...a month late.

Weight: 19 lbs. 5 oz. (14th percentile)
Height: 28.35 in. (14th percentile)
Head circumference: 18.? inches (80th percentile) -- our girls and their big heads!

She's still intolerant to milk protein, so our main concerns (according to the doc) are her vitamin D intake and making sure she is gaining enough weight. He gave a list of fatty foods, although most of them included dairy. I believe in the benefits of vit. D from the sun, so I let her have some sun exposure most days when we're outside, but he recommended a multi-vitamin. So we'll probably go with that, too.

She is walking and talking like crazy. She says way more words than Maddie did at this point (don't tell Maddie!), but Maddie also picked up on signing a lot more than Janie has. Probably because Maddie never stops talking, and Janie just wants to be like her big sister! She does animal sounds, the general mama, dada, ball, baby, doggie, fish, etc. and imitates almost everything we say.

She's working on three molars right now, which will make 11 teeth.

She loves sleeping with cuddly animals, normally one in each arm.

She continues to adore her sister and wants to do everything like her - including drinking out of Maddie's cup. (What is it with cup envy? I just don't get it.)

I'm sure I'll think of more things later, but maybe I'll remember to write those in her baby book.

Driving in the car the other day, Maddie pointed out a playground. I told her it belonged to a preschool.

Me: "Maddie, would you like to go to a preschool?" (just making conversation)

Mad: "Sure! I will love to write in a journal!" Lesson 1. I believe she got this idea from watching Syd the Science Kid.

Me: "Maddie, do you understand what preschool is? Do you understand that if you went, you wouldn't be with Mommy or Daddy? We would drop you off and come back to get you when it was over. Kinda like Sunday School."

Mad (now crying): "No, Mommy. I don't wanna go to preschool! (now really crying): "But I already know P-SANISH!" Lesson 2. Apparently one only goes to school to learn Spanish, which she thinks she already knows. (She doesn't.)

Since we only have one car, Jason normally takes the bus to work (or school, given the month). On rainy days, it's helpful for him to have the car so he doesn't get soaked. Some days this is fine for us, and actually gives me a nice excuse to get some housework done. Other days (e.g. when the girls are whiny), it's very difficult to not be able to leave the house. Like today. To help matters, I had Maddie make some decorations for Janie's birthday next week. In case you can't tell, they're balloons. :) We'll add string later.

Then we made what I thought was going to be a fort. Maddie called it her "desk".


Janie checking out the situation


On Wednesday evenings, the Columbus Zoo has family night. We've been trying to go for the last several (as evenings are the only times Jason can tag along), but it's been rainy. Thankfully today the rain cleared just in time. On the way we saw our neighbor Laura, and ended up walking around with her and her two boys, Ethan (2 yrs.) and Austin (2 days younger than Janie).

Laura and Austin

The almost 1 year olds watching the big kids "putt-putting"


Maddie was initially scared of this dinosaur, but then decided she'd walk up (a safe distance away) and show it her free toy and cookie

Checking out the river



Maddie wouldn't do face paint, but she did get a pretty sweet pet turtle


Good times overall.