Sickie

Jane came down with a yucky, green, slimy cold on Saturday night. We ended up on the couch together so that Adam and Scott could sleep in (relative) peace upstairs. Her face pretty much explains how she was feeling.

Unfortunately, her cold leads to this:

This girl is a very happy, easy-going kid...except when you touch her nose, then she does this:

Sorry baby. I'm your Mom, it's part of my job description.

Any Green Thumbs Out There?

I was pruning a really old lilac bush in my backyard. I cut off a big, mostly dead branch and saw this:


The wood is purple. Why would that be? Is it diseased? I did a quick google search and came up with nothing.



*Sorry to those of you who are my friends on Facebook. I posted this question there too.

2 years and 4 Months

Jane had her four month check-up today. She's no "little" lady. She is 26 3/4" (above the 97th %ile) and...
16 lbs 11 oz (92nd %ile)! She is almost as tall as Adam at this age, but Adam was 19lbs 14 oz.!


Speaking of Adam. He had his two year check-up. The nurse said this would probably be the last time he gets weighed on the baby scale:)

He is 37 1/2" (97th %ile) and 35lbs 5 oz (above the 97th %ile). They say that you can double your child's height at 2 years as an indicator of adult height. That means Adam's predicted height is 6' 3"!

Adam has his appointment with the allergist in May. Keep your fingers crossed!

Note to Self

When you get your baby all dressed up for Easter Sunday, take good pictures before church. I only got this one of her in the carseat.

She came home looking like this after she pooped all over everything except her shoes.

Oh, and one more thing. If you buy rain boots for Jane; hide them. Adam thinks that all rain boots are his.

"Mamma Go Away."

Adam has decided that he would like to be able to play with Jane alone. It has happened more than once that I set Jane on the floor and then Adam requests that I go away. He will then scoot his toy closer to Jane and start playing. I hear him saying things like, "You like that Janie?" and "See the marbles Janie?"


He always has Jane's best interest in mind. I found this in Jane's swing while she was sleeping:


Adam's truck delivered Jane's binkie, you know, just in case.

While the thought was nice, Jane takes care of her own sucking needs these days. She found her thumb and hasn't looked back:

In other news, we celebrated Jane's 1/3 birthday (4 months for those of you who flunked math).

We have her doctor appointment on Tuesday, I'll post her stats then.

Well, I survived...barely.

The headbands came and all I can say is...


Oh.

My.

Gosh.

Despite my animal response to take a bite out of her, she remains intact.

My Civic Duty

I got this in the mail the other day. It is a summons for grand jury duty. Wikipedia says this about grand jury duty:

"At almost any cost, try to avoid being seated on a grand jury. Duty on a grand jury means that you will be hearing assistant district attorneys asking for indictments on a number of cases over an extended period of time. Grand jury duty is both long and tedious."

I was really worried. Who would take care of my kids for "an extended period of time"? I called to get an extension because I'm breastfeeding. They gave me 6 months. I mentioned this to a friend and she said, in her state, if you are a stay-at-home-mom with children not yet in school, you can get excused from jury duty. I called to give it a try. Here is a rough transcript of the conversation between me and the jury duty lady:

Me: I'm calling to see if I can be excused from jury duty since I stay home with my children
Jury Duty Lady: Sure, you just have to answer some questions.
Me: Okay.
JDL: What are the ages of you children?
Me: Two and four months.
JDL: And you are their primary caregiver?
Me: Yes.
JDL: Will you or do you intend to work outside the home in the next 18 months?
Me: No.
JDL: You have to contact us if you do decide to work outside the home.
Me: Okay.
JDL: And there is no one, friends or family, that can care for your children.
Me: (deciding if what I'm about to say is a lie) No.
JDL: Okay, you just need to fax a copy of your children's birth certificates.

So, truthfully? I probably could have pawned my children off on my friends (who have their own children to care for) for the month that I was on jury duty (being paid $40/day). But I really felt like that would be a bit traumatic for them (and me). Bouncing from one house to the next for who knows how long and being away from me would really disrupt their lives. So, I feel fine about my answers. Oh, and I got a postcard in the mail today telling me I was excused from jury duty for two years.