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title = "Wow it's time for an update!"
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slug = "2008-07-26-wow-its-time-for-an-update"
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published = 2008-07-26T13:36:00-07:00
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author = "Emil"
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tags = []
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So to say it's been a while since the Lerch family has posted to the
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blog is an understatement. In our defense though having two kids under
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the age of two (which was the case until recently) is just a bit on the
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busy side. :-)
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Kathryn is currently 2 years and 1 month old! She had a great little
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pool party to celebrate her birthday on June 28th. Her friends Zach,
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Maren, and Megan were in attendance and we all ate the cake I made. This
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was very low key and lots of fun!
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Kathryn weighs 28 lbs 10 oz and is 2 feet 10 inches high. This puts her
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in about the 50% for both weight and height. To quote the doctor "it's
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so average it's not even worth talking about."
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Kathryn knows \*tons\* of words now and is into parroting things folks
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say. A common stream of words heard is
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"Daddy...work...car...money...food". This means "Daddy is at work and he
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took the car. He is working to make money to buy food." She says this
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every weekday morning. Kathryn isn't speaking in full sentences yet, but
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that is likely just around the corner.
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Without a doubt her favorite thing is to go to the park. She loves to
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swing and slide down the slide. She also really likes planes - pointing
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them out as they fly overhead and saying "bye, bye plane." She also
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often speaks of the beach and the waves. She learned aboout these in
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Hawaii in June. She tells them to "come on" and wash over her. Her
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favorite toy is her baby doll. She pushes it in the stroller, feeds it
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in Jack's swing, and rocks it in the cradle. "Baby" provides lots of
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entertainment. :-) Mom and Dad love Baby.
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Probably the most fun thing about Kathryn is her big crazy laugh. She
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gets so excited about things - espeically all things with water - she
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just laughes and laughes. She turns heads with her excitement!
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As for Jack - he's gigantic!! Jack is now 7 months old. At his 6 month
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appointment he weighed 20 lbs and was 29.5" long. This puts him the 90%
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for weight and the 97% for height. He's a big boy! Jack just had a big
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weekend recently. On July 12th he got his two bottom teeth and
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officially mastered sitting up!
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Jack is a really easy going wonderful baby. He's always been a great
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sleeper - yet he still doesn't make it through the night consistenly
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like his sister did at this age. He currently goes down arouond 7:00 PM
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and wakes for a 3:30 AM feeding. When Jack does wake up...wow...you'll
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know it because he has some lungs on him! However, most of the time he
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is just a super smiley easy going baby.
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It should be noted that of course Jack has presented us with some
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challenges over the last 7 months. When he was very little he liked to
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be swaddled \*tight\* or else he would hit himself in the head with his
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left hand and wake up (queue screaming). Jack also likes to eat. He
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decided that breastfeeding was to slow for him so at 4 months, on a
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plane flight to Chicago, he threw in the towel. (Luckily I did have a
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backup bottle and formula with me as I feared this could happen.) I'm
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serious about the towel throwing...his favorite item in the world is a
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blue and white burb cloth that he snuggles with every night. Any piece
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of fabric will work for him, but the cloth is his favorite.
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So a common question I hear is how are Kathryn and Jack doing together?
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Overall I would say great. Kathryn does have her jealous moments. For
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some reason when I change Jack's diaper she can get upset. But in
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general Kathryn loves her "Jacky". Sometimes, a bit too much, as she
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also enjoys trying to give him the bottle, put the pacifier in his
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mouth, and nuzzle him. "Gentle, Kathryn" is heard a lot in the Lerch
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home.
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In general I would say March was one of the hardest months for our
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family. Jack was still very little, Emil had started a new job, my
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parents had returned to Chicago after months of much appreciated help,
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and Kathryn hit a real defiant streak. Since then things have only
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gotten better. I think we are on easy street at the moment actually as
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the kids have the same afternoon nap time (2 hours!) and now that Jack
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can sit up but can't go anywhere!
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I have returned to work after a 7 month leave. This transition has been
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made much easier due to our nanny! She is wonderful!
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There are tons of pics to check out! We consolidated our pictures at
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[http://thelerchs.shutterfly.com](http://thelerchs.shutterfly.com/)
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- [January](http://thelerchs.shutterfly.com/action/pictures?a=67b0de21b3427acd659a)
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- [February](http://thelerchs.shutterfly.com/action/pictures?a=67b0de21b3427ad36584)
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- [March](http://thelerchs.shutterfly.com/action/pictures?a=67b0de21b3427af965ae)
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(and our [professional
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pictures](http://thelerchs.shutterfly.com/action/pictures?a=67b0de21b3427aa6e4c1))
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- [April](http://thelerchs.shutterfly.com/action/pictures?a=67b0de21b341fbd1458a)
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- [May](http://thelerchs.shutterfly.com/action/pictures?a=67b0de21b341fbfec495)
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(and [more
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May](http://thelerchs.shutterfly.com/action/pictures?a=67b0de21b34780774510))
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- [June](http://thelerchs.shutterfly.com/action/pictures?a=67b0de21b3478006c451)
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- [July](http://thelerchs.shutterfly.com/action/pictures?a=67b0de21b34567abc48f)
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Also, [videos on YouTube](http://youtube.com/user/kellyemil) are up to
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date as of February. We'll be posting more videos shortly!
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