Archive for July, 2008

Michaela and Hoover

Michaela had her 4 month check up today.  She had to get 2 shots plus an oral vaccine and she did great.  Hardly any crying at all!  She weighed 15 pounds 5 ounces and was 26 1/8 inches long.  Her weight was in the 75 percentile and her height was in the 95!  She is going to be tall and thin just like her big sister.

And what about Hoover?  Well, last week Hoover came in with a bloody paw.  After a few days of her bleeding and Randy wrapping her paw in band-aids and tape we noticed that the pad that had a small cut on it was very red and so was the rest of her pads.  On Sunday I took her to an “urgent care vet” and it turns out that she has an infection.  She is on an antibiotic.  They also put an antibiotic cream on a gauze pad and then seriously wrapped her paw up.  It is supposed to last 5 days!!  They also gave her a cone so she wouldn’t chew on the bandage.  She has left it alone, we have only caught her 2 or 3 times chewing on it, so we have opted to not use the cone.  Well, when we had to leave today to Michaela to the doctor we decided that putting the cone on would be better . . . just in case.  Hoover was not very happy about it at all!!!  When she walked around in it, she ran into walls and was desperately trying to get it off.  Kona also hates the cone.  It makes her VERY angry and she attacks her sister.  Poor Hoover is practically defenseless with it on and has a very hard time fending off Kona.  Here is a picture of Hoover with her bandage and the cone being attacked by Kona.  I think Hoover looks like a race horse with her leg wrapped up like that!

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Catching Up . . . Big time!

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Wow, it has been a very long time since we last updated.  Sorry!  It has been a busy month.  Michaela is getting so big.  She has her 4 month well check tomorrow with her doctor so we will know for sure then just how big she has grown in the last 2 months.  Felicity continues to be a very helpful and loving big sister, but does have her moments where her 2-year-old side comes out and comes out BIG!!!

IMG_6378Michaela has hit a couple of major developmental milestones and has had a bunch of “1st’s”.  Around the end of June she found her toes.  Now she plays with them all the time.  When you lay her down on her back the first thing she does is play with her feet.  Shortly after discovering her feet she learned to roll over from her back to her tummy.  Now she goes in both directions.  The day she learned she could roll herself over she was so proud.  She would roll from her back to her tummy and then from her tummy to her back.  That is how she spent her day, rolling back and forth!

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Her first for this month were the first time swimming, her first time in the big bath tub and her first bowling trip!  On July 4th we went over to Randy’s sister’s house (Aunt Jane and Uncle Peter’s house) to go swimming.  Michaela loved the water and thanks to Auntie Margaret for the bathing suit small enough to fit her.  She had fun, but also knew her limits.  When she was done swimming she let us know.

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We decided a few days ago that she was just getting to big for her tub that fit into the sink.  That and she was splashing and kicking and getting everything soaking wet!  So, we started giving her a bath in the big tub.  She is still taking a bath by herself though.  She is not quite big enough to take a bath with big sis yet.  Now she has tons of room to kick and splash around!  Although we have pictures of this event, they may not be internet publishable.  :)

Her last “1st” just happened on Friday.  Friday the 25th was Randy’s 31st birthday.  We went swimming in the morning and then went bowling in the afternoon.  It was also Felicity’s first time bowling.  We had a great time and both girls were so good!  Felicity did very good bowling.  She even beat her dad!!  She did have the assistance of a ramp and the gutter bumpers.  I took a pictures of the scoreboard at the end of the game, but since Randy came in last on his birthday, I won’t post it . . . out of respect for my elders!!  :)   Just kidding babe.  I love you.  Anyway, we had a great time!

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