Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Winter Wonderland...AGAIN
The snow was gone and now it is back! BUMMER!!! I am not even sure how much we have so far, maybe 16 inches or so. It looks like it is currently taking a break but the weather report says there is more ahead this evening. Here are a few pics from this morning. Brant and I went to workout at 8:30 this morning and came back around 10:30. In that time the city had come by and plowed the roads and blocked our driveway with a big pile of snow so Mike had to come and plow it out. He got stuck!! One of the big city plows had to come and get him out.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Stats
Miss Ayla Jane at 9 1/2 months weighs in at 17 lbs 14.2 oz. which is in the 25%tile. She is 28 in long 56th %tile and her head circ. is 17.4 in which is the 47th %tile. She did not have any shots today YEAH!! I never like it when she has to get those, breaks my heart to see her in pain. She did just finish taking antibiotics for her 3rd ear infection. The doctor said that the average number of ear infections in a child's first year is 3 and it is cold and flu season so it is all normal but if she continues to get them thru the summer season then we may have to go see an ear specialist. Brant had to have tubes in his ears when he was little so Ayla could follow in his footsteps. We shall see, as of right now her hearing is great and she is happy and healthy.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Been a month...oh my
Let's start with the youngest of the Schmitz clan. Tomorrow is Ayla's 9 month appt. I don't think she gets any shots for this one just a checkup. However Brayden said that she is coming along to hold Ayla's hand and make sure she doesn't get sad. :) Such a good big sis. She now has 5 teeth! 3 on top and 2 on bottom. Now that she has some teeth we have been experimenting with table foods. So far her favorite is grapes and crackers. She has also tried tofu, noodles, strawberries, bananas, pancakes, bread, and mandarin oranges. She WAS NOT a fan of the mandarin oranges. I don't think she liked the texture of them as she did not even want to touch them.
Brayden is enjoying every minute with her little sister. Especially now that they can share snacks. Sort of funny how they work. If Ayla has some crackers and I have already told Brayden she cannot have anymore, somehow Brayden still ends up with more. She gets all excited and tells me that "Look mom, Ayla gave me some cracker!" She also said "It's ok we can share cause Ayla is my best buddy" Oh melts my heart! However I know this is just the start of some innocent manipulation. I can already invision them working out some sort of scheme in the future.
Brayden has become alot more inquesitive. She is always asking "Why", sometimes to the point of annoyance but I guess that is how they learn about the world around them right. For example, have you ever been in a bathroom where a kid and mom or dad are in the stall next to you and you can hear the kid asking if you are pooping and why and is peeking under the stall at you? Yep I am now the mom with THAT kid. So embarassing.
This weekend was actually a nice one so we decided to take advantage and do some outdoor things. Brant started it off by picking up dog poop in the backyard that has now been uncovered since most of the snow has melted. SO GROSS! Saturday we went to the Red River Valley Zoo in Fargo. It is no Woodland Park Zoo that is for sure but Brayden still enjoyed it. We got to see a baby camel that Brayden thought they should name Gracie (that was one of the choices that they had up for the camel). We also saw some Red Pandas which were really cute! I just wanted to cuddle them. Brayden's favorite's were Ralph the Bald Eagle. I named him Ralph because she kept asking me what his name was so that was the best I could come up with. She also really liked the wolves especially one named Sirius (No I did not name him). After the zoo we went to the dog park because we had brought Abby with us. We were hoping there would be some dogs to play with but it was pretty muddy and noone (except us) wanted to bring their dogs in there. Abby got to run around for a little bit though and of course was happy to be anywhere we were.
Today,(Sunday) We decided to go for a walk out at Dunton Locks which is a couple miles from us. It was pretty slushy but we had a great time just being outside. It was a really nice family weekend. We had a nice springy warm weekend but it looks like the week ahead may be nasty. The forecast calls for rain and snow YUCK. Come on Spring quit teasing us already!
Brayden is enjoying every minute with her little sister. Especially now that they can share snacks. Sort of funny how they work. If Ayla has some crackers and I have already told Brayden she cannot have anymore, somehow Brayden still ends up with more. She gets all excited and tells me that "Look mom, Ayla gave me some cracker!" She also said "It's ok we can share cause Ayla is my best buddy" Oh melts my heart! However I know this is just the start of some innocent manipulation. I can already invision them working out some sort of scheme in the future.
Brayden has become alot more inquesitive. She is always asking "Why", sometimes to the point of annoyance but I guess that is how they learn about the world around them right. For example, have you ever been in a bathroom where a kid and mom or dad are in the stall next to you and you can hear the kid asking if you are pooping and why and is peeking under the stall at you? Yep I am now the mom with THAT kid. So embarassing.
This weekend was actually a nice one so we decided to take advantage and do some outdoor things. Brant started it off by picking up dog poop in the backyard that has now been uncovered since most of the snow has melted. SO GROSS! Saturday we went to the Red River Valley Zoo in Fargo. It is no Woodland Park Zoo that is for sure but Brayden still enjoyed it. We got to see a baby camel that Brayden thought they should name Gracie (that was one of the choices that they had up for the camel). We also saw some Red Pandas which were really cute! I just wanted to cuddle them. Brayden's favorite's were Ralph the Bald Eagle. I named him Ralph because she kept asking me what his name was so that was the best I could come up with. She also really liked the wolves especially one named Sirius (No I did not name him). After the zoo we went to the dog park because we had brought Abby with us. We were hoping there would be some dogs to play with but it was pretty muddy and noone (except us) wanted to bring their dogs in there. Abby got to run around for a little bit though and of course was happy to be anywhere we were.
Today,(Sunday) We decided to go for a walk out at Dunton Locks which is a couple miles from us. It was pretty slushy but we had a great time just being outside. It was a really nice family weekend. We had a nice springy warm weekend but it looks like the week ahead may be nasty. The forecast calls for rain and snow YUCK. Come on Spring quit teasing us already!
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