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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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Kyveli is 5 months old!
I realized a couple of weeks ago when I got Kyva's week 20 update email from Babycenter.com that she's now been an outside baby for half as long as shespent as an inside baby. I remember like it was yesterday that morning when Kailen and I were carpooling to work together and I told him that day marked the halfway point in my second trimester. His response: "...so wouldn't that mean that you're, uh, halfway through the pregnancy now?" Why yes, it would - though it honestly hadn't occurred to me until that point! Here are some updated photos of our little Kyva:
Get a load of these eyelashes:
Look - I can grab my toes!
I shall now eeet you!
NOM NOM NOM
Extreme closeup:
Dear Kyva,
Happy 5th month, little sweetie! We've all been busy, busy, busy this month. First things first - your new stats! You had your 4-month checkup a couple of weeks ago and you weighed 14lbs, 4oz (exactly double your birth weight), you're now 24.75" tall (up nearly 6" from birth) and your head circumference is now 16.25" (a full 3" bigger than it started)! I weighed you again last week at our new moms' group and you've already gained another pound. We had to delay your shots until a few days after your appointment so that your pediatrician could check to make sure the reaction you had to your last shots was normal, which it was. You did MUCH better this time since we gave you Tylenol an hour beforehand instead of waiting to see if you needed it. You were a little fussy later that day and the next day, but overall you handled it like a champ. What a relief!
You're so much fun to be around these days. In addition to squealing like last month, you've just started babbling and making consonant sounds. You love going "yayayaya", usually with a finger or two stuck in your mouth. You laugh a lot and seem to be enjoying us as much as we are enjoying you. It's really fun watching your individual personality and sense of humor emerge. You reach for anything that passes by and your aim is getting much better. Sometimes when we pick you up, you reach for our necks with both arms and it's like getting a little hug from you. Even though you probably don't know what you're doing yet, I try to convince myself that these hugs are intentional! You've got a tooth coming in, too. Right now it looks like a little white spot on your lower right gums, and it feels like a sharp little bump. You're a drool machine and have been putting everything in your mouth. Then once it gets in there, you shake your head from side to side like you're going to rip it to pieces! I hope your first little toothie doesn't cause you too much discomfort when it pops through. You'll be so cute with one bottom tooth!
Can you see my tooth-to-be?
In other exciting news, we took you on your first camping trip a couple of weeks ago for Shenoa's birthday! Your mommy and daddy are big campers and love spending time outdooors. Daddy proposed to mommy during a fabulous camping trip for two in Death Valley. We even registered for wedding gifts at REI, and thanks to some very generous friends and family members, we now have nice camping gear that we like to use as often as possible. We were excited to take you on your first camping trip and hoped that you'd like it as much as we do. You sure did! You loved looking up at the trees and sky and you charmed all of our friends who came along with your smiles and squeals (not to mention your adorable snowsuits that we were happy you got a chance to wear). You slept great in our cozy tent and our friends didn't hear a peep out of you at night even though their tents were within inches of ours. Not so with the other baby all the way across the campground, *ahem*. The only drawback was that mommy didn't sleep very well since I was constantly checking to make sure you weren't too cold or that the sleeping bag wasn't covering your face. But fortunately for us all, mommy has gotten used to getting by on very little sleep so it wasn't much of an issue. We can't wait to take you on your second camping trip in a few days and hope that it will go just as well. Here's a video of our very happy little camper:
The other big goings on lately involve mommy's work situation. I had been planning to take your first six months off so I could be home with you and devote my full attention to caring for you, but the closer that mark came, the sadder I got and the more unprepared I felt to leave you in the care of someone else. Your daddy and I talked and talked about it and decided that I should extend my leave of absence by an additional 6 months, making a full year that I could be home with you. I agonized over this decision, since I really didn't want to leave my coworkers in a bad spot. But, as you'll probably find out when you take a history class in high school, we are currently in the midst of a major economic downturn, and employers are laying off employees in droves right now. Rather optimistically, I thought that maybe, just maybe, by extending my leave I could be doing the rest of my coworkers a favor. So I bit the bullet and had "the talk" with my office manager. I was very relieved when she said that they had planned to call me anyway to suggest the same arrangement! So your mommy is very happy to announce that she is a stay-at-home-mom for the time being. It feels like the right decision for our little family, even though it means we won't be able to buy you everything we'd like to. I'm sure we'll manage just fine.
In a couple of weeks we'll be taking you on your first airplane trip when we go up to Oregon for Robin and Garrett's wedding. I've gotten lots of great tips for ways to make the flight more comfortable for you so hopefully it won't be traumatic for any of us (or those seated around us). It will be great to see some people again, and to introduce you to other people for the very first time. I know they're all looking forward to seeing you, too! I'll make sure to write all about this adventure in next month's letter. Until then!
Love,
Mommy
Get a load of these eyelashes:
Look - I can grab my toes!
I shall now eeet you!
NOM NOM NOM
Extreme closeup:
Dear Kyva,
Happy 5th month, little sweetie! We've all been busy, busy, busy this month. First things first - your new stats! You had your 4-month checkup a couple of weeks ago and you weighed 14lbs, 4oz (exactly double your birth weight), you're now 24.75" tall (up nearly 6" from birth) and your head circumference is now 16.25" (a full 3" bigger than it started)! I weighed you again last week at our new moms' group and you've already gained another pound. We had to delay your shots until a few days after your appointment so that your pediatrician could check to make sure the reaction you had to your last shots was normal, which it was. You did MUCH better this time since we gave you Tylenol an hour beforehand instead of waiting to see if you needed it. You were a little fussy later that day and the next day, but overall you handled it like a champ. What a relief!
You're so much fun to be around these days. In addition to squealing like last month, you've just started babbling and making consonant sounds. You love going "yayayaya", usually with a finger or two stuck in your mouth. You laugh a lot and seem to be enjoying us as much as we are enjoying you. It's really fun watching your individual personality and sense of humor emerge. You reach for anything that passes by and your aim is getting much better. Sometimes when we pick you up, you reach for our necks with both arms and it's like getting a little hug from you. Even though you probably don't know what you're doing yet, I try to convince myself that these hugs are intentional! You've got a tooth coming in, too. Right now it looks like a little white spot on your lower right gums, and it feels like a sharp little bump. You're a drool machine and have been putting everything in your mouth. Then once it gets in there, you shake your head from side to side like you're going to rip it to pieces! I hope your first little toothie doesn't cause you too much discomfort when it pops through. You'll be so cute with one bottom tooth!
Can you see my tooth-to-be?
In other exciting news, we took you on your first camping trip a couple of weeks ago for Shenoa's birthday! Your mommy and daddy are big campers and love spending time outdooors. Daddy proposed to mommy during a fabulous camping trip for two in Death Valley. We even registered for wedding gifts at REI, and thanks to some very generous friends and family members, we now have nice camping gear that we like to use as often as possible. We were excited to take you on your first camping trip and hoped that you'd like it as much as we do. You sure did! You loved looking up at the trees and sky and you charmed all of our friends who came along with your smiles and squeals (not to mention your adorable snowsuits that we were happy you got a chance to wear). You slept great in our cozy tent and our friends didn't hear a peep out of you at night even though their tents were within inches of ours. Not so with the other baby all the way across the campground, *ahem*. The only drawback was that mommy didn't sleep very well since I was constantly checking to make sure you weren't too cold or that the sleeping bag wasn't covering your face. But fortunately for us all, mommy has gotten used to getting by on very little sleep so it wasn't much of an issue. We can't wait to take you on your second camping trip in a few days and hope that it will go just as well. Here's a video of our very happy little camper:
The other big goings on lately involve mommy's work situation. I had been planning to take your first six months off so I could be home with you and devote my full attention to caring for you, but the closer that mark came, the sadder I got and the more unprepared I felt to leave you in the care of someone else. Your daddy and I talked and talked about it and decided that I should extend my leave of absence by an additional 6 months, making a full year that I could be home with you. I agonized over this decision, since I really didn't want to leave my coworkers in a bad spot. But, as you'll probably find out when you take a history class in high school, we are currently in the midst of a major economic downturn, and employers are laying off employees in droves right now. Rather optimistically, I thought that maybe, just maybe, by extending my leave I could be doing the rest of my coworkers a favor. So I bit the bullet and had "the talk" with my office manager. I was very relieved when she said that they had planned to call me anyway to suggest the same arrangement! So your mommy is very happy to announce that she is a stay-at-home-mom for the time being. It feels like the right decision for our little family, even though it means we won't be able to buy you everything we'd like to. I'm sure we'll manage just fine.
In a couple of weeks we'll be taking you on your first airplane trip when we go up to Oregon for Robin and Garrett's wedding. I've gotten lots of great tips for ways to make the flight more comfortable for you so hopefully it won't be traumatic for any of us (or those seated around us). It will be great to see some people again, and to introduce you to other people for the very first time. I know they're all looking forward to seeing you, too! I'll make sure to write all about this adventure in next month's letter. Until then!
Love,
Mommy
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