Lucy @ 12 Weeks

Our sweet baby girl officially turned 12 weeks old today! She is not a tiny baby anymore!!

Can you believe that this little peanut:

Has turned into this amazing 12 week old:

The past few weeks have really flown by and this mama goes back to work tomorrow. :(

I am sad to leave my little Lucy at day care! I wonder if she will miss me as much as I will miss spending my days with her! Today Lucille and I spent our last day of maternity leave cuddling all morning. We went to our last Mother-baby hour at Meriter (how quickly Lucy went from being the youngest kid in the group to one of the oldest!), and we also went through some of Lucy's drawers to put away some of the clothes that she has grown out of..

Here are some pictures of her wearing her sweet yellow gown and her knit hat that she got from the hospital.

Lucy, we love you so much and we can't wait to watch you as you continue to grow!

Sunday at the Conservatory

On Sunday Daniel, Laura, Lucy and I paid a visit to the Olbrich Gardens Conservatory. It was a hot and balmy way to spend a January afternoon; we were able to see lots of great plants.

You can see the humidity in the air as Dan feeds Lucy. I guess that she doesn't need to be wearing her leg warmers, huh?

The Storm family in the Conservatory!

And the ladies -- Laura, Andrea & Lucille!

Laura comes to visit!

Last weekend my dear friend Laura came to visit from Boston!

It was so fun to introduce Laura to Lucy and to spend time with her. We had a wonderful but pretty low-key weekend. We had brunch with Melissa.

We attended Mother-Baby hour at Happy Bambino! We weighed Miss Lucy who is now a whopping 12 pounds! Look how happy she is on the scale. :)

We went shopping and just hung out at home and played with Lucy.

Lucy reviewed her flashcards.

We went to Friday night fish fry at Avenue Bar. It was both Laura and Lucy's first time at a classic Wisconsin fish fry. Fish, fries, and Old Fashions...Yum!

Laura, you are the best!! Thank you so much for coming to visit!

Bathtime

Can you believe that Lucy is almost 3 months old and yet we have never posted any classic bathtime pictures? That is about to change! :)

When Lucy had her first couple of baths she hated it! She screamed the entire time. She now loves her time in her little tub.

Here is our little peanut drying off!

Love you Lucy!

Latest and greatest on Chief

Chief just had his 1 month follow up visit with the vet after being diagnosed with Addison's Disease. Good news is that his kidney panel and electrolyte lab values were all normal. So he just had his monthly Percorten injection and we were sent on our way. :) Chief has been taking a daily dose of prednisone to keep his Addison's symptoms at bay - it has worked wonders! No crazy vomiting, anorexia, or lethargy for the past 4 weeks! Yay. The bad thing is that it causes him to be a total food hound and he is also more hyper than usual. He wants to eat all of the time. Chief has never really been a food motivated dog but now he is wild about food - we can no longer keep anything on the table or counters. He will gobble it right up. He also got into Lucy's dirty cloth diapers recently. I will spare you from the details but it wasn't pretty. The vet says that we can start tapering his prednisone to lower the dose which will make him less hungry and it will also help his body to distribute his newly gained weight better. When Chief was at the height of his Addisonian Crisis he weighed only 55 pounds. He gained 13 pounds in the past month and now weighs 68 pounds which is much closer to normal for a male Large Munsterlander. Chief's weight is really centered around his belly and chest and is more fatty weight than muscle. Our vet said that lowering his prednisone dose and more exercise would solve the problem. We still can't believe what a dramatic recovery our Chief has made in the past month! We love you Chief!

Lucy's Photo Session

We had Lucy's 2 month pictures taken 2 weeks ago and we just got the proofs! I am so excited! They are beautiful!!

Take a look:

http://kendrastoltz.zenfolio.com/

Choose Andrea Storm under the Proofs, the password is ksp1

Our Growing Girl

Just a couple of recent Lucy photos to show off our growing girl! The first one is of our little peanut wearing a 6 month onesie. Yep - that is a 10 week old wearing a 6 month sized onesie. She has such a long body, it is crazy! I had Lucy in a 3 month onesie the other day and she looked like a speedskater! It was a tight fit. :)


We tried out the Bumbo chair for the first time this weekend. Thanks for the chair Grandma Nola!It was so cute! She looked like a big kid in her little chair. Lucy has a pretty strong neck but it is still unreliable so you have to watch her closely. We know that Lucy will love sitting in this chair - watch for more photos in the future!