Four and a half months

Mommy and Daddy can't believe how fast I am growing!  I am eating rice cereal with pureed fruit once a day now, and drinking Mommy's milk the rest of the time.  I have discovered my shrill voice and love to scream, just to hear myself!  Mommy and Daddy think I might be the next Pavarotti.  I have also started teething.  I've had a rough last few days... my gums are really bothering me!  Mommy has been giving me Infant Tylenol in yummy grape flavor twice a day, and Sophie the Giraffe (my teether toy)  is currently my best friend.  Mommy started teaching her class at the community college last week.  She is teaching private lessons on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings for two hours at Kennelly Keys Music, a K-4 general music class for an hour on Thursday mornings, and the class at Shoreline Community College on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for an hour and a half.  I have started to get kind of upset when she is leaving... whenever Grandma Libby comes over to babysit, I know Mommy is getting ready to leave, and start to sniffle.  But, the good news is that Mommy always comes back!  Now that I am eating foods, I thought I would give you my critique of the different pureed fruits that I have tried:

PEACHES: Please see pictures in earlier blog... yuck!

BANANAS: Yum, yum, yum!!

APPLESAUCE: The jury is still out on this one... I can't help but make funny faces while I eat this one, but I'm starting to get used to the taste.

PRUNES: I LOVE these, but they sure do make a mess... on my face AND in my diaper!

Next up will be pears.  Yes, even though they are the one food Mommy hates, she is willing to let me try them!

My new 6 month size pajamas!

Grandma Chris' parents, Jeanne and Dean

Me and my cousins: Nicolas, Mercedes, Makaylla and Andre

Playing with Daddy

I love to chew on my toes!

Peaches

I had my 4 month check-up with Dr. Bennett yesterday.  I weighed in at a whopping 15 pounds!  Dr. Bennett said I was right on track developmentally.  I got my shots, which was not fun for me OR for Mommy.  I've had a little bit of a fever today, and have been sleeping almost all day long.  Mommy gave me some Tylenol, which seemed to help.  Dr. Bennett encouraged Mommy and Daddy to mix some fruit with my rice cereal because it would make it taste sweeter, and she thought I would like it better.  So, last night we tried peaches.  YUCK!!!  I did NOT like the taste at all!  Mommy plans to continue nursing me for several more months, but I will start getting cereal once a day right before bed.  I am also going to start taking a liquid multi-vitamin so that I get extra vitamin D.  That doesn't taste very good either!!

Eww... that didn't taste right.

Oh man!  That tasted terrible!

Yucky, yucky, yucky!

4 Months old!

Mommy and Daddy can't believe I'm already four months old!  I go in for my 4 month well baby check-up with Dr. Bennett tomorrow morning, and will be getting my next round of vaccinations.  Mommy and I are not looking forward to the shots.  I am learning how to do many new things.  My latest accomplishments include figuring out how to pull my socks off, and rolling onto my side to play with my feet.  I tried rice cereal for the first time last night, but didn't really like the taste.  I like Mommy's milk much better!  Mommy and Daddy had been told that once I had some cereal in my tummy, I would probably sleep better at night.  They were super excited when I ate my cereal, nursed, and promptly fell asleep at 8:30pm.  They rushed to get ready for bed, and had just crawled under the covers around 9pm when I woke up wailing.  I was SO upset that Mommy and I had to cuddle for awhile until I fell asleep around 10:30.  I woke up hungry at 2:15am, 3:45am, 5am, 7am, and 8am before finally deciding to get up for good around 9:45!  So, Mommy is not feeling too confident that cereal is going to be the magic thing that makes me sleep through the night!  She IS hoping that I'll start deciding to go to bed a little earlier than midnight, and getting up a little earlier than noon!

Surprise!  I pulled my sock off!

Working on sock number 2!

Sophie the Giraffe, best teething toy on the planet.

What is that thing you are trying to put in my mouth?

Hey, this doesn't taste right!!

Happy New Year!

New Years Eve
Originally uploaded by serichard

Grandma Libby came over for New Year's Eve, and we partied until midnight! Daddy made yummy appetizers and pan fried oysters. I slept on and off throughout the festivities, but made sure to wake up ten minutes before midnight! Happy New Year everyone!