Gretchen is standing. She seems to prefer standing, actually, although she does NOT like it when whatever she's using for balance moves. She has also learned to sit back down (hooray, hooray!), although she still looks a little worried about it. Her 9-month check-up was Monday, and she's 19 lbs, 2 oz. They told me she's 30 inches long, but I don't believe them. Babies are measured very imprecisely: the nurse lays Gretchen down, puts a pen mark on the paper at the top of her head, and pulls her leg straight before placing another pen mark. Then I pick Gretchen up and the nurse measures the space between the marks. Gretchen was being difficult and wouldn't let the nurse stretch her leg out, so I'm pretty sure she scooted an inch or two during the process. I measured her at home and only came up with 28 inches. It will be interesting to see how big she is at her 12-month check-up. Click here for Olivia's stats, for comparison.
(Aside: I read the post that contains Olivia's stats and was quite pleased with it. I apologize if some of my more recent posts have been lacking. I've been putting off writing them until the last minute and then dashing them off in a hurry rather than recording my witticisms as they occur to me. I shall strive to do better.)
I got to cross something off my 30 Before 30 list on Saturday: I asked Bryan what kind of cereal he wanted for breakfast and he said, "surprise me." I hid a Quaker Oat Square (three, actually) in his Cheerios. This was not what I was planning to do to surprise him, but it worked anyway. :)
Pictures:
The one and only time Gretchen wore the "Oma Liebt Mich" shirt:
She's standing!
Steph entertains all the kids while I take pictures:
Only 7 weeks until we cross another one off that list. Mwahahaha.
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ReplyDeleteHi! I had this written once, but messed around with the "Comment as:" part and lo and behold everything disappeared.
ReplyDeleteHappy to hear the progress of both girls. We are getting anxious to see you all again. We are going to make a trip to that part of the world sometime this spring. We'll wait a bit until we can be a little more sure of the weather and the roads.
Have a super week. Love, Grandma
Grandma, I'm going to email this to you as well since you might not come back to check for replies. I'm putting it here also, though, so that others who might wonder can see it.
Delete~~Side note: If you want to know if there have been any other comments on a post without having to come back and look periodically, you can check the "Notify me" box under the "Sign out" button when you comment. If you do that, then any later comments will be emailed to your gmail address.~~
If you have a Google+ account that is linked to your Blogger site, then your name will show up as whatever your Google+ name is. I do not have this (nor do I want it since I don't really use Google+), so I view blogs through a Blogger profile. Here is how to set your name when doing things that way:
First, to double check that you are using a Blogger profile:
1. Go to Blogger.com
2. Click on the gear in the (almost) upper right corner (right next to English (United States)).
3. Click Revert to Blogger profile.*
4. Switch to a Limited Blogger profile.
5. Fill in a Display Name.
6. Continue to Blogger.
*If you click on the gear and there is no "Revert to Blogger" option, follow these steps:
1. Click on the arrow in the (all the way) upper right corner.
2. Click "Blogger Profile" (next to the orange B).
3. Edit Profile (in orange, top right).**
4. Fill in a Display name (about 7 lines down).
5. Save Profile (in orange, all the way at the bottom).
**It's possible that you reach a page that says "Profile Not Available." If this happens, here's what to do:
1. Click on the words "enable access to your Profile." They're in the second line and blend in with the sentence a bit, but they're actually a link.
2. Click the box next to "Share my profile" so that it has a check mark in it.
3. Fill in a Display name (about 7 lines down).
4. Save Profile (in orange, all the way at the bottom).
Hi, Johannah, I followed your instructions and as you can see, they worked!! Thanks much!
DeleteOops, didn't click the "notify me" button. I'll see what that does now.
ReplyDeleteGrandma, glad the instructions helped. :) This comment is mostly to test your "notify me" button. Just so you know, I'm pretty sure you have to check the box individually for each post you want to notify you. Also, I don't think you have to leave a comment to be notified.
ReplyDeleteI was notified on my e-mail. We'll see how the notify me part goes. It seems to remain checked.
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