Better Late than Never

Since we are posting on Lizzie's check up maybe we should let you all know how great Ellie's two week appointment went (since it happened almost two weeks ago...oops!). She is growing like crazy. They hope that by two weeks that a newborn should be able to get back up to their birth weight (newborns lose weight to start off). Our little girl was 7lbs 12oz at birth and was 7lbs 5oz when we left the hospital. At her two week check up she had made it up to 8lbs 7oz. She is growing like crazy and hasn't stopped since her appointment. She already is out of newborn clothes and seems to be getting wider and longer each day. Such a blessing to have two healthy little girls to enjoy!

Fries

Lizzie had her 18 month dr appt today. She’s in the 75th percentile for her height. 6th percentile for her weight. (No joke)

So the doc said that we should add butter, cream, cheese, extra oils to her diet whenever possible until her weight catches up to her height a bit.

We promptly went to Burgerville after the appointment. :-)

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Side note: had the Sweet Potato Fries for the first time ever – my mouth has no idea what to do with that taste. I know it’s good, but my mouth can’t categorize it whatsoever.

Cookie Creations

Lizzie recently learned just how fun baking with mommy can be. Here are our creations:

With Mommy and Daddy

LotR

S'eepy

Sometimes I get s'eepy when mommy tries to burp me after a meal.

Sup?

I sure love to read

Pretty Flowers

Thanks Papa and Nana!

Biggie

Swing

Auntie Maria comes through again.

Sleep

Praise the Lord! Two straight nights of decent sleep! Ellie's getting there. :-)

And, of course, the obligatory cute picture.

Night time

Ellie's not too big of a fan right now of the cradle we have for her by our bed. For out in the front room, we've been using this. May have to move it into the bedroom tonight. :-)

Lizzie

Ellie

For Heather

Since Laura got her own pic, it only seemed fair for Heather to get her own as well.

Background: Portland Adventist Hospital has a camera in their front lobby that gets piped into channel 9 on all of the patient TVs in the hospital. It's great for watching to see when your visitors are coming or just for people watching in general (cause most folks don't know it's there). Well, when Heather, Melissa (Auntie 'Lissa) and Kristen came to visit the other night, we showed them channel 9 and they got a kick out of it. When they left the hospital, they put on a little dance routine for us...




And not to be out done, Lisa and Jenn and their kiddos followed suit with snow angels... on carpet. (Taking flash pictures of a TV is tricky business).

For Laura

Laura, in honor of your second place finish in the baby pool, this just seemed appropriate.


I know it looks violent, but in actuality, each time Lizzie has been incredibly gentle with Ellie. This picture is no different. It's just one of them optical illusions. :-)

And the winner is...

Maria Pacovsky!!!!

Sitting in prime position by correctly predicting the day of Ellie's birth, Maria beat out Laura with a PM guess, to Laura's AM guess. Special note of honor to Heather who ended up tying Laura, despite not correctly guessing the date.

Top 5

1. Maria - 85 points
   
2. Laura - 70 points
   
3. Heather - 70 points
   
4. Fogey - 65 points
   
5. Grandma H - 65 points

Maria, hope you like coffee! :-)

1st Pics!

1st picture of Ellie ever taken

A little closer up

Dec 3

Dec 3
5:18 pm
7 lbs 12 oz
20 inches long
dark brown hair
head and chest circumference - 13 inches
8 and 9 APGARs

Eliana Joy is here. Rather smooth delivery overall (especially compared to last time). Mom and baby are doing just fine. Ellie has already started trying to hold her head up!

We're home now. Got home about 10:30 this morning.

Pictures to come. Baby pool results to come. My early money is on Laura or Maria (who claims she has to win because she's blood). But Heather could also be a dark horse third place because here time was only one minute off... :-)