Happy Girl's Day

A few days early, but the family decided to celebrate Girl's Day with Sadie today.  Mommy had her last day at Kaiser Waipio, so she missed out on all the fun, but was so happy to hear that everyone had a great time.  Everyone came over for a Japanese bento lunch, and Sadie was thrilled when she saw her Girl's Day present from Aunty Diane, Aunty Joy, and Aunty Tricia (who Sadie met for the very first time today, and absolutely LOVES!)....hint hint....come visit more often ;)

The Japanese doll, "Misaki" meaning "beautiful bloom" is carrying a "tsuru" (crane) which brings happiness and good luck.  She was specially chosen by Aunty Diane, who spent hours at Shirokiya, analyzing and then finally selecting the perfect doll for Sadie.  (She even had the workers there bring out more dolls from storage so she had more to choose from!)  From the expression on Sadie's face....I think you can tell that Misaki IS the perfect one for her!  Thank you Aunties, for your thoughtful gift!

So Thrilled!

Who's hiding behind me?

The Family

 

Sea creatures!

We finally got around to taking a picture of the kids with their Hawaiian sea creature shirts!  Sadie is a Honu = turtle, Chase is a Kohola = whale, and Paisley is a Pe'a = starfish.  I also had shirts for Sophia, Samantha, and Alison, but we can't seem to get the kids all together at once....hopefully it can still be done before the Criscis move to Japan in May, although I'm pretty sure Sadie and Chase will not fit their outfits for much longer.  Paisley, on the other hand, will probably be able to use her shirt to years to come since she is so petite!

Happy Valentine's Day!

"Chaaaaaaase....will you be my Valentine?!"  This picture is too cute for words!

Sicky sicky

From a runny nose yesterday to full blown congestion and gooey boogers today!   Poor Sadie, her nose is so congested she sounds like a garbage disposal when she breathes.  I won't name any names, but I suspect that she picked up this bug from a little preschool girl who's name starts with a P and ends with a Y:)  Oh well, sharing is caring!  Of course this being her first cold, and us being first time parents, we took her to the doctor to make sure she was okay (even though I was pretty sure that there was nothing the doctor could really do).  Guess sometimes you just need to hear it from the expert to get some peace of mind.  Hopefully by the time Sadie gets to preschool, she will have complete immunity to all the "bugs" so she can have perfect attendance!  

We have her appointment with the pediatric surgeon on 3/8.....more to follow.

Not exactly looking her best

4 month check up

4 Months old already!....the time is sure flying!  We had a few things to discuss with Dr. Tim Sing at today's office visit.  First was Sadie's skin, which is sooooo dry in some areas that it feels like old leather :( and also so sensitive to heat rash!  We've been applying Mustela cold cream religiously, which seems to be helping, but will also start using the Mustela bath products and possibly adding baby oil to the bathwater to see if it helps any.  Anyone who is familiar with the line of products knows how pricey they are, but it's well worth the money if it gives her the baby-soft skin she is supposed to have!  The slight rash behind her knees is "baby eczema," which she'll hopefully grow out of since no one in both families has asthma/allergies/eczema.

The second topic we discussed with the doctor was her head shape! :)  While I know that most babies do not have a perfectly shaped head, Sadie's one seems quite imperfect (very flat in the front right side, and very flat on the back left)!  Doc says nothing to worry about, as soon as she can start sitting up (around 6 months) and some hair grows in, she'll look fine.  We just all need to continue to encourage her to look to the right and as well as to sleep with her head turned that way so it will round out a bit.

Finally, the dreaded hemangioma on Sadie's trunk.  We did our internet research on hemangiomas and from what we've read they're harmless, but the doctor did acknowledge that it is getting progressively larger (now about the size of a ping pong ball).  It's caused by a collection of tiny capillaries that do not lay flat under the skin.  Again....it is NOT harmful in any way health wise (and despite what Grammie says, the doctor confirmed that it is NOT caused by poor nutrition by the pregnant mother, hahah), but cosmetically it does look kind of scary.  We will be having a consultation with either a dermatologist and/or pediatric surgeon sometime soon to determine a course of action in the case that it continues to get larger and poses a threat on her motor development (i.e. it becomes a physical barrier to her rolling over).  Will update as we find out more information, but right now, we're just hoping it will not grow any larger.

As for her stats....she is still a whopping 25.75 inches, 93%!!  Weight was 13 lb 13.6 oz, 54%.   Head circumference 15.9", 38%.  She also did great with her 2 shots and 1 oral vaccine.

Ready to go to Kaiser

She didn't pee on the scale this time :)

Tore up all the tissue paper on the exam bed!

Future Judoka

Today daddy decided to multitask....trying to babysit and train Jiu-jitsu at the same time.  He sent mommy a text with this picture saying "Future judoka :) :) :)"  Well, mommy wasn't too happy with this picture, as everyone knows how nasty and dirty wrestling mats are...covered with mutant bacteria and pesky fungi!!!  Needless to say, daddy is prohibited from taking Sadie girl there from now on (or at least until she's about 20!)   :)  Decided to post this other picture of daddy w/ Sadie to document how skinny/buff daddy is....we'll see if he still maintains this physique 10 years from now!

Messin up the sheets

At first I thought it was just my sleep-deprived mind playing tricks on me....I put her down with her head on the right....then find her, head to the left the next morning, but now we know for sure that she is just a girl on the move in that little crib of hers!  She loves playing around with her sheets and "clocking."