Of course, the day wouldn't be complete without her favorite activity - tub time!
Monday, May 14, 2007
Lachlan Eats Cake
Here are some pictures of Lachlan enjoying a piece of chocolate cake (March 2007):
Of course, the day wouldn't be complete without her favorite activity - tub time!
Of course, the day wouldn't be complete without her favorite activity - tub time!
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Weigh in on the new scale
I don't have any pictures to post tonight because they are all on the computer in Jack's room but I swear one of these days I am going to get them and post some of the greatest pictures you have ever seen. You will love them, I promise. Unfortunately, it's not going to happen tonight.
I did have a few minutes and I thought I would at least update those of you that are checking in on some fun facts. We bought a scale with a digital read out last weekend and decide to have a weigh in to see if Jack and Lachlan were getting close to the same weight class. You may remember that they are 15 months different in age - Jack will be 4 months and Lachlan 19 months old this month - but lately we've been hearing, "Oh, are these twins?", quite a bit. In fact, at the store on Saturday we told the clerk "No, they are actually 15 months different in age" but she still thought that Jack was the older child. So, apparently Jack is coming on strong but I still thought Lachlan was holding her own. Now, the results from the official unofficial weigh in - not taking into consideration diaper weight or other factors:
Lachlan - 16.2
Jack - 12.3
She's still ahead by 4 pounds but she needs to kick it in gear and take her training up a notch to stay ahead of the game. Jack has a doctor's appointment next week and Lachlan has her dental surgery so we'll get some "official" numbers for them at those visits. Personally I think this scale is broken just like our old one - it still seems to be reading way too heavy when I use it. Strange.
Jeff
I did have a few minutes and I thought I would at least update those of you that are checking in on some fun facts. We bought a scale with a digital read out last weekend and decide to have a weigh in to see if Jack and Lachlan were getting close to the same weight class. You may remember that they are 15 months different in age - Jack will be 4 months and Lachlan 19 months old this month - but lately we've been hearing, "Oh, are these twins?", quite a bit. In fact, at the store on Saturday we told the clerk "No, they are actually 15 months different in age" but she still thought that Jack was the older child. So, apparently Jack is coming on strong but I still thought Lachlan was holding her own. Now, the results from the official unofficial weigh in - not taking into consideration diaper weight or other factors:
Lachlan - 16.2
Jack - 12.3
She's still ahead by 4 pounds but she needs to kick it in gear and take her training up a notch to stay ahead of the game. Jack has a doctor's appointment next week and Lachlan has her dental surgery so we'll get some "official" numbers for them at those visits. Personally I think this scale is broken just like our old one - it still seems to be reading way too heavy when I use it. Strange.
Jeff
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Stinkers
I know we've been real stinkers about keeping this blog updated. If anyone is still stopping by the blog to see the latest news, let us know by leaving a comment. Both Lachlan and Jack are doing really well. Rose and Jeff are also feeling much better with a couple of months of parenthood under their belts. We'll try to start doing a better job with the blog so you can see how quickly these kids are growing.
Monday, March 12, 2007
64 Degrees
Finally, some warm weather. Oh, it felt so good to take the kids outside today. I didn't even make them wear their coats because they were both getting so sweaty with them on. Shari let Lachlan borrow Mac's firetruck push toy and she walked it up and down the whole block. We got a bit of video of it--it was so fun. She was almost hyperventilating because she was so excited to have something to push around. I had to hold on to the back of her coveralls to keep her from going too fast! After that, I pushed her around on a tricycle. She liked it, but she kept trying to stand up on the pedals. We are going to have to work on just sitting on the bike.
We also went to the neigborhood park for the first time today. She loved the baby swing. She laughed for 10 minutes. It is probably pretty soothing for her too--she loves to rock herself back and forth. She thought I was trying to kill her on the slide. It didn't go over very well. She wasn't smiling and she stopped making any noise at all. She just had a really nervous face and her body was as stiff as a board. I made up for it by teaching her how to kick at the wood chips with her shoes. The whole day of adventure wore her out. We had to put her to bed without her bottle tonight at 7:30PM! I don't think that she even laid in her crib for three minutes before she was completely asleep.
Jack slept through both experiences. He does some of his best sleeping in the stroller. I turned the ceiling fan on for him and he watched it for nearly 15 minutes. This is the longest he has ever been entertained by anything.
We also went to the neigborhood park for the first time today. She loved the baby swing. She laughed for 10 minutes. It is probably pretty soothing for her too--she loves to rock herself back and forth. She thought I was trying to kill her on the slide. It didn't go over very well. She wasn't smiling and she stopped making any noise at all. She just had a really nervous face and her body was as stiff as a board. I made up for it by teaching her how to kick at the wood chips with her shoes. The whole day of adventure wore her out. We had to put her to bed without her bottle tonight at 7:30PM! I don't think that she even laid in her crib for three minutes before she was completely asleep.
Jack slept through both experiences. He does some of his best sleeping in the stroller. I turned the ceiling fan on for him and he watched it for nearly 15 minutes. This is the longest he has ever been entertained by anything.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Child Number 2
Here are a few pictures of Lachlan's first few days at home. We'll have to take a few more to really show off her progress. She really looks so much more healthy. Jeff thinks that she has gained a few pounds and has more hair...Rose isn't sure, but is glad that she seems more alert and sure of herself.
Lachlan arriving from China at SLC Airport
She dances like a maniac in her "Big Toy"
She loves to figure out puzzles and mechanical-type objects
Jack at 2 weeks, 3 weeks and finally smiling at 6 weeks old! Married With Children
It's Saturday. Praise the Lord.
In a past life (one I can barely recall at this point), I used to look forward to a little downtime on Saturdays. You know, you work hard all week and then you relax on the weekend...until you have children. Now you work like a slave all week, look forward to the weekends and then the only good part is that there is another person there to share in the chaos and destruction. Not much to be happy about, but at least I only have to change half of the diapers instead of all of them. I'm going to be brutally honest by saying that I'm so glad that Jeff and I didn't squander our "20's" by raising children! Yes, I said it. And I'm letting all of you know that it is the truth! This is the most exhausting thing I have ever done and the children could care less. The only thing that seems to get Lachlan really excited is if I hide a mini Oreo cookie inside a plastic Easter egg! Jack is even less animated- although, I think that he does like to get his special "baby gas-ex"...seriously.
Lachlan has now been with us for three weeks and Jack just turned seven weeks old. I'm tired. Jeff is tired. The cats are tired. We are all in bed at night by nine at the latest. We don't go anywhere because someone always has to be fed, burped, changed, redressed, napped, wiped down, "snotted" out...the list goes on and on and on. We finally moved Jack out of our bedroom. It is much nicer to actually have a conversation with Jeff at night or watch two minutes of television--not to mention being able to use the bathroom. Jack is really getting some fat on him. I must admit that I am very proud of making my baby fat. It has taken a lot of work! He started to smile last week. Again, I'm going to take all of the credit for teaching him this, again, lots of hard work. He absolutely loves taking his morning shower with Jeff. I used to bathe him in the sink, but it is so much easier to just hand him over to Jeff before he leaves for work. Besides, Jeff is just in there soaking in the water anyway, he might as well be a little productive.
Lachlan is almost over her runny nose. She is still drooling extensively. She has a "spitting" bib that she wears all day. Don't confuse it with her "eatin'" bib. Yes, it is "eatin' " no typo...the girl eats like a truck driver, you might as well use the bad english to go along with it. Aunt Susie introduced her to chicken nuggets. The only meat that she will eat. She likes sweet potatoes, peas, loves carrots...HATES green beans, applesauce and peaches (unless they are mixed with yogurt). She is going to have some major dental surgery next Friday. I am nervous because she has to be admitted to the hospital. Although, there really aren't any other alternatives because her teeth are sooooo rotten. Dr. D is going to cap every one. I feel that it is Karmic debt for me because I always made fun of people who had silver-capped teeth and now my own daughter is going to have more silver than a Nevada mining town. We taught her to wave hello and say "uh-oh". She says this all day long and there are many times when I wish we would have not bothered to teach her this phrase. My two favorite things she does are to "talk" like Ernie and talk on her Disney Princess Cell Phone. Our cat Ernie howls like a wounded animal and she can make a sound just like him--"howwww". It is so funny when she points at him and howls. When she talks on her cell phone she puts the phone on her forehead and jabbers away. She has no idea where her ear is she just knows that the phone goes on her head!
Jeff and I are doing our best to keep up with the tidal wave of our lives. We have our nightly conferences about who is going to go to the store; what is the best way to discipline kids; how much things are going to cost (how much did we put in the Flex Spending Account...never enough); did so and so get their vitamins...we are both hoping that this will get easier with time. We are holding our breath to see if Jack will start sleeping through the night in the next couple of months. He finally weighs what most kids weigh at birth...more fat is definitely needed.
Wow, kids are up from their naps. Downtime over.
In a past life (one I can barely recall at this point), I used to look forward to a little downtime on Saturdays. You know, you work hard all week and then you relax on the weekend...until you have children. Now you work like a slave all week, look forward to the weekends and then the only good part is that there is another person there to share in the chaos and destruction. Not much to be happy about, but at least I only have to change half of the diapers instead of all of them. I'm going to be brutally honest by saying that I'm so glad that Jeff and I didn't squander our "20's" by raising children! Yes, I said it. And I'm letting all of you know that it is the truth! This is the most exhausting thing I have ever done and the children could care less. The only thing that seems to get Lachlan really excited is if I hide a mini Oreo cookie inside a plastic Easter egg! Jack is even less animated- although, I think that he does like to get his special "baby gas-ex"...seriously.
Lachlan has now been with us for three weeks and Jack just turned seven weeks old. I'm tired. Jeff is tired. The cats are tired. We are all in bed at night by nine at the latest. We don't go anywhere because someone always has to be fed, burped, changed, redressed, napped, wiped down, "snotted" out...the list goes on and on and on. We finally moved Jack out of our bedroom. It is much nicer to actually have a conversation with Jeff at night or watch two minutes of television--not to mention being able to use the bathroom. Jack is really getting some fat on him. I must admit that I am very proud of making my baby fat. It has taken a lot of work! He started to smile last week. Again, I'm going to take all of the credit for teaching him this, again, lots of hard work. He absolutely loves taking his morning shower with Jeff. I used to bathe him in the sink, but it is so much easier to just hand him over to Jeff before he leaves for work. Besides, Jeff is just in there soaking in the water anyway, he might as well be a little productive.
Lachlan is almost over her runny nose. She is still drooling extensively. She has a "spitting" bib that she wears all day. Don't confuse it with her "eatin'" bib. Yes, it is "eatin' " no typo...the girl eats like a truck driver, you might as well use the bad english to go along with it. Aunt Susie introduced her to chicken nuggets. The only meat that she will eat. She likes sweet potatoes, peas, loves carrots...HATES green beans, applesauce and peaches (unless they are mixed with yogurt). She is going to have some major dental surgery next Friday. I am nervous because she has to be admitted to the hospital. Although, there really aren't any other alternatives because her teeth are sooooo rotten. Dr. D is going to cap every one. I feel that it is Karmic debt for me because I always made fun of people who had silver-capped teeth and now my own daughter is going to have more silver than a Nevada mining town. We taught her to wave hello and say "uh-oh". She says this all day long and there are many times when I wish we would have not bothered to teach her this phrase. My two favorite things she does are to "talk" like Ernie and talk on her Disney Princess Cell Phone. Our cat Ernie howls like a wounded animal and she can make a sound just like him--"howwww". It is so funny when she points at him and howls. When she talks on her cell phone she puts the phone on her forehead and jabbers away. She has no idea where her ear is she just knows that the phone goes on her head!
Jeff and I are doing our best to keep up with the tidal wave of our lives. We have our nightly conferences about who is going to go to the store; what is the best way to discipline kids; how much things are going to cost (how much did we put in the Flex Spending Account...never enough); did so and so get their vitamins...we are both hoping that this will get easier with time. We are holding our breath to see if Jack will start sleeping through the night in the next couple of months. He finally weighs what most kids weigh at birth...more fat is definitely needed.
Wow, kids are up from their naps. Downtime over.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
We are home
For those of you wondering - Yes, we did make it home from China. Lachlan traveled well and the trip was long but uneventful. People tell us we have been home for a while and wonder why the blog hasn't been updated. All I can say is that things have been a little hectic. Someone asked me last Saturday what day we got home and I honestly couldn't remember. It seemed like only a couple of days ago but I knew that didn't seem quite right for some reason and I had to really think about it before I realized it was more like a week and a half ago. Although we do plan to continue updating the blog with information, our sanity has taken a higher priority for the moment as we try to make the adjustment of meeting everyone's needs. Sorry to keep you waiting. We do have some fun pictures of Lachlan's big reveal at the airport and of the past week and a half and we promise not to make you wait much longer. Hang in there. We'll be back with you in no time.
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