Great big girl

Anne saw the pediatrician this morning. Good news! She weighs 6 pounds, 9 ounces and is 19 inches long. She's more than doubled her birth weight and grown nearly 4 inches longer.

She also had two vaccine shots and cried harder than we have seen her cry so far, which was not easy for Mommy or Daddy, either!

Anne's new pal (video)

Anna Banana is smitten with Jacques the Peacock.

Sun goes down, Anne comes out

Daddy fed Anne out back tonight, then had some nice playtime.

Meet the (grand) parents

Anne meets Grandma Sheri and Grandpa Dan ... who are plotting to hide her in their carry-on luggage to take her home to St. Louis. Silly grandparents. She would fit in a purse!

Toys!

Anne started noticing her toys this week.

Anne and Aunt Sarah

Anne meets Aunt Sarah and Uncle Brian

Anne thoroughly enjoyed spending time with Aunt Sarah and Uncle Brian last weekend. She liked sleeping on Aunt Sarah and liked being fed by Uncle Brian, who gave good burps.

The many faces of Anne

Most of the time, she still looks like this:



But sometimes, she looks like this!

One month old

Well, Anne is almost TWO months old. But before she reached that milestone, we needed a photo session with her wearing her one-month onesie, courtesy of her friends Malia and Alexa.

We think Anne weighs more than five and a half pounds now; she was five pounds, four and a half ounces at the doctor on Tuesday, and she's gaining more than an ounce a day. She eats nearly two ounces at every feeding ... and she protests loudly when we take too long to warm the bottle and plunk it into her mouth.

The good news first: Big, big girl!

Anne weighs 5 pounds, 4.5 ounces as of this morning's visit to her pediatrician (whom we like more and more with each visit). The somewhat bad news is that we had to see the pediatrician -- Anne's reflux has worsened, and she's going to be taking two medicines for it instead of one.

But Mom knows another family whose preemie takes the same two medicines for reflux -- a very common problem among preemies -- and does extremely well. So this is actually a promising development!

Here is Anne on her play mat after playing yesterday. Playing is hard work!

Outdoorsy girl

The great outdoors is really the only place we can take Anne right now, aside from doctor visits, since as a preemie, she's quarantined for a few months. She seems to like it.

Good news from the pediatrician

Anne weighed in at 4 pounds, 14 ounces today when she visited the pediatrician. She gained more than 9 ounces since her first visit last week! She's doing so well, she won't go back for three more weeks. Who knows how much weight she'll have gained by then?

We're hanging in there. Dad is back at work this week. Mom's still got some blood pressure and thyroid medication issues but is working with doctors to get better. We're grateful to Grandma Gloria and Grandpa Tom for late-night feedings, endless holding and dinners now and in the freezer for later.