15 Month Check Up

We had Gwen's 15 month check up yesterday.  Her stats are:

Height: 31.5 inches (80th percentile)
Weight:  25 lbs 14 oz (88th percentile)
Head:  97th+ percentile

Gwen is a big girl and we love her for that.  The doctor is not worried about her size because she isn't walking yet.  She seems to think she will slim down once she walks.  I will be sad to see the thighs go.  Based on her eating, she no longer needs whole milk, but can drink 1%. 

Gwen had 4 shots yesterday (chicken pox, Hib, MMR, and one other).  She screamed and cried, and was overly dramatic.  She is doing great today though.

I have been waiting 1 year, 3 months, 1 week, and 1 day to hear.........

the word "mama".  She said it last night, directly to me, with authority.  She then said it again this morning when I got her out of her crib. 

Life is good.

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I wish I had a cute little picture of Gwen to post for New Years. Thanks to RSV and a severely bitten tongue, we were unable to do any fun photo shoots.............or anything fun for that matter. Our week has been spent keeping Gwen from completely melting down. After 2 weeks of doing nothing, and barely leaving the house, I can honestly say I can't wait to go back to work!! Between a sick/severely grumpy child, a sick husband, and being sick myself.............2010 hasn't been that great so far.

As always I am one for New Years Resolutions. I looked back at last year's and did a very good job at keeping them. I have 2 this year. With Gwen, I really can't put too much on my plate, but these are 2 good ones that will help with our future (and any future children we may decide to have):

1. Get our financial situation under control. I feel like we drown in our monthly bills so our goal is to get some of them paid off. We will initially start with Mike's car and our final credit card. From there we will snowball into student loans. By the end of 2010 I would like our bills to be under 50% of our post tax income. I also created a budget and will stick to it. We have a lot of frivolous spending and would rather take that extra money and put it to good use.

2. Get active.  Between work, baby, my knee surgery.........etc, I have really fallen off the wagon. I haven't put on any weight (am at the weight I was prior to getting pg with Gwen), but have lost all my muscle tone. My goal is simple, to be active at least 30 minutes a day. Right now it consists of biking and physical therapy, but I will add weights in the coming weeks and once I get the go-ahead from the doctor, Mike , Gwen, and I will head outdoors and snowshoe, hike, walk.....etc.

Hopefully the sickness will leave the Jurbala household soon and we can really enjoy 2010.  I have high hopes for this year!!