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Can You Spell Sharabura?

Dougie can, almost.

The Amazing Sitting Connie

I think she was as surprised by her new found talent as we were.

No, that's MY Connie

Dougie loves his sister. When we pick her up to bring her upstairs to change her or take her anywhere, he frequently protests "no, that's MY Connie", "lay the Connie down Mummy", "Mummy, can I please hold the Connie."



He loves just hanging out with her.



It makes it hard to get pictures of her without him.



We really hope they're always like this.



She seems to feel the same way too. You should see her light up when Dougie comes over to see her (well, not in that last picture, she's just trying to work out why he's messing with her Jumperoo).

Taggie Blanket

We bought Connie a special blanket. It's called a Taggie and has little tags all over it. I guess babies like to chew on tags so the blanket is designed to have lots of them. Connie loves it!





She takes it everywhere - though it doesn't get in the way of some thumb time.


Mmmm....

Connie's Four Month Check-up

We're back in Dallas for a few days to get Connie checked out. She is doing fabulously! She still has "chubby cheekers" and is the picture of health. She has met all of her developmental milestones except for grabbing her own feet - though she can now roll over both tummy to back and back to tummy so the doctor was impressed.

Our little girl remains not so little. Her latest stats:

• Weight - 14lbs (74%)


• Height - 25" (89%)


• Weight - 16.5" (85%)

What was most interesting to us about these numbers was that Dougie, who we tend to think of as being quite small, was only slightly smaller at his 4 month check-up. I guess boys are generally expected to be a bit bigger but Connie is only a pound more than he was and he started at a lot less.

Dougie at 4 Months


Connie at 4 Months


We're heading back to Calgary tomorrow after a few more visits with friends. It was a shorter trip than we had originally planned but we're sure the dogs will be happy to have us home.

Rollin' On Through

Connie is clearly an over achiever - a few days before turning 4 months and she learned to roll from back to front.



She loves doing it as well. She's constantly flipping herself over now. She is still on her quest for the elusive full revolution, but she's working on that.

Dougie's Last Ski Lesson

Connie and I were bound and determined to make at least one of Dougie's ski lessons. His last day was not only a spectacular day but we were also almost over our colds. So, the family packed up and, armed with our camera, headed to Canada Olympic Park.



After getting themselves ready, the boys hit the slopes for a few practice runs.







A little bit of pre-class stretching and they were off.





Dougie is attempting to jump straight up in the air in his skis (unsuccessfully)


They didn't even bother with the bronze run this week and went straight to the silver. After a run or two on that, they move on to the gold run. Connie and I had to walk up to that one.

Gold run is a bit steeper




If I look cute, can we go home?






Dougie did manage to graduate. He even got full marks in a few areas! He's done with skiing now for the year but we'll definitely sign up again in the fall.

Next time, this:



Daddy can do that with him too.

How'd She Do That?

Connie should not be able to sit up. And, under most circumstances, she can't. However, yesterday, she did.



It's hard to tell but she isn't leaning on the back of the couch at all. I still haven't worked out how she did it.

A Brother's Love

Some people express their love with flowers, or chocolates, or even a nice card. Dougie shows his love by sharing his truck sticker.

Heading Towards Perfection

We had our appointment with a local doctor yesterday. He gave Connie a good once over and declared that she had a perfect head shape. He noted that, at this age, most kids have a flat spot but that she has no indication of that at all. He said the only way to know for sure if the sutures were closed would be to do a CAT scan. That is a lot of radiation though and we would like to avoid it if it isn't necessary. He would like us to come back in a month so we can re-measure her head and make sure that everything continues to grow correctly. Assuming her head continues to look as nice as it does, we won't do any testing and she won't need surgery.

YAY!!

Mmm... thumb

Our little Connie has found her thumb. Unlike Dougie, who only didn't it occasionally, Connie can't resist an opportunity to see how her thumb tastes.

It's taken her a while to master the art of just the thumb


Occasionally, it's still whatever fingers are available.


But when she gets it right...


...she really gets it right.