4 month well-baby check up

Friday Lauren had her 4 month Dr appointment. This picture is after the appointment - I put a sticker on her jammies for being a good girl for her shots. She barely cried- she is so tough. We learned early-on to leave her in her jammies for the Dr appointments, because you just have to strip them down to their diaper- and jammies are easier on-and-off.

Here are her stats: 14 lb 15 oz (75%) and 25 1/2 inches long (90%). She is growing well, and overall is very healthy. We are so thankful and lucky.

Fun visitors

This weekend was really fun. My very dear friend Anne came from Chicago with her adorable 9 mo old daughter. It was the first time they met Lauren, and we had a nice mommy-daughter weekend. Friday night Jeff watched both of the girls for a little while so that Anne and I could go to a wine bar downtown- it was soooooo nice to get out and chat with Anne. I love her- she is just such a close friend, about as close to a sister as I have. The rest of the weekend was spent hanging with the girls, and shopping. Both babies had viral infections, and it was snowy all weekend so we didn't quite get in the stroller rides we hoped for, but it was fun none-the-less. We both teared-up at the airport- I really hate to be so far away from great friends and family. But we are blessed - what a great friend to fly out here with a baby- now I owe her one!

Freezer woes

So, a bad thing happened to us today. Jeff discovered that our big chest freezer in the garage had come unplugged. It is a big ole freezer and was full of wild game, frozen back-up foods, and 4 MONTHS OF BREAST MILK! Jeff was very sad to loose so much elk, deer, and pheasant- although some of it on the bottom was still nearly frozen so he kept the pre-cooked stuff. But the breast milk was on the top and well defrosted. We think it might have been unplugged for as long as 2 weeks, so in the trash went all of that milk. I want to cry. It took me so much work, pain and messing around to store up milk for back-up. I was so proud to have a back-up stash- just in case. And once I was done breast feeding we would still have milk to carry Lauren through for a few weeks. It has been something that I really wanted to do for her- give her only breast milk, no formula. Whenever I was screwing around with the stupid pump and all the parts to clean, I just thought of what a wonderful gift I was giving my baby. And to see so much go into the trash- Oh man.... I know it will be OK, and I know that formula is not bad, but it was a choice I was trying to make. Stupid freezer...

Bathing beauty

Today Lauren went swimming for the first time. She had so much fun. The pool at our condo is very warm- she loved it! I see swimming lessons in her future.

Apres Ski

Today we headed to the mountain for a little apres ski. We had drinks and snacks at the new Belgian bar at WP- The Cheeky Monk. Lauren was decked out in her Juicy Couture sweats and Ugg boots. Our waitress thought she looked more like she should be in Aspen.

Check out my new hat!

I gotta wear shades...

Snow totals...

So, it is still snowing, but has slowed down alot. Once again, not quite the event that was predicted. We got just under a foot of snow- still impressive considering that we had green grass showing this time yesterday. Here is the last storm photo. Since Jeff is working until late tonight, I went out to shovel twice, but was pleasantly surprised that our neighbour had shoveled our walk after the hardest snowfall- lucky me! It was Carmen, not the evil ferret man!

Exersaucer

Lauren tried out her exersaucer for the first time today- she really like it! Thanks Jacob and Alex for letting us borrow it!