The Purple Bubble

So I wanted to explain the new purple bubble on the right hand side of the page. Our family will be walking in the March of Dimes, "March for Babies" on April 25th in Balboa Park. We are doing this to honor our good friends who had to cram a lifetime of love into just a few moments when their twins were born too soon.

We are hoping that you will click to walk with us or sponsor us to help us achieve our fund raising goals.

"one day every baby will be born healthy we need to walk to get there."

4 Month Appointment

Well we had our 4 month appointment and Natalie is gaining weight and growing long as her supermodel stats tell us

Height 25" (80th percentile)
Weight 11lb 11 oz (11th percentile)

The appointment started off well with the DR saying this was the best time because at four months babies are happy and immobile. He added "it's all down hill from here". I smiled. I knew if Craig was there the Dr's comment would have been followed with a glance at Natalie and then "looks like you're an only child."

The Dr is slightly concerned about her generally unhappy disposition and we are conducting a trial with Mylanta to see if she would benefit from taking medication to treat the reflux that she was diagnosed with. She has been taking the Mylanta for a few days and it is hard to tell at this point. We are still treating the Cow Protein Allergy with Nutramigen.

She got her next series of vaccinations and did a great job again just crying when she was laid down but quieted down immediately after being picked up.

What a Difference a Year Makes

January 7, 2008 January 7, 2009

Daddy Daycare

Today I took a few hours and went to Cedros Design District. I left Craig with a happy Natalie. When I returned home about 3 hours later I walked up to the door and heard the vacuum going. I was so impressed that on the other side of the door Craig was doing housework after an easy afternoon with Natalie. Upon opening the door, my image was shattered, I spied an exhausted Craig sitting on the couch and the vacuum sitting in the hall turned on to calm Natalie. She was wide awake and quiet in the swing with the hum of the vacuum in the background. He was definitely ready to get out of the house for a break. After a brief respite he came home made dinner and did the dishes!

New Year, New Blog..Now With Video!

So my resolutions for this year: Clean the garage so we can park the car in there, work on Natalie's Baby Book, exercise, and Blog More So I am starting off at least with the blogging more part. One of Craig's gifts was a Flip video camera. The other day I caught this little gem...like father like daughter (you may have to turn the sound up)

Holidays

We had a busy holiday season. We went to Nick and Inna's to celebrate Hannukah and a few days later had Christmas. Natalie was a present pro and seemed to know exactly what to do when a gift was put in front of her. She got LOTS of books and some toys. I think Craig's favorite gift was a CAL cheerleader outfit we got from Jeff and Marla (outfit for Natalie not Craig). Natalie got some cute Christmas bibs from Ireland she wore the breakfast one but we will save the dinner one for next year since she slept through it this year.

At Nick and Inna's with Grandma


Christmas Morning

Evolution of a Holiday Card Photo

This post is mainly for those who do not believe that Natalie cries. For days I dressed her up in cute outfits and laid out blankets to try and get pictures for the card. Within a few seconds we had huge tears and blankets covered in spit up




Then on a random day in an outfit that didn't match I was snapping pictures and got this one

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Update on Natalie

We had a bit of a scare with Natalie in December. On the 14th we woke up to find that Natalie was spitting up blood. After a lengthy Dr. visit and many tests it was hypothesized that Natalie is allergic to something in my diet that she is ingesting. Since Natalie had not gained much weight, 5 ounces in 4 weeks, and was spitting up so much they put her on a diet of solely formula. She has been responding well and putting on weight, one pound in 2 weeks. Currently I have removed all dairy from my diet in hopes that I will be able to feed her again. I did try feeding her one meal a day after a two week success with the formula but she soon started spitting up blood once again. We have another appointment in a few weeks and we will see what happens. It may mean that I have to remove other possible allergens like eggs and nuts from the diet. Kids with cow protein allergies usually end up developing other food allergies so we will have to watch her once we start solid food. She continues to respond to the formula and is very happy.