We’re very happy to welcome Zachary Kulick Schwartz to the family!
Zac was born at 2:01pm on July 26, 2012. He weighed in at 8 lb 7 oz and measured 20.5 inches long.
phew, great work Mama and Zachary!
The Kicker has landed!
20 minutes old
already knows how to nurse like a champ!…
and how to ham it up for the camera
meeting Gammy for the first time
10 fingers and 10 toes
on the way to meet Zac
meeting of the brothers!
swaddled and resting at last
first morning
big brother
Rachel has been pounding down protein (in the sausage format) like she’s carbo-loading for an upcoming marathon.
Milo (the fair weather carnivore) is quite happy to go along for the ride.
So what’s a vegetarian to do?
Sit back, hope for a like-minded 2nd child, and mix another Dark ‘n Stormy.
We’re all anxiously awaiting the arrival of baby #2, aka The Kicker, due July 25th. Could be a boy, could be a girl – theories anyone?? He/she is definitely starting off life under-documented, so I’ll try to make up for a little lost time in this post!
Rachel (and her belly) with Amy, Anna (and her belly), Milo, Julian, and Sylvie
Video of the heartbeat on June 20, 2012 – apparently a lower heartbeat (120-ish) can suggest a boy and a higher heartbeat (160 bpm) can suggest a girl. This heartbeat was 144 bpm suggesting that this child will be a…tease.
Check out the alien in Rachel’s belly (appears at the very end of the video)
Images from the 18 week ultrasound back in February:
Milo and his Mamma
And some long long overdue belly shots – this kiddo is officially dubbed “The Kicker” … seems we’ve got a lively one!!!
May Belly
April Belly
Milo had his 1st dentist visit last week and got his teeth cleaned. Everything looked good – healthy teeth, good spacing…
Things were going well when part way into the cleaning Milo starts making this strange and somewhat guttural sound. The hygienist, slightly alarmed, stopped what she was doing and asked him if everything was alright and if something hurt.
Milo replied, “I’m just pretending to be a scorpion.”
And so I ask you, faithful audience, what animal or creature do you pretend to be when you get your teeth cleaned?
Um, so I thought I would commemorate the 4-month anniversary of our arrival in Napa for the holidays last December with this much belated blog post. I have a whole slew of belated blog posts in the works so apologies in advance for the onslaught. Warning – these may involve mass dumpage of photos rather than witty recaps of funny Milo quotes or reflections of memories of my great grandma.
We had a fab time on the left coast hosted in large part by the Mosher clan in their sweet new home – thanks Moshers!
Milo, Sam + Patch attempting to carjack a firetruck
baking x-mas cookies with Granny
Sam in a tree
pre-chess match posturing and grunting
Christmas Eve dinner preparations
Atti guarding the food
Mustache guarding the couch
zombie sighting
storytime
watching The Grinch
x-mas morning
4 bewildered looking adults
need…coffee…now…
jess and marce
archery lesson
man contemplating firewood
people watching waves
We were singing one of our favorite bedtime songs tonight and Milo asked me what the word “avoid” means (it comes up quite a bit in the lyrics “…sometimes I think, that you’re avoiding me…”.
We talked about it for a bit and then Milo asked a follow up question.
“Can babies climb trees?”
Not sure where this was going, I said, “no probably not”.
To which Milo replied, “well I can climb trees, so if I want to avoid the baby, I’ll just climb a tree!”
G wins!
