Tooth

Maddie got her first tooth over the weekend. Teething sucks. The fussiness is just enough to drive you crazy. Nothing seems to work for long. I shouldn't complain, she is not that fussy compared to other babies.

Here is her latest. She does this little pose everytime we put her on her tummy. We say this is her "swimsuit model" pose. If you say show us your money maker, she twists and puts her hand on her butt. It is so cute.

Maddie 7 Months and Abbey 1 day

Things that have been accomplished in the last month......

Maddied turned 7 months old on the 7/15th. She is sitting up by herself. She falls over once in awhile. She is getting stronger and stronger each day. She stand, when I hold her hands, for a really long time. She does the "child's pose" if you know yoga, really good, but she can't get her knees and arms working at the same time. She is scooting backwards all over the place. She talks up a storm. She sounds like she says "Da Da" but I think that she is just making noises. I love to listen to her talk. She is learning her range of volume. Some times she talks really loud almost yelling and other times she wispers. We call it her "secrets." She still sleeps through the night. She sleeps on her tummy. I can't keep her on her back or side. She sometimes sleeps with her butt in the air. It looks uncomfortable, but is the cutiest thing. She is growning like a weed.

Joe and I celebrated our 8th anniversary on the 24th of June. Looking back we realized we have known each other for almost 20 years. We are going for 65 years of marriage like my grandparents John and Bonnie. They are working on 75 years. They have a few more to go to get there, but they will make it. Joe and I model our relationship and lives after them. We will be in Arizona next month to visit them. It will be the first time they get to see Maddie. I hope to be able to visit them more often so that she can get to know them too.

Work has been going well. I am busy at work. I got reassigned back onto the UC Merced project. So, I am traveling to Merced two days a week. Yes, that means I have to stay in Merced again. I only typically stay one night. I can't afford to be away from Maddie and Joe more than one night. It gives Joe daddy time with Maddie. Our company is staying busy and chasing after many projects all over the country, but competition has increased by 200%.

Joe and Kenny have developed quite a solid reputation and are keeping a busy despite the times. They are working more and more in the light commerical market. It is a learning curve regarding the documentation, but they have come along way in the last 5 years they have been in business. Wow, 5 years already.

The fourth of July we spent at Jeff and Sheri Eberts in Lincoln. Maddie swam in the pool and played with some of the other little kids. She loves little girls. She always smiles and laughs when other kids are around. She didn't make it to see the fireworks. She was asleep in the middle of Sheri's bed by 8:30pm. She was a great baby. Like she always is. She didn't fuss and we kept her normal routine. She got her bath and fell right to sleep. Next year she will be able to enjoy the fireworks.

Joe bought me a new car about a month or two ago. We got another lincoln navigator. I just love my navigator. It has all the bells and whisles.

We are very excited about the new addtion to our extended family. Abbey Lauren is the cutest, next to Maddie of coarse. She is going great. Amiee looked a little green and pale yesterday from the meds, but the next day she was looking much better. She had all her coloring back. She was up, walking and eating solid foods today. Jeff had a night of lots of diapers. And poopy ones too. Parenting is coming naturally to them. I am very proud of them. Abbey is latching on well. Amiee is having an easier time nursing than I did with Maddie.

Email me at kateweiland@wildblue.net and let me know what is up in your world.

Abbey Lauren Weiland was Born Today

Abbey Lauren Weiland was born today at 1:12pm at Mercy Folsom. She was 8 lbs 15 oz, 18 inches long. Yes, I said EIGHT Pounds. She is a big girl for her mommy to carry and deliver. Amiee delivered her via C-section today. She is very happy she did now that she knows how big she was. Mom and dad are doing great. They should be home by Saturday.

I will post more pictures of her tomorrow when I am able to visit longer and take some pics. She had a house full tonight and needs some rest, so I didn't stay long.

Abbey looks just like her daddy when he was a baby. She has a full head of dark hair and olive complected skin.

Jeff & Amy's Baby Shower

Maddie Loving her Cousins.....Ali and Nana.

She found her toes and they went straight to her mouth.

Grandma Cleo's first visit with Maddie.

Grandpa and Maddie. See Grandpa she likes you.

Eating a cupcake from Amy's cake.

Father's Day At Mom

Swimming with Daddy in the Spa with her new swimsuit.

Aunty Amy is going to have baby Abbey on the 15th of July.

Oreo Cookie Face.............

1/2 Year Old

Can you belive it? It has been 6 months already. Wow, where has the time gone. Well, what has happened in the last month you ask....Well, we have been to visit with her cousins. She swam in their spa. She loves the water.

She hung out with her Grandpa's too.

She fell asleep while she was sitting in her bouncy.

We have been experimenting with food. She loves Oreo cookies. I know. I know. She should not be eating Oreos. But it can't hurt her to bad. How can she be allergic to Oreos.

She loves her Franky. She has been watching him more and more. She tries to go after him when he comes near her. He tolerates her, but doesn't really like her yet.

She did get her first ear infection this month. She wake up in the middle of the night screaming. We didn't know what to do, so we sent the night at Mercy's emergency room. It is a nice new emergency room and it wasn't busy, but it still took 3 1/2 hours. We didn't get home until 3am. She was constipated from formla that we gave her for the first time that same day. But we also discovered that she had a cold in her eyes and a slight inner ear infection. So she go meds for both. Joe and I spent a few days home with her. Then we found out that she was allergic to amoxicillin (not sure how you spell it). About her third day on her meds, she broke out in a red rash, that itched and hurt her when she got hot. We had to keep her in cool baths to get her fevers to break and the rash from itching and hurting her. We took her to Urgent Care when she got the rash then her pediatrican the following day for a new medication. She is doing well.

She is now teething. So she is fussy these last few days. Daddy has been really sick with some type of food poisioning or "swine" flu. He has lost 10lbs in three days. That is one way to lose weight.

She has discovered her feet too. She loves to put her feet in her mouth. Crawling is going to come any day now.

Mom & Dad & Maddie