length: 24 inches (84th %ile)
weight: 12 lbs 12 oz (74th %ile)
head: 39.6 cm
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Tanner's 2 month stats
Tanner's two month stats:
length: 24 inches (84th %ile)
weight: 12 lbs 12 oz (74th %ile)
head: 39.6 cm
length: 24 inches (84th %ile)
weight: 12 lbs 12 oz (74th %ile)
head: 39.6 cm
Thursday, February 28, 2013
T minus ???
Feb 19, 2013
This pregnancy has flown by. Yes, the second one went by faster than the first, and this one has just gone by in a flash. Life kinda seems to speed up as I get older (because I'm sooo old). But really, this has gone by so fast. I've been a little busy and preoccupied, I suppose. A 4 year old and a 2 year old, plus the minor thing of moving across the country. All of a sudden, we're just a few weeks away! Mom comes in 13 days. My due date is in 23 days. I'm full term in 2 days! It really just hit me the past few days that I really need to get a move on and start getting things ready! I bought a pack of newborn diapers and some soothers for this baby, my only baby purchases so far. I'm planning on getting a going home outfit for him on my next trip to Target.
Feb 28, 2013
Apparently I didn't finish this post last week. I did have a little panic a few days ago, realizing how close we're getting so I've made a lot of progress in getting ready. I got the car seat ready, washed all the newborn clothes (they're tiny!), and have mostly packed my bags besides the things on the "last minute" list. I feel a lot better about things now that I'm a little more prepared.
At my appointment last week (37 weeks) the midwife checked me because we weren't sure that baby was head down. She said baby was definitely head down, I was 2 cm, 60% effaced, and -2 station. At my appointment today (38 weeks) I was 3 cm, 80% effaced, and -1 station. We're making progress here! It'll be interesting to see how everything compares to the last go-round. We have been doing the Hypnobabies thing again and I'm looking forward to using that.
My biggest concern at this point is this two year old boy who has recently decided not to sleep. He did great with the initial move to Washington. Jackson and Clayton shared a room for the first time when we were in the temporary apartment for 3.5 weeks and they did great. Naps for Clayton were no problem. They were a little more wild getting ready for bed, but after snuggling, he'd lay right down and go to sleep. Ok, I take that back. There were a few nights where he cried for a few minutes before quieting down and falling asleep, but it didn't last long. Moving into the new house, we had initially planned to put the boys in the same room even though we could have them in different rooms. We put the crib in baby boy's room, and then two twins in Jackson & Clayton's room. The first two nights went well. Clayton stayed in his bed and went right to sleep. Then he realized he could get out of bed. After a few nights of trying to wrestle him into staying in bed, I gave up and put him in the crib in baby's room. He did just fine in there and went right to sleep and took good naps in there. That lasted for about a week. I have no idea what happened or why, but he suddenly decided that he doesn't need to nap any more and that he doesn't want to sleep at night either. The first few no-nap days were spent talking and playing in his crib, then he moved on to screaming and crying in there. And bed time turned into me having to rock him until he was deeply asleep and then
(...ok, never finished this post, but I'll post it anyway...)
This pregnancy has flown by. Yes, the second one went by faster than the first, and this one has just gone by in a flash. Life kinda seems to speed up as I get older (because I'm sooo old). But really, this has gone by so fast. I've been a little busy and preoccupied, I suppose. A 4 year old and a 2 year old, plus the minor thing of moving across the country. All of a sudden, we're just a few weeks away! Mom comes in 13 days. My due date is in 23 days. I'm full term in 2 days! It really just hit me the past few days that I really need to get a move on and start getting things ready! I bought a pack of newborn diapers and some soothers for this baby, my only baby purchases so far. I'm planning on getting a going home outfit for him on my next trip to Target.
Feb 28, 2013
Apparently I didn't finish this post last week. I did have a little panic a few days ago, realizing how close we're getting so I've made a lot of progress in getting ready. I got the car seat ready, washed all the newborn clothes (they're tiny!), and have mostly packed my bags besides the things on the "last minute" list. I feel a lot better about things now that I'm a little more prepared.
At my appointment last week (37 weeks) the midwife checked me because we weren't sure that baby was head down. She said baby was definitely head down, I was 2 cm, 60% effaced, and -2 station. At my appointment today (38 weeks) I was 3 cm, 80% effaced, and -1 station. We're making progress here! It'll be interesting to see how everything compares to the last go-round. We have been doing the Hypnobabies thing again and I'm looking forward to using that.
My biggest concern at this point is this two year old boy who has recently decided not to sleep. He did great with the initial move to Washington. Jackson and Clayton shared a room for the first time when we were in the temporary apartment for 3.5 weeks and they did great. Naps for Clayton were no problem. They were a little more wild getting ready for bed, but after snuggling, he'd lay right down and go to sleep. Ok, I take that back. There were a few nights where he cried for a few minutes before quieting down and falling asleep, but it didn't last long. Moving into the new house, we had initially planned to put the boys in the same room even though we could have them in different rooms. We put the crib in baby boy's room, and then two twins in Jackson & Clayton's room. The first two nights went well. Clayton stayed in his bed and went right to sleep. Then he realized he could get out of bed. After a few nights of trying to wrestle him into staying in bed, I gave up and put him in the crib in baby's room. He did just fine in there and went right to sleep and took good naps in there. That lasted for about a week. I have no idea what happened or why, but he suddenly decided that he doesn't need to nap any more and that he doesn't want to sleep at night either. The first few no-nap days were spent talking and playing in his crib, then he moved on to screaming and crying in there. And bed time turned into me having to rock him until he was deeply asleep and then
(...ok, never finished this post, but I'll post it anyway...)
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Hello, baby!
The regular ultrasound pictures that the tech lady put on the disk for us are kind of hard to make out. They're all profile shots...
In this one you can kind of make it out a little better... the top of the head is on the right. The bumps are the furled eye brow, the nose, and pouty lips.
I had no idea they were going to do 3-D stuff. I've always thought it's kind of cheating to see the baby so clearly before, but it really was cool to see. So here he is! His face & head were smooshed up against the placenta so most of them are just partial views of the face.
When I showed these pictures to the boy, Clayton said matter-of-factly, "It's my friend." Jackson asked, "What's your friend?" Clayton said, "My baby brother is my friend."
We're excited to meet you in person in a few weeks, little boy!
...and remind me...what was your name again?
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Washington bound!
I'm sitting here feeling kind of awkward as the movers are packing up my house...shouldn't I be doing something? Actually, I have been until now. Clayton is now napping, Jackson is playing outside with the neighbor, and all my pre-packing packing is done (whether I was done or not, it's kinda too late now). I can't start cleaning yet because there is still stuff everywhere. Tomorrow they load the truck, tomorrow evening and Friday morning we clean, and then we'll drive to GA to spend Christmas with my family. We'll fly to Utah on the 26th to see the Shirts crew, then to Washington on the 1st to (almost) begin our new life there!
Jack and I took at trip out to Washington last week to find a place to live. When we went, I wasn't quite sure if we were going to be buying a house or finding a place to rent (like we've done for the past 5.5 years). We had a realtor assigned to us and he sent us a link with about 200 houses on it. We went through that and narrowed it down to around 20 favorites. We spent the morning of the first day there driving around, looking at the neighborhoods and outsides of the houses and then narrowed it down to about 10 that we then walked through with the agent guy. Of those, we had 5 possibilities, all with their own good and bad things about them. All but one was a little bit older and needed some work done or some serious updating. We finally made a decision and we're buying a house!
We went with the one that doesn't need any fixing up or updating (because let's face it: we have great intentions. And then they never happen. It's kind of a running theme in our life). It is also the one that is closest to Jack's work...just a 20 minute commute, vs 30-50 for some of the other houses. The plant where he'll be working is in a tiny little town with a population of 3,000 people. We decided not to make it 3,004.5 and to live elsewhere. The "big city" (there is a Target. No Walmart though) is about 35-40 minutes away from the workplace. We ended up right about in the middle of them. 20 minutes to work in one direction, and 15 minutes to Target the other way. The house is in a normal looking neighborhood, something that we found quite rare out there for some reason. You just have to go through some farmland and interesting areas to get there. The church is about 2 minutes away from our house. From what we hear the ward is small in that area, even though there are tons of other large wards nearby.
I've been accused of showing a lack of enthusiasm regarding the house purchase...and about everything else in life. Let it hereby be known, I AM EXCITED TO BUY A HOUSE! *cartwheels* *squeals of glee* *fist-pumps* *more cartwheels* There? Did that prove it?
Because they have been requested by a few people (and because I AM SO EXCITED AND ENTHUSIASTIC! *WWHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeee*** here are some pictures:
We really are excited! If all goes according to plan, we'll close on Jan 25th and then move in as soon as we can after that. All our stuff is going to be in a warehouse storage place and then will be delivered on the 28th probably. I was just sitting here wondering to myself why we are moving so soon if we're just going to be in temporary housing for 4 weeks before our house is ready. Why didn't we just wait to do all this craziness of moving until after Christmas and New Year's, and just have them come in the middle of January and then we'd go out when the house was ready. Then I realized the little detail of Jack working there, and how that might play a part in all of this. Oh yeah. He'll start on the 8th, so we really could have waited until after Christmas at least, but we didn't know what our housing situation would be when we started all this.
We're really going to miss North Carolina and all the friends we've made here! Everyone who hears we're going to Washington says how beautiful it is and how much we'll love it, so I'm counting on them to be right.
Gig Harbor, here we come!
Jack and I took at trip out to Washington last week to find a place to live. When we went, I wasn't quite sure if we were going to be buying a house or finding a place to rent (like we've done for the past 5.5 years). We had a realtor assigned to us and he sent us a link with about 200 houses on it. We went through that and narrowed it down to around 20 favorites. We spent the morning of the first day there driving around, looking at the neighborhoods and outsides of the houses and then narrowed it down to about 10 that we then walked through with the agent guy. Of those, we had 5 possibilities, all with their own good and bad things about them. All but one was a little bit older and needed some work done or some serious updating. We finally made a decision and we're buying a house!
We went with the one that doesn't need any fixing up or updating (because let's face it: we have great intentions. And then they never happen. It's kind of a running theme in our life). It is also the one that is closest to Jack's work...just a 20 minute commute, vs 30-50 for some of the other houses. The plant where he'll be working is in a tiny little town with a population of 3,000 people. We decided not to make it 3,004.5 and to live elsewhere. The "big city" (there is a Target. No Walmart though) is about 35-40 minutes away from the workplace. We ended up right about in the middle of them. 20 minutes to work in one direction, and 15 minutes to Target the other way. The house is in a normal looking neighborhood, something that we found quite rare out there for some reason. You just have to go through some farmland and interesting areas to get there. The church is about 2 minutes away from our house. From what we hear the ward is small in that area, even though there are tons of other large wards nearby.
I've been accused of showing a lack of enthusiasm regarding the house purchase...and about everything else in life. Let it hereby be known, I AM EXCITED TO BUY A HOUSE! *cartwheels* *squeals of glee* *fist-pumps* *more cartwheels* There? Did that prove it?
Because they have been requested by a few people (and because I AM SO EXCITED AND ENTHUSIASTIC! *WWHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeee*** here are some pictures:
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| Living room to the left as you walk in the front door. |
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| Dining room off of the living room...kitchen is to the right. |
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| Kitchen |
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| And the kitchen again, from the family room. And a bald guy. |
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| Family room from the kitchen...or pool table room, if you're into that sort of thing. That's the laundry room door on the far wall. |
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| Deck off the family room/kitchen |
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| Storage in the family room under the stairs. You can see the front door and the bathroom door to the right. |
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| Laundry room off of the family room |
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| Other half of the laundry room goes out to the garage. Not the most idea set-up, but maybe I'll not "forget" about the laundry piling up this way? |
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| Jackson's room. When I was showing him the pictures I told him this was his room and he said, "I like it...but...it's kinda missing the floor and carpet." |
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| Family room, breakfast area, and kitchen |
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| Stairs going up. They go down too, as Jackson pointed out. |
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| Technically I think this is the bonus room. It'll be Grandma's room and storage probably. Sorry Grandma. |
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| The movie room. I didn't get a picture of the guitar room. Did I mention the guy living here was single and had quite a nice bachelor pad set-up? This will be a little boy's room. |
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| Master bedroom. |
We're really going to miss North Carolina and all the friends we've made here! Everyone who hears we're going to Washington says how beautiful it is and how much we'll love it, so I'm counting on them to be right.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Halloween
We had a good Halloween around here. Jackson has been so excited about making his costume. He decided a month or two ago that he wanted to be a "rescue robot" and has been drawing pictures and making plans ever since. In case you are wondering, a rescue robot is a robot with a red light on its head.
On Monday, after driving around to six different places looking for pumpkins, we carved a pumpkin for Family Home Evening.
The boys designed the face and helped carve it.
Our Jackson-o-lantern. And yes, he (and Jack and Clayton) really did eat the raw pumpkin.
With our friends Hannah and Hailey at our ward (indoor) trunk-or-treating.
The boys had fun trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. We ended up going around with two families from our cul-de-sac, which was fun for everyone. I only went to a few houses with Clayton, and then Jack continued on with Jackson and the rest of the crew.
We gave out snack packs of Cheez-its that Jack brought home from work. I didn't know he was going to be bringing them home until after I had already bought other candy to give out. Guess I'll just have to eat that bag of Snicker's now. Drats. We didn't get very many kids coming to our house again this year, and I'm pretty sure the majority of them that did come don't actually live in our neighborhood. Maybe most folks skip our little street because we're not on the main route? Maybe we just look like questionable people.
Megan, Emma, & Zack with Jackson & Clayton
Jackson, Matt, Andy, Emma, and Megan
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