The future is bright!

There's been talk of an infant superhero moving into town...Well, you might have checked out our flickr page and seen miss Keely practicing her flying too (shhh...keep it quiet for purposes of future secret identities...)

However, she may have future in entertainment...already stealing some moves from the King of Pop...

Or perhaps she will be the next great female boxer...

Of course with Pixars new movie Ratatouille, maybe her future is in the culinary arts...

But, if all goes according to dad's plan, which he will of course try to force upon her as much as possible, she will spend lots of time with her new best friend, Sam Alexis Woods, become a great golfer, allowing dad to spend some quality time on the golf course with his daughter and her best friends dad. This is, I'm sure, the most likely path for beautiful Keely.

Blongo!

Well after the doctor's we dropped by "uncle" Mike's to say hello. We chatted, indulged in mini Ben & Jerry's, checked out the garden (looks good!), and played a little blongo!

Tummy aches...

Last week was rough...Keely was often screaming in pain after nursing, only eating for five minutes and spitting up and burping a *ton*. I was growing weary by Friday and made a doctor's appointment for Monday.

Well, Keely went to the pediatrician today and it appears that she has acid reflux, pretty common in infants less than six months. Although it hasn't affected her growth (a stunning 10lbs 11oz today!), because she is so uncomfortable we're starting her on Zantac...hopefully happier feeds await us!

Movie Week.

If you hadn't noticed, there were/are a mess of good movies out this summer that we really want to see. Keely definitely made this much more of a challenge. I was able to sneak away with a friend about a month ago to go see Pirates and had a great time, but I also knew that Em wanted to see it but she had to stay home, and it would have been much better to have her along. So earlier this week we were hanging out with some friends and out of the blue they suggested that we get to see a movie now or it probably won't happen for a long time. We decided to give it a try on Thursday and went to see Oceans 13 and wouldn't you know it, she did great. Em had her in the sling and she was asleep until the last bit of the movie when Em gave her the pinky to satiate her 'til the end. It was great, we had a great time, really enjoyed the movie, and enjoyed the chance to get out and go on a date of sorts. It went so well we decided to try again today and went to Shrek 3 this evening with the Rushii and Kennedii. Another success! Maybe we are on to something. Two movies, in their entirety, no theatre disruptions, what a great week.

Reunion.

This afternoon we went out to Lynden to a reunion with the families from our birth class. It was a lot of fun to see the other three couples that are new parents and the three new babies. The oldest baby was about 7 weeks older than Keely who was the youngest and it was amazing to see the difference in babies just a few weeks apart in age. It was a fun glimpse to the future in a way to see the development that Keely will go through in the next months. We got to share our birth stories with one another as well as hear how things have been going with everyone since the babes arrives. We had a great time and Keely was showing off her best behavior the entire time, with a lot of sleeping and some brief awake time to say hi to everybody.

Happy Father's Day!

We celebrated Eric's first father's day with his dad, Keely's grandpa Steve, who came over from Colville to spend the weekend with us and more importantly, meet his new granddaughter!

The day was spent watching sports, namely Formula One racing and the U.S. Open Golf tournament--fitting I suppose since it was a day all about Dad!

Eric enjoyed opening presents...aftershave from Keely (so Daddy's always nice and smooth for Keely kisses!), a wallet with digital photo viewer from me (to show-off pics of the newly expanded family), and Crocs sandals for after soccer from both of us, his #1 soccer fans! Happy Father's Day Daddy!

Happy 1 Month Birthaversary Keely!

That's right. It has been one month since Keely was born, and what a month it has been. I was looking back at photos from the hospital and she has changed and grown so much already. She is probably up near 10 lbs. by now and keeps growing and growing as evidenced by how much time she spends eating, she's a muncher. She is also spending a lot more time awake and alert these days. It was hard to catch her with eyes open much just a couple weeks ago, but now she seems to be alert and taking in as much information as she can as often as she can. She is doing a great job of tracking items from side to side once she focuses on them. She loves to be held and recently discovered that she likes being in the moby wrap with mom which basically holds her snugly against Em's chest. She isn't sleeping much by herself yet, most of the time in the bed with us, although we can occasionally get her to sleep in the bassinet for a couple of hours. Nights continue to be long as she tends to be a bit more fussy at night and often takes a while to calm down to sleep. She has yet to meet the pacifier but has spent lots of time practicing on our pinkies. All in all it has been an amazing month and we couldn't be more pleased with how she is doing. One month down 215 to go...

Cat and Mouse Games

For those of you that don't know, we used to have a cat named Max. He was a great cat who left us this winter for the grander adventures that lay in the wilderness. One of the most characteristic things about Max is that he was quite the hunter. He loved being outside and chasing after smaller animals, and he seemed to be pretty good at it. There would be periods of time where he would bring home something every day, sometimes a couple of animals a day. He had quite a wide variety of prey as well, over the years he brought home... mice, voles, rabbits, squirrels, birds, bats, a snake, and a fish. Most of the time he would bring the animal inside the house and then proceed to play with it in his turf.

Every once in a while he would involve our other cat, Kona, in the fun, although she never really got it. She was never able to corral a mouse once it got away from her and Max would always have to come back and save the day.

So imagine our surprise yesterday when Kona showed up to the back door with this cute little guy. Apparently she is trying to take over where Max left off. While the cat's away, the cat will play...

1st Doctor's Appointment

We took Keely to her first doctor's appointment on Thursday to see her pediatrician Dr. Bochsler. This wasn't the first time they had met as he saw her in the hospital, but it was her first time to his office. She was really content as they checked her weight and length (9lbs. 0oz., 20 1/2", both at the 50 percentile), measured her head (45 percentile, small head like dad), listened to her chest, and gave her the once over. The doc was very impressed with her and thought that everything looked great. She also took the opportunity to show the doc how much she can poop and loaded one up for him.

Before we left, they needed to take another sample of blood for the second PKU test (they did the first in the hospital). She was not such a big fan of this, however, and she let us know about it. She turned up the volume and the tears for a while, but mom was there to calm her down and provide a safe place for her. All in all is was a great appointment and we are so happy that she is so healthy!

Congrats Lach and Kari!

Keely attended her first wedding Sunday night as our friends Kari and Lach got married. She did a great job of sleeping through the ceremony (Keely, not Kari) and only woke up during the reception when it was time to be held by friends. There were many excited arms to cuddle in and she did fine as she passed from person to person. We have officially transitioned into those folks that sit in the back for quick and easy egress in case of child meltdown. It is a whole new world. Bring it on!

Thanks Nonnie!

My mom, Keely's "nonnie" was able to spend the past two weeks (Keely's first two weeks!) with us, which was wonderful. She was an invaluable help in transitioning us to home, with lots of baby holding, diaper changing, cooking all our meals, cleaning the house, gardening, lots of trips to JoAnn's and Haggen, sharing walks, and even recovering our glider. Wow! A busy two weeks for her...

She left yesterday and we're now flying solo as a family of three. Thanks so much blessing us these past two weeks with your love Nonnie--we'll miss you!

Bath Time!

Keely had her first bath last week, and we had no idea what her reaction to it would be. She is pretty squirmy and vocal when she gets her diaper changed and we expected more of the same, but she loved it! It seemed to be relaxing to her, especially when we cleaned her hair and rinsed with warm water. So here's to more clean happy baby experiences.