Fun News

Katelynn is going to be a big sister. Times 2. That's right folks: Tucker and I found out a few weeks ago that we are pregnant with twins! I am 11 weeks along today, and due January 18. We've seen their little heartbeats 3 times now. The picture below is from our second ultrasound at 8 weeks. Besides feeling miserable, everything seems to be going well. We are trying to explain it to Katelynn, so hopefully she'll understand a little 6 months from now. (She wasn't too keen on her infant car seat coming back out for test driving bigger vehicals that can hold our new clan.) If the babies are cooperative, we'll find out the genders at our ultrasound on August 24th!

Crib Recall

Thanks to a friend's blog several months ago, I became aware of several crib recalls by Jardine Enterprises. At the time, our crib wasn't on the list, but I just checked the list again and it's been expanded. Our crib has now been recalled as well. So all you mothers out there, please check this list (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09207.html) and make sure your baby is sleeping safe at night.

18 Months

This cheese ball turned 18 months on Sunday. At a doctor appointment on Monday, she was 31.25 inches long (about 50th percentile) and weighed 21 lbs 3.3 oz (about 10th percentile). She now has all four of her molars, and I suspect the eye teeth are on their way. She has started to enjoy more grown up food lately, her favorite being mac and cheese. She also has liked pizza, muffins, grilled cheese, and canned pears. Her vocabulary is growing out of control: she is up to about 40 words! I've been trying to keep a list on the side of the blog, but Tucker says this will be an impossible task soon. Some of her newest words are sock, mac (as in mac and cheese), blankie, cracker, bus, and Elmo. We also had the milestone this past month of getting rid of the pacifier. It was actually much easier than I expected it to be, though when we are playing at her friend Josiah's house, she likes to suck on his all evening. She continues to be a very active, confident, social little girl. Plus she's such a cutie!

Memorial Day

This post is long over due! Way back over memorial day weekend, my parents came to visit. Katelynn loved all the extra attention, and mom and dad loved the help. The zoo is much more manageable when someone else is chasing your toddler around! We had a good time eating pizza and seafood, and visiting the zoo, a couple parks, and the children's museum.

Katelynn's Bath

I got this lovely picture on my camera phone this morning :)

17 Months

Miss Kate turned 17 months old yesterday. She was up to 21 lbs 3 oz earlier this week when we visited the doctor because of a rash. Her two bottom molars are completely in, and the top ones are working on it. She's decided she loves to climb and can even get on top of the kitchen table. Scary! Katelynn's language skills seemed to have hit a turning point this month. She is saying all sorts of new words and loves to try to copy what adults say. Some of her new words are Ah (Anne, our housemate), ha (hat), moe (more), peas (please), eye, and nose. She also is able to point to a bunch of her body parts including her eyes, ears, mouth, teeth, tongue, nose, chin, cheek, chest, toes, feet, fingers, hand, arms, hair, and head. And of course she still likes making animal noises and can now do a dog, cat, sheep, cow, horse, pig, bird, and lion. She is even learning some matching skills with her animal fridge toy. If you show her one half of an animal, she will find the other corresponding piece. What a smarty!

Happy Mother's Day

We had a good Sunday around here. Tucker cooked us up some brunch and then Katleynn took a good nap. We spent the late afternoon trying to find animals at the zoo with the Belks and the Lukaarts. And JT surprised me with homemade lasagna (from our mom's recipe, of course) upon our return. Katelynn even got me a gift card so I can go out on a date with her daddy. Happy Mother's Day!