Depintor Family

Depintor Family

Friday, January 27, 2012

Ceci's 2 month check up!

Here in Brazil the do things a little different when it comes to babies and their immunizations. Babies go to a clinic to get the immunizations, not to the doctor. This makes going to the doctor for the check-ups such a pleasurable experience. If every time we went to her doctor she got shots, I would never want to take her to the doctor, but because we get her shots at the clinics, I love going to see her doctor and getting all of my questions answered!

So last week we took her to the clinic to get her shots. It was the government clinic so I was expecting a long wait and a lot of paper work to fill out... Well this is not the US! We didnt have to wait 2 minutes before the nurses were prepping her shots, and I think Leto just had to sign a paper or 2. Ceci had two oral immunizations that she took with no complaints... probably because they were sweet. Then she had 2 shots, one in each leg. I didnt want to look at all but I forced myself, to comfort Ceci, but I am sure the look on my face was no comfort. She had the look of "OH what is this!" Then the scream came and the crying. She cried hysterically for about 1 minute, but it felt like an eternity to me. Then she cried while they readied the second shot. She did the exact same thing for the second shot. When she calmed down I got out the only thing that really calms her all the way down, my boob. We stayed in the room for a little then headed to Leto''s parents house, which was down the street. She did great, and took a nap, but then she woke up screaming and even my boob woulnt help. This went on for about 3 hours, her falling asleep and waking up screaming. Super heart breaking! We texted our doc and she said we could give her baby tylenol so we headed home and picked some up. That helped A LOT! The next day she had a little temperature which scared me a little, but more baby tylenol helped. She was back to her normal self later that day.

Today we had her doctor check up, and what we already know was confirmed! Our baby is HUGE!!!! On Dec 21st, our last check up, she weighed 4.155 kilos which is about 9.1 lbs. Today she weighed 6.1 kilos which is about 13.5 lbs. She gained 2 kilos/ 4.5lbs in a little over a month! On Dec 21st she was 55.5 cm long which is 21.85 inches. Today she measured 60cm or 23.6 inches! Our baby is almost 2 feet long! Our doctor said that they want babies to grow 15cm by the time they are 6 months old...Ceci has already grown 11! She is in the 90-95th percentile for weight and length! We knew she was big compared to our friends' babies, but we didnt know she was THAT big! We have already put away her 0-3 months clothes, and fits pretty snugly in her 3-6 month clothes! There must be something in my milk, or our baby is on her way to being a giant! Or supermodel, or volleyball player. (But if daddy has his way she will be a pro tennis player!!)

Ceci is smiling all the time now and I swear I heard her laugh... but she was asleep at the time so we are not going to count that ;-) She can kinda roll to her side if she has motivation, like the TV or her hand that she wants to suck on. She tries to fit her whole hand in her mouth, but her Depintor huge hands just wont fit! She is now sleeping up to 4 and a half hours most nights! We are loving every minute of our little girl!

Right before the shots!!!

Happy Baby!!!
Bath time!
Ceci is huge!!!! Manuela, her 2nd couson is 7 months old and Ceci is 2 months!

Lots of Love!
Kathy, Leto and Ceci!

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Ceci is 2 months!

It is hard to believe that only 2 months ago Ceci was born! It seems like we have had her forever! Everyone says that time flies when you have a baby, but these last 2 months have seemed like a lifetime... a very good lifetime!
Here are some things that Ceci loves:
She loves to eat! As you can see from her recent pictures she is quite the chubster! I have also learned about 100 new words in Portuguese all meaning chubby, from friends and family commenting on her size! I am so happy that she is so big. I remember 2 months ago she was so small, and all I wanted was for her to get bigger! Well, I got my wish!
She loves to watch TV! Already! We lay her on our couch and she twists her head so she can watch the TV. She likes to watch Friends and Ellen, but she will watch anything!
She loves to smile! When she wakes up in the morning after I have fed her and changed her diaper she will look at me and smile and make the cutest baby noises! She smiles a lot and it just makes my day with her so much brighter!
She loves to be held by daddy! (when he is not super hot) She hangs her head over his arm, which looks super uncomfortable to me, but she loves it!
She loves to sleep at NIGHT!!!! Thank the lord! We give her a bath at about 9 or 930 and daddy gives her a bottle of my breast milk. Sometimes she falls asleep with daddy but a lot of the time i need to step in and offer my boob and then she goes to sleep. She usually falls asleep around 1045-1130 and sleeps an average of 3 and a half hours. There was one night she slept 4 and a half hours but of course that was the night I went to sleep super late, so i didnt get to enjoy her long sleep. She wakes up at 3am and then again at about 6 am, and then i try to make her sleep more but we just get hour sleeps in until about 1030. She takes a few power naps during the day, but these are getting shorter and shorter.
She loves her glow worm! I can hold it in front of her and it will calm her down, and she can stare at it for a good 20 minutes! Thanks Aunt Brenda!!!
She loves to hold her head up! When I put her on my chest to burp her she refuses to put her head down! We have to be careful because she is still working on controlling it and sometimes she swings her head around and hits my face or chest.
She loves to look at herself and mommy in the mirror. I dont think she recognizes herself but when she sees me she lights up!

Here are couple things she doesnt love...
She doesnt love being strapped into her carseat... which is unfortunate if we want to go anywhere! She is getting better though and I think she will grow out of this... I hope!
She doesnt love the pacifier. This is unfortunate too because she is using my nipple as a pacifier! There is an "all natural" gel or something that people put on the pacifier to get them to take it... But I dont know if that is for us. I dont know what is worse... a baby who wont take a pacifier or a 5 year old who wont give it up...

Tomorrow we will go get her 2 month shots... i am not excited about this... I hope she does ok!

Here are a couple recent pics!

Her last bath in her hammock! She grew out of that fast! Look at those rolls, and that buda belly!

Our angel sleeping!
Ceci watching TV!
Leto thinks she looks like the baby dinosaur from the old TV show! Not the mamma!

Leto calls this her "falling" pose. When she is asleep and we move her she does this. You can really see how big she is!

Lots of Love,
Kathy, Leto and Ceci!

Monday, January 9, 2012

What a month!

Wow I havent written for almost a month! What a crazy month it has been!

My father arrived in Brazil December 14th. He stay with us in our apartment, so there were 4 adults and one baby staying in a tiny-tiny apartment. Leto slept on a mattress on the floor while I slept on the couch! On December 17th Brenda arrived with her family. It was so amazing to see them, and hard to believe that Roland, Patrick and Bridget were actually in Sao Paulo!
I celebrated my 30th birthday On December 18th. I got the best birthday present ever, all of my family here to celebrate with me! We had a party for me and for Ceci (it was her one month birthday!) at Leto's parents house. It was an awesome party, which i spent most of breastfeeding!
We celebrated Christmas Eve with Leto's extended family and open our presents at midnight, which is the tradition here in Brazil. Ceci slept through the festivities but I made her wake up to put her in her "My First Christmas" outfit and take a picture. She was not happy at all! Christmas morning we had a nice brunch prepared by Leto and I! We spent New Years Eve at Leto's parents as well. There were lots of fireworks but Ceci slept through most of it! On January 4th my family went back to California. It was so nice to have them here and we did a lot of fun things (see pics below). The night of January 4th was the first night Leto and I were alone with Ceci! It was wonderfully peaceful! Now we are "back to normal." Ceci is doing great. She is so big and has the cutest chubby cheeks. We are still waiting to see what color her eyes will be, but she sure looks like her daddy! Good thing he is a cutie! At her last doctors appointment (Dec 21) She weighed 9 pounds... so she gained 2 pounds since she was born. I am sure she has gained a lot more! She is sleeping slightly longer at night, but i am still exhausted! I cant wait for the day when she sleeps more than 4 hours!!!!
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!
Here are some pictures of our adventures over the last month! (they are our of order and i am too lazy to put them back in order!

Patrick and Bridget love their new cousin!
Happy New Year!!!
Our first "date" away from Ceci! We all did great!
Ceci's first Christmas outfit! Grandma had to make it into a tank top... long sleeves in Brazil in Dec dont match!
Ceci and Leto's mom! She is great with Ceci!
Christmas Eve Photo where i woke Ceci up and she screamed and screamed! Lesson learned! Dont wake up a sleeping baby then then try to put them into long sleeves!
Out friend Sergio's beautiful pool! Ceci slept the whole time! No pool for her just yet...
Christmas Eve dinner and blessing!
Decorating Christmas Cookies! Aunt Brenda made Ceci her own cookie!
Decorating Christmas cookies!
We went to the beach! Great family pic of Bren and her family!
Santa Junior and sleeping Ceci!
My nephews and niece! Love them to pieces!

Singing "Happy Birthday" to me! 30! Yikes!!
Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Chuck!Ceci goes to the beach!
Ceci's first time putting her feet in the ocean!

Go to my facebook page to see all the pictures from December!

Lots of Love!,
Kathy, Leto and Ceci!