Milestones in my own children's lives

I thought it might be fun to compare Savannah, Logan and Liam to their parents at this age.
So, I got out "my" baby books from Alysha, Danielle, Brooke and Justin (though we are waiting on grandbaby # 4 from Justin and Rebecca, due January 29th), to see what they were doing way back when........
Some headlines in the world news when Danielle was born were:
Jimmy Carter was President of the United States
The Iranian Hostages were big news
Disco was a popular dance
Larry Byrd and Darrell Dokins were some big names in NBA Basketball
Kenny Stabler, Marc Wilson, and Charlie White in Football
Pete Rose in Baseball.
Rocky II and Star Trek were big at the movies
At 9 months old, Danielle weighed 16 lbs 8 ozs and was 28" long
Danielle turned over the first time December 2, 1979 (5 months old)
Slept through the night sometime beginning in November 1979 (4 months old)
Discovered her hands at two months old, Smiled when she was a month old
Laughed out loud when she was two and 1/2 months old
Began crawling at 7 months old, sat alone at 6 months old
Begin pulling herself up to things at 6 1/2 months old! Walked at 10 1/2 months old!
Had her ears pierced when she was 10 months old.
Loved baby kittens
Had Chicken Pox when she was 8 years old.
Very Happy and good natured baby, we always say, "we had more children because Danielle was such a good baby".

Some headlines in the news when Alysha was born:
52 US hostages still held in Iran, finally released in January 1981
Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States 1980, by a landslide. Republicans
were in control of the Congress
Popular entertainers were Kenny Rogers, Neil Diamond, Barbara Mandrell
Disco was still popular and western dance and music
Jim Plunkett, Quarterback for the Oakland Raiders, goes to the Super Bowl XV
Popular TV Shows: Dallas, Eight is Enough, Chips, 20/20, PM Magazine, Knots Landing
Fads: Jeans, Boots, midi length dress, straight leg pants, big pleats
At 18 months of age, Alysha weighed 24 lbs 1/2 oz. was 30 1/2" long
Had severe Colic for the first 3 months. Sucked her thumb forever (I think it was soothing)
Had Chicken Pox when she was 7 years old and she was very sick. She missed the "Stars" dance tryouts.
Turned over the first time when she was 5 months old.
Slept through the night when she was 3 months old, after colic ended!
Smiled for the first time when she was a month old. Laughed out loud when she was 3 months old.
Discovered her hands when she was two months old.
Sat up by herself when she was 7 months old.
Begin crawling when she was 8 months old. Started walking good when she was 11 months old.
Pulled herself up in her crib when she was 9 months old.
Begin helping dress herself when she was 22 months old.
First tooth when she was 7 months old. Held spoon by herself when she was 16 months old and begin trying to feed herself.
Had her ears pierced June 5, 1981 when she was 8 months old.
Sweet, sweet baby.

Some headlines in the world when Brooke was born:
Space Shuttle Columbia was scheduled to land at White Sands Missile Range March 30, 1982. This was a first for NM. This was the 3rd Space Shuttle Mission.
Ronald Reagan was still President of the United States
Popular songs: Eye of the Tiger, Endless Love, Arthur's Theme, Hard to Say I'm Sorry
Movies: On Golden Pond, Chariot's of Fire, Absence of Malice, Rocky III, Smokey and the
Bandit II.
TV Shows: Dallas, Police Squad, Code Red, Happy Days, Love Boat, Magnum PI, Dynasty, Too Close for Comfort, Dukes of Hazard, Knots Landing, The Fall Guy.
Dresses began to be shorter, most were still worn below the knee, demin skirts were popular, hair was worn, short, long, curly, straight. Perms were popular.
Weighed about 20 lbs 1 oz when she was a year old and was 28 1/2" long.
Had Chicken Pox May 2, 1988 (6 years old)
Brooke did not like being undressed when she was a baby, so everytime they would undress her at the Doctor's office, she would wet all over the examining table. Brooke has always been very modest!
Smiled for the first time when she was 7 weeks old.
Laughed out loud when she was 3 1/2 months old.
First turned over when she was 2 months old! Reached for toys when she was 3 1/2 months old.
First tooth when she was 5 1/2 months old
Stood alone and began walking when she was 11 months old. Learned how to climb stairs
when she was a year old.
First word was DaDa and was said to everyone! She would talk to anyone and if you didn't respond, she would keep talking until you said something to her!
Slept all night for the first time when she was 3 WEEKS OLD!
It's a Small World was the music on her mobile in her crib and she loved the song!
Favorite babyfood was applesauce, bananas, custard pudding and macaroni & tomato
Sucked her thumb!
She was Houdini when it came to keeping her seatbelted in her carseat, she was able to get out of it before I backed out of the driveway.
Blessed her on March 28th in Albuquerque.
Had her ears pierced when she was 2 months old. Brooke had her first haircut when she was 3 months old by Priscilla Craig, who also cut her hair for the next several years. The
awesome, WEDGE HAIRCUT.
A very happy, fun baby!

There wasn't a section for World News in this baby book...........
But, Ronald Reagan was still President of the United States!
Justin was our smallest baby at 6 lbs. 4 ozs. He weighed 12 lbs when he was 9 months old.
He was a very sick baby, but he had the best temperament, even when he was sick, he would smile at you. When he was 8 months old, we had tubes put in his ears (May 23, 1984) and he begin to thrive and grow. For the first time since he was born, he was able to drink two 8 oz bottles of formula and keep them down! The doctors were all amazed that he didn't have any hearing loss due to all the ear infections he had since he was born.
He sucked his thumb forever! It was comforting when he didn't feel good.
He held his head up for the first time when he was 3 months old
Turned over when he was 5 months old
Slept all night when he was 2 1/2 months old
Smiled when he was 6 weeks old. Laughed out loud when he was 3 months old.
Discovered his hands when he was two months old and his feet about 4 weeks later.
Sat alone when he was 8 1/2 months old
Began crawling when he was 10 months old. He was about 13-14 months old when he began walking.
Got his first tooth when he was 11 months old. Held a spoon when he was 7 months old and a cup when he was 11 months old.
He was 8 months old when he had his first haircut
Threw up all over the Relief Society President's beautiful black suit at church one Sunday.
He broke his leg in the church nursery when he was 2 years old. A table he tried to climb fell on him and broke his right leg in the upper thigh (femur) area. He loved to swing his leg with the cast on it, and try to kick his sisters.
Loves, loves, loves baseball, has always been good at it since we tricked our neighbor into believing he could catch a ball at age "2"!!! (The glove and ball had velcro on them...)
Loved to throw rocks at cars!
Had Chicken Pox when he was 4 years old.
A very easy going, happy baby.

Looking through all the baby books makes me sad, but also reminds me how fun each of you were and all your cute little antics. Time flies by, so keep your baby books current. I realized as I was looking through your baby books, that I didn't write down as much as I wish I had and didn't write more things in detail.
Soon to follow will be birthday parties.......at every age, as well as some other fun information.

WALMART, Who Knew It Could Mean So Much

Ok, so we now have a Walmart in Truth or Consequences. You might say, big deal, you might say, too bad for local businesses, you might say, I hate Walmart, you might say these things and much more, but FYI, I don't care. I see this as a beginning of big things to come, more stores, more businesses, more restaurants, more reason to survive living in Truth or Consequences. I can say all this why? Because I live here and I have strong feelings about that fact.........

I will soon have a photo of our Walmart, but for the moment it is besiged with customers and I have heard that the lines are everywhere, people are flocking to this Walmart. It is the happening place here. Some people got there at 7:00am yesterday for their Grand Opening. I missed that event......So, stay tuned, you never know what else might be coming this way....

Babies at the Zoo

Enjoy these pictures of Savannah and Logan at the Rio Grande Zoo. They took it all in.

Alysha and Danielle said it was very HOT. I read in the Albuquerque Journal today that they have a new white spotted Leopard baby cub at the Rio Grande Zoo, just recently and the curator is caring for the cub because it's mother won't take care of it. I haven't been to the Zoo in quite awhile. I always enjoy walking around and seeing all the new exhibits. I need to do that with the babies this fall.

Liam swimming

We wanted to show Liam having fun swimming every day at the pool in Alexandria, VA. We missed him when I had the other two babies. Brooke says he loves the pool and loves getting in and out of the baby pool.

Liam just turned a year old on July 20, 2008.