tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85918385757957741052024-02-06T19:28:09.771-08:00Baby McDermottLizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-3033892931600177872013-09-11T14:53:00.001-07:002013-09-11T14:53:51.393-07:00Caitlin: 10 Months Old<!--StartFragment-->
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I still cannot get over how fast this year has been flying
by! How is it possible that you
are already 10 months old? That in
two months from now you will be a YEAR OLD!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are still our sweet little girl… but can definitely be a
handful at times.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At your 9 months appointment, your stats were the following
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<li><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Height: 28.5 inches</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Needless to say – you are growing well! You are wearing 6-12 month size clothes
and size 3 diapers. I am thinking
of moving you up to Size 4 diapers when our current supply runs out. Your eyes are still blue and your hair
is still blonde. Your hair is
starting to come in a little more now and is probably about 2 inches long in
some spots, but your hair is SO fine that you cannot really tell its there
unless you are really looking!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are still breastfeeding/getting a little formula during
the day + eating a few meals and snacks a day. You eat baby oatmeal, yogurt, fruit/veggie puree combos,
puffs and yogurt melts. We also
give you small pieces of real food – string cheese, avocado, bread and
chicken. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You have also started drinking from a straw sippy cup! One day while James was napping you
grabbed his sippy cup and Brian let you play with it and all of a sudden you
were sucking on it and he realized you were actually getting water from the
straw! SO – we have now bought you
your own girly colored sippy cups and you love drinking from them! Although you do sometimes drink the
water and then forget to swallow and have it all run down your chin… </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are also getting </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">thisclose</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
to walking! You love to stand and
can walk all along furniture – mainly along the ottoman and the couch. You have stood on your own for a second
a few times and have been getting braver about moving between pieces of
furniture. At this rate, I think
you will probably be taking your first steps around 11 months old! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since you love to stand a lot now, you have also started to
dance. When there is music or when
James or Brian and I start to dance – you like to dance too. Your version of dancing is more
“bouncing up-and-down” – but it sure is cute!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you grow, we are definitely seeing more of a
personality. You are very stubborn
and get mad very easily if someone takes something away from you. You are also very determined. If you want something – you will find a
way to get it. You usually are
pretty happy and like to clap a lot.
You also get a very big kick out of giving high fives. You think that is pretty
hysterical. You also have a
slightly evil side – since you tend to find it funny when you pull my hair or
hit us and we say “owww”!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sleep. You are
still NOT sleeping through the night.
I think you are just a bad sleeper. There was a few days in a row about a month ago, that you
were only waking up once for a short feed – so I thought things were on track
to get better. Nope…. You then got
a cold and went back to waking up 2-3 times a night. Pretty consistently you tend to wake up around 12pm/1am and
then again around 4/5am. I am
hoping you go back to one time a night soon and then hopefully just learn to
sleep all night long! A girl can
dream, right??</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At daycare – you moved up to the Young Toddler class at the
end of August. You really seem to
like your new teachers, your new friends and all the new toys in the
class. This class is also set up
to get you on an eating & sleeping schedule – which is probably a good
thing for you and us.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The relationship you have with your brother is still so
amazing to watch! You sure do love
him and he sure does love you. You
definitely light up when he talks to you and you are always crawling/walking
over to be next to him and see what he is doing. While James may not enjoy you taking his toys… he does like to help you play with your
toys! Just last week you and James
were playing with your walking-dinosaur toy and James stopped to say “Caitlin,
you are my very best friend. I
love you.” My heart just about
melted right then and there.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We love you so much baby girl and love watching you grow!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mommy</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P.S. Here are your 9 months photos - since I never got around to posting an update last month.</span></div>
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Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-33487543702533778802013-07-26T10:08:00.000-07:002013-07-26T10:08:53.607-07:00Caitlin: 8 Months Old<br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are still our little chunky girl. You wear size 6-9 month or 6-12 month size clothes - although there are some clothes I can no longer comfortably get over your head. You are still wearing size 3 diapers. Not sure how much you weigh, but I am guessing it is right around 20 pounds.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You now have TWO teeth - both on your bottom. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are officially now on the move! You can crawl really good now and you are fast! We have finally broken out the baby gates downstairs to keep you in the living room area.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You also have learned to get yourself in the standing position! Although you are not quite upright yet - you are getting close!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are still breastfeeding... I would you say you are about 80% on breast-milk and the other 20% on formula (that we add to your bottles for daycare)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are still feeding your veggie purees - you seem to like savory stuff more than sweet. You LOVED green beans and winter squash, but was ho-hum about sweet potatoes. We have also introduced sweet potato puffs - which is definitely taking you longer to master the art of chewing/gumming them. You actually like to pick one up and hold it in your hand while you suck on it.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are still NOT sleeping through the night. That is all I have to say about that! :(</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can say "da-da" and "ba-ba" - we tend to call James "brother" - so I think that is what the "ba-ba" is for.</span></li>
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Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-24833854708448536412013-07-09T08:41:00.003-07:002013-07-09T15:05:15.301-07:00Caitlin: 7 Months Old<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I
am sad to say that this is the first time I have managed to actually
write down a monthly update for you! What they say is true... being the
second child is always harder!</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I literally feel like it was just yesterday when we
brought you home from the hospital and here we are... more than half the
year is already under our belts. I know I would say this with James as
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Caitlin - you are such a sweet girl! You definitely
have your moments, but overall most people tend to comment on what a
happy baby you are! You have the cutest smile and your eyes can just
light up when you are happy!<br /><br />And speaking of eyes... you eyes are the prettiest blue with just a
tiny few specs of green in the center. I think your eyes will stay
blue, while Daddy thinks they will eventually turn green like his did. I
guess only time will tell!</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your hair is still fairly blonde at this stage. When you
were younger, there were some light where it looked like it had some
brown in it - but I think it has actually gotten lighter since then!
You are pretty much our blonde hair, blue eyed beauty! (I like to think
you take after my mommy and its quite fitting that your middle name is
also her name!)</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are our BIG girl! At your six month checkup - you
weighed in at 18 pounds, 6 ounces - right at the 94%. For height, you
were a whopping 27.5 inches (98%) and your head size was at 93%. I had
to take you in to the doctor right before you turned 7 months (more on
that later) and you were already up to 19 pounds, 4 ounces! Luckily,
the way you are built - we are still able to get you in 6-9 month sized
clothes. Your torso is short and you have long legs (like mommy) - so
all your onesies and shirts and dresses fit no problem, your pants
always tend to be a little on the short side!</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You just recently got your first tooth! And boy... was
that NOT a fun experience! It all started on a Friday night (May 17 to
be exact). We went to bed like normal and you just kept waking up and
crying. Normally, I just feed you when you wake up, but you did not
want to eat, you did not want to sleep, you just kept crying! I looked
to see if you had a tooth but did not see anything, so I thought maybe
you were just being cranky. After a few more hours of fighting sleep
and eating, I put my finger in your mouth and sure enough... I felt that
your first tooth had popped through! The only thing that finally got
you to sleep that night was some Baby Orajel.</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The following week at school you were just "off" and had a
mild fever a few times as well. I just thought it was because of
teething, but after a full week we decided to take you to the doctor to
check. Sure enough, you poor sweet thing had TWO ear infections and a
sinus infection! Your right ear had even gotten so bad you had a burst
ear drum! After a few days of antibiotics and ear drops - you were back
to your self!</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right before you turned 7 months, you got to go on your
first plane ride! Your Auntie and I took you to California for a quick
weekend trip to go to a good friends Baby Shower. I was SO nervous of
how you would do on the plane - but you did GREAT! I nursed you on take
off and landing and in the air, you slept for a little and the rest of
the time, you just wanted to play and look around. On the flight home,
you did cry for about 15 minutes when I tried to get you to sleep... but
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on your tummy and roll onto your back and all over the floor. You have
started the rocking when on your tummy and can get your legs under you
and your arms up... just not all at the same time! I give it a few
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are still being breastfed and you have only had
formula a small amount of time - and that was mainly due to the fact
that I had to go on a few business trips and Daddy needed some way to
feed you! (That is since you do not like to drink milk that has been
previously frozen... have I mentioned your high-maintenance ways?) </span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have given you some solids, but we are taking it
slow. You have had baby oatmeal, some sweet peas and some carrots. We
plan to give you some more veggies, before we introduce you to fruit.
Although I am not sure how much you are actually eating - you definitely
like the process of eating! You love to grab the spoon and shove it in
your mouth. You also like to make a mess and feel the food with your
hands.<br /><br />You are still NOT sleeping through the night. I think you just like to
eat too much. You still wake up every 3-4 hours at night wanting to
eat. You are not the best at getting to sleep, we have recently started
letting you cry it out and let you sleep on your stomach and it seems
to help a little. You are still sleeping in our room, mainly because
since I still get up with you a few times a night it makes it easier on
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You and your brother. Oh - it just
melts my heart when I see you two together. James just ADORES you and I
know that you ADORE him too. He gets SO happy to see you. In the
morning, he will sometimes go and give you kisses and hugs before I even
get them. And you... you just light up when you see him. Lately when I
try to feed you, you are always distracted by brother and trying to
find him in the room. Your brother can make you happy and can make you
smile at times when no one else can. I am so excited to see what a
special relationship you guys will have as you get older. I am SO
thankful that James has taken so well to being your big brother!</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We love you SO much Caitlin (or sissy, munchkin, muffin,
poppet or any of the other names we call you!) and are so blessed by all
the joy and happiness you bring to our lives! <br /><br />Love, <br />Mommy</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Sitting up on her own!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Easter outfit + sparkly tennis shoes!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brian and I checked into the hospital at 6pm on Thursday, November 1 for a scheduled induction. I was already in the early stages of natural labor, so a quick six and a half hours later - our sweet Caitlin was born! Labor was rough as I did not get an epidural till I was already 10 cm - but it was worth it in the end!</span><br />
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-41376769589522098572012-10-31T07:48:00.000-07:002012-10-31T07:48:01.095-07:00Maternity Photos<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We had the pleasure of taking some maternity photos a few weeks ago with a new photographer in Austin and I am in love with how everything turned out! Check out some of my favorite shots from the day:</span><br />
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-21221608729119249732012-10-12T13:40:00.001-07:002012-10-12T13:40:38.133-07:0037 Weeks! (Full-Term)<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am currently 37 weeks pregnant and officially FULL TERM! Where has the time gone?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I cannot believe that in 3 weeks (or less) that we will have our sweet Baby Caitlin in our arms!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is a bump shot back from August when I was 30 weeks along:</span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And here I am last week when I was 36 weeks:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Food Cravings: </b>Same as before - nothing
too crazy. Still really into ice cream (and the dairy helps with heartburn, so its a win-win!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Weight Gain:</b> Right at 25 pounds. I am on track to end up right about 30 pounds total - which is right in the middle of the recommended weight gain!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>How I am Feeling:</b> I think it is FINALLY hitting me that I am having another baby! (Took me long enough??) I am excited, anxious and nervous about how things will be with two kids in the house and how James will adjust. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Sleep:</b> What sleep? I pretty much wake up every hour these days due to potty breaks, being uncomfortable or heartburn issues. I guess it is my body preparing me for the newborn days coming up! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Physical Ailments:</b> Mainly heartburn, having to potty all the time and just being uncomfortable as I get bigger.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Baby Movement:</b> A lot of jabs and kicks. Caitlin is head down, so I only feel movement in the upper part of my belly now.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>How James is Doing:</b>
He is still doing pretty good. He has had a few moments of jealousy when we buy/get something new & exciting for Caitlin and he decides that he wants it. Last weekend he was playing with some of the toys in the baby's room and he told me that "Caitlin is sharing with him!"</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Baby's Room:</b> Still a work-in-progress! The room is painted, all the furniture is in and set up. I need to hang up stuff on the walls and finish a few projects. Also need to finish cleaning out the closet and getting all the baby stuff set-up (the pack-n-play, swing, bouncer, etc).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Baby's Size:</b> We had an ultrasound last week and it looks like Caitlin will be a big one! They are already estimating her size at 7 pounds and think she will probably weigh in somewhere around 8 pounds when she is born. Her legs are also quite long and her head is big (which is no surprise given Brian, James and I all have big heads!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Baby's Arrival:</b> The doctor thinks Caitlin will be making an early arrival. I am hoping it is NOT on Halloween! In case she does not come on her own, we have decided to induce me on my due date as a back-up plan. Which means that at the most, we have exactly 3 weeks till we meet Caitlin! </span> </li>
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-58149323795723520862012-07-26T13:55:00.001-07:002012-07-26T13:55:34.960-07:0099 Days<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
Only 99 days to go until our little girl, Caitlin Michele, makes her arrival! </div>
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I am currently 25 weeks, 6 days along with this pregnancy and am just now getting around to posting my first baby/bump update! Better late than never, right?</div>
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Here I am in all my baby bump glory!</div>
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<b> Pregnancy updates:</b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Food Cravings: </b>Nothing too crazy. I have been really into breakfast food this pregnancy (Pop-Tarts, donuts). I also really like ice cream - especially the Coffee Chocolate Chunk flavor from HEB.... so good!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Weight Gain:</b> Surprisingly, only about 9 pounds. At my last doctor appointment, my doctor actually told me to eat more as I only gained 2 pounds that month!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>How I am Feeling:</b> Very TIRED! I think I may have low iron again (like I did with James), as I am constantly tired. No matter what I do, once it hits 9pm I just want to sleep! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Sleep:</b> It is going OK. I wake up usually 1-3 times to use the bathroom and it is taking longer to get comfortable each night!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Physical Ailments:</b> back pain, sciatica, round ligament pain, heartburn</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Baby Movement:</b> I have an anterior placenta again, meaning it cushions a bunch of movement - but I do actually feel quite a bit of movement! Caitlin is WAY more active than James was and I can feel movement most of the day and the occasional pretty good kick! I sense a soccer player in our future! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>How James is Doing:</b> He is doing pretty good. He likes to say "Momma, Baby Caitlin is in your belly!" and then he will give my belly kisses. He also will cover my belly with a blanket and say Caitlin is cold. He has also asked to hold her on his lap, take her to school and feed her a bottle. We have to remind him that he cannot do that until she is actually here! I think James is going to make a great big brother!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Baby's Room:</b> It is a work-in-progress! I have been slowly cleaning out the room of all non-baby stuff and that is taking longer than usual. Next step is to paint the room and get all the furniture set up. Then comes the fun part - decorating and working on all the fun projects I have planned for the room! </span> <br /></li>
</ul>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-75355348191843048432012-06-21T17:29:00.000-07:002012-06-21T17:29:00.487-07:00Life via Instagram<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<li>Borrowing Mommy's Snuggie</li>
<li>Getting ready for swim lessons</li>
<li>Relaxing on the couch</li>
<li>Showing off my new hat</li>
<li>Hanging out with my Cat in the Hat</li>
<li>Wearing my hat like Daddy</li>
<li>Swimming!</li>
<li>Playing in my turtle sandbox</li>
<li>Yummy watermelon</li>
<li>Playing my cat keyboard </li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">There are SO many old wives’ tales out there that supposedly indicate whether you are having a boy or a girl</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">- so just for fun, I thought I would test some of them out to see what is in store for us this round!</span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Morning Sickness – If you did not experience morning sickness in early pregnancy it is a boy and it is a girl if </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">you did have morning sickness early in pregnancy = BOY</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Baby’s
Heart Rate – If the heart rate is less than 140 beats per minute, it is
a boy and if its more than 140 beats per minute, it is a girl = GIRL</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Acne - An increased amount of acne during pregnancy means you are having a baby girl = BOY</span></span></span></li>
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Cravings - If you crave salty food while pregnant it means you are
having a boy and if you crave sweet food while you are pregnant it means
you are having a girl </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">= GIRL</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hands – Dry hands mean a boy and soft hands mean a girl = GIRL</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Age
+ Conception #1 - The Mayans take the mothers age at conception and the
year of conception and add them together. If the result is an even
number then mom is having a girl. If the result is an odd number then a
boy is on the way = GIRL</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Age + Conception #2 - Add your age at the time of conception and the number for the month you conceived.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">If the sum is even it’s a boy, if its odd a girl = BOY</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Weight
- If someone can’t tell you are pregnant from the back, it’s a boy
because with a girl you would be pregnant all over = BOY</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Chinese Lundar Calendar = GIRL </span></span></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, it looks like GIRL this time around! We shall see find out soon enough...</span></span></span></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-78757245914218415052012-05-21T14:24:00.000-07:002012-05-21T14:24:12.485-07:00A Letter to James (May 2012)<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">James, you are two years and 3 months old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think it is safe to say you are definitely not a baby
anymore.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> You are a full-blown
toddler.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You continue to amaze me and frustrate me on a daily
basis.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Life is so fun (and tiring)
with you.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> I cannot wait to see
what the future days, months and years hold for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here is a little update on what you have been up to:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You are still TALKING up a storm.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> I have lost track of how many words you can say in a
sentence now, but it is somewhere around 9-10 words.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> People are always impressed with how well you can
communicate at this age.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> I think
you get the talking gene from me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You are very ACTIVE.</span><span style="font-size: small;">
You love to run.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> You love
to play. You have also been taking soccer lessons at daycare and you seem to
love it.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> You tell us about the
goals you scored!</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You love to be OUTSIDE.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> You always want to play outside now.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> After I pick you up from daycare, you
like to play out front with all your trucks or color in the driveway.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> We also now have a playscape in the
backyard and you love to climb up and go down the slide.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Or you like to play in the sandbox and
then take the sand up with you on the slide.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Or you like to swing.</span><span style="font-size: small;">
You also like to help Daddy water his plants in the backyard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You do not like SLEEP.</span><span style="font-size: small;">
Not sure what happened, but you cry now pretty much every time we
mention a nap or nighty-night time.</span><span style="font-size: small;">
You tell us “I no go night-night” at least several times a day.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> We got you a toddler pillow and that
seems to help a little, but you still whine when it is finally time to turn out
the lights and get in bed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You love MICKEY MOUSE.</span><span style="font-size: small;">
You request to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse at least a few times a
day.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> We usually let you watch an
episode in the AM while you finish waking up and eat your breakfast.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> I like Disney shows because they at
least teach some kind of educational component (shapes, colors, numbers, etc)
and you do seem to be learning from them.</span><span style="font-size: small;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">You still love to run around NAKED.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> You run around naked in the house
before and after baths and you like to run around the backyard naked after some
pool time.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> One weekend, we had the
kid pool out and you were running around and ended up peeing in the grass and
you and Daddy were both so proud.</span><span style="font-size: small;">
You kept telling me “I pee in the grass mommy!”</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Did I mention you also peed on the
couch one night and was proud of yourself until I yelled at you?</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Oh – the life of having a little boy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You love to READ.</span><span style="font-size: small;">
We read several books every night before you go to bed.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Your most recent favorite ones are Give
A Mouse A Cookie (which was one of my favorites growing up), Good Night
Charleston (sent from Paw-Paw & KK) and Dr. Seuss Hand, Hand, Fingers,
Thumb.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You like to BRUSH you teeth.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> A big reason for this is because of your singing toothbrush
(thanks Uncle G-Mo and Aunt April!).</span><span style="font-size: small;">
You like to tell us that your toothbrush sings and ours do not.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> You even dance around now while you
brush your teeth.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> It is the cutest
thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You end up at the DOCTOR a lot.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Just last weekend you got bitten by a spider, which required
an Urgent-Care visit over the weekend to get antibiotics.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> You have also had the flu, strep
throat, hand foot & mouth disease, multiple ear infections, Nursemaid’s
Elbow, allergic reaction to antibiotics – all in your short two years!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You (sometimes) like to EAT.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> You still drink a good amount of whole milk each day and you
still love your Cheerios (honey or regular)!</span><span style="font-size: small;"> You also like chex cereal, granola bars, mac n cheese,
string cheese, bananas, fried rice, edamame, peanut butter & honey
sandwiches, cookies and crackers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You are still STUBBORN.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> You like to do things on your own now and get mad if we try
to help you.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> If you get in
trouble, you put your head down and stick out your bottom lip.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> You also cry and sometimes you hit or
kick things.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> We are trying to work
on your anger and hopefully it will get better with time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You love BRANDY.</span><span style="font-size: small;">
You like to call her “pretty girl” and give her big hugs.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> You even help me feed her, by getting
her bowl for me.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You like to build a CASTLE out of blankets and pillows on
the couch.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> You will put all your
toys in there and hide out from us.</span><span style="font-size: small;">
Sometimes you even invite us in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You finally like your PICTURE taken.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> That is, as long as I show you the
picture immediately after I take it!</span><span style="font-size: small;">
You will now smile and say “cheese” when I have the camera out, but then
you always run up and ask to see it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You are going to be a BIG BROTHER.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Yep, a new Baby McDermott is on the way – scheduled to
arrive early November.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Sometimes
you will tell us you want a brother, but then five minutes later you decide you
want a sister instead.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Whatever
you get, I am excited to see you turn into the role of big brother.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> I know you will do great!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We love you SO much little man and are so proud of you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mommy</span></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-20036658987508749142012-04-09T13:42:00.000-07:002012-04-09T13:42:58.914-07:00Time Flies When You Are Having Fun<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Time has once again gotten away from me. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is a little recap of the last four months in pictures...</div><br />
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</div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-6686675510630416072011-12-01T13:18:00.000-08:002011-12-01T13:18:17.072-08:00Life (via the iPhone)<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once again, time has gotten away from me. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The month of November came and went and am I very behind on posts. I still cannot find my camera cord to my snap & shoot camera - so a lot of great photos from football games have not been uploaded. I also have not had time to sort thought the numerous other photos on my computer from our family trip to Seattle and our annual trip to the pumpkin farm among others.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<b>From Top to Bottom, Left to Right:</b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">1 & 2: Playing in a diaper and t-shirt, while still insisting he wear his sweatshirt up over his head</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">3. Asleep on the camera monitor (notice the stuffed frog right next to him)</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">4. Having fun with bubbles in the bath</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">5. Mashed potatoes at James' school Thanksgiving lunch for families (with his friend Drew in the background)</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">6. Showing off his Thanksgiving Turkey hat he made</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> 7. Mashed potatoes in the hair. Enough said.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">8. Asleep on the way home from picking out a Christmas Tree</div><br />
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</div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-39321223471767801772011-11-11T14:29:00.000-08:002011-11-11T14:29:09.171-08:00A Letter to James (November 2011)<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You are at such a fun age right now.<span> </span>You are a happy boy, who loves to talk and is curious about everything.<span> </span>You continue to amaze me… and test my patience on a daily basis.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love you more than I ever could have imagined and I can barely remember what life was like before you.<span> </span>I wanted to write down some of things you have been doing lately so that I will not forget them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">YOU love to be naked.<span> </span>When it is bath time, we will take off your clothes and you will just run around naked, laughing and smiling.<span> </span>Or when we try and change your diaper on the living room floor – you will get up before we are done and with a devilish grin, take off running in the opposite direction.<span> </span>You definitely put up a fight when we try to put clothes back on you!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">YOU love trains, cars, buses, trucks and airplanes.<span> </span>Basically – anything that moves.<span> </span>Every time you see a bus when we are driving or walking, you get SO excited.<span> </span>Sometimes when you are walking to school with daddy, the neighborhood bus driver will wave to you and that makes you happy.<span> </span>You also love it when the commuter train crosses the railroad tracks by our house on the way to or from school.<span> </span>Usually, the first words out of our mouth these days when I pick you up are “choo choo?”.<span> </span>You can also spot an airplane a mile awhile - even if you can just hear the airplane, you will yell out “air-plan” while you point at the sky.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">YOU have started to sleep with stuffed animals now.<span> </span>Some days it’s your Elmo, or your Wocket (from Wocket In My Pocket) or last night it was your frog.<span> </span>At daycare the teachers tell us you sleep with a baby-doll, as all the girls in your class do and you do not want to be left out!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">YOU like to ask for “butt-paste” when we change your diaper.<span> </span>I am not sure how it started or when you learned what butt-paste is… but I find it pretty funny how you will ask for it over and over till we put some on your booty.<span> </span>You are a silly little boy sometimes!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">YOU are starting to get interested in the potty.<span> </span>You love to “help” when we have to go to the bathroom.<span> </span>You will follow us into the bathroom and ask “Mommy pee pee? Daddy pee pee?”<span> </span>It is pretty cute.<span> </span>You also like to help me get the toilet paper off the roll.<span> </span>Then you ask us “hands?” and wait while we wash our hands.<span> </span>You get mad if we do not wash your hands as well.<span> </span>I am hoping this interest in the bathroom will encourage you to potty train earlier than normal!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">YOU like to stare out the window in the master bedroom.<span> </span>We lift the blinds and pull back the curtains and you will just stand there and stare.<span> </span>You will point at something ask me or daddy to come “see.”<span> </span>“Daddy see?<span> </span>Mommy see?”<span> </span>We have no clue what you are looking at, but we like to make you think it is the greatest thing ever that you are pointing at.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">YOU have started to tolerate things on your head again.<span> </span>A few weeks ago, you let me put on your Notre Dame baseball cap.<span> </span>And now when you wear your hooded sweatshirt – you like to walk around with it up over your head.<span> </span>Even at home when you do not even have pants on (like you did last night) – you still want the hood on your head!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">YOU are learning some Spanish at daycare.<span> </span>You can say “adios” and “agua” and they have been working on counting to 5.<span> </span>We like to practice at home and you get very excited repeating “uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinco” after us.<span> </span>I need to videotape it one of these days.<span> </span>Pretty soon you will know more Spanish than I do!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last but not least…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">YOU are the most wonderful, sweetest, cutest, love-able and intelligent little boy I know.<span> </span>I love you and I am so blessed to be your mommy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Love, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mom</span></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-54145009196890939432011-11-09T12:39:00.000-08:002011-11-09T12:39:38.055-08:00Happy Fall Y'all!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4i-S85IUlnfuQSYml4fLY_6fTiOfUYC4Fw5hJfRyoiMF9BJH3J0xcftNqsTtgmovTwlE699tDm0Qz4rQ2v4sjolNCZ8tJn7OE1b_l9qdIVvrWu11QT3SVAD0V6z_d8VLb-jj4Po850Hez/s1600/James+Fall+11+School+Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4i-S85IUlnfuQSYml4fLY_6fTiOfUYC4Fw5hJfRyoiMF9BJH3J0xcftNqsTtgmovTwlE699tDm0Qz4rQ2v4sjolNCZ8tJn7OE1b_l9qdIVvrWu11QT3SVAD0V6z_d8VLb-jj4Po850Hez/s640/James+Fall+11+School+Photo.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(I got suckered into buying school photos again. But seriously - how could I resist this adorable face??)</span></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-45253921318151015202011-10-31T20:09:00.000-07:002011-10-31T20:09:11.690-07:00Happy Halloween<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Happy Halloween from our little Elmo!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Trick-or-treating did not really go as planned. At first, James was very cranky and did NOT want to hold his goldfish bag. We thought we could give him some candy to practice trick-or-treating, but all James wanted was to <i>eat</i> the candy.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then we tried to take pictures of a certain someone and he did NOT want to cooperate. This was the best family picture we could get (notice how happy James looks!):</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Some more attempts at photos:</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">And here is one of me chasing after James when he did not want to get his picture taken. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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After finishing up pictures, we did a practice run at trick-or-treating at the neighbors before we went around the block. We have spent the last few weeks teaching James to say "trick-treat" and he did a great job at each house. In total, James made it about 6 houses before he was "all-done"! Here he is checking out his loot on the way home:</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> We hope you all had a wonderful and safe Halloween with lots of great candy to eat!</div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-25971450776397928632011-10-19T12:30:00.000-07:002011-10-19T12:30:00.449-07:00Say CHEESE<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After picking out an adorable outfit for James this morning, I had to get a picture of him.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My good camera was in the other room, so I took out my phone (apologies for the blurry and not-too-good-quality photos) and when I asked him to smile - he stopped, looked right at me and said "cheese!" </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was the most adorable thing!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A few weekends ago (the 2nd to be exact), Brian had the day off and we decided to take James to the local zoo in town. He loves animals and we found a great deal on admission, so it was a nice way to spend the morning.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We packed up the car with the stroller, some snacks and drinks and headed out for the 40-minute drive. I was not sure what to expect being that the only zoos I have ever been to before were the LA and San Diego ones. I honestly did not expect much, but ended up being pleasantly surprised.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">James LOVED it at the zoo. He did not want anything to do with the stroller and was just having a blast running around and looking at everything. He really liked the turtles, monkeys and the tigers.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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And did I mention that the zoo has a train? James loves "choo-choos" - so we of course had to go for a ride. Here is our family photo right before the train took off. I do not think I have seen James sit so still before, like he did on the whole ride! He had so much to look at and take in.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After leaving the zoo and giving James his bottle of milk, it took him not even five minutes to pass out in the car. And in typical McDermott fashion - he fell asleep with the bottle in his hand! </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">She sent me over all the photos and they turned out SO good. Here are a few of my favorites: </span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I say this practically every month, but I still cannot get over how fast you are growing up! It sometimes feels like just yesterday that we just brought you home from the hospital.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am guessing you weigh around 29 pounds now, as you were 28 pounds exactly at your 18-month check-up. You have started getting tall (finally!) and are now at 33 inches, which puts you in the 70%. Your head is still huge and in the 90%! You wear all sorts of sized clothes - from 18 months all the way up to 2T. Your big head makes it hard to get some shirts on your head, so we always end up buying a larger size. You also have a long torso with short legs (kinda like how Daddy is). Your pants tend to get way too tight around the belly, while the length is too long. I just can't win with your clothes!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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In the last few weeks, your being a boy has really started to come through. All you want to do is play with you cars, run them all over the furniture, crash them into each-other and watch them fall from the furniture. You absolutely LOVE anything that moves... airplanes, buses, trucks and of course, cars! You get so excited when we are out driving and you see a bus or an airplane, or "mare-plane" as you call it.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You also LOVE your tunnel. We have to put it in the closet now when it is not in use, because if you see it, you will cry and cry for your "tun-L, tun-L."</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You still LOVE Elmo. You like to watch him on the iPad, your favorite videos of him are Elmo's Ducks or Elmo's "Hot N Cold" with Katy Perry. You also watch some Yo Gabba Gabba videos and videos of other babies. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have said this before, but you are definitely stubborn. You want what you want when you want it. You do not like to cooperate (as you can see from the below outtakes of your monthly shots) and you make life a challenge sometimes - but I know (hope) that this is just a phase.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You are also still a very loving boy. You still give great hugs and you still give us kisses. You know how to say 'I Love You' now, although most times you forget to say the "you" and just say "I love." You like having both mommy and daddy around - you tend to cry when one of us leaves the rooms.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At daycare you are now in the big boy classroom and while we had a very rough first couple weeks when we had to drop you off in the AM, you now have no problems. You walk into school and practically run down the hallway and then once in your classroom, you usually gravitate towards the blocks or cars. Sometimes you do whimper a little when we leave, but your teachers reassure me that you only do this for a minute or two.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I love when I get to pick you up from school every day. You get SO excited when you see me and it always melts my heart. You then grab my hand and we walk to the car, all while you wave at everyone on the way out.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your vocabulary is growing by the day. I have stopped jotting down words you know because I have lost track of them all. Practically every day you will say something new and I always wonder how you know that word. For example, it almost rained the other day and as soon as we got outside daycare you started yelling "rain, rain" - although it has been so dry here I can barely remember the last day it rained!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You bring so much joy to our lives little man and I cannot imagine what life would be like without you! We are so very blessed to be your parents.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This weekend - Brian had it off and I was able to spend some quality time with my boys. We went to the park by our house for a little bit in the AM on Saturday and boy was it a gorgeous day (see below photos for proof)!<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We then watched some football games (go Notre Dame!) and then headed down to South Congress with a friend who was visiting from Colorado. We found a cute little venue that had a band (and some yummy margaritas for me) and James really enjoyed the music and loved being able to run around and dance.<br />
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We also discovered that James loves Thai food! We ate dinner at a food truck and as I was eating my pad thai, a certain little boy decided he wanted to try the noodles and then he proceeded to eat the rest of my food! </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On Sunday, we took it easy and then hit up the Children's Museum for Austin Museum Day. James had a blast. He LOVES slides. That is all he wanted to do. Walk up and down the ramp to the slide and occasionally actually go down the slide! And he wanted to play with the trains - he loves his "choo choo's!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
It was a great weekend and I am already looking forward to the next one, as we have some more fun stuff planned! </div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-57874343079033264712011-09-21T07:01:00.000-07:002011-09-21T07:01:02.806-07:00Ry Ry to School<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">James LOVES to go on stroller rides... or "Ry Ry" as he calls it. Now that the weather is getting cooler in the morning, Brian is able to take James on a stroller ride to school.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">James loves when Daddy takes him to school. He loves the stroller so much that when we ask him if he wants to go for a ride, he usually goes into the formal dining room (where we keep the stroller) and he pulls the stroller out and gets in it himself!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is a quick shot I snapped of him this morning hanging out in his stroller, finishing off his milk, while Daddy was busy putting out the trash cans.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">And here is another one I got as I was headed to work... Look how cute both my boys are!</div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While it has only been 4 weeks since the first haircut - it was time to get another cut. And this time Brian said James was getting a Big Boy Haircut.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I braced myself for the appointment and while, I did tear up a little when they got out the clippers - James did wonderful. He did not even flinch at the buzzing clippers or when they had to trim his neckline.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The end result:</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And while I miss his baby curls, I love how much James looks like a big boy now. It is amazing how much he has grown up over these past few months. </div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964677570559940370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591838575795774105.post-4479265436174063482011-09-08T20:13:00.000-07:002011-09-08T20:16:20.055-07:00New Toy<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">James has a new favorite toy to play with.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is not a ball.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is not a truck.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is not a stuffed animal.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Or even a book.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">His new favorite toy is something that has been sitting in our living room since James was born. Something that James just discovered has a lid that can be removed, which allows for the following:</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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