Cailey is 4 Months Old

Cailey turned 4 months old today (July 3rd).  She weighs 11.4 pounds and is 24.5 inches long.  To make the day extra special, Cailey rolled over from her back to her tummy for the first time

Cailey - 4 Months

 

Jun-09 pictures are loaded into photobucket.

A Lot of Stuff

We’ve been busy, busy, busy the past two weeks.  We went to Wisconsin Dells over the weekend.  We spent the first day swimming in the hotel pool.  There was a kiddie pool with a frog water slide, some hanging buckets that slowly filled up with water and then dumped out and some other fun water things.  Sawyer and Andi had a good time playing/splashing in the water.

On the second day, we went to the International Crane Foundation.  This was my idea and it turned out to be not a very good one.  It was kind of boring.  They only had cranes to look at and all they do is stand around.  There were some pretty flowers, though. 

After the crane foundation, we went on an upper Dells boat tour.  We did this tour a few years ago and nothing has really changed.  It is still nice to see the scenery and enjoy the boat ride.  The Wisconsin River and its surrounding landscape is very pretty.

On Sunday (our last day in the Dells), we went to Noah’s Ark.  It was my first time there.  It was a nice day but not hot so the water felt pretty cold.  Sawyer was shivering while playing in the kiddie areas.  Even Peter commented about how cold the water was in the kiddie areas. 

The guys convinced me to go on a water slide.  I went on a water slide years ago when I was 17 or 18 and got whip lash really bad.  I’ve never gone on on a water slide since for fear that I would get hurt again.  The water slide that the guys talked me into going on was the Black Anaconda.  It was fun-ish. . . it would have been better if so much water didn’t splash/spray you in the face.  I did go on a few baby water slides with Sawyer and I thought they were quite pleasant.

On Monday, we celebrated Peter’s 30thbirthday.  We went out to dinner (with Peter’s parents) to Fudrucker’s in Appleton.  It is a ‘make-your-own’ burger place.  It was good and we had a nice time.

Cailey is doing very well.  She is almost four months old (on July 3rd).  She has perfected rolling over from her tummy to her back.  She is now starting to scootch.  She sort of reaches out with her arms and then pushes herself forward with her knees and tip toes.  Most of the time she sleeps through the night.  Occasionally, she will wake up hungry but only once or twice per week.  Cailey loves to talk (typical girl) and coos all the time.  She has such a sweet smile and her face lights up whenever she sees someone.  I love walking into the room, catching her eye and seeing her big grin.

Sawyer is also doing well.  He seems more like a little boy and less like a baby.  He now recognizes over half of the alphabet.  This fall, I think we will start trying to write the characters.  We also have to start working on numbers.  I’ve kind of been working so much with the alphabet that numbers have been put on hold.  I think he will be smart like his father.

A cute story . . . when we were at the hotel this past weekend, Sawyer kept asking to go by the alligator.  Sometimes he would ask to go by the crocodile.  I wasn’t sure what he was talking about so I kept asking him if he meant the frog slide in the pool or the big fish hanging on the wall of the lobby.  I asked Sawyer to show me and he brought me down by the elevators and I told him that there weren’t any alligators down there.  I finally figured out that when we said, ‘elevator’ he heard, ‘alligator.’  Being two, he sometimes replaced alligator with crocodile.  For fun, we rode the ‘alligator’ a few extra times and very rarely took the stairs.

My mom, Sawyer and I went strawberry picking on Monday morning.  I picked way too many strawberries.  I froze some whole, made strawberry topping for freezing and about three years worth of strawberry jam.  If anyone wants some jam, let me know

Well, enough rambling . . . I have to get a good night’s sleep because we are going to Bay Beach tomorrow.  It should be a fun day.

Happy Father’s Day and Happy Birthday

Today we celebrated Father’s Day and Peter’s 30th birthday with the Janssen family.  Officially, Peter doesn’t turn 30 until the 29th of June but this was the best weekend for getting the family together to celebrate. 

We had a picnic lunch of brats, potato salad, chips and lemonade.  I made strawberry shortcake for Peter’s birthday and both boys helped blow out the candles.  I don’t even think they spit on the cake   All of the guys had a squirt gun fight.  Peter pulled out two super soaker guns that we had gotten for our wedding.  We’ve used the guns before and they work great.  They hold a lot of water and shoot out a lot of water.  Everyone (except for myself, Cailey and my mom-in-law) were soaked.  Everyone knew they couldn’t shoot the baby with water so Connie and I stayed really close to her   Today was a very fun day.

On Saturday, I bought a new car (new to me, the vehicle is pre-owned).  I wanted a vehicle that had the seating of a mini-van but the gas mileage of a car . . . that ends up being a station wagon so that is what I bought.  We purchased a 2007 Ford Freestyle.  The Freestyle seats six passengers.  It was important for me to be able to fit three car seats in the vehicle so that when we watch our nieces and nephew, we can go places.  Also, my sis and I can take our kids somewhere without having to drive separate vehicles. 

I also wanted a vehicle that got better than 18 mpg which is what my Explorer (SUV) was getting.  The Freestlye should get about 24-25 mpg.  The Freestyle is also very safe with additional side curtain air bags for the 2nd and 3rd row seats.

One thing I will miss is the 4 wheel drive.  I hope that I will be comfortable driving in the snow without 4 wheel drive.  Overall, I think I will be very satisfied with this vehicle. 

We decided to sell our 1996 Ford Explorer (185,000 miles) by ourselves so if you know anyone that is interested, have them give me a call

Happy Father's Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grandma Connie and Cailey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Super Soaker!!!!

What’s Up?

We’ve been having and will continue to have a very busy summer.  We have a lot of weekend events planned.  Last weekend, we went out to The Bar on Friday night to celebrate Katie’s 29th birthday.  On Saturday, we had a birthday picnic at my parent’s house.  On Sunday, we spent the day at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay for their ‘Day with Thomas’ event.  It was a very busy but fun weekend. 

Peter and I are looking forward to a night without the children.  Peter’s work is having an employee party on Friday.  A bus is going to drive us to Green Bay where we will have some drinks/snacks at a bar and then go to the Resch Center to watch the Green Bay Blizzards (indoor football).  This will be our first time at an indoor football game.  It should be a fun night meeting/visiting with Peter’s co-workers.  We do not yet have Father’s Day plans but the plan is to do something . . . maybe we will go to the Brush Runs in Crandon.

We’ve been enjoying the warm weather that has finally decided to show up.  For the most part, we just take stroller rides or play at a park or on the swing set in our yard.  I’ve noticed that there seems to be a lot of mosquitoes this year.  Hopefully they will go away soon.

For your enjoyment, I have loaded some pictures into the Jun-09 Photobucket 2009 folder. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rummage Sales

I never go to rummage sales but this morning Kristy and I went to Sherwood where they were having a community rummage sale.  There were probably 45 or so sales and Kristy and I went to about 20.  I got Sawyer some Packer pants and a Lightning McQueen shirt.  I bought a couple Disney movies and an engine stand for Peter.  I found a sweater for Cailey and I also bought two Hot Wheels play sets for Sawyer. 

The lady I bought the Hot Wheels playsets from promised that all the pieces were there.  She had about six play sets which were all in separate garbage bags.  One of the garbage bags had a large dinosaur laying on top of it because it was too big to fit into the bag.  I bought the dinosaur play set and a robot play set.  When we got home and assembled the play sets, we realized that the dinosaur did not go with either of the play sets.  So, we have a robot play set, a volcano play set and a giant dinosaur that doesn’t go with either one.  Oh well.

We are babysitting my nephew today and overnight so the boys played the Hot Wheels play sets for a couple hours today.  The sets don’t stay together very well and if you move them they fall apart.  I think they are meant to be used  by older children.  Peter and I had to keep putting the toys back together again and retrieving stuck cars.  Letting them play with the toys ended up being a lot of work for Peter and I.  We finally told the boys they had to play with something else

Cailey is Three Months Old

Today, Cailey turned three months old.  She weighs eleven pounds and is 23 1/2 inches long.  At Cailey’s two month doctor appointment, the nurse measured her at 24 inches but I think she measured wrong.  I re-measured Cailey a few times today and never reached 24 inches.  I guess there is the possibility that she shrunk over the last month

Cailey giggled for the first time yesterday.  She giggled at daycare when Melody (her child care provider) was tickling her.  Once home, I tried to get her to giggle but I could not.  I feel sad that I was not the person to hear her first giggle. 

Cailey has certainly discovered her hands.  She is always holding her hands together, looking at them, putting them in her mouth and holding onto things (blankets, clothes, etc.).  Cailey is also keeping up with her wiggling.  When she lies on her back, she will bend her knees, plant her feet flat onto the ground and then push her legs straight.  This moves her up a couple inches.  She will do this over and over again.  She roams off of her blankets, play mats and all around her crib.  She’s even pushed herself into the rails of the crib or the head board of the changing table and given herself a little bump.

Cailey has continued to roll over from her tummy to her back.  She does not enjoy tummy time and often times will cry.  I’ve started laying some toys in front of her but she does not yet seem to be very interested.  She is mostly interested in lights, sound, people and her hands.

Cailey - 3 Months

I Figured It Out :)

I figured out how to get the links back on my sidebar.  I’m not sure why they disappeared in the first place.  Yay to me

I survived my first week back to work.  It was a productive and busy week which helped to keep my mind off the babies.  I did miss them, though.  Cailey is the youngest baby at daycare by over one year so she is the center of attention.  All of the parents that drop off their kids take a few minutes to play with her and all of the kids want to spend time talking to and entertaining her.  I’m sure she is having a good time. 

We had a few different plans for the weekend but they all fell through.  Our new plan is to finish staining the deck and then to visit Peter’s parents in Wausau.  Actually, I’m trying to talk Peter into taking Sawyer to Wausau and leaving Cailey and I home to have some girl time.  I could also use a little bit of extra rest.

It was a big day for Sawyer today.  He learned to correctly pedal his bike.  He needs practice . . . a little work with the steering and he still has a little trouble starting up but I’m certain he will be an expert very soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sabrina’s & Matt’s Wedding

Pictures are loaded into Photobucket.  Enjoy!

Not Much to Say . . .

I don’t really have much to say but I feel like I should write something. 

I have finished the three week project of shampooing all of the carpets in the house.  Tonight, I started a new project of staining the deck.  I’m sure this will take me three weeks as well.  It is hard to do projects when you have children because you only get to work on the project for a couple hours each day (at most).

This was my last week of maternity leave.  I am dreading going back to work.  I have gotten so accustomed to spending the entire day with my babies.  It will be really hard to go back to work on Tuesday but I know that I will get back into the routine in no time.  I talked to my boss yesterday and it sounds like they are glad that I will be back soon.

I had a cardio video that I loved and used for almost seven years.  It was a video tape and has finally died.  I bought a new workout DVD.  It is one of ‘The Firm’ series.  It is okay.  It is kind of fast paced and they switch moves a lot so by the time I’ve learned one move the instructor is already two moves ahead of me.  I liked my old video because they used simpleton terms and they were repetitive with the moves.  Not so repetitive that is was boring but repetitive enough that you could learn the move.  Maybe they make my old video on DVD now.  I will have to look into it.

We are looking forward to our first wedding of the summer.  It is one of four weddings that we have this summer.  It will be nice to see all of our family.  So far, it sounds like the weather will be very nice.  I’m sure it will be a very fun day.

I guess I’ve rambled enough about boring stuff.  I hope everyone has a safe holiday weekend

A Sigh of Relief

Today, we received the results for Cailey’s genetics tests.  The tests came back normal.  There was no evidence of 22q11 syndrome or any chromosomal abnormalities.  I was so happy and relieved to get the good news . . .  and yes, I cried.  I’m such a sappy person.  In celebration, Peter, Sawyer, Cailey and I went out for pizza.

Here is a picture of 11 week old Cailey.