Monday, July 28, 2008

4 Months Old and the 4 Month Check-up

Yesterday, Edward turned 4 months old. It is so hard to believe just how fast they really do grow up. In the last month or so, Edward has:

  • rolled over from stomach to back
  • can hold his head up
  • discovered his hands (he prefers chewing on his hands)
  • learned to blow bubbles
  • smiles at those close to him (he's quite the flirt!)
  • loves to sit and stand
  • laughs
  • talks rather frequently

Today, we had Edward's 4 month check-up. I have been dreading this day since his 2 month check-up. To this day, I hate shots. What's odd is that Thomas had to administer quite a few shots to me just to help us get pregnant. You would think I would be so over it. I still had to look away as they poked my baby boy twice in one thigh and once in the other. I survived it and so did he. By the time we got in the car, he was out cold.

Edward is really growing. He weighed a little over 15 pounds (he was 13 lbs. at 2 months) and 26 inches long. Our pediatrician also said that we could go on and start on the Stage 1 foods, but to treat it as "play food" meaning we only feed it to him once a day or ever other day. At our 2 month appointment, he said that we could slowly start introducing rice cereal. Edward has not liked the cereal so much. Today, we tried the rice cereal mixed with some apple juice and we also tried out some carrots. Here are a few pics:

Prior to his new eating experience

After eating rice cereal mixed with apple juice


I could hardly get the spoon in his mouth before he was shoving his hands in there. Very frustrating!!!

After eating carrots

Saturday, July 26, 2008

I think I've lost my mind!

Thursday, a friend and her two kids and my brood headed to B'ham for a two day shopping trip. We stayed at Lauren's mom's house in Trussville. As we were closing in on B'ham Thursday morning, I suddenly realized that I had not brought Edward anything to wear the next day. As we were packing the car, I had a cute little bubble with sailboats smocked across the front. I hung it in the garage as I ran in the house. Since I have become a mom, my brain has quit working and apparently I locked up the house and never looked back (towards his Friday outfit)!!! I was NOT going to let my precious baby where his pajamas all day. We got up Friday morning and went to a cute little children's shop in Trussville called Whoopsie Daisy. They were having a sale on all of their summer clothes. Of course I could not find anything in his size on sale so I was forced to buy him something in a size 12 month. Here is a picture of him in his 12 month shortall!!





3 Month Pictures

I had Edward's 3-month pictures taken not too long ago by DiAnna Paulk (who taught me Elementary French at TPS). Here are a few. I'll post more once I get my hands on them!








Saturday, July 19, 2008

Ride 'Em Cowboy






Lazy Days






Edward loves being outdoors. Thursday I laid out a blanket and let him enjoy the great outdoors. Here are a few pictures of him.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Edward and the Exersaucer

A couple of weeks ago we bought Edward an Exersaucer. He's really too small for it right now, but we've enjoyed watching him explore it. Here are a few pictures of him figuring it out while watching Wimbeldon!





Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Belly Laughs

Here's a short video of Edward laughing hard for the second time. The picture quality isn't great, but you can hear him just fine.