Monday, October 31, 2011

Jasmine's Dog

The words you'll hear at least once a week around our house these days: You cannot play with Tasha for one full day! (and most recently, for a full and unprecedented 3 days). The fact that this has become our best punishment for Jasmine Olivia pretty much says it all. It really does tell the whole story of a love-hate relationship between a girl and her dog. To say that Jasmine can be overly rough with Tasha is to say that water can be a bit wet to the touch. But that understatement is countered by the fact that no one pays Tasha as much attention as Jasmine. And so, Tasha has inevitably learned to take the good with the bad: Agreeing not to eat our second born for neither breakfast, lunch, nor dinner; in exchange for the pounds of love that Jasmine showers her with during the other 1/2 of the day. And just to be sure that Tasha is able to stick to her end of the deal, we'll continue to keep Jasmine on the occasional "Tasha timeout" in order to keep the peace, and also continue to keep Tasha otherwise well fed.



NAOMI III

Naomi Janelle's 2-month checkup was just a few days after she actually turned 2-months, and so I was not stocked with the baby stats in time for her previous blog entry. But without further ado, here's the tale of the tape. She weighed in a 10 lbs 7 oz (23rd percentile), stretched out at 21.5 inches. and ranked in the 63rd percentile for head circumference. In more practical terms, she's growing well and also sleeping well (yeah baby... keep hitting those 7-hour stretches) and definitely staying awake for longer stretches during the day. The discomfort and bowel issues that I hinted at during her last blog entry have subsided for the most part; and she has therefore continued to maintain her title as easy breezy baby number 3.





Monday, October 24, 2011

Feels Like...

Home.


God willing, I think we'll be here for a while.