At Vanessa's 13 day check up she weighed in at a whopping 6 lb 13 oz- nearly 1 whole pound since birth and had grown 2 inches (20in)! My doctor said that this was just proof that there was something wrong with the placenta and that she is doing much better on the outside than in! She still feels tiny, but is already loosing the redness to her skin as she puts on the fat! Here are her pictures from 2 weeks:
This little antique doll bed will be her monthly prop, to show how much she grows.. obviously eventually she won't be IN the doll bed :-) It should be fun to see the changes.. amazing how big the doll bed looks in these.. it really isn't a very big doll bed!
Connor doesn't have much interest in holding Vanessa, but he loves to rub her tummy, hold her hand, kiss her head etc. He loves her and is doing AMAZING! He isn't jealous (well except on facetime.. where he gets as close to the screen as possible so she can't be seen :-), aggressive or terribly crabby. The main personality change he's made since adding baby sister is that he is goofy... yeah like silly/crazy "class clown" status! It's been pretty entertaining :-)
He was very excited about these pictures! Although it bothered him that the track didn't connect on the bottom ;-)
More in the doll bed.. SOO tiny!
She is loosing her hair a little (getting thinner) but she's got LOTS more than Connor did at this age! Love this precious little face!!
Had a really hard time getting good ones of both of them! Welcome to the world of photographing multiple little ones! Still think this ones pretty cute though! PLUS her eyes are open :-) They are still pretty dark, but getting more blue everyday. If they stay blue I have a feeling they will be a darker blue than Jeremy's. Connors eyes are looking a little more green everyday, which is a bit of a surprise
Happy Early Valentines day!
When I can afford the canvas's of these, they will be going above our bed, the feet in the middle, then the ones of Me/Vanessa and Jeremy/Connor on each side....
(the one of the "boys" was taken by Pam Grillo during our pregnancy shoot.I just cropped myself out.. and Jeremy snapped the one of the "girls" before meeting a few weeks ago...
I took Connor and Vanessa for a walk.. it was a very short one :-) but it was great... fun to use the double stroller!
Look how small she looks and how BIG he looks!! this will be a cool picture to compare over the next few years too!
We forgot to take a "first meeting" picture, but this one was her second Sunday... by about this point (3 weeks old, Vanessa has reached Connors birth weight (7 lb 11 oz, she is still not as long, she is 20 1/4" inches-he was 21" at birth)
Connor still loves his Sand.. he came to me a few days ago and asked for cups... it took a while to figure out what he meant.. Cup Cake cups.... then after a while he came back and said "candles please... cake for everybody!" This was what he had created!! What a sweet little guy to be thinking about everyone else :-) and what a creative idea!
Connors cupcakes for everybody!
We FINALLY got snow!! so we had to go out and enjoy it :-)
bundled up and loving it!
He loves to ride his bike up and down the back deck while Duke chases him... It is great that he can get outside even in the winter!
Playing ball with Duke...
LOVED this... she is SOOO small.. even at almost a month old!
We went back and were looking at pictures of Connor from about a month old just for comparison sake... this is the one that blew us both away...
Connor was just over 4 weeks old in this picture
She is just shy of 4 weeks old (so about a week difference in age total, but still.... LOOK how much bigger Connor was! And how much less hair he had!
Grancy was gone for the month of January in St. Croix, so she unfortunately didn't get to meet Vanessa until she was almost 4 weeks old.. she was very excited to get home to meet her though!
Excited... I think so :-) She is finally getting to have a girl around! after 3 boys, this will be a whole new world for the Draggoo's :-)
Talking to Nessa, checking each other out
Wide awake! This doesn't happen very often :-)
We had the workers (Melissa and Kari) here from Feb 3-5th, They both seemed to enjoy getting some baby time!
I took Vanessa into the doctor yesterday because she wasn't feeling very good, when they weighed her she was 8 lb. 15 oz and 20 3/4" long! this is at 4 weeks old! She has officially already gained 3 whole pounds since birth! This is HUGE growth.. no wonder she's been sleeping 20-22 hrs a day still! While this seems big (and for her it is) I have to remind myself that Connor was 12lb. 2 oz at a month... She still has some catching up to do if she'll ever get to Connors size! Having a great time with both kids, and getting into the grove of things very well!
Looking ahead at the month of February, we will be in town this coming weekend and will have company.. my good friend Suzanne and her family are coming to visit and to go to the baby shower my friend Lisa is hosting for me. We are having it at our house since there are a few people coming from out of town that haven't seen the house yet, and many of my friends have kids, so they will be able to play in the playroom during the shower. We counted and we figure there will be 14 kids under the age of 6... should be crazy! :-) Then the following weekend we are going to Boise so that Papa and Uncle Brian can meet Vanessa as well as the Yagues and Cable Great Grandparents'.. Nicole has decided to be brave, and at the end of February-March 6th, she will be traveling with the 2 kids to Maui to meet up with her family and the Grant Family (longtime friends) for a week in the sunshine! I have traveled with Connor enough, and Vanessa is still in a fairly easy stage, so I am not too worried about it, plus i'll have help on both ends of the trip! Very excited about some warm weather!!!
Until next post :-)
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