4 months!

Took Katie to the doctor yesterday for her checkup. She's a whopping 6lbs and 12 oz. That is more than I thought. Needless to say, she's in the 97th percentile for weight, 95th for head size (must have gotten that from Mike), and 50th for height. She is more than double her birth weight. Initially her weight was in the 75 percentile, but now it is in the 90s. Then I just figured out that if she was to term, the current weight would probably be double. We split up her shots, so she did well yesterday and did not have a reaction to them this time. She did sleep all afternoon though. I was suprised the doctor did not comment on her foot size.

The grass is finally coming in our lawn, and the flowers are still alive! We will see if it all survives the trip to Michigan. I am hopeful since we have a lot of shade.

Fun with Kuni

Grandpa, sleep, and flowers

What hoppened

Well,

The last week has been busier than usual. We had the Rossmans over for July 4rth last Friday night, and they watched the fireworks down the street. I missed the show, but it was longer than the typical fireworks they have twice a week. Mike said the show was good, and you could see all the other towns in Long Island and up and down the sound shoot off their fireworks. Last night we walked along the water, and I was able to see the scene on fireworks night. It was happening to say the least. There were a ton of boats in the area, and the beach was packed. They were even selling the glow in the dark necklaces, etc. When we were walking home, we saw a lot of families approaching the park with the kids in their PJs. Maybe Katie can take in fireworks in her PJs some day. Judging on how she likes loud noises, it may be a few years! Mike came with his kiddos on Tues-Thursday for a quick visit. It was really fun to see them, and they are little sweeties. After a mad dash to the metro-north station, things became quiet again. Katie likes to watch kids now, so she is really looking forward to meeting her cousins.

On another topic, the Floatie-mobile has been breached. I noticed it had a smashed window last week. Man, Mr. Floatie is going to have a shit-fit when he sees it!

Our lawn may not be ghetto anymore. A truck pulled up on Monday night, and a crew spread out dirt and grass seed. So hopefully we will have some grass grow. I even felt inspired enough to plant some flowers today. As I bought them, I thought that I would most likely want to get more. After planting, that is true. I am limited to plants that can tolerate shade since we have such a canopy over our house. I went mostly for low maintainence impatiens. I found some other purple-bluish plants with red stems (forgot the name). Maybe I will have to take a picture when I finish the project. I also swam outside today for the first time. It was really nice. It was fine with Kuni until the lifeguards started spazzing out with their whistles and a horribly-voiced chick kept talking over the PA when they were clearing the pool. Thank God it was not a poop emergency. She settled down, and we both got our swims done.

Naa naa na naa naa!!

7 years without the itch

happy 4rth

Geek Junior

Happy Birthday!

Rainy day

It rained buckets here yesterday. The sump pump is still working overtime right now.

Hidee Ho!

The last couple of years there has been a Mr. Hankie in our neck of the woods. I first noticed a car that was custom painted with what appeared to be an animated poop. I had to have a double take, but my first fleeting impression was accurate. Then I saw the giant, live Mr. Floatie (yes his name is Mr. Floatie). Now that we live here, I see the poop-mobile nearly every day. Mr. Floatie is always around and tends to show up at public events. The other night on the way home from the train station, we saw him standing in front of Starbucks. In any case, check out the slideshow on this page. I can not imagine going somewhere to get your giant poop costume made, or all the thought on the design. Now this is a person who is dedicated to a cause!

Maturity

Katie turns 3 months today! To celebrate she slept in her crib from 10:30-6:30 last night. She must have received the memo that you can not spoil a baby in the first three months, so she decided to behave.

sweet!

Check this out if you need some entertainment.

Wrap up....

Happy Belated to Tante Anita!!
I did not get my 10-5 last night, but I did get 10-2. Katie then slept until 8:15 (I had to wake her up). She woke me up at 5 , and then I could not stay asleep so I got up for a while. She does this thing in her sleep we call the "hamsterhosentanz". The origin of hamsterhosentanz dates back to last summer when we were camping in Oregon. Our sleeping bags are nylon and make noise when you move around. After our strenous hike to the top of South Sister, I was having trouble getting confortable in the tent and was wiggling around a lot. So Mike created this word to describe what I was doing which appeared to to be the "hamster pants dance" (as if there was a hamster in my pants). So Katie sleeps soundly, but will be wiggling and moving around a lot.
She had a full day yesterday in the city. We went to Stephanie's batism and then to brunch. She did pretty well, but was cooked when we got home. That is when the feeding frenzy commenced. She did sleep in her crib last night, so soon we will get our money's worth!
We had to buy a bike trainer this weekend. We have been taking turns riding or going to the gym, so it will be nice to have something at home. We got to take a ride together on Sat. My bike was in the shop and we needed to pick it up. Oma and grandpa offered to take Katie for a walk and met us at the shop. So that was our first ride together since last fall!

7 Hours

I slept for 7 hours straight last night!

Cover all of the bases...

I see a lot of crappy TV these days. I am amazed that TLC is not satisfied with one show about little people, and how many massive families could they find to have a series about? I just saw an ad for tallest kids, and they were showing the fattest teens last night. How about the most average person?