For my dad, who wants photographic evidence of his grandson’s misbehavior. (I think Tommy was trying to clean up with the baking soda and swiffer after sticking his fingers into the melon…?)
What I Had to Clean Up Yesterday Afternoon
Sep 23rd, 2009 by ECM
Dueling Dereks
Sep 22nd, 2009 by ECM
While Mariel and her Derek were here, we checked out the Lincoln Square Apple Festival and picked up a half bushel of apples! The Dereks dueled to see who could peel apples the fastest while Mariel and I made up three apple pies and a huge vat of applesauce. We’re thinking of going into pie making business… =)
yum!
More Fun Weekend Company
Sep 21st, 2009 by ECM
Jay and Kristen also visited this weekend, so we finally got to meet each other’s kids! Sam is pretty much a heartbreaker. Don’t know how we managed not to get any pictures of adults, but here are the kids before bed. Too bad no one was looking at the camera…
Triple Date
Sep 19th, 2009 by ECM
Mariel and her Derek came up from Bloomington to have a triple date with Hannah and Robert and us today!
Baseball fans
Sep 18th, 2009 by DTM
Farm Share, Week 25
Sep 17th, 2009 by ECM
Cabbage sprouts – they look like small cabbages to me…?
Apples
Blueberries
More red peppers
Broccoli
Spanish onion
Spinach
Tomatoes
Cabbage
So we’re having a lot of company in the next few days, and I’ve actually had to pick up a little extra produce for the first time in a while because this isn’t going to stretch all week. It’s kindof nice for a change, and it makes me think that I’ll be doing the farmer’s market thing instead of a formal farm share next year because I enjoy shopping for fruits and veggies when they’re in season.
Elizabeth's Four Month Stats
Sep 16th, 2009 by ECM
Lizzie had her four-month check-up today. She’s gone down a little on the growth charts (from 75th percentile to 50th for weight), but she’s still perfectly average, so we’re not concerned. She might be slowing down right now because of her lovely 13 hour nights. Yep, 13 hours. She’s been sleeping in ’til 8 the past couple of days. Hard to get more than four feedings in when she sleeps that much, but that’s okay if she continues to grow. I hadn’t been good about avoiding dairy this past week (impossible at the wedding), but her diapers were tested and came back clear of blood. This leads us to think that maybe she’s already outgrown her allergy or we misdiagnosed her before. The way to find out? I get to have dairy again! Yipee! We had pizza for dinner tonight. I love cheese… Anyway, back to Elizabeth, everything seemed fine. She had five vaccinations, and Tommy got his flu shot. Such a lot of cool bandaids on my kiddos!
Here are the stats:
height–24″ (50%)
weight–13 lbs. 11 oz. (55 %)
Now that she’s rolling both ways, she always rolls to her tummy to sleep now and burrows up against the bumpers in her crib. Here’s how she looks these days when I go in and check on her! (Maybe the bare spot on the back of her head will start to grow back now…)
Hangin' Out in Royal Oak
Sep 15th, 2009 by ECM
So our last road trip until Thanksgiving took us to Royal Oak for a wedding this weekend. We’d seen Grandpa and Grandma when they came here a few weeks ago, but this was the first time with Nona and Uncle Matthew since the 4th of July!
Our Family Photo Shoot!
Sep 11th, 2009 by ECM
Check out the proofs from our family photo shoot!
Morning Reading
Sep 10th, 2009 by ECM
Bottle update, because I know everyone’s dying to know how Lizzie’s doing with that…last night Laura came over to hold down the fort for an hour and a half after the kids were in bed. I told her she’d probably be able to study in peace and quiet…but after Tommy sent over a small avalanche of books in his room while he was supposed to be sleeping, his sister woke up and screamed. I hadn’t even bothered to pump and leave a bottle because I thought she’d just sleep through while we were out, but fortunately I’d mentioned that we did have milk in the freezer in case of an emergency. An emergency it was, and Laura thawed two bags, found the bottles (which I hadn’t even shown her), and fed our girl 4 ounces! I was so excited when I came home. Okay, I felt really bad for Laura, who had been expecting an easy, quiet night, but I was SO happy that Lizzie took a bottle that wasn’t freshly pumped OR given to her by me! I have been overly optimistic in the past (like when I thought she was on to bottles and left one with my neighbor that she wouldn’t take and screamed about for the whole hour and a half that I was gone at pilates, scarring Juliet and Ava for about a week), but I think we may be getting closer to bottle freedom!
After the escapades of last night, the kids had a good morning, though–I love to see them reading together!
