I read this great article in Better Homes and Gardens (THANKS, Chrissy, I LOVE THIS MAGAZINE!!!) about making pie crust and was given the idea of using cutouts instead of lattice or other crust tops for fruit pies. I had made cherry pies with leaf and acorn cut outs for the girls for their daycare Thanksgiving and for Thanksgiving Day, I made…
A cow pie!
Love you, Wisconsin!
Julia celebrated her birthday at daycare on Nov 20. Miss Erikka (Miss Erika?) also had a birthday last week on the 22nd and had planned to have a party for the kids on the 21st, so asked that we bring in Julia’s treat a day earlier. Julia picked out the theme (Hello Kitty) and mommy made the cupcakes – the frosting was a bit… umm… not pink, thanks to the amount of food color I used, but overall, they were DELICIOUS. (Not so the cake, which we will discuss later.)
My “baby” turned 5 today… Happy Birthday, Julia!
More pictures and more blogging to come.
Erin
It’s a gorgeous day and I absentmindedly put this dress on Anna only to remember in the middle of church that I had wanted to take her 6 month pictures in this dress, so hey, PROVIDENCE!
This dress was a gift from my mom when Julia was a baby and this dress fit Julia well when Julia was 9 months old. It fits Anna well now except that it’s short (because Anna is tall) and I have always loved this dress. So after church, Mommy and Baby headed outside for a quick photo shoot (Daddy helped too).
We’ve been working on Anna’s sitting this week and she did really well.
… she starts to turn green. See?
(Okay, really she just happened to find a green marker and tried to eat it – what the WHAT? – and first we made her look at herself in the mirror, which really upset her when she saw what she had done, and then Adam decided we needed a picture too. Raven wasn’t too happy about having her picture taken.)
This time I was the dummy who forgot to lock a vehicle at night… Strike #2 by Idiot Thieves at our home… I say Idiot, because even though I was the dummy who left the vehicle unlocked, the Thieves took the TomTom and car chargers… but didn’t notice Adam’s laptop in the backseat (whew….)….
*sigh*
Thankfully we don’t need a TomTom anymore because we use our phones exclusively for getting us places… Adam ordered new phone chargers so that we have those in the van again.
erin
I took Anna for her 6 month checkup today. Developmentally she’s doing well, though we need to work on her sitting. She proved once again to be a happy baby and handled her shots well.
However, we were told today that she hadn’t gained as much weight as they would like. She only gained 7 oz and I guess that’s not enough – it dropped her to 47th percentile, even though her height (27.5”) is at 96th percentile.
We go back in two weeks for a weight check to see if she’s gained weight. Here’s hoping!
Anna is almost exclusively on formula now. After a couple of tough weeks at work and coming home late, I was pumping less and less and nursing less and less. We’re down to one nursing session a day and otherwise Anna is drinking formula.
We did start her on oatmeal a few weeks ago and will now add in regular veggies and fruits and hope that helps too.
I know I shouldn’t worry and I’m not necessarily – but a little bit of me feelings like a Mommy Failure. I know that her poor sleeping of late is due to her being hungry and I do give her bottles in the middle of the night, but I never thought it would result in a weight issue. She *looks* fine to me, so even though she only gained 7 oz, hopefully it’s a non-issue. If she doesn’t gain weight in the next two weeks, we will have to add-in special “fortified” formula and see if that helps.
Otherwise, Anna is doing well. She’s a pretty calm baby, but she has learned how to cry and throw a fit when she’s upset or wants something. The big girls can make her smile and laugh but can also overwhelm her pretty quick, so it’s still a learning process for all of us that way.
Off to get the girlies from daycare… Happy Weekend!
Erin
No words can describe how quickly the last 6 months have gone.
No words can describe the love that I have for this child (or my other two).
We are so VERY blessed!
More tomorrow on Anna… well baby checkup in the morning!
erin
