March 12, 2008
Andres the Referee
Andres had the chance to be a part of th Mexican and Australian Olympic teams competing i na friendly here in Oakland. Lots of people. Lots of money in that stadium. Bug him to tell you more of the details. I'll post of few photos.
March 10, 2008
Emma at 6 Months
Emma went in for her 6 month checkup today. She was wonderful and happy, as always. Well, at least until the vaccinating started. Lorelei was with us as well. She was not too happy herself about the idea of Emma getting shots. After the doctor had checked Emma over and as we waited for the nurse to return with the shots, Lorelei said that she didn't want the nurse to give her baby vaccinations. Aside from the sweet sentiment, I was impressed that she was using the word for vaccination and not the simpler version of shot and I also noted that Lorelei referred to her sister not by her name but with the tag, my baby. How very sweet.
Now back to the star of this entry - Emma. She weighed in at 17 pounds and 13 ounces. That is actually a weight loss! Still it is respectable enough to place her in the 93rd percentile. Her length (although with Emma's desire to get up and walk now - pretty soon I might actually start thinking in terms of height) is 2' 3" (27 inches). That also places Emma respectably in the 93rd percentile for her length. The girls' pediatrician, Dr. Sepetka, said that Emma's weight is in perfect proportion with her length. "She looks the way babies are supposed to look," she told us. (Although we never received this kind of reassurance from her when Lorelei was 6 months old.) Emma is just about 6 months old, but wearing 9 month clothing comfortably. She is in effect making up the difference for her parents' poor planning in having two girls 5 months apart. So Lorelei's clothes at 9 months (January), Emma is able to wear now.
After 8 ounces of milk, our beautiful Rubenesque Emma drifted off to sleep this evening. I hope that the four puncture wounds on her thighs don't bother her too much this evening!
Now back to the star of this entry - Emma. She weighed in at 17 pounds and 13 ounces. That is actually a weight loss! Still it is respectable enough to place her in the 93rd percentile. Her length (although with Emma's desire to get up and walk now - pretty soon I might actually start thinking in terms of height) is 2' 3" (27 inches). That also places Emma respectably in the 93rd percentile for her length. The girls' pediatrician, Dr. Sepetka, said that Emma's weight is in perfect proportion with her length. "She looks the way babies are supposed to look," she told us. (Although we never received this kind of reassurance from her when Lorelei was 6 months old.) Emma is just about 6 months old, but wearing 9 month clothing comfortably. She is in effect making up the difference for her parents' poor planning in having two girls 5 months apart. So Lorelei's clothes at 9 months (January), Emma is able to wear now.
After 8 ounces of milk, our beautiful Rubenesque Emma drifted off to sleep this evening. I hope that the four puncture wounds on her thighs don't bother her too much this evening!
Lorelei Speaks
Lorelei was essentially a mono-lingual Spanish speaker until October 2007. At that time we went with Baby Emma to visit the Munns in Miami. Lorelei seemed to really notice and feel the limitations of communicating with her mono-lingual English relatives (although to be fair - Roger is neither strictly mono-lingual nor was his communication with Lorelei inhibited in the least bit by the spoken tongue.) This event coincided with several other life changes so that Lorelei began to expand her repertoire.
Here are a few of the verbal gems that Lorelei tosses around. I have been remiss in not recording them sooner. Sometimes the humor is in her play between English and Spanish words. At other times it is just word play. And lots of times it is just her inherited 'smart as a whip' honesty that cracks me up.
Lorelei and Emma are recovering from Pink Eye and the four times a day eye drops made a lasting impression on L. On Sunday, her play was filled with needing to put medicine in my eyes every 32 seconds. Trying to stall another dose of drops, I asked if she was a nurse. She told me, "No. I'm a doctor."
I was practicing English with Lorelei while we were enjoying the beautiful weather out on the balcony. I told her, " I love watching you because you are so active and interesting, so animated and friendly." I was internally wondering how much she understood until she added, "and cute."
Here are a few of the verbal gems that Lorelei tosses around. I have been remiss in not recording them sooner. Sometimes the humor is in her play between English and Spanish words. At other times it is just word play. And lots of times it is just her inherited 'smart as a whip' honesty that cracks me up.
Lorelei and Emma are recovering from Pink Eye and the four times a day eye drops made a lasting impression on L. On Sunday, her play was filled with needing to put medicine in my eyes every 32 seconds. Trying to stall another dose of drops, I asked if she was a nurse. She told me, "No. I'm a doctor."
I was practicing English with Lorelei while we were enjoying the beautiful weather out on the balcony. I told her, " I love watching you because you are so active and interesting, so animated and friendly." I was internally wondering how much she understood until she added, "and cute."
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