4 month stats

I can't believe it's been 4 months already. We visited the doctor for Meredith's 4 month appointment. Her stats are:
14 lbs. 13 oz. (75%)
25.75 inches (95%)
Her little pinhead grew a bit, measuring in at the 10-25% at this visit compared to 5-10% at the last visit.


Before the shots. What you see on her stomach is eczema.


After the shots.

the real meredith

Okay folks...here's the 'real' Meredith I was talking about in the post below. This was on Christmas Day. Either she loves her daddy or she was very happy about the Bounce and Spin Zebra.

the christmas eve disaster

We spent Christmas Eve at Grandma & Grandpa's house and it was a far cry (no pun intended) from the docile baby you see in this obligatory picture. It was a repeat of Thanksgiving. She screamed the whole time until we could get her to bed in her bouncy seat. Now I'm afraid that her aunts and uncles won't want to babysit anymore since she screams everytime we visit. She's really a mild tempered, happy baby. For real.


Crazy uncle David gave Mom & Dad matching Grandpa & Grandma shirts that they appear to be ever so proud of.

o cactus tree

Well, the Christmas trees at my parents' house never cease to amaze me. I always get a good laugh. The one above is from this year.

This will be the last year for ugly Christmas trees though. My dad used chop them down from the farm of his buddy, Brad Larson. Sadly, Brad passed away this year and this was the last 'extra' tree. Now they will have to succumb to a tree grown on a tree farm and shell out 40 bucks for one. **gasp**

This is from 2004 and I call it the 'cactus tree'. This one takes the cake. Eat your heart out Charlie Brown.

grandma's birthday

Aren't Grandma and Meredith cute? They even have matching outfits - and no, that wasn't planned. We all got together for Grandma's 57th birthday and had dinner at Red Robin in Apple Valley.


We (uncle ben, aunt angie, uncle chris, grandpa, grandma, dad, & mom) all dined on burgers and fries...

Meredith dined on an all-you-can-eat feast of fingers.

the exersaucer

We decided to get the Exersaucer out a little earlier than I anticipated. Greg did the honors of assembling it - I hate following instructions and it would have frustrated me like there was no tomorrow to try to put together the gazillion pieces that come with this thing. It wasn't **too** bad - it took about 45 minutes to assemble.

She's just a tad floppy in it still.

She found the elephant toy to be very interesting...she wouldn't stop staring at it.

an example of bad parenting

I was bored one day and decided that it would be a wonderful idea to take Meredith outside for the sole purpose of getting a 'cute' picture of her in the snow. There are so many things wrong with this scenario.

1. It was about 10 degrees out

2. It was way too sunny-she refused to open her eyes

3. Meredith can't sit or do anything yet so I don't know what I was expecting - I ended up propping her up against a bush

4. The bush could have poked her eye out

5. She was perfectly happy to be inside in a nice warm house but mom had to take her outside and get her all wet and full of snow

6. I had so much snow on me from stepping in a snowbank that was a foot deep that there were bits of snow all over the house making the carpet all wet


Here's the result of my attempt to get a 'cute' picture. Poor thing...she looks like she's being tortured.

Voyageur holiday party

Every year Greg's work holds a pretty snazzy holiday party. This year it was at the Nicollet Island Inn. I had a lot of fun...it was the first time in over a year where I got to actually have multiple adult beverages. The theme was casino night and I rocked at the roulette table. We had a sweet lady named Joyce working the wheel when Lou Nanne (Greg works with him) comes up next to me at the table and plays a few chips. I gave him some advice to play 34 but he didn't listen to me and proceeded to lose. After he left, Joyce asks really timidly "Is that who I think it is?" Imagine a sweet lady in her late 60's blushing. We all laughed and she told us about how she had the hugest crush on him during his younger days when he was a hockey phenom. One of Greg's co-workers got Joyce his autograph signed with the word 'love' and she almost fainted. She couldn't stop talking about it...it was so cute. It made me think about the days back in high school I spent lusting after Mike Modano. If I had maybe one more beer in me I probably would've asked Lou to call him for me...I'm sure he has his number :-)

Grandma S. came and babysat for us while we went out and had a little holiday fun!

new tricks

Meredith has started to push up on her arms, kick up her legs, and push into a sitting position. I can't wait to get out her Exersaucer! Maybe sometime in the next couple of weeks Greg will have to assemble it. One of my co-workers told me to make sure we had a bottle of wine handy.

random cute pictures

my conversation with Walgreens

I attempted a do-it-yourself photoshoot for our Christmas cards this year. It was a lot of work trying to make her smile and I ended up with a couple good photos. I sent them online through walgreens.com so I could pick them up at the store. About an hour after submitting them I get a call from Walgreens and it went something like this.

WG: Hi, this is Melissa from Walgreens and I'm calling about your card order. Did you submit a professional photograph?

Me: No, I took it myself.

Long pause...

WG: Are you sure?

Me: Yes, I'm pretty sure I took it myself.

Really long awkward pause...

Me: Do I need to bring in my memory card to prove it?

WG: Yes, that would be great and we also need you to sign a waiver.

Sheesh...the pictures aren't THAT good that they can be called professional. They are blurry but they are darn cute so I used them anyway :-)

she's going to kill me someday

Meredith is very animated when she poops - she grunts and makes faces...I was lucky enough to get this gem as we were doing tummy time.

the color purple

There's no point to this post other than to say that I really like the color purple on Meredith. Enough said.

we love the Vikings!

Sometimes it's hard being a Vikings fan but how can you resist a cute little baby all dressed up? It's a Sunday ritual that we get her dressed up in her Vikings best. I almost want to bring her to a game because she's so darn cute but then I get a mental picture of Double Middle Fingers (the guy who sits in front of us) and remember why she'll never go to a game.

Meredith's first smile caught on camera

I'm a lucky mom because I have a very happy baby. Her first smiles always occured in the morning right after she woke up when she was bout 5 or 6 weeks old. It took me about a week to realize I should bring the camera with me into her room in the morning so I went into her room one morning and she gave me this huge smile! It melted my heart.

Since then, I have tons more smiling pictures such as these. I just love them.

Meredith's First Halloween

I decided that I really wasn't into the idea squeezing my baby into a costume that didn't fit and making her cry so we went without one this year. I'm ashamed to admit it but Greg and I went out for Mexican food at El Patio in Lakeville on Halloween so we didn't have to hand out candy. I guess we're bad parents. Next year will be different!

We did get Meredith some cute clothes (you can't beat the $1 hats and mittens at Target) and we got some pumpkins from Steve Penney at Cornerstone Real Estate during their annual pumpkin giveaway. The sun was shining so bright in our eyes. I especially love the second picture where her eyes are squinted - for some odd reason I find it very cute.

I jumped on the blog bandwagon!

It is 2007 and I have a baby now. I can never keep track of who I send pictures to anymore and I get behind on showing off my cute little baby so I decided that starting a blog was long overdue!