The Peterson Family Chronicles: August 2012

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

1 Month Check-Up

Yesterday Charlotte had her 1 month check-up. She's doing great, and getting bigger by the day. She's now 22 inches long and weighs 11lbs 2oz. That's the 90th and 95th percentiles. Wowza.

Her doctor said she'll soon be tracking things with her eyes (already is), coo-ing & smiling (ditto, we just have yet to catch it on camera), and holding her head up for long chunks of time (she's been doing that since birth). All of this only further perpetuates my belief that she was born 2 weeks old.

And to commemorate her 4 week birthday last night Charlotte slept from 8pm until 2:30am, and then after eating she went right back to sleep until 8am. Ya-hoo!!! We know it was probably a fluke, but we'll take it!

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Aunt Beca

From our extensive house preparations for Charlotte's arrival to our 3 day hospital stay when she was born, Emily's had quite a hectic spring and summer. And while we tried to maintain consistency and stability in Em's world, some days she got less attention than usual. Fortunately, Emily's blessed with a wonderful aunt who lives in SF and has become a second mama to her. We don't know what we would have done without you throughout all this, Aunt B!!! You made the transition to big sister much easier on Em, that's for sure.

Here they are together celebrating Becky's birthday last weekend - which she let Emily fully participate in by blowing out candles and unwrapping gifts. And unlike Em's b-day this year, we were allowed to sing "happy birthday" to Becky which was a treat :)

Aunt Beca and Uncle Glenn with their nieces and nephew!

Visitors!

Charlotte was lucky enough to get visitors before she was even a week old! Her summer arrival allowed Grandpa & Grandma G to come out and see her before starting their school years. Yay! We tried to take a lot of family shots, but with Charlotte so sleepy and Em still not having fully mastered a smile-on-command, here's what we got.