Finally! A tooth!!

Maddy had a tooth break through today!!

And there's no question in my mind about teething necklaces now. She showed no signs if a tooth breaking through. I found it when I did my almost daily tooth check.


I really pissed her off but here's a picture


June 23rd update picture...2 teeth!!

Maddy's 12 month and Sean's weight check

Maddy had her 12 month check up and Sean had a weight check today.

Maddy- 31 1/4in 20lbs 15oz
Didn't shed a tear when she had her shot or when she had blood drawn for iron/lead testing. He mentioned that if she doesn't get teeth by 15 months, he'll send up to a dentist but he can see that teeth are right under the gums and the dentist really won't do anything. lol He didn't bat an eye when I told him that Maddy wouldn't be getting the MMR this time.

Sean- 33 1/4in 21lbs 15oz
He cried more than Maddy...with just the doctor talking to him. Doctor says he looks great and was very impressed with the potty training in 2 weeks. He grew a tad faster than last time but the doc agreed that he should go see an endocrinologist mainly to put our minds at ease. I have to wait till the end of the week to call to make the appointment to give them time to get the paperwork sent over.

AND I finally have kids over 20lbs/1yr...so what did the doctor say!? Keep them rear-facing as long as possible, but at least to 2 years if I can.

Red Spotted Purple Butterfly

We didn't raise this butterfly from a caterpillar. Instead, we rescued it. It had made it's chrysalis on my parents' house and we removed it and brought it home before they pressure washed their house. Maybe one day we'll be lucky enough to find a Red Spotted Purple egg or caterpillar to raise.

Red Spotted Purple host plants:

• Aspen
• Basswood
• Birch
• Cottonwood
• Deerberry
• Hawthorn
• Oaks
• Poplar
• Oaks
• Wild cherry
• Willows

The empty chrysalis:


The release:

Walking!!

Maddy took her first steps tonight!! It was awesome b/c my parents happened to be over. And I'm so glad she waited till we moved. Now her, Sean and I took our first steps in the same room.




Scrapblog I made showing Sean's and my first steps in the same room...guess it's time to add Maddy to it!

Silly boy

This one was from about 2 weeks ago. Sean was signing until I got the camera out. I did however catching him crossing his eyes for the first time...freaky


Sean LOVES Fresh Beat Band, especially their song "Loco Legs". The other night he told me "mama, look, legs" and did this.

Maddy's 9 month check up

Yea, I know, she's just about 10 months but she was sick at 9 months. I not only have a chunky monkey but a very happy baby. She's 19 lbs 6.5 oz and 29.5 in tall! She just got 1 shot today and didn't even bat an eye. She actually smiled at the nurse as she put the band-aid on. I also gave the doctor a handful of LLL business cards. He told me thanks b/c he has a lot of new moms that have breastfeeding problems and a lot of the time doesn't know how to help them.