Just one of the Girls



Girls weekend in Manhattan Beach ~ August 21,2010



Dyllan Lately

So every week I get a friendly little reminder how old Dyllan is from www.babycenter.com .  I signed up  for the website when I was pregnant- plugged in my due date- and off it went.  Like a good friend, it would tell me every week, what food I had in my stomach.  One week (week 11 to be precise) Dyllan was the size of a fig- and the nick name "fig newton" stuck.  The weeks went on- and I had all sorts of random fruits and vegetables in my stomach.. I got such a kick out of each week- because they got weirder and weirder..  week 10 Dyllan was the size of a kumquat (huh?), week 13 she was the size of a "medium shrimp", week 17 a turnip (haha, haven't seen one of those in ages!), week 22 she was as long as a spaghetti squash, week 25 she was a rutabaga (whats that?!), and week 28 - she was born the size of a Chinese Cabbage.  Thanks babycenter!

Anyway, after Dyllan was born I continued to get my weekly emails from my friends at babycenter.com.  Its a great way of seeing where Dyllan should be on her growth and learning curve- however- they didnt make one for preemies- so she is usually a little behind the weekly email.  This week (7 months 3 weeks) it says that Dyllan may get separation anxiety- and it is smart to leave her with other people from time to time.  No problem here- Dyllan has more babysitters than anyone- I think she will be ok in this department.  It also says that as she begins to crawl more (she hasnt yet crawled..) she will quickly lose her chub.  Haha- she is starting to look like a little sausage- and if she doesnt start crawling she might just explode.  Such a cute little sausage though..  Tonight I was stuck in traffic and went a little longer than usual between feedings- and Dyllan cried her head off the entire hour we spent in traffic- as if she got her finger pinched in the door.  I kept looking back to make sure nothing, in fact, was pinched in the door, or carseat.  Nope- she was just hungry.  As soon as I got home- I threw the car into park- raced around to get her out- practically threw her into her bumbo- and quickly mixed up some rice ceareal and some butternut squash (she HATED the peas I made last time..)  She chowed down the entire mini bowl (guessing 4 oz or so) of rice cereal, and polished off every last oz of butternut squash.. frantic because she was still so hungry- I mixed up more- and also gave her 8 oz of milk!  Holy Cow!  She MUST be growing.. and hopefully ready to crawl soon.. I was actually worried that I might over feed her and she would throw it all up in the bath after dinner.  Good news was she was fine- and in fact, I gave her a little more milk after her bath (only 15 min after dinner..haha!)

I love this picture- this is right before the bucking bronco (Mylo) pounced down and licked Dyllan's face.

Help me!

Close to crawling...

In other news- Dyllan is doing great- no new teeth- just the bottom two.  She has been coming to work with me a few days a week- and has been such a good girl.  She keeps herself pretty busy with her toys and her naps- and can feed herself (with the help of a pillow)- so I am actually able to get stuff done. 

Tomorrow I will post some more pictures from the phone camera- I have gotten behind.. but its off to bed for tonight- gotta get up at 5am tomorrow to nanny. 

Dyllan captured by my phone

For Father's day I made Dan a father's day book from Costco's photo center of pictures of him and Dyllan.  It turned out really cute- except for one thing.. the pictures taken from my phone camera were crappy quality.  It wasn't until then that I realized that I needed to get my good camera out and start snapping shots on something other than my phone.  I love the iphone- don't get me wrong- its great for sending videos and  pictures over email of text instantly- but the quality is compromised.

Anyway- I got my phone February just after we brought Dyllan home from the hospital and since then I have taken 2102 pictures... almost all of Dyllan.  Haha.  The good thing about digital is you can take a hundred pictures-just to get the best shot.  My only problem is I don't delete any of them- so I will have a whole series of Dyllan eating her toes.

I decided (finally) to hook my phone up to the computer and get a few photos off.  These are some of my favorites:

February 17, 2010 - 3rd day home

February 17, 2010
 Dyllan trying to "eat" from Dan's nose

February 18, 2010-
Tiny Dyllan.. she is almost too big for these Nike onsies now.  whoa!

February 27, 2010
First outing- BC, Canada winter olympics

Olympics- Dyllan is in my jacket pouch..where she stayed all day- fast asleep.

Too small for her car seat- had to put lots of padding to take her home.

March 11, 2010
Cooking with Emily, Jessica and Mylo.

March 12, 2010
At work- fast asleep in the Moby pouch.

March 13, 2010
Dyllan and Dan

March 14, 2010
Baby shower brunch at Lauren's

Hanging out with Mike Backes

March 23, 2010
Fast asleep with Mylo, the Nanny.

April 1, 2010
Sean got his Ducati- Dyllan rode her first motor bike.

Sneaking out in her diaper bag.

First Easter

Eating Ribs
(well not really- just getting sauce everywhere!)

April 25, 2010
Laaaauuughing so hard!

April 27, 2010
4 month check up.  11lbs 11 oz

Cinco de Mayo
(Dyllan had 1 too many Margaritas)

Happy little Clam in her snuggie

May 7, 2010
Watching me fold laundry

Helping me work-
she wouldnt stop crying unless she was in my lap watching the computer screen.

Happy Hour

Mother's Day 2010

Mother's Day

Beer Belly

Hanging out with Grandma

Sneaking out..

Uhh oh.. getting caught...

Phew, he didnt notice.

Dancing with Dad

June 10, 2010
Little Gym

Little Gym
All the other kids could pop themselves up on the parachute... not Dyllan (shes the one doing a faceplant on the red section)

Little Gym with Robin Wes

Practicing her favorite move- "Falg pole" while watching the news with her Poppy.

June 11, 2010
The Elf

At mom's chemo appt.

June 12, 2010
Cool Shades, Man.

June 12, 2010
Soaking up the Sun

Sent this photo to Dan from Target...
"Pleaseeee can I get this Bumbo, Dad?"

June 23, 2010
Happy princess in her swim suit

Loveeess to stand!

Training for the Seattle Rock and Roll half marathon

Yunny spoiling Dyllan on their daily walk up to Starbucks
Dyllan gets the babychino.

Duck tour

Dancing on the duck tour

duck tour

Experience Music Project

Visit from Auntie Teri- Walking back from Starbucks- Dyllan is in her pouch

Ready for a bike ride with Dad

haha first "photo shoot" at Nordstroms
Uhh- nice try weirdo.. he would make these crazy noises and try to get Dyllan to smile- she could barley hold her head up.. she was like a wet noodle.  Never did see how those pictures turned out...