good times

this was taken yesterday. addy loves to crawl in millie's crib after she wakes up from a nap. it's very cute how adeline loves on her little sis. if you look closely, you can see the 'christmas rubber ducky' that addy brought for amelia. i don't know, maybe in case millie felt like taking a bath. but these ducks are special b/c if they touch water (or hit the bottom of it very hard, like addy does), they go into this blinking fluorescent light thing. they both love taking baths with these ducks (there are 8 of them?). i'm hoping to get some video of it tomorrow. we'll see.

this is to prove to my dad that amelia's spike is still alive & kicking. sort of reminds me of a bird, the pomp adore on top of the head? anyone else see it??! anyway, this was from this morning. the best comment was from the pediatrician...the first thing she said when she came into the exam room (for millie's 4 month well baby appt) was "wow! what GREAT hair today!" she really does have some crazy hair. both of our girlies did as babies...it's not as glamorous as it may appear, for all those parents with baldies. babies with hair = tiny hair knots to brush out = screaming baby. not too pretty after all.

addy was taking a picture of the floor at this moment.

while on the topic of addy: newest potty training concern: poopy in the underwear. yuck to pull off without knowing there is poopy in underwear until it's all over her legs. after the undies are off, well, the person with her is SCREWED b/c it's not like you can pick her up to carry her somewhere to wash the pooh off. & she doesn't want to walk. tricky situations. but addy ALMOST made it to the potty tonight. i have been giving her an m&m for even sitting on the potty & she doesn't get to wear her 'dora the explorer' undies until she goes in the potty (for some reason, she is in LOVE with dora, although she's actually only watched one episode of that show), so she's a bit more interested at this point. but the fault for one 'sitting' tonight was that she had to go get a book to read while sitting on the potty! she is her daddy's girl (wes is an avid toilet reader). so i hear some tinkling & gleefully think she's going to pee in the potty b/c i caught out of the corner of my eye her squatting. no such luck: squatting on the floor in front of the potty with her undies down. big mess. but we gave her an m&m for her valiant effort.

oh yes, this is amelia eating solids. rice cereal, nasty stuff! at her appt today, the ped was sure millie would do great after a week of trying 1 tablespoon a day of rice cereal. not our chunker...i somehow dumped probably 3-5 tablespoons into the dish, so i just mixed it up with 1 ounce of formula, thinking she'll eat about 1/10 of the cereal...but instead she ate all but about a teaspoon. more like inhaled it. she was even making 'yum' & 'mmhhmmm' noises while eating. we were able to videotape a part of it, but it was a very unfortunate time in the eating...she had put nearly her entire fist in her mouth & apparently scratched her gums with her nails & thus started screaming in pain. she recovered within a minute & was back to inhaling her new found love.

as for the ped appt: millie is nearly 15 pounds! she gained 3 pounds in 2 months...i tell ya, we grow big babies, there's no question about it.

read further for more details (mostly, for all grandparents): she's 90% for length (25 1/4 inches), 75% for weight (14.11 pounds), &50% for head. one interesting tidbit is that her head is only 2 cm larger at 4 months than addy's was at birth. AT BIRTH! no wonder i pushed for 2 hours with adeline & 4 minutes with amelia. anyway. we have increased the zantac dose a whole tenth of a ml (to .8 ml)...how in the heck are we supposed to measure that? who knows. she has wonderful muscle tone & the ped said she is very strong for her age. of course. (remember this was the appt that addy got a failing grade & was sent to physical therapy for 'low muscle tone'?? how they are different).

i am off to paint the 'new' playroom! we slacked on it last night, so it's not any closer to being finished. if you call addy & ask her what color it is, she will tell you. but you have to be wes or i to understand what she's saying! ha HA!