Ready for the Playoffs

We decided it was time to get Evelyn a Pacers shirt.  She had a set of onesies last year (that Lillian is in now...geez), but we hadn't bought her anything new.   Dan picked one out for himself, as well.  He figured the only Pacers shirts he has are ones he got while working there, so it was time. 

Dan knelt down to pose with Evelyn, and she put her knee down like his...it was so cute.

Go Pacers!

First Endo Follow-Up

Evelyn had her first follow-up with her endocrinologist today.  We'll go every three months to be sure that the GH therapy is working like it is supposed to. 

Having a snack while we wait for Dr. Paez

She's doing great!  In three months, she grew 1.6 inches, and gained a little over 2 pounds.  Dr. Paez was really happy with her progress.  We adjusted her dose, simply because it is weight based and Evelyn bumped up to the next weight rank.  I love this picture, because those capri pants were pretty much down to her ankles last November.  It's crazy!  And she's about out grown those shoes already!

Blood Moon

Yep...stayed up waaaaay to late to watch this.  These kinds of things are just so interesting to me, though.  I spend like an hour trying to set up my camera to get some really cool shots.  I fail at being a photographer.  It looked amazing in my view finder - not so much in the subsequent image.  Boo.  So I just used my fancy camera as a telescope and took what I could in terms of pictures.

(funny.  this one is from my iPhone)

Nine Month Photo Shoot

We had Lillian's nine months photos taken on the beach.  Our first beach session.  It was messy, but turned out pretty great.  There's a story to be told (when is there not), but I'll save it for when I post the actual images from Cat (our photographer), because I think she caught it on camera.

Here's a sneak peek, though!

It was warm up time once we got back in the car - but this girl had a blast in the water and sand again!

This one enjoyed it, too!

Nine Month Well Check

Lillian had her 9 months appointment today.  I recently found out that our pediatrician is also an IPC for doTERRA (essential oils).  I was so excited to talk to her about the oils that we have been using for the girls - and she was genuinely excited to hear that her patients were using them!  (nerds, I know!)

Lillian is doing great - growing like c.r.a.z.y.  Here are her 9 months stats:

Weight: 21 pounds, 14 ounces (up 3 pounds, 10 ounces from 6 months) - 94th percentile

Height: 29.75 inches (up 2.75 inches from 6 months) - 99th percentile

Head Circumference: 47 cm (up 2 cm from 6 months) - 99th percentile

Yeah...that belly is for real!  It's definitely weird to be on this end of the growth chart!

If you are interested in hearing more about the essential oils that we use, let me know!  I love them, and love that I am able to use something natural to treat my family.  I also feel so empowered...it's nice to be able to handle many of our health issues myself without having to worry about getting in to see our pediatrician/doctor!  I'm not going off the crunchy cliff...we still vaccinate.  We still use doctors for emergent situations.  But it's just nice to have some confidence in treating something like an ear infection myself!  www.mydoterra.com/staceygaines

Happy Nine Months, Sweet Lilly!

Sweet LillyBelle, your personality is really starting to show now!  You have definitely started liking being on your tummy and rolling around to get to things.  We call you the helicopter, because you will spin yourself around to get to where you want to go.  You aren't really showing any interest in crawling yet, though. We can officially say that you are sleeping through the night now (thank you, Jesus!).  We usually start bedtime around 8:00pm, and you'll take a bath with Evelyn (one of your favorites), then get ready for bed, read, pray, nurse, and you are usually asleep by 8:45pm.  You'll sleep until around 6:00am, get up to nurse again, then go back to sleep for a couple of hours.  It feels like heaven after the last several months!  You are eating more solid foods now, and have started to try picking more things up on your own (mostly puffs and crackers).  You don't really like "real" solid foods.  We've tried to feed you bananas and avocados, but you spit them back out.  You got to go to the beach for the first time this month!  You were not a fan of the water (it was still pretty cold!), but you did like sitting on the blanket and watching your sister play.  Fortunately it was not a very windy day, so we didn't have to worry about sand in your face and eyes.  You have started to wave "bye-bye" - usually with a big smile on your face.  You also do this adorable head shake when we tell you, "no-no" - again, with a big smile on your face.  It seems that you have more of your Dad's personality - pretty laid back.  It takes a lot to get you worked up (but boy when you do, you let us have it!).  You are one of the smiley-est babies I have ever known.  You keep us smiling every day!  We love you, so much, sweet girl!

Do You See That Lizard?

It's lizard season around here.  Evelyn is usually pretty interested in them.  If she sees one outside the window, she'll say, "Did you see that lizard!" really excitedly (Amber, I know you are reading that in the exact inflection that she says it!)  Tonight, we found a lizard on Dan's running shoe, so we let her take a closer look.

Not sure about it now...

(Don't mind Dan's sandals with his work clothes...)

Maybe I'll just look from back here...

April 1st Growth

Little miss wasn't particularly wanting to pose for her picture this morning (what?!).  But we got a somewhat decent one to sort of see her growth for this month!

30.8 inches

22.3 pounds

She grew a quarter of an inch and almost half a pound in March.

Of course, you can see some of the height change, but the biggest change I see is in her face!  On the left is when we started (late January), middle is March 1st, right is April 1st.

Scoot, Scoot, Scooting!

Lillian figured out how to scoot backwards this morning...here we go!

It's all fun and games until you get stuck in the corner and can't figure out how to go forward!

March Sisters Pictures

Sisters pictures from March

We got a new popcorn maker to make healthier popcorn - family fun!

(does anyone know if you can use coconut oil in one of these?)

Playing with and kissing sister!

Evelyn had Lillian rolling with this little stuffed hippo...it was hilarious.

Fun in the sun!

Morning wrestling