Category: Family Matters

I’ll admit it, I’ve been suckered into the media blitz surrounding Katie’s foray into the evening news. I’ve watched last night and tonight, and I think she’s doing it justice. I think it’s been a slow national-news week–nothing much is changing or new, so it’s hard to make a judgement, but for starters, I think she’s doing just fine. A little softer, maybe, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing.

And regardless of how she does, I’m just glad she’s doing it. I wasn’t aware that no woman had been an evening network anchor before, so if for nothing else, I’ll support her for that. My question is, how old will be “too old” for her to be on the air? Will she make it like Barabara Walters? She seems to be aging gracefully at the moment….we’ll see what’s to come in the next decade or so.

It amazes me that in this, 2006, there are still frontiers for women to cross. I mean, really. Does anyone know of any other jobs (besides President, Vice President, some military posts) where the girls need to make their marks?!?!

PS–have you ever seen a baby with darker, fuller hair than Suri?? OMG! Like the young thing is wearing a wig!

Last year, we went our Dr.’s office for M’s first post-hospital visit/examination. Exactly one year later, we went back for her 1 yr appt. My how she’s grown!!

August 2005:Arrives in infant carrier, sound asleep. She weighs in at a healthy 8lbs, 9oz; up 6oz from her birthweight. She measures 22 inches, a 1/2 longer than in the hospital. We get the OK to switch her to generic formula, and the office staff oohs and ahs over this little miracle. We discuss her birthfamily/medical history a little bit, the doctor’s glad we can contact them if there’s ever a medical issue.

August 2006:Climbs out of her forward facing car seat, walks into office on her own steam. She weighs in at 23lbs, 7oz. and measures 31 3/4″ tall. The doctor chats about what she’s eating, how childproof our house is, does she have any words yet, and how she’s playing. He’s happy that she’s doing fine on whole milk, and he encourages me to have her weaned from the bottle by about 18 months. He’s happy to hear that she’s happy go lucky, and there are no issues!!

So in one year, our baby has grown from helpless infant into the world’s happiest, most curious toddler. She’s almost tripled her birthweight and grown almost a foot. She’s learned a language, how to hold her head up, sit up, crawl, climb, stand and walk. She’s learned how to feed herself, hold her own bottle, drink from a variety of cups, and how to use a spoon and fork.

How amazing is that?? She did have to get her chicken pox shot today, which she was NOT happy about, and she totally held it against the nurse afterward, which is a new thing. But she came home and is taking a nice nap, God bless her!