Sadie Grace & Ivy Joy


Summary of Sadie's milestones

AgeEvent
Birth March 3, 2005 - 9 lbs 15 oz, 22 inches
One Month Smiles deliberately
Holds head up 90 degrees and pushes chest off floor
Repeats "oh" sound
Rolls over from tummy to back
Two Months Two month check-up... 15 lbs 3 oz, 25 inches
Reaches for and grasps toys
Blows raspberries
Three Months Rolls from back to tummy
Rolls over and over across a room
Four Months 4 month check-up... 17 lbs 10 oz, 25.5 inches
Starts solid food
Five Months Sits alone
Stands holding onto furniture
Babbles
Cruises a little
Crawls
Six Months 6 month check-up... 19 lbs 6 oz 26 3/4 inches
Gets from tummy to sitting up
Pulls up
Stands unsupported
Takes first steps!
Seven Months Stands up by herself
Plays peek-a-boo
Claps hands
Starts walking
Eight Months Gets first four teeth
Retrieves specific toys on request
Gives kisses on request
Nine Months 9 month check-up... 22 lbs 13 oz, 30 inches
Ten Months
Eleven Months
Twelve Months 12 month check-up... 24 lbs, 30.25 inches
(at beginning of month) says 7 words and signs 3 words
Fifteen Months 15 month check-up... 25 lbs, 32 inches
says 12 words and signs 31 words
Sixteen Months says 18 words and signs 37 words
Seventeen Months says 32 words and signs 39 words
combines signs or a word and a sign into two word sentences
Eighteen Months no 18 month check-up, but... 26 lbs 13 oz, 32.25 inches
says 79 words and signs 43 words
says two word sentences and
combines words and signs into up to four word sentences

Detailed Timeline for Sadie

DateEvent
March 2, 2005 Due date - we'll see when she actually decides to show up!
March 3, 2005 6:00 am Labor is induced because doc thinks baby is getting really big.
March 3, 2005 11:53 pm Sadie is born! 9 lbs 15 oz, 22 inches long and just as cute as she can be!
March 6, 2005 Sadie is admitted into the NICU to complete 10 days of IV antibiotics due to a bit of fever and an elevated white blood cell count.
March 10, 2005 Sadie, Mommy and Daddy get to move into the parents room. Goodbye scrub sink!
March 14, 2005 Sadie comes home!
Week of April 3, 2005 Sadie starts smiling deliberately.
April 4, 2005 Sadie's umbilical cord stump finally falls off!
April 16, 2005 Sadie sleeps for 6 hours straight during the night.
Week of April 17, 2005 Sadie holds her head up at 90 degrees while on tummy and pushes her chest off the floor.
April 19, 2005 Sadie very distinctly repeats "oh" six times in a row.
April 20, 2005 First visit to a store.
April 21, 2005 First walk in the park.
April 30, 2005 Sadie rolls over from her tummy to her back.
May 3, 2005 Two month check-up... 15 lbs 3 oz., 25 inches long.
May 3, 2005 Sadie reaches for a toy and grasps it.
May 3, 2005 Sadie's first long car trip... to Houston. She sleeps the whole way, then almost all through the night!
May 4, 2005 Sadie starts blowing raspberries.
May 6, 2005 Paw-Paw has quadruple bypass surgery- Sadie spends entire day in hospital and behaves very well.
May 8, 2005 Mommy's first Mother's Day.
May 9, 2005 Sadie sits in Mommy's lap and reads a book.
May 9, 2005 First trip to museum.
May 17, 2005 Discovers she can splash by kicking vigorously in the bathtub.
May 23, 2005 Sadie discovers her feet. She can grab them with her hands.
May 24, 2005 Sadie uses her feet to bring an out of reach toy close enough to reach with her hands.
May 26, 2005 Sadie further explores her feet by bringing them all the way up to her mouth to chew on.
June 16, 2005 Sadie rolls over from her back to her tummy.
July 2, 2005 Rolls over and over across the room.
July 5, 2005 4 month check-up... 17 lbs 10 oz, 25.5 inches
July 6, 2005 Starts solid food - rice cereal, and she loves it!
August 5, 2005 Big day!

Tries to stand up in tub and almost topples out,
climbs out of bouncy seat,
sits up on her own,
babbles (mamama),
scoots across room on tummy,
stands holding onto crib and even moves her feet a little.

August 11, 2005 Sadie and Mommy are in a car accident. Sadie is fine (whew!), but Mommy has a bad head injury and spends nine days in the hospital.
week of August 15, 2005 Begins cruising in crib and walks holding an adult's fingers for balance. Starts crawling a little.
September 7, 2005 6 month check-up... 19 lbs 6 oz 26 3/4 inches
September 14, 2005 Gets from tummy to sitting up.
September 15, 2005 Pulls up in crib after nap.
week of September 22, 2005 Sadie begins standing unsupported for up to 10 seconds.
September 28, 2005 Sadie takes her first step!
week of October 3, 2005 Sadie begins taking a few steps between cruising spots.
week of October 10, 2005 Gets from sitting to standing on her own.
October 19, 2005 Stands up and takes a few steps to get to a toy.
October 21, 2005 When Maw-Maw is talking about Paw-Paw, Sadie crawls over to her photo album, opens it to Paw-Paw's picture and starts patting him.
week of October 17, 2005 Plays peek-a-boo herself and starts to clap hands.
October 24, 2005 Sadie takes 22 steps across a room.
November 7, 2005 Sadie no longer cruises at all- she walks everywhere!
week of November 7, 2005 Sadie gets her first tooth (bottom left central incisor).
week of November 14, 2005 Sadie gets her second tooth (top right central incisor).
week of November 14, 2005 Sadie starts giving kisses on request!
November 26, 2005 Retrieves specific toys on request.
week of November 28, 2005 Sadie gets her third and fourth teeth (bottom right central incisor and top right lateral incisor - she seems to be going out of order!).
week of December 5, 2005 Sadie starts clapping her hands when Mommy sings "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands."

Gets her fifth tooth (top left central incisor).

December 9, 2005 9 month check-up... 22 lbs 13 oz, 30 inches

Summary of Ivy's milestones

AgeEvent
Birth June 27, 2008- 8 lbs 11 oz, 21 inches
One Month Smiles deliberately
Repeats "oh" sound
Turns head side to side while on tummy
Sits upright in Bumbo
Two Months Two month check-up... 14 lbs 6 oz, 24 inches
Reaches for and grasps toys
Rolls over from tummy to back
Rolls from back to tummy
Three Months Turns around and scoots backward while on tummy
Occasionally makes "m" and "b" sounds
Four Months 4 month check-up... 18 lbs 13 oz, 26.5 inches
Sits alone
Gets up on all fours
Stands holding onto furniture
Scoots along floor
Five Months Crawls
Gets from tummy to sitting up
Pulls up to knees
Cruises a little
Six Months 6 month check-up... 21 lbs 3 oz 28 inches
Pulls up
Says dada
Seven Months Stands unsupported
Takes first steps
Eight Months Starts walking
Stands up by herself
Plays peek-a-boo
Gets first three teeth
Starts pointing
Retrieves specific toys on request
Kisses Sadie when told to tell Sadie sorry for pulling her hair!
Nine Months 9 month check-up... 22 lbs 10 oz 27.5 inches (she shrunk!)
Ten Months (at beginning of month) says 11 words and signs 1 word
Eleven Months
Twelve Months 12 month check-up... 24 lbs 29 inches
(at beginning of month) says 22 words and signs 3 words

Fifteen Months 15 month check-up... 25 lbs 31 inches
(at beginning of month) says 32 words and signs 28 words
combines signs or a word and a sign into two word sentences
Eighteen Months says ~40 words and signs ~30 words
says two word sentences
2 Years 2 year check-up (at 25 months)... 28 lbs 34.5 inches
speaks in complete sentences only occasionally using the wrong pronoun