Castle Chronicles

this last week was a bit chaotic. m worked an extra day and had different hours on her normal 3 days. (m's school had field trips to the cliff dwellings all 3 days as there's a different group of kids all 3 days ---- m now has the whole tour memorized). well, little c does not like it when we mess with her routine!  she was extra clingy and fought naps extra hard at the beginning of the week, but by the end she had settled down.  she seemed to be completely back to normal by the weekend. m & j popped airborne in vain attempts to fight off the annual "back to school" germy sickness.  m seems to have hit the cold climax yesterday with the whole body achy fever yuck & feels a bit better today after the fever broke late last night.  j is still fighting.  c seems to be fighting as well, but she was full of cute energy yesterday while m just wanted to be in bed (it was a big bummer to have a happy baby after a hard week and not have the energy to encourage t...

Finally, we had a rather boring week/weekend.  we managed to do some more work on our never ending landscaping.  we did some random projects around the house: shelf-building, cleaning, laundry, etc. little c had her 9 month wellness check up.  she measured 28.5 inches long (leaving room for an inch and a half of growth before we need a new car seat).  she weighed in at only 14 pounds 12 ounces (much to m's surprise who definitely thinks she feels heavier than that).  since she didn't gain much, the "state" says we have to get another weight check in a month to make sure she's still growing (she's obviously malnourished)...  the dr said she was sure c's probably just slender due to genetics, but ... she recommended we start feeding her more protein.  c is no longer a vegetarian.  she tried turkey tonight and seemed to like it.  she gets very excited when she gets to eat things that m & j eat.  therefore, j's getting more daring ...

more fun!

We finally found enough time to sit down and watch Avatar.  Of course, we only had time because little c had to go to bed at 6 two nights in a row to catch up on lost sleep.  Little c lost a bit of sleep on Saturday, September 3 when we left for a hiking trip after her 4:30am feeding.  We still think it was better than camping with a little one, but we were all tired after hiking Mt. Bierstadt (j & m's 11th fourteener, c and h's 1st).  huan greatly enjoyed pulling us up the mountain until we reached the last scramble from boulder to boulder, and then he got a little scared.  apparently puppies aren't born with scrambling instincts.  c did okay, omitting a 20 minute freak out due to being an over-tired and maybe slightly cold baby (she calmed down after we added an extra layer).  huan gladly helped pull us back down after we got past the boulder field, and we managed to only lose one baby hat and pacifier. Due to Labor Day, we're caught up on sle...