This week....

In the last week his sunflower went from being shorter than Keegan to more than a foot taller than him!

July so far...

So far this month we've had a visit from Mimi, celebrated the 4th (kinda lamely)  Carleigh turned 2 months, I got a year older and we're watching our garden grow.  We are also very excitedly counting down the days till Island Park.  

Pirate Keegan, while Mimi was here we went to the  Farmers Market and she paid for Keegan to get his face painted.   It lasted until we got home.  He hated that it was itchy and he couldn't touch his face.  But he looks mighty fine with a beard.  

For Mothers Day Keegan's class planted sunflower seeds in little starter cups.  Here's his so far, I'm going to take weekly pictures so that we can see how fast this sucker grows, I swear you  can tell a difference daily.




Carleigh had her 2 month appt on the 12th she now weighs 10 lbs 2 oz and is 22 inches long, right in the 30th percentile.  I'm not sure that Keegan ever got to the 30th percentile.

Our 4th of July was fairly un-eventful.  We found out we live in a city that doesn't allow fireworks to be sold so the "fireworks" we bought were actually party poppers.  And we thought the local firework show was on the 4th....nope it was on the 3rd.  However, we do live by a lake that all the houses on the lake buy the big "illegal" fireworks so we did still get to see a show.  Oh well, now we'll know for next year.  :)

I turned another year older, now making me 33!  I got to spend the day shopping, eating at our favorite Korean restaurant and then hanging out with my cute little family.  Perfect!

Now only 26 more days till Island Park!!

Last Day of School

Here he is on his last day of Kindergarten!  I can't believe the year has gone by so fast.   He's loved every minute of it, made great friends, learned to read, and how to be a good student. 

Keegan and Carleigh 

Keegan and Mrs. Moore, what a great Kindergarten teacher!

On his last day of school he got to meet his teacher for next year and go see the classroom.  He'll be in Mr. Edwards class for the next 2 years since they do a 2 year rotation here at this school.  He seems excited and is actually sad summer is "so long" and that he has to wait "forever" to be a real 1st grader.  

Random Carleigh pictures.

So I've found that the bad thing about cell phones (one of them anyway) is that I take way more pics with my phone than my actual camera.  So then the pictures suffer, I have to make a better effort.  Here are the random photos I had on the camera

Her cute little feet and tushy

2 wks old

With Pa, she looks so tiny

1 month in her cute cloth diapers

I decided to put her in a pair of Keegan's jammies that I had saved  (scroll down to the next post to see the comparison )

Just propped up on the couch 

I had gotten a tree decal for her room but didn't have the energy or desire to climb on a chair while pregnant so I put it up yesterday.  

Keegan or Carleigh?

So can you tell who is who?  I put Carleigh in my favorite jammies of Keegans (yes I put baby girl in blue clothes) and took some pictures.  It's obvious that neither of them liked the hat at first.  

What do you think?

Phew! We're home

and now just random photos 

Here is what Tyler brought us.  YUM

Sleepy girl

Rough Couple of Days

So on Tuesday after she was born we went to our check up with the midwife.  I had realized she was looking a bit orange but figured we were being seen on Tuesday so I tried not to worry.  Well, the midwife sent us straight from her office to the pediatricians office.  We had her blood drawn and the numbers came back VERY high.  So....off to the hospital we went to be admitted.  I was FREAKING OUT!  I know what her lab value was, and I know what is normal AND I know what a high Biliruben can cause.   Tyler was in town and I had expected a quiet day at home so I had sent all the boys to the beach.  Luckily they were almost here by the time I headed to the hospital.  

Here's baby girl settled in her bed, she had double lights under her and a set on top of her

Depending on the nurse she "needed" the eye covers. 

Don't worry, she wears her sunglasses at night.  ;) 

So sad but so cute

After about 36 hours on the lights her numbers were down enough that I could take her out of the light box and hold her for more than a few minutes.  We had to hang out for an additional 6 hours to make sure her levels didn't bounce back up too high.  

Trying to hang out in the "sun" she couldn't be on the artificial lights for those 6 hours but you'd better believe I had her hanging out in the window

The sun actually came out for a minute and she didn't like it, it was bright

 After a few hours our super nice day nurse took out her IV.  

At least our room had a view.  

First Day Home

 Since I delivered at a birthing center not the hospital I was able to go home the same day/night.  

Here's a picture of Carleigh hanging out with Dad.  

Keegan, the proud and very happy big brother once he got home.  

Both of my kids!

She was able to get her 1st bath that day.  (Well technically it could be considered her 2nd bath since she was born in a bath)

Birth Announcement

She's Here

Carleigh Danielle Viehweg

6lbs 12 oz 18.5 inches long

Looks like a smaller version of Keegan

Headed home!  

Baby Guessing Game

Alright, lets play the guessing game.  It's officially May, the month of her due date.  Her room is ready, all the bags are packed, (mine, baby's and Keegans) car seat base is installed.  So, make your guesses.

1. When will she get here???
2. How much will she weigh??
3. How long will she be??
4. Will she be born with lots of hair or little hair.


Just as an FYI/Reminder
Keegans stats were:
1. he was 1 day early
2. he weighed 7lbs 11oz
3. he was 20.5 inches long
4. he had a TON of hair.

Yard and Garden.

We've been working hard to get our yard looking nicer.  When we bought the house it had been a rental for a while so there was plenty of work to be done.  The neighbors across the street have actually thanked us for making an effort.  Not that the yard was hideous but it was very boring.  

Our garden area,  so far we have strawberries just behind the  wall we built last winter.  These were a Keegans 1st request.  Then if you look closely you can see all our tomato cages, we have multiple different kinds of tomatoes and peppers, both hot and sweet.  

Here's the front, you can see the daffodils and tulips I planted last fall and then all the pansies that I got on clearance from Home Depot.  They are one of my favorites.   

They just have happy little faces

One of my tulips

Cute flower pot on my porch

We also planted some Hosta's in the backyard under the window but I didn't get a picture of them.  

Funny Boy!

We're REALLY residents of WA now

It's really real now, not only did we buy a house, change our drivers licenses AND file our taxes with our WA address, today I went and FINALLY did this....

Kinda exciting!  However, it's funny that something as small as having a nail in your tire could make you homesick. Instead of being able to just buzz on down to Big O' Tires in Sandy, I had to go to Discount Tires.  It didn't feel like "home" sure they were nice and all but it wasn't the same as when you walk into Big O and have almost the entire staff know your name, what kind of car you drive and ask about your family.  Just hoping that our current tires can hold on till we go to UT for a visit.  I'd rather buy tires there.