Four Months Old!

Today Noah turned 4 months old. He also had his 4-month well child check today too! Poor baby had to "celebrate" by getting 2 more shots and an oral "vaccine." He's gonna hate going to the doctor if we're not careful, but for now, he LOVES him! (whew!) Jen didn't have to wait in the waiting room this time since he did so great with his shots. Such a trooper! Anyways.... the good news is, he can now start having some rice cereal introduced into his diet! Yay! We started that tonight. Quite the experience. ;) It wasn't totally what we were hoping for (WE were probably more excited about it than HE was), but like the doctor said, it might take him awhile to get used to it. He can have it one feeding per day for one week. If he likes it and gets the hang of eating from a spoon, we can go to twice a day in a week or two! He weighs 14 lbs 12.5 oz, he is 24 inches long now, and the doctor gave him another clean bill of health. We sure have been blessed with such a happy, healthy, and one good sleeper of a baby!!!! =) Hopefully his baby brother or sister will be like that too.... but we don't EVEN want to go THERE right now.... ;)

His "war wounds" from today. :(

I'm TOO big......

..... to sit in my bouncy chair...... I'll be trying to climb out every chance I get, thank you....



..... for my binky..... I'd rather talk and laugh......



..... for some of my clothes (again!)......



..... to lounge around on my back like a "baby"......

..... to sleep swaddled..... well.... only sometimes...... ;)


..... to just sit around and watch, I like to be up with the big people (and hang out in the Bjorn).....


..... to lay on the floor and play..... I like to sit up and play......


..... to sleep on my back now that I know I can roll over......

He thinks he's a big boy now, and boy does he EVER let us know it sometimes!!!! =) Can't believe he's almost 4 months old already!!!! He's getting more and more mobile too - can't keep him out of our sight for even a second anymore!!!! =)

Houdini

This is one of our MANY nicknames for our little man........ why, you ask?

Well you see....... we swaddle him up nice and tight for all naps and at bedtime every night.........

..........yet somehow he manages to get his little feet out.........

..........and one or both hands..........

Our dilemma: we'd like to be able to NOT have to swaddle him to get him to go to sleep anymore, but that's the ONLY way we can get him to calm down at night (and for naps) and go to sleep (and stay asleep), as well as to keep him from getting his hands in his face and waking himself up constantly (AND pulling binky out of his mouth on accident). Are we going to have to swaddle him until he's in high school, or will he eventually outgrow this? Better yet, is there a trick to get your child to keep his hands out of his face while sleeping and calm down enough to go to sleep on his own to begin with? Anyone who's had this issue and has had success getting swaddle-free, we'd love to hear from you! Jen tried going swaddle-free (yet again!) during nap time today and it did NOT work out so well (yet again!)......

Three Months Old!

Our baby is 3 months old today. Where DOES the time go?

This past weekend we made the trek down to Albuquerque to have Noah meet his "New Mexico Family." It was fun to share his first Easter with them! Once again, he did fabulously in the car on the trip down there (his second road trip), and was an absolute angel the whole trip. He enjoyed being passed around and getting lots of love and attention. A few more months and they'll be welcoming a baby of their own into their family, so this was the most perfect way to give them a taste of what life will be like for them pretty soon here. ;)

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!

Noah meets the Easter Bunny at the mall!

Here comes Peter Cottontail.....

Noah & his first Easter Basket



Easter Sunday!

(Erynn also posted some pictures and blogged about our weekend if you are interested..... visit her website here, or click on "Erynn O'Brien" under our "Friends and Family" link.

A Week of "Firsts"

This past week has been both good AND bad......

The Good:
* We took some "real" family pictures. Our first "real" ones, and they turned out great! (see below)
* We took Noah to his first wedding reception. He had a great time being passed around by our friends and getting snuggled and loved on. Everyone said he was "so adorable!" How could they not think that? ;)
* Not so much "good" as it was "fun," but Jen started back to work this week. Of course her first day back had to be when Noah first started getting sick. Needless to say, it sure made for a loooooooooooooong day at work for her.
* Noah laughed out loud for the first time this week. A few times actually. Can't wait for him to do it ALL the time! =)

The Bad:
* Noah had his first stomach bug this week. Have NO idea where he could have possibly gotten it, but it's definitely scary and heartbreaking to watch your baby throw up and be sick.
* Noah also had his first cold virus this week too. He sounded SO pitiful when he would cry because he was so hoarse. :(
* Not so much "bad" as it is "sad," but Noah outgrew his "N" (newborn) diapers and advanced up to his first pair of "1's." He even has outgrown a few more outfits. He's growing up WAY too fast....

Noah-licious

We're SO glad we got a new camera this past Christmas. We probably use it several times every day. Can you guess what we take most of our pictures of? ;)

LOVES his bath time with Daddy!

Out for a walk..... he generally sleeps. ;)
Mommy's boys (bath buddies).

Gorgeous boy.
The next E-Trade baby. Milk-a-what? =)
Silly Mommy having fun with a shower cap. =)
Napping on a Saturday afternoon.
Daddy and Noah.
Priceless. =)
He LOVES his Aunt Becca! =)
All bundled up and ready to run errands!

Two Months Old!

It seems like just yesterday we blogged about Noah being one month old. Now he's TWO months old! Seriously? We've been parents for two months now?

Noah's just growing up SO fast and getting bigger and bigger right before our eyes! He is holding his head up for longer periods of time, standing up for longer periods of time, "talking" more and more, smiling all the time, trying SO hard to roll over, and gaining weight like crazy. He's even outgrown some of his newborn clothes already.

His nightly routine is still working amazingly well for both him AND us. The days and nights have been MUCH more pleasant. ;) Now we are working on a nap routine since he fights sleep during the day like you wouldn't believe! Yesterday it worked like a charm. Today Jen and Noah had plans during "nap time," so they'll try again tomorrow. ;)

Here's some recent pictures. =)