Andrew's 4 Month Well Check

I took Andrew in for his 4 month check up yesterday. Here are his stats:

weight: 13lbs 8oz - 15%

height: 25'' - 45%

I was so excited that he MORE than doubled his birth weight in 4 months (even though he is still in that 15%). Everyone has been telling me that he is starting to really thicken up :) The doctor said that even though he is small, he sure is strong. And he really has been starting to show off his strength this past week or so. And some of you know that I've been worried about his head being flat but the doctor said that it was probably worse in my head because I really study it. It does have some flatness to it, but we are going to keep working on positioning him just so when he sleeps to keep him off of that side. So in a month or so we will reevaluate it and decide from there if we want to go see a specialist. I'm just glad that it is purely a cosmetic issue and nothing more serious. So hopefully over the next few weeks it will get a little bit better.

But overall the appointment went very well. Andrew was precious as ever showing off his wide smile to everyone :) He got 3 shots and an oral vaccine. I'm so glad that Joe was able to sit with Izzie in the waiting room so that she wouldn't have to witness the shots. He obviously screamed his head off once he got stuck and I know she would have freaked out! We don't need her associating the doctor with shots every time!

Isabella's First Hair Cut

Yes, you read that correctly. Isabella just had her first hair cut EVER! My sister, Lisa, called to tell me that she was taking her boys for a hair cut if I wanted Izzie to come and watch. I've been wanting to cut her hair for a while now, but held off because I wasn't sure how she would take it. But I thought I'd take a "before" picture just in case. So here she is...

See how it kinda goes to a point at the bottom?

The whole time the boys were getting their hair done, Izzie kept asking me when it was her turn! It was a good thing that I had brought my camera just in case. She got to sit in a Lighting McQueen car and watch a movie. The lady that cut her hair was very patient and sweet to her :)

Just evening out the bottom a bit and keeping the length. Nothing too drastic!

What a big girl!

The lady even did a pretty little braid for her.


Lisa and her boys. Look at all that freshly cut hair!


And of course Mr. Andrew slept through it all!

All done!

And at home we got the "after" picture.


And since it was her first cut, I saved some of her cut hair in a little baggie for her baby book. I was so proud of how well she did, but I guess that is one of the perks of waiting until your child is 2 1/2 to cut her hair!

Andrew's Baptism

We had such and amazing day celebrating Andrew's baptism last Sunday. Andrew did sooo well. He was actually awake for the ceremony and just looked all around at everybody. He didn't even make a peep when he was blessed with the water. Isabella went up on the stage with us too, and just buried her head in Joe's shoulder the whole time.

Here we are at the church.

And afterwards we had our families come back to our house for a little play time and some lunch. Too bad I didn't get pictures of the food. But I did get a picture of the yummy cupcakes that I spent FOREVER decorating. Don't look too closely; they are far from perfect.

Luke and Brandon

Having some lunch

More lunch

And more lunch!

Mia and Ethan

Ethan living it up on the swing!

Mimi and Paw Paw

Aunt Theresa and Steve

Aunt Lisa and Uncle Jason (the boys were having too much fun!)

Nonna

Grandma

Mia, Uncle Phil, Luke and Aunt Jackie

Papi and Grammy (Andrew's giving the skink eye in that one!)

And just us :)

Afterwards, I took Andrew in the backyard for a little photo shoot. The lighting is pretty bad in some of these (should have changed directions!), but I just wanted to try and get a cute one in his little outfit.

I think he is crying in this one because he is anticipating how he is going to be made fun of in this hat. But it was too cute...I couldn't resist!

Flying high!

Andrew is 4 Months!

Andrew turned 4 months on Saturday. He just keeps making us smile :) He is still such a happy, smiley baby. The big news for this month is that he is rolling over! He actually did it for the first time on Thursday night, and I missed it! Sadly, I missed about the first 5 times he rolled over :( I had walked out of the room for just a second and once I was even sitting right next to him reading a book to Isabella! But he really got the hang of it yesterday and even did a little bit of showing off for the video camera. He's pretty good at it now and actually gets over that shoulder pretty easily.

He has also been "talking" so much more this past month. He just coos and coos and he is starting to learn that in this house, to get attention away from his big sister, he has to get loud. He has little conversations with his Daddy at night. I think Joe is determined to have his first word be "Dada", and I won't be surprised when it is. He also started laughing too. Izzie can get the best laughs out of him. Mostly he just lets out little chuckles, but he's let out a few hardy belly laughs, too. Andrew is getting so strong. He has a pretty good little grip. He tries to hold his bottle, he will hold my pinky when I am feeding him, and he has also discovered my hair- so let the hair pulling begin! He is still wearing 0-3 months, but I think he has been doing well in the weight gaining department. We go in for his 4 month wellness in another week or so and I'm anxious to see how much he weighs.

The only bad thing about this month is that his sleeping has taken a turn in the wrong direction over the past 2 weeks. I really thought he was making good progress towards sleeping through the night, but then suddenly, he put the breaks on. He had been sleeping through the night 1-2 times a week, but now it would seem like a miracle to just get one good night. So now instead of waking up one time around 3:30 or 4, he likes to wake up 2 times, usually about 1 and 4. It's starting to take its toll on Mommy! But I have to admit that he has a pretty sweet face to wake up to and sometimes, like last night, he just wants to spend a few (or 15) minutes just smiling at each other :) Hopefully there is an explanation for his poor sleeping habits lately because I'm ready to get some rest.

Long Over Due

This post is long over due, so sorry for the delay, but I still wanted to post these pictures of these sweet girls. A few weeks ago, Vaughanie and Mikey stopped in after their camping trip to meet Andrew. They must have been so exhausted after their trip, so it meant so much to me when they took the time to make a pit stop for us :) Jenny and Bekah were in town too, so we had a little playdate with our girls.

Isabella and Bekah
Mikey, Andrew and Ava


Ava

Bekah

And the three of us girls with our girls and boy :) Is it weird that Izzie and I both have our head tilted to the side?


Thanks for stopping by friends! We miss you!!

Bye Bye, Baby

While on vacation in Florida, something very traumatic happened...we lost Baby. We went to the Naval Aviation Museum and in the mist of the chaos, she got left behind. We didn't notice until that night because we had bought her the Blue Angel model plane and she held onto that forever. I called the museum 5 times the next day only to get a recording. The first night without her was hard. Izzie woke up 3-4 times in the night calling for her. We told her the truth: that Baby got to stay with the Blue Angel and was riding in the airplanes. She was concerned that Baby was sad, but I reassured her that Baby was having so much fun in the airplanes. She asked about her at nap time and bedtime for the next 5 days or so, and still asks about her occasionally, but I ask her if she remembers where Baby is and she tells me "Baby in airplane with the Blue Angels. Baby happy." And then she is fine. Now, of course we do have a back up Baby in our closet, but you see the key to Izzie's thumb sucking is that Baby. So in a effort to stop the thumb sucking, we haven't replaced Baby. I went through some serious guilty about it because I know how much Izzie loves that Baby doll :( And at first she really wasn't sucking her thumb at all, but as the days pass, she seems to do it more and more. But I would say that about 75% of her thumb sucking is gone, simply with the absence of Baby, so I guess that it still an improvement.

Below is a montage that I put together in memory of Baby Bass. She was a beloved member of our family and will be remembered in our hearts always.

"Baby" Bass

December 25, 2008- July 23, 2010

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