Saturday, June 28, 2014

4 Months Old

Four months has come and gone! June was a whirlwind month for us! After such a busy May, I went back to work for about three weeks. I was nervous about going back, but it went by fast and it was really nice to be back among people again! Brad and my mom watched Andrew and then Brad's parents came up for the entire last week, which was SO helpful! John finished his first year of preschool, and he was home the last week too with Papa and Grandma Nan.

I can't believe that next week is July already! Time is flying!!!! Andrew, John, and I have been having fun so far this summer and keeping very busy. The weather has been gorgeous so it definitely helps!

At four months, Andrew is starting to show his personality! He is a happy baby most of the time, but can definitely be opinionated!! He is still not sleeping consistently through the night...sigh. But it isn't horrible. He was waking up 1-2 times a night. He take his last feeding around 9:30 and is usually in bed by 10. He usually wakes up anywhere between 2-4. Sometimes he will wake up at 1 and then again at 3 or 4, but not too often. He is starting to break out of his swaddle, and twice this week we left his arms out and he rolled over on his side and slept really well. I think he is over his swaddle, so it looks like it is sleepsack time!

He takes about 2 good 1-1 1/2 hour naps a day, and some catnaps. Sometimes he will take one long nap in the afternoon, which is especially nice if I can time it where John sleeps at the same time.

At four months, Andrew weighs 16 pounds, 3 ounces (65th percentile) and is 26 1/2 inches long (91 percentile). He has rolled over a couple of times, so I think we are almost there! He is so close!!!

At four months, Andrew loves to lay on his side or back and reach for things on his mat. He has started in the jumperoo too and he seems to like it, although gets frustrated when he can't pull the side toys in his mouth! He loves chewing on anything, mostly his hands! We will start rice cereal and oatmeal in the next few weeks, so I am anxious to see how he does with that!

Next weekend we will go to the lake for the 4th of July which will be fun. Andrew and I are going to stay in the hotel so we don't wake everyone up. Our July is quickly filling up too, although all fun things! This summer is already going by so fast! I will only be working 1/2 time next year so I am so, so happy. I am so grateful my district is allowing me to job share and I will only be working on Mondays-Wednesdays-every other Friday! It will be so nice to have some time at home with the boys. It really is the best of both worlds!

On that note, here are some pictures of my two favorite little guys! I just love them so much!

Saturday, June 14, 2014

3 Months (a month late)

May 19, 2014

3 months is such a huge milestone for me! I think the first 3 months are definitely the hardest and things start to get a little bit easier after that. Andrew is changing and growing everyday!

We left the boys for the first time while we went to New York for my friend Kelly's wedding. I was so nervous about leaving him, especially since he was giving us such a hard time with the bottle. My parents stayed at our house for the weekend which was great. They all survived and we had a great time too! John kept everyone busy playing baseball all weekend and Andrew did great with his bottles for my mom. I know it was an exhausting weekend for them, and we appreciated it so much!

When we got back from New York though, Andrew decided to show us. He has begun to refuse a bottle again and this time more frequently. It is the worst at night. He will only eat if I nurse him. If Brad gives him s bottle, he will scream when he sees it. Poor Brad! His sleep has sort of regressed too. He is definitely not consistent with sleep. It seems like he will give us a 6 or 7 hour stretch about once or twice a week, but most nights he wakes up about 4-5 hours still. One day we will sleep again!

At 3 months, Andrew is a pretty happy baby. He is starting to become really interactive with his mat and loves to be outside. His tummy time is improving and he can hold his head up really well. His head is huge! I feel like he has gone through a major growth spurt the past two weeks!

Andrew was baptized on May 18th. It was a special day and he did pretty well! He fell asleep right before the baptism, so he wasn't too happy when we put the water on his forehead, so he cried for most of it. :). Oh well! He was still cute! Lisa and Greg are his godparents, so it was great to have everyone here for the weekend. We had brunch afterwards at The Hills.

It was a busy weekend because we also had our bowling fundraiser for my sister. We had over 150 bowlers and the turnout was incredible. I am blown away at how much money we raised and the generosity and love that everyone showed. It was an amazing day!!!

I have to go back to work on the 28th, so we are making the most of our last days at home. Andrew will be four months before we know it! Here are some pictures from the last few weeks.

Friday, June 6, 2014

Catching up

May came and went so fast! I had actually written this post on May 5th, so here it is a month later! I will catch up more this weekend!

May 5, 2014

May is underway and what a busy month we have! One of my best friends is getting married this weekend and I can't wait to celebrate with her! It will be nice to have some time with Brad this weekend too. Then next weekend we have the fundraiser for my sister and Andrew's baptism! Fun stuff!

The last two weeks have been busy as well. Poor John got a stomach bug last Monday and was pretty miserable. We have been pretty lucky so far and haven't ever had to deal with the throwing up, but he sure made up for it last week! I felt so bad for him. He had a fever of about 102 and couldn't keep anything down. We were so worried one of us would catch it too, but luckily we didn't! I don't know how, but God knew we couldn't afford to be sick too!

Last weekend we went to the lake to help my dad get the dock in. My parents got a new pontoon boat delivered, so that was exciting! Andrew did great there! He even slept until 5:30 Saturday morning!

Speaking of sleep, he is starting to show us some hope! Three times now he has slept until 5:30. Last night he slept for a 7 hour stretch which was amazing. He went to bed at 10:30 and slept until 5:30, then went back to bed until 8. It was So refreshing! So hopefully he keeps that up!

Andrew has been doing pretty good lately, just fighting us a little with a bottle. He only has one bottle a day, and we might need to start giving him more so he gets used to them more. But he has become really smiley and happy (most of the time!).

This week I am having the boys pictures taken, so hopefully that goes well. John has a soccer game and swimming lessons, so this week will go by fast. Hard to believe Andrew will be 3 months old soon!

Here are some recent pictures of the boys. Enjoy!