Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Dr. Appointment
Isabella had her four month check-up yesterday. She did really good during the whole appointment. When we went to weigh her she wouldn't hold still and the scale was going crazy. So the nurse gave her a plastic cup to play with and she loved it. She held still long enough to get a reading and then laid on the table and kept playing. She did cry when she was getting her shots, but was soothed pretty quickly. Her official stats are; height: 23 1/2 inches and weight: 12 pounds 3 1/2 ounces. She is in the 17th and 16th percentiles for weight and height so she's little, but at least she's little all around. At first the nurse measured her at 22 inches and when the doctor came in he remeasured her (she was a little scrunched during the first measurement). He said that if she was really that short she would have been a "dwarf" on the scale. I'm glad that she really is taller than we first thought. We are still looking forward (or not) to her six month appointment when she'll have her blood tests done.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Re-shoot
Before we left Redding we went and re-shot all of our family pictures. It was a horrible day. We went on a Saturday and they were so busy there were three people waiting to take their pictures at the same time we were (we even had an appointment). There was another couple there that was doing a re-shoot of their engagement pictures. They were just a mad about the whole situation as we were. He has called corporate about the whole thing and was told that all of their pictures would be free. We told the girl working that we were going to get the same deal. So we finally got our pictures done even though Isabella didn't smile in any of her individual (the girl kept saying, "oh, I got a good one, let's move on to the next pose." I knew she was full of crap.). I'm glad it's all over and that we got our pictures for free because they were definitly not worth $70. Here are some highlights...
Looking worried... how cute?
Worried again... nice.
Finally a smile.
Worried again... lovely.
Oh good... two smiles.
Isabella peed all over when we were taking this picture. It was the perfect end of a terrible photo shoot. The camera girl was so pissed. I thought it was hilarious.
Looking worried... how cute?
Worried again... nice.
Finally a smile.
Worried again... lovely.
Oh good... two smiles.
Just having fun...
I realized that I hadn't taken pictures of Isabella in a while so I got the camera out today and documented what we did. Here she is trying to eat her arm. This has been happening a lot lately. I hope it has more to do with teething than cannibalism.
She's trying to conquer her boppy. She's getting better at moving her legs and she almost made it over the top.
She loves the swings at our apartment. She was trying to eat the air as the swing swung forward. It was very funny.
"Here's lookin' at you, kid."
Swinging with Daddy. He took a break from studying to hang out with us a little.
Hanging out in her jumpper. She loves this thing. Today she was fascinated with her ability to suck on the front of the seat until it was soaked through. Yumm. Notice how she's sucking on her bottom lip, she's been doing this a lot lately. I think it may have something to do with teething.
Playing wth her Horton doll on the day she turned four months old (okay, okay... it was the day after. She was being a pill on the 25th and I didn't want a bunch of pictures of her crying).
Playing with her cousins Hunter and Ellie the day before we left Redding. It was fun to see them one last time before we had to leave.
Dusty went on an adventure with his brother, Jason. Apparently, they had a lot of fun.
She's trying to conquer her boppy. She's getting better at moving her legs and she almost made it over the top.
She loves the swings at our apartment. She was trying to eat the air as the swing swung forward. It was very funny.
"Here's lookin' at you, kid."
Swinging with Daddy. He took a break from studying to hang out with us a little.
Hanging out in her jumpper. She loves this thing. Today she was fascinated with her ability to suck on the front of the seat until it was soaked through. Yumm. Notice how she's sucking on her bottom lip, she's been doing this a lot lately. I think it may have something to do with teething.
Playing wth her Horton doll on the day she turned four months old (okay, okay... it was the day after. She was being a pill on the 25th and I didn't want a bunch of pictures of her crying).
Playing with her cousins Hunter and Ellie the day before we left Redding. It was fun to see them one last time before we had to leave.
Dusty went on an adventure with his brother, Jason. Apparently, they had a lot of fun.
The End of Summer
We are finally home after a long summer. We had fun staying at my parents house, but we are all glad to be home. Isabella was a little confused our first few days back, but I think that she's getting used to being here. The first night was a little rough. She didn't want to sleep in her own bed. Since then she's slept in there every night.
Since being home, Isabella has turned 4 months old. She's getting so big. We'll have a doctors appointment tomorrow so we should have an update on her weight and height then.
-She's started her transition into size 2 diapers, but they are still a little big.
-She's still in 3 month clothes and 6 months still look huge next to her so I think we'll be there for a while.
-She is getting the hang of going to sleep on her own. She is now only waking up once at night and we are working on having her sleep straight through the night. So far she's hasn't taken to it so we'll see how it goes.
-She seems to be getting more mobile. When she's playing on her mat it only takes her about 10 seconds to be on the move. It seems like her legs never stop moving. We got her a jumper and she loves it. She barely fits in it and her feet barely reach the floor, but she's figured out what she needs to do to get it going.
-She still hasn't gotten the hang of rolling over. Some times she gets over on her side and then loses intrest and rolls back.
-She still loves being outside. If she's ever crying all we have to do is go outside or get her close to a window. We'll see how that works out once it starts raining everyday.
-She has been eating rice cereal for the last month and she's getting better at it everyday. I think she has improved to the point where she gets more in her mouth than on her bib (which has been a huge improvement). She tried formula the other night (I just wanted to see if she would eat it, if we were desperate) and it did not go well. I think she might eat it if she was hungry enough, but if given the choice she doesn't prefer it (which is good).
Other big events that have happened since we got back to Corvallis include going to Eugene, Portland and Salem and Mommy and Daddy's first day of Fall Term. We went to Eugene on Friday to pick up some stuff that Daddy left in Redding that Aunt Kellie brought up for him. It was good to see Aunt Kellie again, even though it had only been a few days. ;) After visiting Aunt Kellie we went out to dinner. A bunch of the waitresses came by our table to say hi to Isabella and she thought that was a lot of fun.
We went to Portland on Saturday to visit our friends Megan and Scott and their new house as well as Jennifer and Anton and their new apartment. That was the first time we were able to see Megan and Scott's new house and the first time that they got to see Isabella. We had a lot of fun visiting with them. We also got to see the apartments Jen and Anton moved into. Anton just started at OHSU, the same school Dusty will be going to in a year, and we're hoping to move into the same apartments when we move up there. It was nice to see what we can look forward to when we leave Corvallis. The apartments were so nice compared to what we have been living in. We are very excited to finally upgrade (even if we have to pay more).
On our way home we stopped in Salem to see our friends Shiara and Nathan and their new house and Jenn and David and Jenn's baby belly. It was fun to see Shiara and Nathan's new house and see their son, Owen, again. He is only 5 days older than Isabella and, like Lily, much bigger than her (though not quite as big as Lily). It was also nice to see Jenn and David who we haven't seen since they moved to Salem. Jenn is having a baby in November and I was excited to see her before she has Baby Tucker.
Today we had our first day of school for fall term. I have been a little nervous about going back, but I was able to sign up for one class on campus and two on-line classes so I will be able to stay home with Isabella. My schedule only overlaps with Dusty's for one hour on Monday mornings. So this morning Isabella got to hang out with our friends Katrina and Lizzy, her daughter. Katrina told me that Isabella was very good and she didn't even cry. She took a nap without throwing a fit. The hardest part seemed to be keeping Lizzy away from the crib while Isabella was asleep. Hopefully she continues to be well behaved. Dusty has started his second year of Pharmacy School and I think he's already looking forward to it being over. Everyone says that the second year is the hardest (you have to pass every test or you can't move on) so we'll be excited when it's over (even though it's just started).
Since being home, Isabella has turned 4 months old. She's getting so big. We'll have a doctors appointment tomorrow so we should have an update on her weight and height then.
-She's started her transition into size 2 diapers, but they are still a little big.
-She's still in 3 month clothes and 6 months still look huge next to her so I think we'll be there for a while.
-She is getting the hang of going to sleep on her own. She is now only waking up once at night and we are working on having her sleep straight through the night. So far she's hasn't taken to it so we'll see how it goes.
-She seems to be getting more mobile. When she's playing on her mat it only takes her about 10 seconds to be on the move. It seems like her legs never stop moving. We got her a jumper and she loves it. She barely fits in it and her feet barely reach the floor, but she's figured out what she needs to do to get it going.
-She still hasn't gotten the hang of rolling over. Some times she gets over on her side and then loses intrest and rolls back.
-She still loves being outside. If she's ever crying all we have to do is go outside or get her close to a window. We'll see how that works out once it starts raining everyday.
-She has been eating rice cereal for the last month and she's getting better at it everyday. I think she has improved to the point where she gets more in her mouth than on her bib (which has been a huge improvement). She tried formula the other night (I just wanted to see if she would eat it, if we were desperate) and it did not go well. I think she might eat it if she was hungry enough, but if given the choice she doesn't prefer it (which is good).
Other big events that have happened since we got back to Corvallis include going to Eugene, Portland and Salem and Mommy and Daddy's first day of Fall Term. We went to Eugene on Friday to pick up some stuff that Daddy left in Redding that Aunt Kellie brought up for him. It was good to see Aunt Kellie again, even though it had only been a few days. ;) After visiting Aunt Kellie we went out to dinner. A bunch of the waitresses came by our table to say hi to Isabella and she thought that was a lot of fun.
We went to Portland on Saturday to visit our friends Megan and Scott and their new house as well as Jennifer and Anton and their new apartment. That was the first time we were able to see Megan and Scott's new house and the first time that they got to see Isabella. We had a lot of fun visiting with them. We also got to see the apartments Jen and Anton moved into. Anton just started at OHSU, the same school Dusty will be going to in a year, and we're hoping to move into the same apartments when we move up there. It was nice to see what we can look forward to when we leave Corvallis. The apartments were so nice compared to what we have been living in. We are very excited to finally upgrade (even if we have to pay more).
On our way home we stopped in Salem to see our friends Shiara and Nathan and their new house and Jenn and David and Jenn's baby belly. It was fun to see Shiara and Nathan's new house and see their son, Owen, again. He is only 5 days older than Isabella and, like Lily, much bigger than her (though not quite as big as Lily). It was also nice to see Jenn and David who we haven't seen since they moved to Salem. Jenn is having a baby in November and I was excited to see her before she has Baby Tucker.
Today we had our first day of school for fall term. I have been a little nervous about going back, but I was able to sign up for one class on campus and two on-line classes so I will be able to stay home with Isabella. My schedule only overlaps with Dusty's for one hour on Monday mornings. So this morning Isabella got to hang out with our friends Katrina and Lizzy, her daughter. Katrina told me that Isabella was very good and she didn't even cry. She took a nap without throwing a fit. The hardest part seemed to be keeping Lizzy away from the crib while Isabella was asleep. Hopefully she continues to be well behaved. Dusty has started his second year of Pharmacy School and I think he's already looking forward to it being over. Everyone says that the second year is the hardest (you have to pass every test or you can't move on) so we'll be excited when it's over (even though it's just started).
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
JCPenneys Stinks!
So we had an appointment to get our pictures taken last Monday (the day Isabella turned three months old) at JCPenney. We were supposed to be there at 1pm, a perfect time for Isabella because it's after her morning nap and lunch and well before her afternoon nap. So the lady called us about 10 minutes before we were set to leave to tell us that the camera or something was broken and that we would have to re-schedule. I asked her if it would be fix later in the day because I really wanted to have our pictures taken that day and if it wasn't fixed we would go somewhere else, she assured us that it would. So we scheduled an appointment for 6pm. I called in at 5:30pm to make sure that everything was ready for when we would get there. The lady working had no idea that the camera was even broken that morning but assured me that everything was working just fine. So we went and took pictures. Isabella was screaming and crying the whole time, but we ended up with some cute pictures so I was fine with it. We bought our pictures along with "smiles-by-wire" so we could post our pictures on-line (of course). Yesterday we finally got the e-mail with the link to our pictures on-line and I was excited to see our pictures (even if it was on-line) and excited for Friday, when we would go pick up our pictures. Well, this morning I got a call from the fine employees at JCPenney Portraits telling me that it turns out that the camera really was broken and none of our pictures were printable so we would have to come in and re-shoot our pictures. She told me not to worry about it because they would give us all the prints we already ordered along with six extra sheets "an $85 value!". $85 value? Yeah right! I paid $3.99 a sheet, so that's only $24. Oh yeah, that's such a great deal. What a moron. So now we have to re-shoot our pictures on Saturday. I so excited because, as all you moms out there know, three months one week and five days is a milestone we all celebrate. So to anyone planning on getting pictures taken, beware of JCPenney's Portrait Studio. Don't get sucked in by the coupons. These people do not know how to take pictures!
Sniffles
Unfortunately Isabella is sick. She has a stuffy nose and is coughing. I hate it because there is very little that I can do about it. I don't know of any medicines that we can give her because she is too young. If anyone has any ideas of what might help her, please send them my way.
Family Pictures
We had family pictures taken last Monday (when Isabella turned three months old). It was quite the experience. Isabella was not very happy to be there so late in the day. I'm really glad we stuck it out though because we ended up with some pretty cute pictures.
Isabella in her blessing dress made for her by her Grandma Sue
I love this one, with her tongue sticking out. She has learned how to blow raspberries and she thinks it's very funny when you blow them at her.
This pretty accurately depicts how the photo shoot went. This was the last picture we took and there was no calming her down at this point.
Isabella in her blessing dress made for her by her Grandma Sue
I love this one, with her tongue sticking out. She has learned how to blow raspberries and she thinks it's very funny when you blow them at her.
This pretty accurately depicts how the photo shoot went. This was the last picture we took and there was no calming her down at this point.
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