Holy smokes! This isn't rice cereal!

What in the world is this?  It's certainly not rice cereal.  It's got a flavor and it's a different color.  Hummm!  Mommy said it's sweet potatoes.  I've got to keep eating this to see if I like it.

I did it!

Ok, so mommy was yaking on the phone forever with one of her friends.  She was talking about me but I decided that I wanted her attention.  So as I was lying on my belly, I tucked my arm under my chest and kicked my leg.  Mommy stopped her conversation and was like oh my gosh!!!  I rolled over right in front of her.  If mommy wasn't talking on the phone, she might have gotten my 1st roll on camera.  If she's lucky I'll let her get a picture.   Hee-hee!  :)

Happy Easter

Me and the Easter bunny at our Community Center

Mommy's favorite photo of me

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.  I sure did.  I got to see both of my grandma's, my grandad and my great grandma.  I got to sit on the Easter Bunny's lap and hunt for easter eggs.   Mommy also made an Easter card of me and sent it out to family and friends.  Mommy will try to scan in my Easter card.       HAPPY EASTER!!!

Cranial Technologies again???

Mommy didn't like how one part of the DOC Band was rubbing my head so she took me back to Cranial Tech for them to adjust it.  It really didn't take long but when I was there, the Easter bunny was too.  So I got to sit on the Easter Bunny's lap sporting my new DOC Band.  I'm still not liking it but I'm dealing with it right now.  Besides, the more I don't like it the more mommy baby's me.  

Earlier today mommy and daddy met mommy's friend Martha for lunch.  It was fun and I like seeing all mommy's friends.  

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Today is St. Patrick's Day and mommy took photos of me to put on a photo card for immediate family.   She bought a green tie with 4 leaf clovers on it and daddy tied it for her and they put it around my neck.  I'm a big boy, I can wear a tie like Daddy.  Mommy will try to upload the photo card but if it doesn't work, she'll attach a picture to this post soon. 

So. not only did I wear green today but mommy took me to Cranial Technologies to get my helmet.  The technician put my new helmet aka DOC Band on my head and saw how I wore and adjusted to it.  Then about a 1/2 hour later she took it off to see if any of the pressure points irritated my head.  Where it did, they took the helmet and shaved down the specific areas so it wouldn't rub my head.  Once we were done, it was time to leave.  I had my new DOC Band on and I refused to sit in my car seat with it.  I cried.  So mommy took it off just for the ride home and then once we got home she put it back on.  The rules were I could take it off every 3-4 hours to check for redness on my head.  Once any redness faded, the helmet went back on.  I don't like this helmet but mommy said it will help me in the long run.  When it was time to goto bed, I refused to sleep with it on.  So mommy made a bed for us in my room and stayed with me all night.  I felt better to have her with me and I was able to fall asleep. 

My 2nd cousin Quinten

I got to see my cousin Quinten today.  Boy was it fun!  He's 2 weeks older than me and I saw him take a toy rattle from his mommy's hands.  I can't do that yet but it seemed so cool to me.

Mommy took some good photos of us.  Even some action shots.  If you look back in my December post, you will see us together.  We were mere infants then, just lying around.  Now we're really active, we sit, we stand (with help), we coo, we play with our hands.  We're big boys now and handsome too.  :)

Boy that toy looks really cool.                            

Oh, he's looking away,  maybe I can grab it!

Awl, nuts!  He's got it in his mouth.  No taking it from him now.

Giggling at Michael's

Today mommy took me to the Michael's store.  She was looking for a 11X14 white picture frame with a 8X10 light blue matte.  They didn't have either.  So my mommy asked the lady at the frame department if what was out on the shelf was what the store had in stock.  The lady said yes.  Then the lady looked at me and said, oh how cute.  Of course mommy agreed and took me out of the stroller to show me off.  Mommy stood me up on the counter and the lady started talking to me. She started getting silly and she made me giggle.  I giggled and giggled and giggled.  Mommy was laughing so hard at my giggling that tears were coming to her eyes.  Mommy's friend Mr. Jeff is the only other person so far who has made me giggle like this.  Now, mommy has to get it on tape so she can show everyone, especially daddy.  But she doesn't have to worry, I'll plan to continue to giggle like this more and more.  

 

Rice cereal, YUMMY!!!

Today mommy gave me rice cereal.  It was the weirdest thing I've ever tasted but yet I had to keep eating.  As soon as I get use to this, mommy will start with veggies.  I can't wait!

Monthly summary (month 3 -month 4)

4 months already!  I've been busy the last 4 weeks.  I smile constantly, I've started grabbing stuff (I love mommy's hair) and I'm really amused with my hands and love to stick them in my mouth.

Special thanks to everyone who came to see us this month.   We also made some road trips: This is who I got to see:

Grandma G

Grandma and Grandad

Great Gram

Aunt Christine, Uncle Rick, Tracy and Ethan

Snicker

Mr. Jeff, Mrs. Melanie

4 month doctor visit

Today I went to see Dr. O'Mara for my 4 month checkup.  Everything went really well except for those darn shots at the end.  Mommy didn't remind me about those so I was all smiles the whole time till the end then I cried and cried.  4 shots.  Are they crazy?  OUCH!!!

Mommy had a lot of questions for the doctor.  She wrote them all down so she wouldn't forget.   She asked about my Excema.  She asked the Dr if the treatments/prescriptions were looking good and still ok to take.  He said yes.  She asked about diaper rash, so the Dr is prescribing me special rash cream for sensitive skin.  She asked about food.  The doctor said it was ok to introduce solids so mommy is going to start me on rice cereal to see how that goes and then she will begin with sweet potatoes.  She talked to the doctor about me getting my helmet on the 17th and how that will effect my cradle cap.  She's really concerned about all my issues but the doctor reassured her that everything is ok.

Oh, before I forget, here are my stats:

Weight:  15.2 oz    -   55% for my age group

Length:  25 3/4 in   -  80 - 85% for my age group

Head:  40 cm   -  10% for my age group

Overall, I got a thumbs up for this visit.  I like the nurse staff, but if they poke me with shots again, I'm not going.

4 months today - a visit to Grandma's house

Today we went to grandma's house.  Poor grandma got hit by a stupid truck so her car was all messed up in the front.  Mommy took pictures of her car and grandma has to take it to the auto body repair shop to fix it.  How annoying because all grandma was doing was sitting at a red light and the car in front of her decided to back up and change lanes.  He never looked to see if there was a car behind him before he put his car in reverse.  She couldn't go anywhere.  Poor grandma!

HI Mr. Jeff and Mrs. Melanie!

Today mommy's good friends Mrs. Melanie and Mr. Jeff from Arizona came to visit mommy and I. This is the first time they met me.  They saw a few pictures of me but I'm way cutier in person. I had a lot of fun and I tried to smile the whole time but I did get a little fussy.   I can't help it, I'm a baby.  

Mrs. Melanie said they were coming back for another visit in 6 months.  I hope we can see them again because I will be such a big boy when they see me again.

It's SNOWING!!!

Mommy, Daddy and I are still in Pennsylvania and it's SNOWING!!!   I didn't think I would really see snow this year but I did.  It's cold and big flakes were falling all over my face.  I had so much fun and mommy took lots of pictures.  Mommy, daddy, grandma, and my cousins Tracy and Ethan went sledding down a hill.  I didn't, I'm still to small but I had fun sitting on the sled with Tracy while mommy took a photo of us.    Take a look at all the photos.  Look, here's one of me and dad and there's one of me eating the snow.  It tastes weird but it's YUMMY!