A rare moment

Jake was having a rare moment of interest in the baby. He usually doesn't pay her much notice. But on this day, snuggled up in their jammies, he wanted to give her some love.

so far so good

Well, our little peanut passed her four month check-up with flying colors. I'm beginning to think this preemie thing is not an issue! The real test will be when she has her developmental assessment at six months. We'll be taking her to a specialist at a children's therapy center which was recommended both by her doctor and by the hospital where she was born.

Here are her stats for now:

11 lbs 14 1/2 oz-10-25th percentile

24 3/4 in-75th percentile

She's still rolling, and getting upset about it. =) Like I said, it's a compulsion!

Rolling over...

...and over...and over. Six days before she turns four months old, she started rolling over and now she won't stop! It's like a compulsion, she can't stop doing it even when she's crying. She doesn't especially like being on her tummy, but she'll roll onto her tummy the second you lay her down on her back. Needless to say, naptimes are going to be lots of fun, at least until she learns to roll herself back the other way.

It's her first really big milestone and it's fun to watch! Now I just want to hear her laugh!

Wanna see my new trick?

I love to blow bubbles all day!

That sleeping through the night thing was short lived. It was on and off for about a week, but now she's back to waking at night to eat. Oh well, such is the life of a three month old!

Three months old today!

No new milestones to report, we're still waiting for that first giggle! She's sleeping a lot longer at night now, up to seven hours, but it's not consistant.

We had one day of nice weather and we're back to freezing cold and hail. Ugghh. I really want to take the kids to the park or for walks on a daily basis. At least they're too young to know any better, I think next year Jake is going to complain a lot more.

I feel so much better now!

Everybody is back to normal at our house now. Whew.

Yesterday we took the kids to the lake and as we're getting out of the car, Jake says to me,

"That's my baby"

"yes, Jake, that's your baby sister"

"I don't want any kids touching my baby"

"Okay Jake, I won't let any kids touch your baby"

"Her name's 'livia"

"yes, her name is 'livia"

I think I'm going to start calling her 'livia.

Just wanted to say hi...

...and show you my dimples!

After finding out that Craig had pneumonia, I started worrying that maybe something more serious was wrong with Olivia too. Sure enough, she had it too. I had to take her to get a chest x-ray and it was heart wrenching to have to hold her down while she screamed. =( I was warned that preemies are more likely to get infections when they get sick and in the future more likely to have asthma. So, we're holed up in our house while she's in this weakened state and hopefully Jake won't be bouncing off the walls!