4 Month Check Up

Cole had his 4 month check up this past week and he was given the ‘fabulous’ stamp of approval. Cole is 24” long and in the 25-50% for height (say whaaa?). He weighed 11.3 lbs and is in the 3rd% for weight. Cole is laughing, rolling, reaching for things and he has discovered his feet which now makes changing his diaper considerably more challenging. Cole loves watching Case play and nothing will get him giggling faster than his brother. It’s so sweet to see them together. Cole was also given the okay to start sampling some rice cereal. This is very good news because I believe that boy is ready to eat with the family. Whenever we eat dinner Cole suddenly turns into a little shark. He bites at the air, shakes his head and refuses his paci. Overall he is just another amazing little boy that rocks my world and can bring me to tears just by thinking about how much I love him.

Is It Wrong?

Is it wrong that tonight when my 2 year old asked to be a princess I obliged in a game of dress up? This is our homage to Mrs. Roper.

Sports Fan

Cole is already a sports fan. Look at how he loves watching Cody throw the ball. Baby giggles are the greatest.

Finally

The weather finally warmed up long enough to actually go outside and play. Daddy watched Cole while Case and I had some one-on-one time at the park. Playing at the park was great but another added bonus are the conversations we have about the world on our walk. As we were walking, he pointed out various paths we could take. He talked about how the water in the road was melted snow. He knew the park was straight ahead. He also thought a large large water puddle we walked by was 'the ocean' and was very upset when a car drove through the ocean, but hey, he is two. We had a fun time running, goofing off and playing in the snow. What a great day!


I only had to rescue him once from the snow drifts.


Such a cutie.


Weeeeeeee! Tunnels and slides.

Can anyone say, I love this guy!

Just being silly.

From Susan

Yesterday was my birthday and even though my husband was away on business and my family was in Oklahoma I felt just as special as if there had been a big party in my honor because of my wonderful friends. Look what showed up at my door late last night from my bestie Susan. I'm a lucky lady to have such amazing friends!

Pretty Sure

Ummm, pretty sure this is the sweetest thing that happened to me on my Birthday! Thanks Shannon! This made the whole day special!

All Things Mardi Gras

Although Case has never been to New Oreland’s he totally embraces all things Mardi Gras.

Mothers hold your daughters close because I may have a little wild child party animal on my hands!

Look At Me!

Look at me! I am almost 4 months old and big enough for my jumper. Of course my legs don’t touch the ground and I have to use 3 phone books to even touch a solid surface, but I’m in my jumper! Yea!



Surveying the new surroundings. What in the world is this contraption?

Bad Dreams Go Away

Case has been having nightmares since he was a wee little baby and lots of times I can handle listening to him yell/cry out in the middle of the night but sometimes it’s just hard. I hate hearing him yell out, ‘no, no, no’ or ‘don’t hurt me!’ Don’t hurt me?! Who is hurting you and why are you dreaming about being hurt! And then there is of course, ‘Mommy, help me, help me!’ So far his dreams haven’t affected his desire to go to sleep at night which I am grateful for, but every night when I hear him yelling or crying I find myself saying, ‘bad dreams go away, good dreams come and stay’ over and over again (anyone else addicted to Grey’s). Bad dreams LEAVE MY BABY ALONE!



On another note, as you can see from the picture above we have been indulging in indoor picnic's since the weather has been sooooo cold. The other day we were sitting at his table and chairs enjoying a snack. Case was dunking his pretzel sticks in his water and eating them. After a while his water became cloudy yellow with pretzel remnants. Later he kindly offered me a drink of his water and I politely refused. I said, “No thank you. I don’t want any of your pretzel juice.” He promptly said, “I LOVE pretzel juice” and downed the glass. Pretzel juice……