The Mixed-Up Adventures of the Merry Mederich's.

I can hardly believe that little Via is already 6 months old!  This week her Aunt Sissy bought her a couple of treats to celebrate her half birthday.  We are going to give the new mesh teether a try tonight.  This week she tried peas and liked them.  I feel like a cruel mama because I hate peas, but I figure she doesn't have to know that.  Here is a picture of Via as a newborn and Via as a 6 month old.  have I mentioned that time flies? Yesterday Via and I went on a bit of an adventure with Rachel and Lucy, Renee and Audrey, and Mom and Dad.  We met in the morning and made the trek to Baxter, Minnesota to go visit Grandma June.  This was Via's first time meeting any of her great grandparents, and it was pretty sweet.  Gram made the most delicious lunch for us and we visited with her for about 4 hours before heading home.  It was a long day for the kiddos, but well worth the trip.  This summer we are going to...

Once again I've gone too long without blogging.  This time I have no excuse.  I have the time, but I have apparently lacked the motivation.  Let's see if I can't get back into my Sunday night blogging habit.  I just love having a weekly record of Mederich life.  In looking at past posts I get pretty teary when I remember how teeny tiny Via used to be.  Sheesh. Via will be 6 months this Friday.  She can sit on her own and loves to eat solids.  Her vocal antics constantly crack up me and her daddy.  She has quite the range, I only hope that she has my ear for music and her daddy's tempo. We are pretty settled in our new Oakdale home.  Now that we are homeowners the list of projects is almost as long as our "Household Wants List."  I will try to focus this coming Sunday's post on our house and include some pictures. Here are just a few pics from the last two months. Reading a book during our nightly routine of "Nekkid Baby Tim...

I don't have time to blog, but this momentous occasion must be documented.  On Saturday we are moving into the cute little house pictured below.  It's a bit snowy, but that's Minnesota for ya. Via has become so talkative in the past couple of weeks.  It's precious.  She's also sleeping a bit better.  Last night she did wake up three times, but each time she ate and went right back to sleep.  One doesn't comprehend how fast time can fly until one realizes that ones baby is about to be four months old.  Sheesh.  She had her four month checkup yesterday and did great, even with the naughty shots.  She cried her little heart out for a minute or two, and then she sniffled a little and got it together.  I wish I had been recording it, because it was so sweet.  She is now 25.5 inches long - 90th percentile for height, and 13.86 pounds - 60th percentile for weight.  Her little noggin is growing too.  :) Quick pic of baby d...

Time keeps moving forward.  11 weeks have already passed since we welcomed sweet Via into the world.  Life is so busy that I haven't had much time for doing too many extra-curricular activities (like blogging).  But the baby is napping (for once), so I'll try to get an update out there. Since we moved to the frigid north life has been somewhat challenging.  Via went from sleeping 5-6 hours straight, to giving us only 2-3 hour chunks of sleep.  Yikes.  Some days Justin and I both closely resemble zombies.  On the upside of things, she is an absolute delight when she is awake.  Smiling, blowing bubbles, showing interest in toys, batting at the dangling items on the play gym, and growing all the time!  From her four week checkup to her eight week checkup she grew two whole inches!  At her eight week checkup she was 50th percentile for weight and 90th for height.  I'm still trying to figure out if this tall skinny baby is my child....

I'm a hard worker, but I have always preferred the weekends.  The weekends are busy, but they are usually full of things that I want to do.  Fridays have typically been date night.  Saturday mornings are designated for chores.  The rest of Saturday and Sunday are dedicated to rest and fellowship, both manifest themselves in many different ways.  The problem comes late Sunday afternoon when I get the Sunday Night Blues.  It's not that I don't want to go back to work on Monday morning, it's just that I much prefer the weekend.  On Sunday afternoon I get pretty bummed about having to return to the real world. Since November 3, I've been on something of a long weekend.  I've worked harder on this long weekend than ever before, but it's been so great!  I love being home with Justin and Via, but this sweet time called Maternity Leave is rapidly coming to an end and I feel like I have the worst case of Sunday Night Blues ever!  I su...

It has been way too long since I last blogged, but we have simply been too busy for me to keep up with my regular Sunday Summary.  Hopefully I am now back on track. It's hard to believe that tomorrow Via will have been in this world for a whole month already.  The last 30 days have been hard, but good.  My mom stayed with us the first week after Via was born, and Justin was off work the whole time too. It was great.  Then, my mom went home and Justin went back to work and I was all alone at home with this tiny human.  To say I felt overwhelmed is an understatement.  I was freaked out of my mind!  It was a hard second week.  I didn't quite have the napping thing down, and each feeding was taking an hour.  It was hard for me to tell if baby was hungry, tired, gassy, or just fussy and I felt so inadequate as a mom!  On Friday of the second week my sister, Rachel, arrived for a quick weekend visit and it is just what I needed! ...

On Friday, November 2, Justin and I headed to our 41 week and 1 day checkup.  I had been having consistently inconsistent contractions for days, but.......Still.No.Baby.  My doctor wanted to monitor me and Via for half an hour and was looking for us to score 10 out of 10 points.  After half an hour of monitoring us she only found 6 points - also my blood pressure was much higher than it had been during the rest of my pregnancy.  Justin and I listened as she explained that the placenta may not be doing the best job for the baby anymore.  She looked at me and said, "If you were the type of mom that was planning to have an epidural, then I'd say let's go to the hospital, put you on pitocin, and have this baby."  She went on to say that since we favored a drug-free approach we had two options: 1.  Go to the hospital and be monitored for 24 hours to see if we could make up the 4 points we were missing.  If all looked good, then we could go ...