climbing the charts

we just got back from thea's four month check-up with the pediatrician and she is now in the 75th percentile for weight and 65th for height [i'm hoping her growth slows down a bit or she's going to bypass me before her first birthday].

miss nugs has entered the welterweight category weighing in at 14 pounds, 3 ounces and measuring 24 3/4 inches. i took a few photos as zack was warming her up for her next bout...









are they not two peas in a pod?

in her swing

i was playing around with the color set function on my camera this afternoon and i got this great shot of thea with one of her many frogs:

four months old

poopy poopy everywhere

here's a quick video that i took last tuesday, march 17. this was just before thea's first night in her crib, sleeping in her own room. zack had calendared the big event for sunday night but there was a major poop incident that prevented such a move according to schedule.

our changing table is next to the crib and unfortunately during an early morning diaper change, thea was positioned butt-to-crib and [i think you know where i'm going with this...] let's just say she fired a warning shot across the bow then followed it up with a parting shot through the crib slats, completely soiling her white bumper [what was i thinking??] and sheets in one fell swoop. i'll spare you the details by saying it was truly a sight to wake up to. as previously mentioned, carol was an all-star cleaning up the bedding and taught me about the [truly miraculous] stain-removing powers of bleach.

the transition to the crib was definitely harder for me. i had all these thoughts of 'she's growing up so fast! she's already leaving us!' but thea didn't seem to mind the change nor care about leaving our room. in fact, she LOVES the mobile above her new digs, as you'll see, and it actually keeps her entertained if/when she wakes up before dawn. so that's been an added bonus.

she sleeps really well in her crib during the day, [almost too well...zack and i are at odds over whether her three-hour morning naps are healthy] but she's still waking up once, sometimes twice in the night. which leaves us feeling less than bright-eyed and bushy-tailed when we need to work in the morning. hopefully we'll get a handle on the nighttime sleeping soon.

other than that, i can't complain.



sorry for the dark, grainy nature of the video. i need to work on my lighting.

me and thee

our family grows bigger!

william saunders mendelson made his entrance into the world early this morning. he's a peanut weighing 5 pounds, 11 ounces and measuring 18.5 inches long. congratulations lucy and john!



we can't wait to meet him!!!

this meeting is now in session

we had so much fun hanging out with zack's mom over the last few days. thea loves her grandma/nanny/carolsie [name still pending] very much and they were thick as thieves, picking up right where they left off in january. carol was such a big help with shopping, advice, cooking, cleaning poop stains [more on that later...] and babysitting. zack and i even got to go to a movie! we saw slumdog millionaire [our first movie since nuggie's arrival!] which we both liked a lot.

carol generously bought thea a bunch of fun new toys while she was here, including the bumbo chair pictured below. thea clearly loves being the main attraction when she's sitting in it. in fact, the minute we put her in the chair she immediately called a meeting to order. she had many agenda items to discuss with us.

here she is making her opening remarks:



...sharing her thoughts on the stimulus package:



...and campaigning for more variety in her diet:



we're working on it kid.

mia and big ducky's visit

here are a few photos taken while my parents were here. in case you're wondering about the title of this post, these are the names that they would like thea to call them. i couldn't be happier with their choices!

my dad was the first one to teach thea do a pull up last week. she grabbed onto his fingers and tensed her neck trying to lift herself up. he helped her pull up to a seated position and she was clearly very proud of herself. now it's all she wants to do. zack woke up this morning and she had her hands on the side of her moses basket trying to sit up on her own. we're in trouble. have i said this already?