4-Month Check-Up

Annelise had her four-month check-up today.  Mommy wasn't quite prepared.  No one told me she was going to get another 5 shots and an oral medication!  It was so sad!  But, the good news is, we have one healthy, skinny little girl.  She is 13 lbs 4 oz. and 24 1/2 inches long.  She was in a great mood for the doctor, which always helps.  I'd post a picture, but she's sound asleep in her bed.  It was a long day for the little one.

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Advice

Men Beware

Anne is a little over four months now and has put herself on a really nice schedule.  I've noticed lately that she's only interested in nursing four times a day.  I suspect that the doctor will want me to start feeding her solids on a regular basis when we see him this Friday.  When I'm working, its very difficult for me to pump, so there are days when I only breast feed her three times.  Is this going to really affect my milk supply?  So far, I haven't noticed a huge decrease and my supply seems to be meeting her demands.  Any advice on this would help.

Thanks!

Trip to Kentucky

Well, we had a wonderful weekend in Kentucky.  Here's what I learned...

• Pumping breast milk in one hand while feeding your infant child a bottle in the other is great multitasking, until you realize the semi sitting in front of you has front row tickets to the show.
• Annelise doesn't like to sleep in the car (like her mama).  That was a bummer.
• Spending an evening with friends is worth every minute of the six hour drive!
• I couldn't have picked a better family to marry into.  My in-laws are wonderful!
• Buying a mini-van was the best decision we've made recently.  Its amazing how much "stuff" you have to pack for a 4-month old.  And we used every bit of it.
• The Gap Outlet is still my favorite place to shop!
• The ride home gets faster the more kids you have.  I figure by the time we have three, we'll click our heals and be there!

After

With the gracious help of many friends from church - we got our new roof on! 

Weekends

Don't you love weekends in the Spring?  So much gets done around the house - and everyone seems to be in a good mood.  This weekend, we're reroofing our house.  Here's the before picture: 

And, I couldn't post of picture of our inanimate house without also posting one of our beautiful baby girl!  She is getting so big lately.  I was going to write about how content she has been, but that just doesn't seem right as I sit here and listen to her crying in her bed.  It's nap time and she's refusing.  

WHAT???

Is anyone else totally ANGRY that Andy proposed to Angela?  I mean, he completely stole Jim's entire "engagement setting" and used it for his own!

Ugh!  Is it possible to be this emotional about people that don't exist?

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We're Coming to Town

The Neals are FINALLY making a trip down to Northern Kentucky for Memorial weekend.  Our friends, the McDaniels, have graciously offered to host a part at their house on Friday so we can see many of our friends in one location.  You're all invited!  Send me your email address and I'll forward the event invitation on to you.  Hope you can make it!

The Dress

It seems to me that Annelise already knows the difference between jeans and dresses.  My Aunt Sue bough her this beautiful dress for Easter - but it was too big at the time.  So, with the weather being cool this weekend, we put it on her for church.  She looked absolutely adorable.  But, putting it on her was hilarious.  I had her on the changing table as normal, she was cooing and laughing.  I put the dress and on and she went limp.  She dropped her arms and stared at me as if to say "Are you for real?"  She never does that when I put jeans and a t-shirt on her.  Maybe this is a forecast of our future?  Either way, she got TONS of compliments at church.  Thanks Aunt Sue!  I hope she gets to wear it a few more times. 
 And this is a picture of Annelise and I at Panera Bread this past week.  We met up with some old friends from high school and had a blast playing with the babies!  This was Anne's second outfit - she pooped through the first one.  This same thing happened the last time we went to Panera.  I think we'll boycott it for a while - at least until she gets her blow outs under control!

First Cereal

Anne and I went to Target today - and as I walked past the baby food aisle, I thought "Mmmm...I wonder if she'd like any of that?" So, I bought some bananas for her to try. She seemed to really like it! Here's some pictures with captions. Enjoy!  

So happy...she has no idea what's about to happen!

"Hm...this doesn't taste like breast milk at all."

This is the poop face.  She decided to stop and fill her pants.

At the end, she sneezed and everything came out.  Apparently, she thought it was funny.

Slander

How do you respond in a godly way to slander?

Tulip Time

As I've stated in previous posts, its Tulip Time here.  The weather has been beautiful - and we are all enjoying the elephant ears, fat balls, and Dutch dancers.  Here are some photos for your enjoyment.  We couldn't pass up taking pictures of Anne in her Dutch costume by the world famous tulips.