Allison is 2 months old!!!

Today is Allison's 2 Month BIRTHDAY!!!! We spent most of the day taking naps, then headed to the doctor for her 2 month checkup this afternoon. Doctor says she looks great. She is 12 lbs and 4 oz, and measures 23 1/2 inches. My lil caterpillar toy that I measured her with a few weeks ago, but be a little off, but hey I was close!!! The do this percentile thingy with where they rank against other babies. So for weight she is at 85%, height is 88% and her head circumference was 40 inches so she is at 80% for that. SO she is just growing and growing. We are anxiously awaiting to see how big she will be at 4 months!!! She also got 3 shots and her first dose of the rotavirus vaccine. She took the rotavirus well, it's given orally. As for the shots...it took like a second or two for her to realize that the shots hurt, but as soon as they were done and she was in mommy's arms she was fine. I just hope she doesn't have any allergic reactions to any of the vaccines.

Anyway, so I've kind of been watching "The Biggest Loser" on tv....mostly the last few episodes, tonight is the finale....and it's really....pushed me to try to lose some weight....the healthy way. They say that since I'm breastfeeding it's not good to go on a diet....but I won't be doing a diet....I'll just be exercising more and eating healthy foods, instead of fast food and frozen dinners....chuck and I lived off of those during my pregnancy, b/c they were easy and fast to fix. Plus I've kind of noticed that I'm getting drained from my vitamins, since they are pulled into my breastmilk for Allison. So I really need to get it in gear!!

So maybe that'll be my new years resolution??? B/c right now it's not time to really start to eat healthy....especially with all the Christmas cookies around!!! So we are really excited to come home for Christmas, like my previous blogs read!! I made a special trip back to Iowa last weekend, to see a good friend of mine who now lives in San Diego, CA. SO I stayed at mom and dad's in Akron for 4 days. So we, (Allison and I, chuck had to work) got to see Mom, Dad, Katie, and JOn & Heidi. Also we were able to see Nana & Gramps(chuck's grandma & Grandpa) and Bonnie (chuck's mom) So that's great!!!

So next week we head to Iowa...again. I really can't believe that Christmas is only 12 days away!!! We head home to Iowa on the 21st, to Fonda to Grandma Bonnie's. We have Christmas with her family on the 23rd and then on the 24th we have Christmas with her and Chuck's brother and his girlfriend. Then that night we head to Newell, IA to Grandma Whites for Dinner, Church, and a gift exchange. Then from there we will drive to Akron to mom and dad's house. It'll be a late night!!! We'll have Xmas with my family then, and the day after Xmas we will go to Chuck's grandparents and step grandparents in Sioux City. Chuck will head home sometime around the 28th or the 29th. He'll leave Allison and I in Akron, b/c the Heisterkamp Xmas (the extended family) is on the 30th at my parents home. Then my brother and his wife leave on January 2nd to Panama City, Panama from Sioux Falls, SD. They will be living there for possibly a few years doing Mission work. So we will be staying to help "send them off" Then I'll make my way back to Raymore!!! So it's lots of traveling for this family....especially since it's all driving!!!

Anyway, I hope this finds everyone anxiously awaiting the Birthday of Jesus!!!! Such a wonderful time of year!!! I just wish people could be this "nice" and "generous" year round, the world would be such a better place!! Have a great rest of the week!!!