All in a Day's Work...

Helping with Laundry (sorta)

Hugs for Daddy

Festive winter PJs


I went to the doctor last week and I am finally done taking Coumadin! Horray! No more bloody noses and no more bruises. The bad news: the clot calcified in my leg so there is still a little there that is now a part of my anatomy. How endearing! I still have persistent swelling that is a pain, but nothing they can do about it. On the regime to "try out" is running a few times a week, massage, and hot baths. Hm....I can live with those. The doctor said they might help with the swelling and forcing my body to make "alternate plumbing."
The other bad news is there is a good chance I will have to take blood thinners every pregnancy. Super freaking lame! We'll see, nothing is for sure yet, and I'll definitely do my research ;)

Six Months!

Vanessa is six months old as of yesterday. I can't believe how fast it has gone! She is a beautiful baby and so much fun. She surprised me about two weeks ago by sitting up on her own. Just for a few seconds, but I hadn't even realized she could. We've been practicing and she's pretty much a pro now. Unless she really wants to see something. Then she cranes her head around and forgets she is still top heavy :)

We started feeding her rice cereal mixed with breast milk last Sunday. She did great with this. It tasted the same as what she was used to so she only had to adjust to the texture. She did great and tried to eat the spoon about every bite. Yesterday, we started feeding her bananas. I know, I know, veggies first. But I want to make her baby food and we only had bananas. So bananas it was. She did great with these too. Her poop kinda freaked me out this morning (green banana bread batter?!) but it didn't seem to bother her ;)

We also had some super cute pictures taken. We don't have them back yet, but they'll follow shortly!

Vanessa's check-up

Vanessa had her four month check up on October 28. Technically, she was five months, but we're a little behind.
She was 24.5", which is the 24%
She weighed 14 lbs. 6oz. and that's the 33%
And her head was 42cm, which is 49%
Hm...looks like she might be short, like her mommy :)