Well, we made it to month 9. Meagan was officially nine months old yesterday, but we had her checkup today. Our doctor is finally back from maternity leave, good news, Jen. It was great to see her again as she knows all the kids and knows everything we struggle with concerning getting the kids to eat. Meagan is starting to have a few problems with that. I think mostly it's a taste and texture thing. She doesn't like anything with apples or greens or coarse textures. It makes feeding her very interesting. She does like the meat and veggie combos so that is a good thing. She still won't eat table food even puffs. She tries them, but she hasn't figured out how to bite them or how to leave them in her mouth long enough to melt. She tries to swallow them whole and ends up choking and then throwing up. Not fun.
Well, here are her stats: weight - 17 lbs. 13 oz. (Matthew still outweighs her, but not by much)
height - 26 1/2 in. (Matthew is taller by about 5 in.)
head - 17 1/2
The doctor said she is doing great and we didn't have to have any shots or blood drawn. We were so excited by that. Her one year checkup will include all of these in a few months. Should be a great start to our Thanksgiving holidays.
She has started crusing as of last night. She's been pulling up on anything she can reach for the last two weeks, but last night, she actually decided to take a few steps hanging on to the couch. One more mobile, very curious child to add to our family. Tonight it was the dog's water bowl. She dumped the whole thing over on her and the floor. Luckily, it wasn't very full, but it did require a change of pjs. I didn't even realize she had crawled into the kitchen until Dennis heard her playing with the bowls. She's a quiet mischevious little thing. We're going to have to keep our eyes on her. I will post new pictures once I get my camera back. Sorry.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Meagan's New "Tricks"
This has been a week of many firsts for Meagan. I wish I had pictures of them. I'll get some of her doing these things once I get my camera back. At this point, I'm just hoping to have it back by Matthew's birthday in a few weeks. Anyway, back to Meagan. We figured out part of her fever issue last weekend, her first tooth finally cut through. It's so cute on the bottom with another one about to pop through right next to it. Let me tell you, that one little tooth sure can hurt. She bit down on my finger while I was trying to feel for the other one a couple of nights ago. OUCH!
A couple of posts ago, I mentioned that she was scooting around in her own little fashion, not quite army not quite crawling. It was kind of a push and pull thing with her hands and toes. Well, a couple of afternoons ago, she decided she was going to crawl on her hands and knees. So, she pushed up on them and started going. She didn't get very far with the first attempt, but she didn't quit. She kept trying until she got where she wanted to go, Bubba's room. That is now her favorite place to crawl. On Thursday night, we put her on the floor after the boys were in bed. Logan likes to leave his door open just a little once he goes to bed. We have to put his trash can behind the door to keep it from opening all the way. That didn't stop Meagan. She decided she wanted to go into Bubba's room, so she crawled over there, pushed open the door, and went right in. Logan was not asleep yet and got the biggest kick out of her coming in his room. He started laughing because of course we already were laughing just watching her. Whenever he laughs, she starts giggling too. So needless to say, we were all laughing as she crawled in to the darkness of Bubba's room. Daddy went and retrieved her though so Logan would go to sleep. We were hard pressed to keep her out of there for the rest of the night. She just loves her Bubba.
She has also started trying to pull up. Her favorite ledge, Mommy. She will crawl over to me, reach up her hands and pull to a standing or kneeling position. Sometimes she tries to use the couch, but the lowest handhold is still too high for her to quite reach. She has tried to use her exersaucer but has learned not to use it after bumping her head and face into the cold metal bars of it. They hurt but she gets over it and is a fast learner. She's a lot of fun to watch, but then sometimes I realize I'm watching my last baby do all these things discovering her world. It's hard at the same time as being fun. She seems to be doing everything so quickly once she tries, but I know she is only trying to keep up with her brothers. Now, I just have to wait until she discovers the kitchen. It's childproof of course, but it's hard tile and you can't see around the corner if you're sitting in the living room and the opening is too big to put up a gate. Well life won't be dull around here anymore. Not that it ever is with three kids.
A couple of posts ago, I mentioned that she was scooting around in her own little fashion, not quite army not quite crawling. It was kind of a push and pull thing with her hands and toes. Well, a couple of afternoons ago, she decided she was going to crawl on her hands and knees. So, she pushed up on them and started going. She didn't get very far with the first attempt, but she didn't quit. She kept trying until she got where she wanted to go, Bubba's room. That is now her favorite place to crawl. On Thursday night, we put her on the floor after the boys were in bed. Logan likes to leave his door open just a little once he goes to bed. We have to put his trash can behind the door to keep it from opening all the way. That didn't stop Meagan. She decided she wanted to go into Bubba's room, so she crawled over there, pushed open the door, and went right in. Logan was not asleep yet and got the biggest kick out of her coming in his room. He started laughing because of course we already were laughing just watching her. Whenever he laughs, she starts giggling too. So needless to say, we were all laughing as she crawled in to the darkness of Bubba's room. Daddy went and retrieved her though so Logan would go to sleep. We were hard pressed to keep her out of there for the rest of the night. She just loves her Bubba.
She has also started trying to pull up. Her favorite ledge, Mommy. She will crawl over to me, reach up her hands and pull to a standing or kneeling position. Sometimes she tries to use the couch, but the lowest handhold is still too high for her to quite reach. She has tried to use her exersaucer but has learned not to use it after bumping her head and face into the cold metal bars of it. They hurt but she gets over it and is a fast learner. She's a lot of fun to watch, but then sometimes I realize I'm watching my last baby do all these things discovering her world. It's hard at the same time as being fun. She seems to be doing everything so quickly once she tries, but I know she is only trying to keep up with her brothers. Now, I just have to wait until she discovers the kitchen. It's childproof of course, but it's hard tile and you can't see around the corner if you're sitting in the living room and the opening is too big to put up a gate. Well life won't be dull around here anymore. Not that it ever is with three kids.
Monday, August 4, 2008
No More Pics
Well, bad news, friends and family, my digital camera died tonight. The problem with it is so bad that I'm going to have to send it in to Canon for service. This means no new pics for quite a while. Hopefully it won't take too long or cost too much. If it is more than the body of a new camera, we probably won't repair it. Even still, we're not sure where the money for repairs or a new one will come from. I'll let you know when we're up and running again.
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