unlike me

The Mr. regularly points out how like me Jovie is. hopefully he’s not intending to mean her fussy times.

 i’m one of those people who has a hard time deciding who someone looks like.  unless it’s quite obvious.  and it’s even harder with babies.

from birth, we have both seen sides of jovie that looks like each one of us in various baby pictures.  moreso, she’s looked like her daddy’s pictures.  but as she’s getting older, i’m hearing more and more how she looks a lot like me.  and these are people who aren’t looking at baby pics, but me the adult.

me? i don’t see it, but i believe it, cuz i’m told it a lot.

and The Mr. has been saying it for awhile.  i think because she has brown hair like me.  and her eyes are not brown.  they’re still grey.  mine are hazel; so we assume hers will change over one day.

i do see she has the shape of my eyes.

and if i could find that baby picture of me crying and one of her- well, save for the 1970s look of it, you wouldn’t know us apart!

yes. she does have a few more of my characteristics.  like the unfortunate bushy eyebrows.  and the potter feet;  where the 2nd toe is longer than the “big” toe.  (do you know how confused i was growing up b/c of this?).

not to mention the potter hiney.  we’ve been amazed for 33weeks now how this baby who could be so fat and roll-y does not have a hiney at all!  thanks, poppa!

you know, you’d think after writing this post so far, i’d say “aha! she DOES look just like me”.  but still, when i look at her, i see that picture of The Mr. when he’s pushing up on his belly.  the expression there is a lot like i picture jovie. 

well,  really, i don’t want to talk about this next part.  remember, i am a little stitious.  but i just can’t help it.  i’m excited!

this girl can eat!  seriously!  she has eaten every single thing i’ve ever given her.  which is completely unlike me.  luckily, so far, she’s inherited her daddy’s taste buds.

at first she wasn’t sure about pears.  god i wish i had that on film!  it was her first taste of fruit after eating lotsa veggies.  & i am pretty sure the ascorbic acid made it pretty sour for her.  i remember the best faces she made!  but the next 2 days she ate them just fine.

there was one time i didn’t have any milk thawed, and i had some ready-made formula.  so i added it to her rice cereal and she was going to have none of that!  besides that, though, she’s eaten            (& seems to like):    peas, green beans, carrots, sweet potatoes, winter squash, pears, apples, rice cereal, oatmeal, prunes, & plums.

i’m scared of the day when it may change.  but for now?  my baby is eating lots of vegetables.  she doesn’t get it from me!  i want to know if popcorn can be considered a veggie.

no TV appearances just yet…

yesterday, we went to the doctor to finish up another round of vaccines.  when jovie was weighed, i was a little surprised.  officially, she weighs exactly 18lbs. fully clothed.  according to our scale, you can add a few extra ounces.

in any case, officially, she only gained 4oz in the last month.

which i’m extremely glad about.  especially because i thought that once she started to eat food, she might’ve gained more rapidly.  yay. i’m so very glad to know she’s evening out.

when she was born at 9lbs, 3oz i began to be scared of her adorable porkiness.

when she had gained 5oz in just the first 3 days home from the hospital, i thought “no way!”

when she gained 3 lbs from 1mo checkup to 2mo checkup, i was resigning myself that we will indeed have a “maury povich” baby. 

(if you don’t know what i’m talking about, maury exploits these unbelievably fat babies on his show.  The Mr. maintains that maury hides cheeseburgers on his stage so the 1year olds can find them.) 

the dr. has never been concerned about her weight, but as i’ve said before— SHE didn’t have to hold her.  (all. day. long.)

and even now that she isn’t gaining as speedily, dr. is still not concerned.  which is fantastic news.   (she still has her rolls, though!)

my guess is that if we weigh the drool that soaks her clothes/blanket/carpet, well- then you may just find where the other 5lbs should be!

so, here’s to 18lbs of complete adorable:

7 months

oh no! my baby isn’t 6 months old anymore. 

for those of you who know us personally, you know that The Mr. was in Holland for 2 weeks.  Ok, Ok… 13 days.  sorry to exaggerate.

& if you’re paying attention, that means i was alone with jovie.  for a loonnnng time.  but guess what?!?  we’re still ALIVE!

honey’s home now, and she was very pleased to see him (as was i).  it all went better than i thought it might.  but i didn’t dread the trip, so much as wish it wouldn’t be so long.  she had a few ruf patches, but mainly she did well.  of course, it’s much easier at this age.  because -(honey, if you’re reading this, ignore the rest of the sentence)- she didn’t realize he was gone past that first saturday. that first day was a little hard on her.  especially since she woke in the middle of the night & was wondering “what in the world are YOU doing here??”

overall, it all went well.  and i have gramma & grampa to thank for that!  they came the weekend he was gone to give me another shoulder to put her on.  they helped tremendously to break apart what could’ve been a verrrrry long weekend.

of course, 2 weeks is a long time in “baby years”.  so The Mr. unfortunately missed out on some firsts.

her first first happened while he was here.  that was eating a vegetable.

during his time away, she practiced being on all fours, she scooted about 5 feet, and she sat unsupported for about a minute.  (she did that a few times).  we also went to a new park w/ Gramma & Grampa.

also during this time, i began to notice that she’s starting to raise her hands when she sees us … to pick her up, maybe ??

it is funny to note that when The Mr. did come home, he had asked if she’s been rolling over.  i said that she hasn’t done that in like 3 weeks.  no sooner did he ask then about a minute later- BOOM- she rolled over.  guess she just needed some inspiration.

we’ve had a good and busy week for her 7 months (which was monday).  we’ve had a few playdates with a one year old girl, and our friends brought their 7 week old son over on Sunday. 

& this morning, we went to the library for the first time for some fun & games during baby time.  she was great!  nary a peep.  she just sat in my lap and watched the other 30 kids toddling all around her.  i think she enjoyed it.  so if we can get out of the house that early next week, we’ll be sure to do it again.

i’m going to end this here, because now it’s time i give her her first taste of fruit….

on your mark

The Mr. was a little unprepared at seeing this picture:

Gramma & Grampa came for a visit this weekend.  It was great having their company.  and of course, jovie loved the attention.  they got to see her on all 4s and was also quite surprised.

after they left, she scooted backwards about 5 feet.  ever so slowly. without any purpose.  she gets in this position and lays down—behind her.  and keeps doing it. all without realizing that her toys are so much farther away than before.

you can see  the blanket— she’s not on it.  unfortunately, as it’s my “drool catcher”.

oy. guess i need to make a habit of vacuuming ever  every day.