4 Months Old

Skeet turned 4 months old on January 21st. For the whole week he had been trying to roll from his back to his belly, with no success. Finally that night he did it! I had left for dance class, and Kirk was keeping him. Kirk had to call me at class and tell me the news. Now he rolls to his tummy and gets upset because he hasn't quite figured out that he can roll back over. On Friday we took him to the doctor for his checkup. He weighed 17 pounds 5 ounces and was 26 inches long. Big boy! Although they said he was in the 90th percentile for both, which means he is still proportionate, just bigger than 90% of babies his age! He got two shots, and only cried for a minute. He squeals and talks all the time, and is such a happy baby. He now plays in his Exersaucer and loves it. The past two nights he's had trouble sleeping, so we've had to hold him so that he could sleep. I'm exhausted!

All Smiles

I was checking up on my blog to see if anyone had posted a comment (if you're following, by the way, please let me know!) and I realized that I had absolutely no new pictures of Skeet smiling! He is always all smiles and such a happy baby, so I thought I'd put a couple of him being really happy on here!

Christmas Miracles

3 months old

Christmas Eve!!

I took Skeet to the doctor the Monday before Christmas because he was congested. They thought he might have RSV, but didn't test him or even take his temperature! He never ran a fever, and after a couple of days of Baby Vicks, a vaporizer, and TLC, he was better. I was concerned about Skeet not lifting his head when he laid on his belly, and the doctor said that if by 4 months he couldn't lift up on his arms we'd have to have him evaluated. Well, mama hen freaked out and immediately started leaving him on his tummy. So lo and behold on Christmas Eve, he could hold himself up on his arms! I took a picture of him, but he wouldn't smile so I tried to take another. He cocked his head to the side, grinned at me, and rolled over to his back!!! I went nuts! I ran to get the video camera and made him do it again. Then on Christmas morning, he laughed the biggest, cutest laugh! On New Year's Eve we made it home before 9p.m. and everyone thought we were crazy. But he had slept two or three nights in a row all through the night, and I didn't want to mess him up. Even to today (January 3rd) he has slept all night! Now if I can just get him to sleep in his crib...