea's first experience with pizza and LaRosa's for that matter. The rest of Chris's relatives then came for cat cake and ice cream....and of course presents! Lets just say we are going to need to finish the basement just to house all of Linnea's things. It was a great celebration of Linnea's first year of life.
Linnea also had her 12 month check up during which she weighed in at 17 pounds 15.5 ounces and she is 29.5 inches long. She has four teeth at the moment and three more ready to come through. She is a happy, healthy one year old.
Sunday after church Linnea and I traveled back to Wisconsin with my Mom for a visit. Despite all the horrible talk about road conditions they were in really good shape. While in Wisconsin we were able to visit with my grandparents and sisters. We spent the day Monday with Grandma and visited Grandpa at the rehab center (broken hip). Tuesday we spent the day with Ellen and got to have dinner with Uncle Dan...we also took Linnea out in the snow for the first time. She went sledding in a box and made her first snow angel.
We came home on Wednesday via Skybus. It was Linnea's first time on an airplane and she did great...many of the other passengers interacted with her during the flight and she loved it! Linnea was so happy to see Daddy at the airport! We came from about 6+ feet of snow to a little more than a dusting in Ohio...but we are glad to be home.
Well lets start in the kitchen. Chris and I set out to paint the kitchen at the end of January in hopes of having it completed for Linnea's birthday in February. We patched up some problem areas, took off the cabinet doors, took out the drawers, and pushed all of the appliances and furniture to the center of the room, and thus it stayed for about two weeks! We had to go a little out of order with the painting as Chris was still working on the ceiling patch, so we started with the walls. We then moved on to the cabinets and trim...it is livable at this point but there is still a good amount of work to be done.
Linnea's birthday was February 6th we celebrated with dinner out and her free scoop of ice cream from Graeter's. She really enjoyed the ice cream, even if it was only vanilla. We then went to church for the Ash Wednesday service. We had a family birthday party on Saturday the 9th. Chris's parents, grandma, and brother, and my mom and two foreign exchange students joined us for a pizza dinner....it was Linnea's first experience with pizza and LaRosa's for that matter. The rest of Chris's relatives then came for cat cake and ice cream....and of course presents! Lets just say we are going to need to finish the basement just to house all of Linnea's things. It was a great celebration of Linnea's first year of life.
Linnea also had her 12 month check up during which she weighed in at 17 pounds 15.5 ounces and she is 29.5 inches long. She has four teeth at the moment and three more ready to come through. She is a happy, healthy one year old.
Sunday after church Linnea and I traveled back to Wisconsin with my Mom for a visit. Despite all the horrible talk about road conditions they were in really good shape. While in Wisconsin we were able to visit with my grandparents and sisters. We spent the day Monday with Grandma and visited Grandpa at the rehab center (broken hip). Tuesday we spent the day with Ellen and got to have dinner with Uncle Dan...we also took Linnea out in the snow for the first time. She went sledding in a box and made her first snow angel.
We came home on Wednesday via Skybus. It was Linnea's first time on an airplane and she did great...many of the other passengers interacted with her during the flight and she loved it! Linnea was so happy to see Daddy at the airport! We came from about 6+ feet of snow to a little more than a dusting in Ohio...but we are glad to be home.
December 27, 2007
Christmas Past
Linnea's first Christmas has come and gone. It was a blast watching her open numerous gifts and revel at the noises that so many made....batteries were included, thanks to grandparents and great grandparents. We really didn't have to buy her anything she would have been happy with the paper, ribbons, and bows that adorned the packages. Here are some pictures from the days of festivities.
December 7, 2007
10 Down 2 to Go
Linnea is now ten months old! It is hard to believe in just two months we will be celebrating her first whole year of life. She has been such a blessing to our entire family, yes this includes all you grandparents, great grandparents, and aunts and uncles too! The only one not quite so excited about Linnea is Kitty Ka-too.
Well Linnea had her 9 month well check today at 10 months...the doctor is a little busy when it comes to well checks. Linnea was upset the minute she saw the nurse, as this is the nurse who has given Linnea 90% of her shots, and who had to prick her toe and give Linnea her second flu shot today....and Linnea didn't really want anything to do with Dr. Norby either.
The doctor said she is doing great physically and is on target developmentally. So the moment you have all been waiting for.... The Stats....Linnea weighed in at 16 pounds 7.5 ounces, that puts her in the 5-10% range. She is 29 inches long, 75% and her head is 50%...at least something is average. The Dr. once again said, "she is long and lean but we already knew that."
Because of her length we will be needing to change her car seat soon as her pumpkin seat is only recommended for babies up to 29 inches in length. I have a strong feeling she will be sitting backwards long past her first birthday as I don't foresee her gaining 3 pounds and 8.5 ounces in two months; but we will see. The Dr. said we can start giving her whole milk and more "people" food whenever we want to start, it's our decision to make.
Linnea is still waiting on her first tooth but I have a feeling we will be seeing more than one in the near future.
Well Linnea had her 9 month well check today at 10 months...the doctor is a little busy when it comes to well checks. Linnea was upset the minute she saw the nurse, as this is the nurse who has given Linnea 90% of her shots, and who had to prick her toe and give Linnea her second flu shot today....and Linnea didn't really want anything to do with Dr. Norby either.
The doctor said she is doing great physically and is on target developmentally. So the moment you have all been waiting for.... The Stats....Linnea weighed in at 16 pounds 7.5 ounces, that puts her in the 5-10% range. She is 29 inches long, 75% and her head is 50%...at least something is average. The Dr. once again said, "she is long and lean but we already knew that."
Because of her length we will be needing to change her car seat soon as her pumpkin seat is only recommended for babies up to 29 inches in length. I have a strong feeling she will be sitting backwards long past her first birthday as I don't foresee her gaining 3 pounds and 8.5 ounces in two months; but we will see. The Dr. said we can start giving her whole milk and more "people" food whenever we want to start, it's our decision to make.
Linnea is still waiting on her first tooth but I have a feeling we will be seeing more than one in the near future.
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