Baby Comparison Pictures

Somehow I didn't notice how much Julie resembled my baby pictures until she got her haircut. Here are some samples for you:



Me as a baby.



Julie.



Me again.



Julie.

At least I know she wasn't switched in the hospital!

Julie's First Haircut

You can scroll down for before pictures. She looks much neater now! She was not well-behaved at all, it took two of us to hold her still while our friend cut her hair. The end results are worth it though. It is nice not to be constantly brushing it and trying to get her to keep the bows in.

Suddenly she looks just like I did as a toddler!

Snow!

This is how Maximus Amuttheis acts when it snows. In case you can't tell, his greyhound side comes out and he races around like a lunatic. This is the best my camera could do to catch up with him.



Z loved the snow so much that I finally took the baby inside and watched him from the backdoor. I couldn't get him to come in.







Ignore the non-matching mittens. :)

Julie had her 1 year check up today.

She is:

15 lbs, 12 oz (Nowhere near the chart)
29 inches (50th %)
17.5 inch head circumference (25th %)

She grew an inch and a half in a month. I think something was wrong with the measurement, but she is definately long and skinny.

She also gained 14 ounces, which is great for her, and will actually get her back on the growth charts eventually if she kept it up.

Cute Roaring Noises and Dancing

Roar!



Z dances to Ok Go - Here it goes again.

Yes, They're Both Mine

Julie at 11 months.



Zachary at 10 months.

In case you can't tell, these kids are related. ;) Genetics are funny sometimes.

The Face of Evil

The girl has learned to remove the cute bows from her hair, the ones that keep her hair out of her eyes. I am in so much trouble with this kid!

I see you!

I got a set of wireless security cameras yesterday, so I could figure out what it is that Julie does in her crib all day. She takes two three hour naps still but I suspected she was really awake a lot of that time.

It turns out I was right. I watched her on my computer screen for over two hours this afternoon, as she happily babbled and plotted her escape from the crib of doom. It was better than real TV. She spent a lot of time trying to hook her foot over the top of the bar. She also threw her blankets on the floor, and then spent a happy 30 minutes laying on her back with her feet straight up in the air.

So, it turns out the girl likes her alone time. No big brother to steal her toys, no one trying to make her learn to walk or talk, or touch her nose or any of those annoying things. Just Julie and her blankies. And this all makes me happy.

All better now!

Zachary is now well enough to steal my camera and take his own picture. Somehow the peevish princess did not catch the virus. I think it may have been something she was vaccinated against. Either that or the 10+ months of breastfeeding made her super human. Either way, I wish I was so lucky!

Poor Poor Zachary

Zachary earned his first two stitches the other day. He fell off of the Leapfrog table (he was just sitting on it) and hit his face on his toy fire department. It wasn't the worst cut ever, but it was pretty deep and right by his eye, so Jeremy took him up to the ER in the ambulance (he was on duty and happened to be in the area with the rig when I called him). Z loved it so much he insisted on being brought home by ambulance as well.

We have all been suffering from a nasty sinus thing all week. Today Z upped the ante by coming down with a stomach virus. He has thrown up several times already.

He is very pitiful right now...stitches on his face, black eye, runny nose, and throwing up. Poor little bunny.

11 Month Pictures

At 11 months we finally have teeth!

Still Tiny, but growing!

Well, ignoring that doctor and doing my own thing seems to be working!

Julie is up to 14 lbs, 13 ounces, and 27 1/2 inches at 11 months.

Still ridiculously small, but she grew half and inch and half a pound, which is slow but steady growth. The doctor said she is petite, but he isn't worried about her growth pattern anymore. I think it helps that as of 4 days ago she is completely on formula (from a sippy cup) so I was able to tell him exactly how much she drinks and eats. He was just fine with her eating real people food of course.

So, hopefully this is the end of weight checks and doctors hassling me. She still has to go back in a month of course, for her 12 month check-up and shots.

Pictures!

Some Pictures from our Christmas photoshoots.

The Tiny Princess

I really need to catch up here!

Little Miss Julie just turned ten months last week. She had a weigh-in, which she has every month, due to her failure to thrive.

Current Stats:

Weight: 14 lbs, 4 oz.
Height: 27 inches
Head cir: 17 1/8

That is up from 13 lbs, 9 oz, 26 1/4 inches at 9 months.

Unfortunately we saw a different doctor than the one I like, and this woman was pretty bitchy. She said Julie's whole problem is I don't feed her enough. That mixing formula powder in her cereal could never work because it would make it too thick. That Julie shouldn't be on any table food, just cereal and the Gerber dinners(meat and vegtables). That would be fine except she won't eat them and I don't blame her.

But at least she is growing, even if it is still slower than normal. She has another weight check in a month. She may be tiny, but she is developing on or ahead of normal! She can stand up without pulling up, and we expect her to walk anyday now.

Showing off the redhead

Welcome Baby Julianna!

Life is busy with two kids!

Baby Julianna arrived at 10:44pm on Groundhog's Day, February 2nd. The labor was short, only 5 hours compared to Zachary's 16 plus hours. The epidural worked this time, and it was heavenly. Only 4 or 5 pushes and she was born. It probably helped that she was nearly a pound and a half lighter than her brother was! She was 7 lbs, 3 oz and 20.5 inches.

She is still a petite little princess, although she is growing fast. She has started smiling and cooing. Her big brother adores her :)

Most importantly she sleeps 6 hours straight in a nice 11pm-5am block every night!

Zachary's Baby Sister

Baby Version 2.0 is almost complete. She is due in 3 weeks and 5 days. Everything is looking great, and my midwife is confident that she is smaller than Zachary was (he was 8.5 lbs, 22 inches, born at 39 weeks).

I spent today hauling baby things down from the attic, sorting through little baby clothes and setting up the baby cradle. We are nearly ready, in a physical sense anyway.

Photos From New Year's Eve

Zachary in his new bike helmet....he loves this thing, he got it for Christmas and insists on wearing it nearly everyday :)



Playing Playstation 2 with the boys:







I have dozens of nearly identical pictures of him playing Playstation, he was totally engrossed in the car racing game. His controller wasn't actually attached to anything :)

Just a cute picture of Zach on Jeremy ;)

Christmas Then and Now

Zachary 2004 (3 months old at time of photo)



Zachary 2005 (16 months old at time of photo)



They grow up so fast :(

A Toy to Drive Everyone Crazy

I am sitting here on the computer, typing this post, and instead of happily playing Zachary is repeatedly throwing a toy in my lap. It is an older Fisher Price toy, about 8 inches high with marble sized beads in it. The idea is you flip it over and the beads trickle down through the levels and a good time is had by all.

Unforunately, Zachary is under the impression that the beads are edible. He is furthur convinced that mommy can open the toy and give him the yummy beads, but is being mean.

So, he throws toy at mommy, then throws a fit screaming IIIISSSSSS (please).

Anyone want a toy full of yummy beads?