Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Such an advanced child!

Juliann has been busy lately! We joke that she is such an advanced child (something every teacher hears from a parent at one time or another). Not only is she reading and walking



but she is also rolling and giggling! She's rolled from tummy to back before, but today she rolled from back to tummy. She also laughed for the first time today-it was the most beautiful sound ever! We can't wait to hear it again!

"Old" Posts

So here are some of the posts from Juliann's first site:

1 month check-up Date: 03/03/2008
Juliann had her 1 month check-up today at her new pediatricians office. It went really well and I like the office a lot. The nurse practitioner said she was in the 10-25% for weight and 25-50% for height. They also gave us the go ahead to let her wake us up to feed at night-YAY! The doctor said that she looks great and to keep doing what we are doing for her! We go back for another check-up in a month.

Picture update-Date: 02/17/2008
After a weekend visit from Uncle Peter, we have more pictures to share! Visit the link below to see some recent photos of Juliann and family! http://ellingtonfamily.shutterfly.com/action/?a=0AcOWzRy3cMWLCOg&notag=1 . It requires a password-email me if you want it!

Welcome Juliann-Date: 02/14/2008
Juliann Ridings Ellington was born on February 1, 2008 at 8:01 pm. She was very determined to join us, as she was 3 weeks early and mom's labor lasted less than 3 hours! Aside from jaundice, she is healthy and doing well.Over the past 2 weeks, she has been to the doctor almost every day to get a heel stick. This checked the levels of her jaundice. Due to high biliruben levels, she was on a biliblanket for over 11 days. She had to lie on a florescent lamp which helped to break down the biliruben in her body. Today her levels were low enough that we were able to say goodbye to the biliblanket! We are now able to hold Juliann without her lamp-what a wonderful feeling! We go back to the doctors on Friday to check her levels again, but we're optimistic that her jaundice has cleared. Tomorrow she will also be 2 weeks old! Welcome Juliann!

Change is good

After two months of attempting to create a page for Juliann on a baby site, I've decided to give blogging a try instead. The other site was not working the way I wanted it to so we've moved on! Hope you enjoy our new blog-check back weekly for updates!




Here's the most recent picture of Juliann at 11 weeks: