Pictures of the Girls!

Things have been kind of crazy around the Roehl household lately. the girls are getting so big. i can't believe that Blair is almost 7 months old already. the time sure has flown by. i used to be so scared of taking the kids to the store or out on errands by myself. now i actually look forward to taking them out with me.

Nick is getting better. he is walking without crutches and has actually been doing so for about a month now. we are trying to figure out a schedule for taking the girls to daycare and picking them up. i am happy to say that nick had the girls to daycare before 8am this past Friday!! That is what i call progress.

Megan is non stop action all the time. she is talking up a storm even if we don't know what she is saying half the time. she and Scooter are playing their own game of fetch right now. lots of screaming and running is involved. we have transistioned Megan out of the highchair to a booster seat now. she really likes it.

Blair is dang near as big as Megan is now. there is about a 5lb difference and 6 inches between the two of them. it won't be too much longer till she is crawling. she is starting to like eating cereal but it is a process. she has this new trick where she blows raspberries and gets us all laughing which only makes her do it more.

Just a little update

I don't really have much to report but i will in a couple of weeks when the girls go for their 6 and 18 month well visits.

i am hoping that Megan will finally be 20lbs and we can turn her carseat around soon. her little legs are getting long and she is going to start running into problems on where to put her feet. She is walking up a storm and getting tons of teeth. we have had many interruptions during the night because of those teeth!



Blair is growing like a weed. about a month ago, she started having issues eating and was arching her back during her feedings. after this went on for about 2 weeks with no resolution, i finally made an appointment to take her to the doctor. we came to the conclusion that she was probably having some reflux issues and promptly put her on medication. she seems to be responding well to it and she is now eating up a storm.



Nick is still on crutches. we thought he was going to be able to start walking on his leg this month but the doctor told him to come back in 5 weeks and then they will re-evaluate. he has been quite the sport about things and even though he can't do a ton, he has been feeding Blair at night so i can get a decent night's sleep.

Just an update on the family

As you all have probably heard, Nick broke his left tibia in a snowmobile race and has been in a hard cast for the last 2 weeks. he has 9 more days in this cast and then he gets another one with hinges on the knee so he can bend it. he will be able to put about 10-20 pounds on his leg but he will not be able to fully put weight on it till approximately mid March.


Megan is 16 months now and obsessed with Elmo. That is all she thinks about and all she talks about. I took her to Elmo's Green Thumb with Erin and her two girls and Megan made it through the first part and intermission and then she started to get antsy and crabby so we left. She is starting to walk more and having a blast doing it. she likes to walk down the hallway screaming so she can hear her voice echo.


Blair is 4 months now and starting to explore more. she loves her swing and playing on the floor. her nightly schedule is getting better and more on the same schedule as Megan's which is nice for both of us. B (as we like to call her) is 13.5 lbs and growing like a weed. she is already in 6 month clothes!!

As for me, I am thankful to still have a job as Target announced layoffs this week.

Christmas and Blair's Baptism

It's been a while since i posted anything so i thought now was as good a time as any to do so. the house is quiet now that the girls are asleep. we had a busy week last week. i took megan to see the 8th floor at Macy's on tuesday of last week. we went with Grandma Donna, Aunt Cindi, and cousins Jordan, Stephanie, Madison and Ryan. We had a good time and then went to the Olive Garden for lunch. Wednesday was Christmas Eve at Donna's with all the Roehl family. Megan had a blast and Blair just watched and got held by everyone. I think it was more fun for me since i got to open most of the girls presents. thursday we had my sister and her family over for breakfast and present opening and that evening we went to her house for dinner. Friday we met up with everyone for Jordan's 16th birthday dinner. Saturday my cousin Ellen got married and then on Sunday we had Blair's baptism and then went to go and see Nick's grandma for the afternoon.
One of the biggest thing that happened was that Megan started to walk. She is still a bit unsteady on her feet but is starting to get more daring and taking more steps. Blair is super cute. she is 3 months old now and likes to be tickled. she has the cutest laugh. she smiles at everything and is a really happy baby. I go back to work on January 5th. i have mixed feelings about it. it will be nice to talk to grown-ups again but at the same time Blair is at that fun age and i will miss watching her learn new things.

Blair's 2 month appointment

Yesterday we took Blair to the doctor for her 2 month well visit. she weighs 11 lbs 7.2 oz (75th percentile) , her head is small (5-10th percentile) and her height is in the 60th percentile. she is doing all the things she should be doing at this point (cooing, drinking a lot, figuring out her hands, etc...). she has amazing head/neck control from what i have seen. we are lucky because Megan had the same trait. Blair also got a bunch of shots. not too fun but she is tough and took them like a pro. she barely cried and was easy to settle down. today she is a bit crabby and every time i try to put her to sleep in her bed, she wakes up and starts to cry. It's very frustrating but we are slowly working on transitioning her from the bassinett to her crib before i go back to work on January 5th.

9 years ago today...

We said goodbye to our mother. I remember so much of her last months with us. Mostly i remember her strength in the face of a battle she would eventually lose. She taught me how to be strong and for that I am eternally grateful to her for. The day she told me that she had liver cancer, she said that she would always be with me. I have never doubted it for a minute. She was with me on my wedding day, the day my father died and when Megan was sick in the PICU.

I am so lucky to have such wonderful guardian angels.

I miss and love you mom!!