Simone-6 months, Colin-2 years

We has their 6 month and 2 year appointments and we have some updated numbers!

Simone - 6 months:
Weight: 17 lb - 65th percentile
Height: 26 inches -40th percentile
Head Circumference: 43 centimeters - 80th percentile

Big head = big brains, right!??!? :)

Colin - 2 years
Weight: 28 lb - 61 percentile
Height: 36 inches - 71 percentile

Yep, a tall slender 2 years old!

Colin is enjoying soccer, library time, and art. He is a GREAT big brother to Simone and gives her lots of little kiss. He is talking all of the time. One the best phrases he says is "miss you so much," when either Carla or Andy leaves to work. He is slowly learning his numbers and abc's. It is great.

Simone is gaaing and gooooing. She is smiling more and more. She is rolling over and over. The amount of drool could fill Lake Michigan. When she wakes up Colin heads over to her bed and says 'Eyes open! love you! eyes open!"

Neither one is sleeping great right now and we are sooooooooo hoping this passes soon. Maybe there is reason why parents have kids when they are in their early 20's!! :) However, they are great and we are blessed to have wonderful kids.

Simone has Teeth!

All I want for Christmas are my two front teeth... my two front teeth! That is right, Simone decide to have her two bottom front teeth appear! It is a Christmas miracle!

She has been quite crabby and droolly.... so... it all makes sense. Two teeth... IN for Simone.

Simone - 2 month check up

Simone had her 2 month check up today and... all is normal. :)

Weight: 11lb 4oz - 51 percentile
Height: 22.5 inches - 53 percentile
Head size: 88 percentile

So... we are raising a lollipop... LOL! Actually all is right on schedule.

Here are Colin's 2 month numbers:
His length: in the 75 percentile. (who gave him the gene of height?)
His weigh: in the 25 percentile.
His head size: in the 25 percentile [pin head]. (got that from Andy)

She is growing, eating, sleeping, and pooping just like she should be at this age. She is good!
The one note the doctor said is that she has hit most of her 4 month activity points.... which means, she could be attempting to roll over fairly soon (and very early). Doctor said she is ahead of Colin's pace at this time... Andy's translation... she is going to be walking at 6 months (oh crap!!!). Whatever happens... happens. Heck, Andy thinks that if she is that active, that means Colin will have someone to run around with much earlier than we thought... :)

Well, that is the update. Check out the Flickr page for pictures of Simone's 1 month and Colin 18 month photo shoot. :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/anderbrand/

Simone Kathleen Hilderbrand Anderson

Born!!!! yeah!
Birthday: July 25, 2011.
Time: 1:35am










Summary over the last 10 days.

Monday, July 18
Met with our doctor and got the green light to induce on Thursday, July 21. We got all of our plans ready and bags packed. I informed the office that we were going to be induced. Carla told her voice studio as well.

Tuesday, July 19
Bags are packed. Everything is in order. We are ready!

Wednesday, July 20
We are ready! We got to bed early and were ready for an early wake up.

Thursday, July 21
We are off to the hospital at 7:30am, for our appointment at 8am to be admitted and induced. We show up and the nurse said.... did we call you? We said no and it was suggested to come back in an hour to see how the day would be organized. We headed down to the cafeteria to grab a bite and then back up to the nurse at 9am. She said well, we will give you a call and bring you in. We headed home to wait... and wait... and wait... and wait.... and wait... We called at 2pm to see if there was a bed and the nurse said, no beds. We called back at 4:30 and received the same answer... no beds and the chances are small that there will be bed. At 9:30pm we got a call from our dr and said, we probably won't be admitted until Sunday. Our Dr said that every bed was full and that she probably would be doing 4 c-sections that evening as well. So... they were slammed at the hospital. So, we waited for a call on Friday, but with the understanding that the chances were very small that we would be admitted. Friday evening came and... no call. We were not admitted.

Sunday, July 24
Carla is off to the Ballard farmers market with Colin, Ali, River, and Hazel. At 10am, we got a call saying we have a bed, be at the hospital in an hour! So, Carla arrived home and off to the hospital we go! We got our room, nurse and the induction starts.

Monday, July 25
1:35am: Simone Kathleen Hilderbrand Anderson Born!
She took a fairly big gulp of amniotic fluid so the nurses started the suction. She was breathing and there was a heartbeat, but no loud "cry." So, the continued to monitor her, and all was fine.
The vital statistics:
Weight: 7 lb 14 oz
Length: 18.5 inches


Big Brother, Colin arrived to welcome him to the family and as you can see... he was HAPPY!














Tuesday, July 26
We were packed up and ready to go and then the call from the pediatrician came saying that her jaundice numbers were a little high, so they were going to wait a few hours and test again. Around 11:30am, the second blood draw happened and we waited for the results. The results came back and her numbers were still high, but they were not high enough to be admitted for photo therapy, so they order another blood draw. At 2:30pm, a third blood draw for Ms. Simone and we waited. The results came back around 4:30pm and the numbers were high, however, not high enough to be admitted, so we were discharged!!!! We headed home with Simone! Prior to leaving, we had to set up an appointment with the pediatrican for another blood draw for July 27.

Wednesday, July 27:
We headed off to Dr office for our three day check and.... the fourth blood draw. Everything was fine with her numbers except for her jaundice numbers, however, not high enough to be admitted. The Dr. wanted us to come back at 3:30 for another blood draw. Blood draw number 5... complete. The results came back and the numbers when up a little bit, but... not enough to be admitted. We needed to come back on the 28th for a sixth blood draw.

Thursday, July 28
We arrived at 3pm for her sixth blood draw... the results came back at 6pm... her number was lower! We made it! Her jaundice has peaked. The Dr. said that we should be able to make our two week appointment and all should be fine. So, here we are Thursday evening home with Simone.

18 month update and Lil' Kickers!

Colin is almost 18 months old... almost! He had his 18 month checkup today and here are his stats:
Weight: 25 lb 8 oz - 72 percentile
Height: 34.25 inches - 97 percentile

He is a tall... tall... tall... almost 18 month old! :)

He says a few words:
Mama, Dada, Yes, No, Hot, Turtle, and This....

He is climbing, throwing and kicking balls, and... overall VERY ACTIVE and BUSY!

He is a 2T in clothes and a 6 in shoes.

He loves the ZOO! especially the elephants and monkeys!

He recently started lil' kickers and enjoying is to the nth degree! According to the coach "he is the best of the group." Of course, we know he is the best. :) Here are some pictures in action!


Mom... stop taking picture of me... I have some soccer to do!

The future of Microsoft and Google

Colin decided that he needed to get back to "work" after his bath... Enjoy

Ultrasound - Feb. 25

We had our first ultrasound and... everything came back positive. It also came back...



that we....



have a....



little....



baby.....



on...



the...



way...



that....



will...



be....



of....



the...



gender....



that....



could...



look....



like....



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little....



GIRL!



Yep, the ultrasound showed that we have a little miss sunshine on the way!



Apparently, Andy needs to start getting a "gruff" exterior to scary those teenage boys away!