Four shots later, she wasn't quite this content.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Four Month Well Check
Margaret went in to see Dr. Burns this morning for her four month check up. She is perfectly in the middle on all her stats. Weight is 13 pounds, 12 ounces making her right at 50th percentile. She grew a lot in length (2.5 inches since her two month), making her 24.25 inches long - 40th percentile for height.
Four shots later, she wasn't quite this content.
Four shots later, she wasn't quite this content.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Back by Popular Demand
And by "popular" I mean the one person who noticed I stopped writing while I was on maternity leave and asked that I start updating again.
So here we are. Margaret is about to turn 4 months old and I started back at work last Monday. I'm happy to report everyone seems to be transitioning smoothly. Marg seems to be very happy at daycare. She's tolerating tummy time, something she would absolutely never do for me. And she's napping on a schedule. Again, something I was never able to really accomplish. So thank you very much, Tania!
Nate is every bit the 2-and-a-half-year-old boy he is. He loves his sister but many times his love takes the shape of an arm pull, an attempt to pick her up, or his favorite, a knock on the head. And then there are very sweet times, like when she cries and he takes her the pacifier. He watched how we hold it, never touching the part that goes in her mouth, and he mimics us. This morning she was upset and kept spitting it back out. So he sat next to her and held it in. My two little loves:
We're staying close to home these next two weeks as we gear up for a whole lot of family travel.
So here we are. Margaret is about to turn 4 months old and I started back at work last Monday. I'm happy to report everyone seems to be transitioning smoothly. Marg seems to be very happy at daycare. She's tolerating tummy time, something she would absolutely never do for me. And she's napping on a schedule. Again, something I was never able to really accomplish. So thank you very much, Tania!
Nate is every bit the 2-and-a-half-year-old boy he is. He loves his sister but many times his love takes the shape of an arm pull, an attempt to pick her up, or his favorite, a knock on the head. And then there are very sweet times, like when she cries and he takes her the pacifier. He watched how we hold it, never touching the part that goes in her mouth, and he mimics us. This morning she was upset and kept spitting it back out. So he sat next to her and held it in. My two little loves:
We're staying close to home these next two weeks as we gear up for a whole lot of family travel.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
What's in a Name
A question we've been asked is "What are you going to call her?" So here's the story behind her name.
Although she was born in the early morning, her name didn't come until much later that day. Aaron wanted to name her Caroline and I wanted Emily. For a few hours we were calling her Elizabeth. But after months of debating, we ended up giving our daughter one of the final three names we'd had in case Nate was a girl. Margaret in memory of my great Aunt Margaret, known to us kids at Moe. And Elizabeth to honor my grandmother (Betty) and my mom (Beth).
Aunt Moe lived next door to my grandparents, her brother and his wife. She wasn't able to have children of her own so she did the next best thing and treated my Mom and her siblings like her own children and then the 16 of us like grandchildren. It's no surprise we have memories and special names for treats she would always have for us. Like Moe Moe cookies (Nilla Wafers) and Moe Moe jewelry (Avon costume jewelry she always had in buckets for us to play with).
And my Grammy. Well, anyone who knows me knows how special she was to me. It's always sad for me that Aaron only got to know her as she entered into Alzheimer's but I'm glad he was able to know her at all.
I look at Margaret and I'm so moved as I think about these two women she'll never meet but who I know watch over her every day.
So what to call her? The plan if our first child had been a girl was to call her Maggie. But we have friends who recently had a Maggie and I worried it's too close to our niece's name. We searched for other options and the debate came down to Maisie (Aaron) and Margo (Maura). But Nate's insisting on calling her Margaret and laughs when we suggest any nickname. And indeed, it seems most people are sticking with Margaret.
Margaret will also be named in honor of another grandparent when we give her her Hebrew name. But I'll hold off on that for now as Aaron works out the details.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
New Year, New Photos
It's been a while because we've been busy around here. We welcomed our daughter Margaret Elizabeth on December 18th. Although scheduled to be induced at 8am on the morning of the 18th, my contractions started coming pretty quickly as the nurse was walking me down the hall to my room in Labor and Delivery at 4am. Just two hours later we were holding our beautiful baby Margaret in our arms. What's amusing is how far off the doctors and u/s tech were in estimating her size. Part of the reason for planning to induce at 40w+1day was the estimated large size of the baby. But she was born at 7lbs 15ozs, a peanut compared to her older brother.
We came home on 12/20 and everyone is settling in. Nate loves his sister and wants to hold and kiss her always. The other day he put on my cover and announced he was nursing. Sorry to break it to you buddy, but your help can only go so far.
We celebrated Christmas Eve with mass and dinner at the Schochs. Santa came to visit that night and our immediate family celebrated at home on the 25th with the Harris and Davis grandparents all here to join in the fun. My siblings flew in later that week and we hosted Harris family Christmas in our little house! It was great having everyone here and Nate was in heaven with so many aunts and uncles to play with. He even got a sleepover with Aunt Meghan at her hotel.
As people left and Aaron headed back to work, we've finally begun settling into a routine. We've also been immensely blessed to have my mom here lending a hand until January 15th. I'm not sure what any of us are going to do when she leaves!
And as it's her first full calendar year, we've begun capturing Margo in at least one picture every day. The idea was given to me by my friend Dawn with her son Anderson. What's really cool is in 2013, we're both documenting our daughters. Waverly is a few months older than Marg but they're experiencing their first full calendar year together.
Here she is, Margaret Elizabeth - Day by Day. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajdavis/sets/72157632423695455/
We came home on 12/20 and everyone is settling in. Nate loves his sister and wants to hold and kiss her always. The other day he put on my cover and announced he was nursing. Sorry to break it to you buddy, but your help can only go so far.
We celebrated Christmas Eve with mass and dinner at the Schochs. Santa came to visit that night and our immediate family celebrated at home on the 25th with the Harris and Davis grandparents all here to join in the fun. My siblings flew in later that week and we hosted Harris family Christmas in our little house! It was great having everyone here and Nate was in heaven with so many aunts and uncles to play with. He even got a sleepover with Aunt Meghan at her hotel.
As people left and Aaron headed back to work, we've finally begun settling into a routine. We've also been immensely blessed to have my mom here lending a hand until January 15th. I'm not sure what any of us are going to do when she leaves!
And as it's her first full calendar year, we've begun capturing Margo in at least one picture every day. The idea was given to me by my friend Dawn with her son Anderson. What's really cool is in 2013, we're both documenting our daughters. Waverly is a few months older than Marg but they're experiencing their first full calendar year together.
Here she is, Margaret Elizabeth - Day by Day. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajdavis/sets/72157632423695455/
Monday, December 10, 2012
Happy Hanukkah!
We are in evening overload on holiday traditions in the Davis house. In addition to Nate's Advent Calendars, Saturday night was the first night of Hanukkah. We celebrated this weekend with a latke dinner and by lighting the candles of Aaron and Nate's menorahs. And with the first night of gift opening, Nate declared to us all that he is "Goo-ish." (Jewish) We don't like to say half-Jewish or half-Catholic because that seems inaccurate. He's not half of anything. He's lucky enough to fully be a part of two religious cultures. As his parents, we make every effort to emphasize the similarities and likenesses between the two. And no time demonstrates the importance of the three of us being together like the December holidays!
Speaking of Baby D, yes, we are still pregnant - 39 weeks today. Quite honestly, I feel great and am really not in a hurry to have the baby. We're ready for him or her whenever but I'm also feeling healthy and energized and am content staying pregnant for a little while longer if that's better for Baby Sunshyne. Also, as someone who waited 10 days past her due date with baby number one, I often forget that it's an actual possibility this baby might be born before next Monday. I guess we'll see what the doctor has to say at our appointment on Thursday morning.
And because who needs modern medicine and their fancy ultrasound equipment to tell you things like a baby's gender, a woman in Trader Joe's took care of it for us. Yesterday I was grocery shopping (By myself! Which was ridiculously luxurious!) and I kept catching this middle-aged woman staring at me. Now, I'm pretty big and pregnant so I guess people might be wondering if I'm having the baby any minute now. But this woman just kept staring at me. Finally as I was checking out, she came up to me and said, "You're having a boy. I kept seeing you in the store and I'm surer about this than I've been about any pregnant woman, you're having a boy. I just had to say something because I don't know if you know. But I do, I know you're having a boy."
Thank you, random stranger. I'll go ahead and let me family and friends know. Sonshyne it is.
An idea taken from my friend Lori, I put a theme on each night's gifts. I devised a list last year that I hope will be adaptable as the kids get older. And of course I created a Google doc to track the themes and gifts. Night one is bath night. Nate got a robe and Aaron got deodorant One of them was way more excited than the other.
Night two is for opening the gifts Nate was lucky enough to receive from his aunts, uncles, and grandparents. (see how I got out of buying for all eight nights??) He enjoyed them all but perhaps the biggest hit was this Leap Frog gift from Aunt Ronnie and Uncle Ed that plays one of his favorite songs. I give you the Alphabet Song, choreography by Nate J. Davis.
Night two is for opening the gifts Nate was lucky enough to receive from his aunts, uncles, and grandparents. (see how I got out of buying for all eight nights??) He enjoyed them all but perhaps the biggest hit was this Leap Frog gift from Aunt Ronnie and Uncle Ed that plays one of his favorite songs. I give you the Alphabet Song, choreography by Nate J. Davis.
Back to tradition, it's so awesome to watch Nate learn his heritage. There was a definite difference between his understanding of how we light the candles between nights one and two. And we love our KidKraft menorah, it lets Nate feel like he's part of the action because he can "light" his own candles. This one was a wonderful gift from my parents to Aaron the December we were pregnant with Nate. We bought one for baby number two as his or her Hanukkah gift for 2012. Can't wait to have two little ones lighting their candles next year!
Speaking of Baby D, yes, we are still pregnant - 39 weeks today. Quite honestly, I feel great and am really not in a hurry to have the baby. We're ready for him or her whenever but I'm also feeling healthy and energized and am content staying pregnant for a little while longer if that's better for Baby Sunshyne. Also, as someone who waited 10 days past her due date with baby number one, I often forget that it's an actual possibility this baby might be born before next Monday. I guess we'll see what the doctor has to say at our appointment on Thursday morning.
And because who needs modern medicine and their fancy ultrasound equipment to tell you things like a baby's gender, a woman in Trader Joe's took care of it for us. Yesterday I was grocery shopping (By myself! Which was ridiculously luxurious!) and I kept catching this middle-aged woman staring at me. Now, I'm pretty big and pregnant so I guess people might be wondering if I'm having the baby any minute now. But this woman just kept staring at me. Finally as I was checking out, she came up to me and said, "You're having a boy. I kept seeing you in the store and I'm surer about this than I've been about any pregnant woman, you're having a boy. I just had to say something because I don't know if you know. But I do, I know you're having a boy."
Thank you, random stranger. I'll go ahead and let me family and friends know. Sonshyne it is.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Sunshyne Davis
Thank you, Cullen, for providing us with such a colorful range of baby name options. Sunshyne it is.
As for the rest of our family - we've ruled out anything that rhymes with one of our names (Darren = Aaron) and, sorry Will, naming our child after the IU starting line up probably isn't going to happen.
Nothing much to report from the doctor visit today. A little bit of movement in the right direction, baby's happy and healthy in there. They have submitted a request to the hospital to schedule our induction for sometime after 12/17. I should know more at next week's appointment. Of course the doctor had to throw in the, "But you might have this baby before we get to an induction!" Yeah dude, I've heard that before.
Dr. L did comment on how how impressed he is with how much energy I have. I largely credit the fact that my insomnia is gone and I'm back to sleeping though the night. You know those people who can function on limited sleep? I am not one of those people.
Keep baking baby! We're excited to meet you but want you as healthy as possible.
As for the rest of our family - we've ruled out anything that rhymes with one of our names (Darren = Aaron) and, sorry Will, naming our child after the IU starting line up probably isn't going to happen.
Nothing much to report from the doctor visit today. A little bit of movement in the right direction, baby's happy and healthy in there. They have submitted a request to the hospital to schedule our induction for sometime after 12/17. I should know more at next week's appointment. Of course the doctor had to throw in the, "But you might have this baby before we get to an induction!" Yeah dude, I've heard that before.
Dr. L did comment on how how impressed he is with how much energy I have. I largely credit the fact that my insomnia is gone and I'm back to sleeping though the night. You know those people who can function on limited sleep? I am not one of those people.
Keep baking baby! We're excited to meet you but want you as healthy as possible.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Full Term
Today marks 37 weeks of pregnancy and officially makes this baby full term! We're excited and almost ready. I spent Saturday and Sunday with a welcome and unexpected burst of energy. I unpacked boxes of Nate's stuff, cleaned clothes, blankets, set up the bassinet, generally getting things ready to bring our not-so-little one home. I even started packing my hospital bag. The biggest two remaining tasks on our to-do list are installing the car seat and the tiny little task of choosing a name for our baby. Right, that.
Aaron is not at all worried about this. He thinks we'll just figure it out. I'm not sure what's going to change in the next 2-4 weeks that hasn't already been decided in the past 37. I guess our problem is not finding a name we like, it's finding one we love that isn't complicated by other factors. We have both a girl's and boy's name but I'm worried about them for a couple of different reasons. And there are a lot of names we both like but don't necessarily love. Basically, we agree too much and are having a hard time forming strong opinions either way. It is funny to me how our second and third choice boy names for Nate are nowhere on the list for this baby. And unfortunately our top girl name options for Nate have been ruled out for various reasons, mostly because people we're close to have used those names for their kids. So we're taking suggestions if you have any! Just don't be offended when we don't commit.
Another week of side-by-side. And you didn't think I could get as big this time, Mom! Looks like this time I'm carrying a little higher, my butt's a little bigger and my hair a little grayer. Probably par for the course in 2.5 years.
Aaron is not at all worried about this. He thinks we'll just figure it out. I'm not sure what's going to change in the next 2-4 weeks that hasn't already been decided in the past 37. I guess our problem is not finding a name we like, it's finding one we love that isn't complicated by other factors. We have both a girl's and boy's name but I'm worried about them for a couple of different reasons. And there are a lot of names we both like but don't necessarily love. Basically, we agree too much and are having a hard time forming strong opinions either way. It is funny to me how our second and third choice boy names for Nate are nowhere on the list for this baby. And unfortunately our top girl name options for Nate have been ruled out for various reasons, mostly because people we're close to have used those names for their kids. So we're taking suggestions if you have any! Just don't be offended when we don't commit.
Another week of side-by-side. And you didn't think I could get as big this time, Mom! Looks like this time I'm carrying a little higher, my butt's a little bigger and my hair a little grayer. Probably par for the course in 2.5 years.
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