Monday, September 24, 2007
My Boys
Last Wednesday night I found my boys hanging out on the bed together watching TV ... I thought they looked pretty cute.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Pryce - 4 weeks old
I love watching all the faces Pryce makes after he eats. He often smiles, frowns & stretches after a meal and looks pretty darn cute. I tried to catch one of his smiles today, but it was a little difficult while I was holding him. If you look carefully, you can see he has a dimple on his right cheek. 
Last night David put Pryce on the floor on his belly and witnessed him roll completely over to his back on his own! Isn't it too early for that?
Pryce continues to be a good eater. I heard David comparing his growing physique to a snake who just swallowed a pig. His belly sure sticks out after a meal.
Last night David put Pryce on the floor on his belly and witnessed him roll completely over to his back on his own! Isn't it too early for that?
Pryce continues to be a good eater. I heard David comparing his growing physique to a snake who just swallowed a pig. His belly sure sticks out after a meal.
Cousins
Have I mentioned what an affectionate child Everett is? He loves to give hugs! Looks like Karly is a hugger too!
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Two year check-up
Everett had his two year check-up today. Here's the highlights: 
- He weighed 29.8 lbs and measured 36" tall which put him in the 75th percentile for his age.
- I was told to switch him to skim milk and start giving him vitamins. Flintstone vitamins are now on the shopping list.
- The doctor didn't think his molars are coming in yet ... I thought they might have been to blame for Everett's very fussy moods the past couple days but I guess not. He had the biggest meltdown David and I had yet to witness last night and we never could figure out what triggered it.
- His eyes were tested and there were no vision problems detected.
- The doctor was concerned about Everett's limited vocabulary. At his age we should be able to understand at least 50 words that he says and I estimated he's only saying about 15 words really clearly. I was referred to a company that will come to the house and do a speech assessment. I'll call them tomorrow for an appointment.
- It's time to ween him off the pacifier. And we think he's fussy now ... Yikes! I bet we're in for a LOT of whining in the near future. We decided to wait until this weekend to start hiding the pacifiers. The doctor said using a pacifier could also impede his speech development. Ironically, Everett used to only use his pacifier at nap and bed time. His school recently told me he fell asleep without his paci so they suggested weening him off of it at school. He's gone almost a week at school without one ... now when he gets home it's one of the first things he wants and he uses it much more often. I guess I should have also been simultaneously weening him from it at home. My concern was trying to ween one child off a pacifier when there's a newborn in the house who has one. Wish us luck!
- The doctor guessed it would be another 4 or 5 months before we should start thinking about potty training.
- E received one vaccine - HepA - the tears lasted all of 2 seconds. He was a really happy camper when we left and he got to pick out his lollipop and dinosaur sticker.
We stopped by Gigi and Baba's on our way home to pick up Pryce and eat some lunch. Everett went down for a nap as soon as we got home and slept for 3 1/2 hours. Unfortunately, I think he may have gotten a little too much sleep as it was after 10pm before we got him to sleep tonight. I hope that doesn't mean we're in for a cranky kid in the morning!
- He weighed 29.8 lbs and measured 36" tall which put him in the 75th percentile for his age.
- I was told to switch him to skim milk and start giving him vitamins. Flintstone vitamins are now on the shopping list.
- The doctor didn't think his molars are coming in yet ... I thought they might have been to blame for Everett's very fussy moods the past couple days but I guess not. He had the biggest meltdown David and I had yet to witness last night and we never could figure out what triggered it.
- His eyes were tested and there were no vision problems detected.
- The doctor was concerned about Everett's limited vocabulary. At his age we should be able to understand at least 50 words that he says and I estimated he's only saying about 15 words really clearly. I was referred to a company that will come to the house and do a speech assessment. I'll call them tomorrow for an appointment.
- It's time to ween him off the pacifier. And we think he's fussy now ... Yikes! I bet we're in for a LOT of whining in the near future. We decided to wait until this weekend to start hiding the pacifiers. The doctor said using a pacifier could also impede his speech development. Ironically, Everett used to only use his pacifier at nap and bed time. His school recently told me he fell asleep without his paci so they suggested weening him off of it at school. He's gone almost a week at school without one ... now when he gets home it's one of the first things he wants and he uses it much more often. I guess I should have also been simultaneously weening him from it at home. My concern was trying to ween one child off a pacifier when there's a newborn in the house who has one. Wish us luck!
- The doctor guessed it would be another 4 or 5 months before we should start thinking about potty training.
- E received one vaccine - HepA - the tears lasted all of 2 seconds. He was a really happy camper when we left and he got to pick out his lollipop and dinosaur sticker.
We stopped by Gigi and Baba's on our way home to pick up Pryce and eat some lunch. Everett went down for a nap as soon as we got home and slept for 3 1/2 hours. Unfortunately, I think he may have gotten a little too much sleep as it was after 10pm before we got him to sleep tonight. I hope that doesn't mean we're in for a cranky kid in the morning!
More Bday wkd pictures
Grandma & Grandad Rankin and Amy, Maddie & McKenzie all came into town to help us celebrate Everett's birthday. Everett had a lot of fun playing with his grandparents and the girls.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Happy 2nd Bday Everett!
Today Everett turned TWO! We celebrated on Saturday with a party at Planet Pizza. Everett and his friends had a blast! Everett blew out his birthday candle all by himself. It was fun to see him get excited about opening gifts for the first time. You can see some party pics on our photo site. Friday, September 07, 2007
Pryce's 2 week check-up
At this second doctor's visit, Pryce was 2 weeks & 5 days old. He weighed in at 7lbs 14oz - quite an increase from his last weigh-in of 6lb 4oz! His weight put him in the 25th percentile and his height (or length rather) was 21 inches (50-75th percentile). His head measured in the 10-25th percentile.
No vaccines today but they did do the awful foot prick blood test where they squeeze a ton of blood out of his little heel to run a battery of state mandated tests. Surprisingly, he only squawked for a few seconds and then went back to sleep. It seems like I remember Everett screaming through the whole ordeal. So far it seems that Pryce is a little more mellow than I remember Everett being ... but that could really be the result of me being a more mellow Mom the second time around. I'm sure I was quite a bit more neurotic as a first-time Mom!
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Misc photos
A few random photos from the past week or so.
Everett brushing his teeth. Everett is a pretty good brusher and could probably spend a good hour standing at the sink brushing if we let him.
Pryce napping in the bassinet.
and "exercising" on the Winnie the Pooh quilt Grandma Rankin made him.
Everett wearing the sailor hat that came with the cute baby gift Ben & Tracy sent. 
It was a stuffed Octopus made up of baby towels, receiving blankets, socks and, changing pads. All things that will be put to good use!
Everett helping to wash Daddy's car. I missed the really fun shots that followed this because I was inside taking care of Pryce ... but the next time I saw David he was sopping wet with water splashed all over his face and glasses. Apparenty Everett discovered spraying Daddy (instead of the car) with the water hose is much more fun!
Everett brushing his teeth. Everett is a pretty good brusher and could probably spend a good hour standing at the sink brushing if we let him.
Pryce napping in the bassinet.
and "exercising" on the Winnie the Pooh quilt Grandma Rankin made him.
Everett wearing the sailor hat that came with the cute baby gift Ben & Tracy sent. 
It was a stuffed Octopus made up of baby towels, receiving blankets, socks and, changing pads. All things that will be put to good use!
Everett helping to wash Daddy's car. I missed the really fun shots that followed this because I was inside taking care of Pryce ... but the next time I saw David he was sopping wet with water splashed all over his face and glasses. Apparenty Everett discovered spraying Daddy (instead of the car) with the water hose is much more fun!Pryce's first checkup
On Friday, August 24th our five-day-old Pryce made his first visit to the doctor's office for his first checkup. He weighed 6 lbs 4oz and the doctor said he looked great. Here's a few pictures of him with Daddy taken while we waited to see the doctor.
Big Brother
Here's Everett about to leave for school for the first time after having his little brother home. I think Everett's teachers must have made a big deal out of his new "big brother" status and t-shirt because it now seems to be his favorite t-shirt.
Welcome Wagon
Aunt Jenny brought over this adorable "welcome wagon" cookie bouquet after Pryce was born. Not only was it incredibly cute ... it was REALLY yummy too!
Happy 1st Bday Karly!
My sweet niece, Karly, turned one on August 18th. We celebrated with a party on the 26th and the kids all had a great time. Here's a few of the pictures.
Here's a video montage from the party. It's a little long (about 6 minutes), but I just didn't have time to edit it much!
Here's a video montage from the party. It's a little long (about 6 minutes), but I just didn't have time to edit it much!
Good Intentions
Well, so much for getting some of my favorite pics posted of Pryce's first couple weeks at home. Turns out that having two children under the age of two keeps you pretty darn busy!!! I'll get some new pictures posted soon.
We are slowly adjusting to the changes at home. We planned on being a bit sleep deprived, but expected it to be because we'd be up with a newborn ... not with Everett! He's been waking up in the middle of the night quite a bit over the past week and getting him back to sleep has resulted in him in our bed or one of us sleeping in his room. David joked this morning that we played musical beds last night. We hope this phase will pass quickly as Everett has always been such a good sleeper ... going to bed with no fuss every night and almost never waking up until the morning. In fact, this past week was the first time EVER that he's slept in our room with us - even though it was only for an hour or so. Even when he was a newborn, he slept every night in his crib.
This week Everett started extended days at his Montessori school. He still attends only 3 days per week, but now I'll pick him up at 4pm instead of 2pm. I'm hopeful those two extra hours will make a huge difference in me getting some things done. It will also be a treat to pick him up when there are activities going on at school for me to "see him in action" rather than when he's just woken up from a nap as is the case at 2pm. Yesterday he was very busy concentrating on a project of using tongs to move little rubber balls from one dish to another and then back again. I was impressed to see how hard he was working and how he put away his project and pushed in his chair when he was done before the teacher walked him to the door to go home. I'm so glad he's adjusted well to his new school and really seems to be enjoying it there now.
Pryce has been a very sweet baby. He eats well, sleeps regularly and as much as we could hope for and is usually pretty easy to calm down when he's fussy. He has his two week checkup tomorrow (yes, it's actually closer to three weeks so we're a little behind). I'll be curious to hear how much he's grown. He's almost outgrown the onsie he wore home from the hospital and I bet he'll be in size 1 diapers (as opposed to NB) by next week. Speaking of Pryce, I hear him now .... better run ....
We are slowly adjusting to the changes at home. We planned on being a bit sleep deprived, but expected it to be because we'd be up with a newborn ... not with Everett! He's been waking up in the middle of the night quite a bit over the past week and getting him back to sleep has resulted in him in our bed or one of us sleeping in his room. David joked this morning that we played musical beds last night. We hope this phase will pass quickly as Everett has always been such a good sleeper ... going to bed with no fuss every night and almost never waking up until the morning. In fact, this past week was the first time EVER that he's slept in our room with us - even though it was only for an hour or so. Even when he was a newborn, he slept every night in his crib.
This week Everett started extended days at his Montessori school. He still attends only 3 days per week, but now I'll pick him up at 4pm instead of 2pm. I'm hopeful those two extra hours will make a huge difference in me getting some things done. It will also be a treat to pick him up when there are activities going on at school for me to "see him in action" rather than when he's just woken up from a nap as is the case at 2pm. Yesterday he was very busy concentrating on a project of using tongs to move little rubber balls from one dish to another and then back again. I was impressed to see how hard he was working and how he put away his project and pushed in his chair when he was done before the teacher walked him to the door to go home. I'm so glad he's adjusted well to his new school and really seems to be enjoying it there now.
Pryce has been a very sweet baby. He eats well, sleeps regularly and as much as we could hope for and is usually pretty easy to calm down when he's fussy. He has his two week checkup tomorrow (yes, it's actually closer to three weeks so we're a little behind). I'll be curious to hear how much he's grown. He's almost outgrown the onsie he wore home from the hospital and I bet he'll be in size 1 diapers (as opposed to NB) by next week. Speaking of Pryce, I hear him now .... better run ....
Saturday, August 25, 2007
More pictures
It has been SO hard to narrow down which pictures to post ... there are a LOT of them. I'll try and get some of my favorites posted over the next couple of days starting with the collage below. Most of the pictures from Pryce's BIRTHday and his first week at home can now be viewed on our Shutterfly picture site.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Pryce Richard Rankin has arrived!
Pryce was born on August 19th, 2007 at 10:17am
He weighed 6 1/2 lbs and measured 19.5 inches long
He weighed 6 1/2 lbs and measured 19.5 inches long
Here we are with Dr. Thomas
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