Some new pics

Jacob - He is busy 3 year old learning all kinds of new things! He loves his sister and enjoys playing with her (or bugging her). It must be a big brother ingrained kind of thing... At his 3 year doctor appointment he weighed 29.7 lbs! He was 39.5 inches tall. That makes him 35% for weight and 70% for height and not even on the chart for BMI. Oh well, the doctor has run all his tests and everything came back normal. His words to us this appointment were, "As long as he stays on the curve he is following we won't worry about it." Finally!


Ellie - She is growing like crazy. She can now sit up by herself for brief periods of time and is ready to be on the move! I am not sure I'm ready for her to be on the move yet! Her favorite people in her life are her daddy and her brother. As much as Jacob picks on her, she loves him and laughs at him more than just about anyone else. At her 4 month appointment she weighed 16lb 2oz and was 25.5 inches long! That puts her at the 80% for weight and 60% for length. The doctor kind of chuckled as he looked at her numbers and said, "Hmmm. She really is the exact opposite of Jacob isn't she?" :)

Ellie

Ellie had a checkup yesterday as a follow-up to when she was in the hospital. She is back to normal - everything checked out fine. While we were there, they weighed her and Jacob also got a shot. She weighed 13 lbs 7 ounces on the 8th when she was admitted to the hospital. Yesterday (a week and a half later) she weighed 14 lbs. 6 ounces! She is still packing on the pounds. At this rate, she'll weigh the same as Jacob by Christmas! :)

Two Month Stats

Ellie is growing like a weed. I can't believe how much she has changed already! Her latest tricks include smiling at everyone, laughing at Daddy and Jacob, and grabbing her shirt and pulling it up to her mouth. Here is a new picture and her stats from the doctor's today.
Height: 24.5 inches (95th percentile)
Weight: 13 pounds 1 ounce (96th percentile)

One Month Stats

Ellie had her one month check-up today. Here are her stats:
Weight: 9 lb. 15 oz. (55th percentile)
Length: 22 in. (60 percentile)

She is growing out of some of her clothes already and has gone up to 1-2 sized diapers! Yep, she really loves to eat. She has also started smiling at us in the last few days - there's nothing better than a baby smile!

Elsa Kay

Elsa Kay (Ellie) was born on May 11th at 10:48 am. She weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. and was 21 inches long. Today is her two week birthday and she is growing and making plenty of dirty diapers for Mom and Dad to change. She also really loves to eat. Jacob loves his sister most of the time. Yesterday he told us we could take her back to the hospital. I told him we couldn't do that because all of her things were here and her bed was here. His response - "Send them all with her." After telling him that she was part of our family and was staying with us he agreed to "let" her stay. Two minutes later he was mad at me for not letting him kiss her as much as he wanted and he was commiserating with Baby Ellie about how mean Mommy was! Ah, the mind of a 2 year old!

Pics

Hopefully, I will get back into the swing of blogging again soon - even if it is only to put up new pictures. With all the youth stuff, remodeling stuff, and just being plain tired from being pregnant I have not had time or the inspiration to blog. Here are a few pictures from our lives the last few months. Currently, we are awaiting the arrival of Elsa Kay Kissinger in the next two weeks or so. Jacob is very excited to meet baby Ellie face to face and bring her home so he can watch her grow and change "just like I did, Mommy!".

Mission Of Hope

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This is a clip from NBC highlighting the mission in Haiti where I went in 2003. It tells a little of the story of the mission and shows the work they are doing.