Hunt Family Connection

Frustrated....

The poor child was incredibly sad and upset that I wouldn't help her eat this banana....

.....this plastic banana from the play kitchen :)

She brought her bib and the banana to me, and kept tyring to get me to come with her to her high chair in the kitchen. Try explaining "pretend food" to a very hungry one-year-old....

She wasn't really getting it :(
She eventually moved on to another activity, but notice she never really let go of that banana....

Must get to the store to get the poor child some more bananas :)

And she's off!

Geesh - wasn't it just last weekend that I was posting about her sitting up on her own?! Well this weekend she started doing some of this....

 

There's no stopping this one :) Right now  her favorite trick is letting go and standing all by herself for a few seconds. She gets super excited and starts waving her arms up and down and squealing in delight....which totally throws off her balance. She's pretty darn proud of herself....I fear that walking isn't too far away.

Ellie's 6 month stats

Weighing in at 16lbs. 14oz. (70th percentile!) and 25 7/8 inches long (50th percentile), I give you our sweet baby Eleanor....

If you look closely, you can see those bottom two teeth just breaking through the surface. I can see the little white tips of both of them now broken through the surface.

On Friday morning I took Ellie to the dr. for her 6 month check-up. She's been a little under the weather for the past few days, so I didn't know how it would all go. She was super smiley and cooperative - the doctor even commented that she was the happiest sick baby he had seen in awhile. The whole time he was examining her and listening to her breathe, she was just smiling and laughing at him.  He decided that she has RSV (click HERE to find out what that's all about) but she's looking really good and there isn't anything else to do except let it run its course.  We're to be on the lookout for fevers though, as that could indicate that it has transformed into an ear infection.

With the teething thing going on at the same time, I imagine it would be hard to know what to attribute a fever to at this point. 

The doctor is encouraging me to get her started on solid foods (ie., baby cereal) and also tells me that at her age there is no nutritional reason that she would need to eat between bedtime and 6:00am. I think if we were to ask Ellie, she would argue otherwise. She is still waking up sometime between 2 and 4 for a little snack, but goes right back to sleep. I will think about starting to push that out a little farther, but am reluctant to just go cold turkey right off the bat. And for the record - I have tried the baby cereal several times and it's just not working for her - most of it comes right back out or she just gets upset and wants out of the seat :(

The teeth really seemed to be bothering her today and right now I hear her whimpering a bit in her room (at 10:15pm).  I gave her Motrin before bed so hopefully that holds a bit longer than the Tylenol. Upside on getting the teeth - she's making some of the cutest faces as she feels around the inside of her mouth for those teeth with her tongue.  We do think she's awfully cute, no matter how crabby she gets!

One more Christmas....

First things first...take a look at little Miss Ellie - such a happy girl (most of the time!)

She's a busy girl these days and doesn't want to miss a thing that's happening around her. Too busy to eat and sleep during the day! Sleeping a little more at night - 6-7 hours at a time now.

Mum-Mum and Pop-Pop were sick the weekend we originally planned to do our Christmas together, so we rescheduled and they came this past weekend to celebrate. We had some yummy meals, great card games, and some gift exchanging.

Graham got a great little train set, some new clothes, and Mickey Mouse. Eleanor got cozy leg warmers and some new clothes. Wil and I got some great goodies too, including this computer book for Wil and a signed copy of a book that I will have to share more about when I read...

Warren and Sarah both got books to read too, along with some other goodies. It's so fun to be able to stretch Christmas into the middle of January!

Of course no matter what you get kids, it seems you always end up finding them like this....

....playing with a cardboard box of course!

Eleanor's 2 month check-up

It took me a crazy long time to get me and both kids out of the house this morning (how will I ever get to work on time?!) but Graham got off to daycare and Eleanor and I made it to our dr. appointment on time.

Dr. says she looks great - here are the 2 months measurements...

    Weight - 11lbs. 6oz (60th percentile)   
    Height - 22 3/4 in. (60th percentile)

I had fun looking back at G's 2-month stats - he was a couple lbs. heavier and a few inches longer at this age and was apparently sleeping for 7 hours in a row at night!  Eleanor's longest stretch is about 5 hours - really not all that bad.

She had the beginnings of her vaccinations (see G's 2-month stats post for specifics) and was not at all happy with the poking. The nurse was super-quick though and had some funky Sylvester band-aids for her little legs. She actually smiled when I peeled them off her leg this afternoon!?

She's been a little "off" since getting the shots - a bit fussier than usual. I've been keeping her dosed up on Tylenol so hopefully she has a peaceful night of sleep.

We walked to get Graham from daycare this afternoon - the sun was out and apparently we won't see it again for some time...thought we should take advantage. When we got home from the walk I sat down on the couch and started feeling a bit "off" myself. As the night went on, I felt worse and thank goodness Wil told me to go lay down after dinner. I crawled under the covers, shivering, and took a nap until it was time for Graham to get ready for bed and Ellie's bottle. I gave E her bottle while Wil got Graham in bed (THANK YOU WIL!) I'm feeling a bit better now - the nap was a big help and I imagine the ibuprofin I took is kicking in too. I have no time or energy for sickness and I certainly don't want to pass anything along to Eleanor. Here's hoping it's a fleeting bug I can continue to fight off with rest, liquids, and meds.

She's Here!

Our baby girl decided to make an earlier than expected appearance yesterday, arriving at 7:32pm. She weighs in at a very healthy (and considerably easier to deliver) 6lb. 7oz. and is 19 in. long. We've named her Eleanor Elizabeth Hunt.

More stories and pictures will follow - all is right in our world :)