My Aunt Rocks!

Loving the Spring Weather...

We have been enjoying the weather for the past few days.  The tricycle even got taken out of the basement yesterday.  E is doing a great job making it go...however, steering is a bit of a challenge yet.  But, we know that it will come.

The first thing that she had to do was put some 'treasures' in the basket.  The beaded necklaces had to go in the basket.  Crazy girl.

She enjoyed showing off her bike riding skills to her dad when he got home.  She was very impressed with herself.

Is it ever more fun to be outside than the first warm days in the springtime???

A glimse of life...

A is 4 months and counting.  He learned this week to roll over from back to front.  Tonight he even managed to roll back on to his back when he got tired of being on his tummy.  He won't be where we leave him for much longer!!

He also is getting much more dexterity in his hands.  The activity mat is becoming more fun as he's learning that he can grab and touch the objects on it.

It is so fun to watch him learn.  Of course, his favorite thing is to watch his sister.  He sat in the Boppy for quite a while this evening mesmerized by E's fun in the kitchen sink.  She was washing her dishes from her play kitchen. 

E had her first overnight trip this weekend to G'ma and G'pa's house.  It was a huge success.  Both parties enjoyed themselves immensely...(or at least that what I was told).  E even got to go out to breakfast with G'ma and G'pa and their friends.  She brought home cheese curds from visiting the Amish dairy.

When G'ma dropped her off, she went to Statewide and stayed at the hotel on Saturday night.  She got to go to the mall AND swim in the pool.  I think that she thought that this weekend was heaven...night at G'ma & G'pa's, a mall and swimming.  Does life get any better than that for a 2.5 year old?!

A at 4 months

 

A is keeping us busy at 4 months.  He celebrated his 4 month b'day with a cold.  He's got some chest congestion going on but hopefully it will clear up quickly.  He's about 17 pounds and I moved all of his 3-6 month clothes out of his dresser today and moved in all the 6-9 month apparel.  

He's still getting up a couple times a night.  He's on a very predictable 3 hour routine...day or night.  He gets up and eats, plays and then goes back to sleep about 2 hours after he woke up.  I'd like his naps to be an hour long but usually they are more like 45 minutes. However at night, he usually goes right back to sleep after eating...thankfully!

A really started drooling and chewing this month.  I switch his bib every couple of hours because he loves to drool and chew on it.  He always has his hands in his mouth gumming away at them.  I fear that his first tooth will be here before we know it.

He's starting to be able to grip things.  He spent a long time today staring at a pen that was in his hand.  It was quite comical to watch.  He loves watching his hands and knowing that he can make them go into his mouth.