Baby CALLIE is here!

Callie Katherine Minn: born at 1:01 pm on October 4, 2012.  6 lbs 7 oz, 19.5 inches.

Dr. Minn says baby is happy and healthy

2 days old, just cruising

It's been a week since the arrival of baby Callie, and I have to say it's been going great.  Despite going through a couple of drastic changes, Sadie has adjusted extremely well and hasn't missed a beat.  Surprisingly, her eating and sleeping patterns have been unchanged, and she tries to be a helping hand with diaper changes and feedings.  She gets a big kick out of Callie's burps and loud doo doos, and she also likes watching her make different faces and sounds.  As for baby, she's been nothing short of an angel of a baby so far.  She really only cries/whines when hungry, sleeps for the majority of the day and night, and has a healthy appetite.

2 weeks old:
Weight - 7 lb 3.5 oz (29%)
Height - 19.75" (27%)
Head circumference - 34.9 cm (41%)

First Day @ Wailae Baptist Preschool

Concentrating at the water table

Sadie's (FIRST) Daily Report:

Hi Michelle,

Sadie has been having a good day:)  She was a ready and willing participant doing indoor activities such as - listening to stories, taking turns pushing the shopping cart, putting together different puzzles and also doing outdoor activities, especially liking to play at the water table with spoons, containers, and water wheels.  

Sadie ate some of her morning snack and some of her lunch (afternoon snack is at 2:30p.m.) and then came nap time.  She didn't want to nap and started to cry.  Routinely, Miss. Casey made her round to our class during lunch time, so while I helped with toileting, she helped rock Sadie to sleep.  She is napping well.

Aloha,

Miss. Mika

Happy 2nd Birthday!

Since Sadie's birthday fell on a sunday this year, and with monday being her first day of pre-school, we decided to just have a small dinner party for Sadie's birthday this year.  Nevertheless, it was still a lot of fun with good food, good company, and good entertainment (kids dancing to their new favorite Gangnum style!)

Stats from 2 Year check up:
Height - 2' 11.5" (87%)
Weight - 23 lb 12 oz (32%)

23 Months Old!

Here were are....the last few days of answering the question: "how old is she" with "__ months old."  By this time next month, we'll be saying 2 years old, and later 2 & 1/2, etc.....wow, time sure flies when you're having fun (and stress)!  By this time next month, I'm sure I won't have much energy to blog either, which is why I want to write a little something now.

About Sadie @ 23 months old:
- Favorite food: toss up between chicken & veggie soup or miso soup, & natto w/ furikake and rice
- Favorite fruit: strawberries
- Best friend: Paisley....somehow Chase boy lost his position as Sadie's favorite playmate
- Sleep: goes to bed at 7:30/8:00, and sleeps till 6:00/6:30, 1 nap ~ 2 hours in the day
- Favorite books: The Big Hungry Bear, Where is Spot, Peek a Zoo, Big Sister
- Favorite TV shows: Yo Gabba Gabba, Sesame Street, Barney, Doc McStuffins
- Favorite toy: iPad (the real deal, no baby laptops or leap pads)
- Personality: very bossy, bonds to whoever watches her for the day (and ignores whoever is comes home later), friendly to strangers, loves all other kids
- Favorite sayings: "Oh NO!" "NO daddy! (with a pointed finger)" "I wanna try" "No...I'm watching!" "MINE!" "Let go!" "Hey....share!" "What happened?!" "I'm ready" "Hey...move!"
- Favorite songs: Baa baa black sheep, ABCs, Barney song
- Fetishes: showing early signs of a shoe fetish!
- Attachments: still needs her blankie and has to account for all her stuffed animals before going to sleep (hippo, elmo, baby, doggie, puppy, kitty, & minnie)
- Favorite treat: Jamba!
- Being helpful: likes to help dust and swiffer the house, likes to help with the laundry (good at picking up the clothes that drop on the floor and putting them into the dryer!)
- Tantrums: getting better, but still extremely stubborn.  Will carry on w/ crying, lying on the ground for longer than most.  Does not respond to time outs, spankings, or cheek pinches.
- Physical attributes: good coordination and balance, likes to jump off the couches, hardly ever falls.  Practices wrestling moves w/ her dad and likes to balance on his back while he does push-ups.
- Health: we've been very lucky since Sadie has been in good health ever since birth....never been on any antibiotics or any other prescriptions except for fluoride.  Her strong immune system is probably assisted by her love of strawberries (fruit with the highest vitamin C) and good sleeping habits....we'll see how she holds up once she enters the germ-filled world of pre-school!  While she still has her milk sensitivity (rash on skin when in contact w/ yogurt, ice cream, milk), she IS able to ingest dairy products with out breaking out in hives.  Lastly, she seems to have a condition called dermatographia - where the skin puffs up and produces wheals when scratched or irritated (unfortunately, she has her mommy to thank for this), but it's nothing serious.
- Quirky stuff: asks to put baby powder on her feet every night, calls random strangers at the store aunty and uncle...so far she's been right on as far as matching the gender and name, but one day.....I can just imagine her calling a feminine male "aunty"....I already feel the embarrassment!  She also thinks she's the owner of the Aina Haina School playground.  When she goes there and sees other kids playing on the jungle gym she sighs and yells "No, no....mine!"
- Negotiator: everything needs to be negotiated.....for example if we say "let's go bocha"....the answer will always be "no."  So if we want to avoid a crying, fussing, fish out of water, we need to say "do you want a cracker?"...."yes"......"okay you can have a cracker after you bocha".....then we get "okay, mommy."  Sigh...it's a constant struggle....the girl just has a mind of her own!
- Upcoming changes: 9/30 - 2nd birthday, 10/1 - first day of preschool, 10/4 - becomes a big sister!

Dress-up fun @ Aunty's house

"Oh no!" face

Pre-school open house

Boss Lady

Quotes from dad (collected over the past few weeks after being asked: "how was Sadie today?"):

"She think she runs the show or something"

"She's a terror"

"She's a Minn-ace to society"

"She makes me mad some days cuz she thinks she's the boss of me"

"She just bosses me around all day long"

Waialae Baptist...here we come!

Well, it'll actually be another 2 months before Sadie joins the gang...so right now, Chase and Sadie's teacher, Ms. Mika, is actually on "vacation," with just 2 of the 6 kids in class right now.  In a few weeks, the 3rd child will turn 2 and join in, and then the last 3 children all turn 2 years old in September.  October 1st will be Sadie's first day, so she still has about 2 months of daddy and grammie daycare.  The uniforms all 3 are wearing in the pics are Sadie's set of XS!  Needless to say....these will "fit" for awhile!

Bon Dance!

We had a blast at the bon dance in Manoa, but mental note to self: next time we need to 1) get there earlier, 2) bring chairs or blankets,  and 3) bring umbrellas (it IS Manoa afterall!)

Can you spot the 3 cousins?