Bath Art by Gretta

Gretta has special crayons that are made for the Bath tub. They wipe off pretty easy. This her her art from the other night. She drew the WHOLE family including me, Eric, Eliza, Nana, Papa, Anna, Gabe, Jackson, Grandfather, Grandma, Papa, Allison, Rod, Darron, Brittany ,Papa Goodrich, and Cousin Emily.

If you look closely you can see some of the circles actually have eyes, ears, a noes, and some hair.(She drew these with orange crayon so it is kind of hard to see in the picture.) I was pretty impressed. The extended family members just got blue circles.

Gretta posing by her art work.

Cousins

My sister posted this on her blog. I thought it was pretty fun to see how close Eliza and Jackson's 6 months stats are so here you go...

Eliza's stats from her 6 1/2 month well baby visit in October. Looks like Jackson and Eliza have a similiar genetic potential....their numbers are almost identical.

Eliza, 6 1/2 Months - 10/29/08

Weight 18.5 lbs 80% percentile

Height 27 inches 80% percentile

Head circumference 43.5 cm 60% percentile

Jackson, 6 Months - 1/29/08

Weight 18.9 lbs 74% percentile

Height 26 inches 33% percentile

Head circumference 43 cm 28% percentile

Eliza 9 month photos

Sister's

Gretta tells me often that Eliza is her best friend. I hope it stays that way forever.

Gretta's 3 year old pictures

Isn't she darling!!! We love you Gretta!

My friend Jordan took Gretta's pictures. Check out some of her other pictures at http://jordansphotoblog.blogspot.com/

Great Deals!

Gretta's preschool had a "Clean out your closet sale." I took advantage of the opportunity to clean out my closet and gave them 4 bags of cloths. It was a "Win/Win" situation for everyone.

All of the money they earned at the sale went to a mission in Boyle Heights. Last Thursday was the sale, and I splurged and spent $8. I bought Gretta tap shoes, a baby crib for her doll, a DVD game, a mobile just like baby Jackson has for Eliza, and a whole bunch of books. They were 4 for $1.

The mobile

tap shoes

Then on Friday Linda and I went to the sample sale. I found some great deals. This is a new out fit I bought Gretta for $10. It is kind of like the blue/white polka dot pants and blue shirt set I bought at the sample sale 2 years ago for $10 that she still wears on a weekly basis. It has gone from being pants to being shorts. I have a feeling this might be her new favorite "samples sale" purchase.

New favorite outfit(The blue outfit)

Linda bought the girls matching outfits. Gretta didn't want to model hers because she didn't want to take her new "favorite"outfit off.

Eliza's 9 month well check up

Eliza had her 9 month well check up today. It was a little bit late, but better late than never. She is doing great!
Here are her stats:

height 29 inches--- 90%
weight 22 pounds---92%
Head circumference 45 cm---80%
My failure to thrive kid has definitely started thriving.

Some of her resent tricks are: Eliza is...
1. babbling- she still loves to say da da the best, but her new word is uh-oh. She just likes to sing and make sounds too.
2. grabbing for everything. I have to be careful how close she is to everything or the next thing I know she is pulling it down. The other day I was standing by the refrigerator holding her and the next thing I knew she had pulled some of the papers off of it.
3. becoming more mobile. She can stand up for a long time now. She is also scooting backwards. She still can't really move forwards, but she is getting close. Gretta is cheering her on and trying to teach her how to crawl.
4. trying new foods. She still likes to feed herself more than being feed, but at least she has been willing to try some new foods lately.
5. rocking out to the beat. Eliza loves any kind of music.
6. growing teeth. She now has 4 teeth. One top front tooth, and three bottom front teeth.
7. wants to be part of the action. She hates being left along and will cry if I leave her sight for a few seconds.
8. loves her big sister. Gretta can always make Eliza laugh.

We love you!!!

Trying to show off some of her moves.

Resting on the job.

Isn't she cute!!!

Gretta joined in on the action.