Jessaleigh Andreas Hraban finally decided to make her appearance late groundhog day, but unlike Punxsutawney Phil, Jessaleigh has no option of hiding from her shadow.
Stats:
Born at home, Saturday February 2nd 10:49pm
Weight 8lbs 4oz
Length 20in
Jessaleigh turned one week today!
We had a little party (just us and all the grandparents) to celebrate.
Today was the big day for getting all of Jessaleigh's "official documents" done. We met our midwife at the vital records office and signed her birth certificate. That took an hour, then we headed to the social security administration. We were prepared/expecting this to be an ordeal. I have heard horror stories about getting a SSN for a child born at home from many of my friends. Anyway we decided to go to the Campbell location, because they had better parking than downtown. We got there at 11am, got helped by 11:15 and were finished by 11:30. NO HASSLES!!!! The person helping us only asked if we had applied for an SSN at the hospital, when I said Jessaleigh was born at home she said - oh OK. No questions, nothing. She was actually more confused by Scott's name change than by the home birth stuff. So our little girl is now officially a cog the the wheel, just like the rest of us.
Little Miss Jessaleigh is 1 month old!!!! Where has the time gone?
See Jessaleigh can hardly believe it too
Well since they are "in the mail" I can now finally post Jessaleigh's Announcements here.
Ok so this was a few weeks ago, but I am trying!
Jessaleigh's favorite things to do at 3 months.
Jessaleigh doesn't get much time on the floor (partly because she is a second child and partly because we just put down wood floors.) She has great head control even without tons of tummy time, but recently I have noticed that when she is on the floor - she can really move herself. She plows face first across her blanket in no time and can even scrunch up and get her stomach of the ground. So much for my second being mellow and not getting around to crawling until late . . .
Jessaleigh rolled over tonight!!!!!!
I put her on the bed tummy down and she rolled herself over to her back. Now with Chanler we weren't particularly impressed with the direction of rolling (front to back as opposed to back to front) because he stared doing it at 3 weeks.
Chanler's Method of rolling front to back:
1) Push your head up as high as possible (the first step to all of Chanler's methods)
2) Wait until one of your arms gives out
3) When said arm gives out swiftly roll to that side and look amazed
Jessaleigh's Method:
1) Scooch forward while leaving your arm stationary. This will eventually get your arm under your body.
2) Continue scooching until you have your shoulder beginning to follow your pinned arm
3) This is where it gets tricky - keep scooching although you will loose traction on the leg opposite to the pinned arm.
4) Kick said leg into the air as high can
5) With the combination of scooching and kicking you will eventually roll over.
Our kids are amazingly different even at this age!
Well, our little girl is 4 months old today.
We have a Doctors appointment later this week so I will be able to update you all on her stats soon. Jessaleigh is still doing most all of the things she was doing at 3 months only with more voracity and intent.
At 5 months Jessaleigh likes to
All in all she is precious!
I think its official Jessaleigh can sit up by herself (at not tip over for awhile). She has been trying to sit up forever it seems, but now I can put her on the floor and walk away for a moment with fearing for her safety. She still tips over eventually, but can catch herself if she goes sideways. Tipping backward is the only real concern and Jessaleigh seems to be OK as long as she in on a soft (rug or pillow) surface.
I know I have mentioned it before, but now we have finally caught Jessaleigh rolling over on "film." She has been able to do this for weeks, but doesn't seem to want to very often. I guess it is a personality thing.
Taken on her first camping trip!
Jessaleigh ate some banana today!
We tried some avocado last week, but it came right back out with a thrust of the tongue, but this week banana was a go. Jessaleigh made some very interesting faces when the banana would first go into her mouth, but still wanted more to try. Such a silly girl.
Pictures to come (when I get them off my camera)
If is official - we have a crawler (and in the forward direction)
Jessaleigh can now get up on hands and knees, rock back and forth and even move her hands and catch herself. Her pace is ... well let just say her brother can still out pace her, but she will break glacier speed soon enough
At 8 months Jessaleigh is:
Crawling
Pulling up to a stand (with some cruising)
"Talking" to you
Eating (anything and everything, especially if it has meat in it)
Banging things in her hands together (she particularly like to bang the heads of little people together)
Crawling head first off of high places (the bed, the couch, etc.)
Being a boy magnet!
You may notice that the pictures are um, shall we say it is no longer easy to get Jessaleigh to sit still to take a picture. As soon as you put her down she is off to find adventure or at least grab the camera!
New Tricks...
Standing and balancing without support!
Having enough hair to sport a bow (thanks in part to the man at home depot who - while she was wearing a purple dress - asked if she was a boy!!!)
Waving bye bye
Giving kisses
Currently Jessaleigh has mastered:
We got a good deal on some Robeez, and they were delivered tonight (go UPS, down with FedEx), and Jessaleigh proved that she is definitely all girl.
She was holding one of the shoes, and I was holding the other, and with a gleam of desire not to be denied in her eyes, she took three steps toward me and grabbed the other shoe. Up to this point the most that we have seen her take is one (being generous here) step at a time, usually followed by an abrupt seating maneuver.
Yes, that's right, our daughter's first steps were for shoes! This bodes ill for my checkbook :)
Within a week of her first steps Jessaleigh has decided that two footed mobility is better than crawling. Mostly because you can carry more stuff while walking...
She is still a bit prone to abruptly change elevation, but is determined to stand erect most of the time...
Still trying to catch her walking on video, but that would require that I have my camera with me at all times - which just isn't a reality.
That's right our Little Miss is one today! Where has the time gone?
At One Jessaleigh's favorite things are:
Walking and trying to run
Wrestling, chasing, and generally pestering her brother
Eating and drinking from a straw
Nursing
Sliding
Climbing
Peek A Boo
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