Happy 4 month Birthday

Happy 4 month birthday to my little boy blue! At 4 months you have moved into 12 month clothing and are in need of a new car seat because you are just toooo heavy to carry around comfortably anymore.

Today you had rice cereal for the first time ever :) You loved it too... only if you had the ability to chew and swallow it instead of smashing it around till it came back out! The process of learning!

Yesterday you pulled on your toy bar musical toy for the first time...  you love to grab and bat at your toys.. you can hold a rattle, and love love love your rattle wrist toys! You are going from a semi propped position into sitting by yourself.. and can pull your tummy muscles in so you can leeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaan forward. I think you just figured out your chubby legs the other day, are yours :)

Sometimes you pull on the animals on your jammies and clothes. Today you played with your shadow on my chest and loved the feel of my soft sweater in your fist. You have some amazing giggles and grins... sleep well (sometimes) and have an obsession with staring at your sister Sophie.

When pregnant with you, Sophie used to talk to you in my belly and you would roll, kick and just move and groove. Now she can screech, yell, talk, sing and dance for you and no matter if she is nice, mean, loving or whatever her mood- you look at her with such interest... and always have a smile for her!

Suprise!

If you've had the chance to meet my newest little man.. you know he likes to eat.. and eat.. and eat....

So today while attempting a 58 min workout.. he decided he wanted to eat on every break I could get... 3 times in 30 min! I gave up the workout until later and nursed him, let him fall asleep and then laid him in his bed... until he woke up again and wanted to eat... because he wanted to sleep and he hasn't had the chance to learn how to sleep any other way.... why would he? I quit my job to be home with my babies to be there for him... and that allows me to nurse him on demand and create this moose of a boy :)

Caleb's agenda? He wanted to nurse himself to sleep... My agenda? Nurse and go to sleep without feeling like I had a leech stuck to me and get back to my calorie burning agenda.... well here I am.. 3 hours later and still nursing him back to sleep. The poor buggah has bags under his eyes and I finally gave in and said yes yes child, you can stay in my arms for a little while longer... your only little once :)

Surprise is the title- where is the surprise? Well he has been "sleep eating" for so long that that familiar let down owwy owwy 5 second event happened and he woke up choking with large eyes like wth was that for?

Changes

The transformation from inner demon to average 2 year old toddler I think is complete... I can deal with this :)
It has been a busy week and I wish I had a video or my blog handy each time Sophie says the cutest things! Santa has sent her a Christmas message that she LOVES to watch.. she has started to make her Christmas cookies and has asked to paint Caleb a shirt for Christmas!! Ask her what she wants for Christmas and she will tell you "candy" and "gingerbread"... when trying to explain to her Christmas stocking that get filled with candy - she says "ooooooh" like she had a different understanding of it previously. She has now asked to have a stocking for her "birthday" which is the day she asks for all the time... "can we do.. or can I have this for my birthday ..."
The other day she went and saw Santa Clause for the first time.. this day came after she had a rough morning with following direction and Fisbee her elf texted Santa his displeasure... Santa was there at Walmart waiting for her when we arrived... she couldn't wait to go see him and say sorry! The next visit she was too tired to care to see him, but did stand beside him for a minute.... the next day she took her stuffed Santa and sat her baby next to him and "took their pictures" and also asked to have one taken with her beside them.. I think that will be this years ornament :) She then preceded to sit on the floor and say with her magic wand "Happy Birthday Sheba, Happy Birthday Gargamel. HB Mommy, HB Daddy, HB Pumpkin, HB Nanny, HB Santa is coming to town!" Santa has since sent her a video message asking her to make more effort to pick up her toys... what a neat thing Santa did for her!

Today everything is "just terrible!" to her... and she needs socks on because "my feet stink" lol ooooo what a perfect book she could write with just 2 days of her activity.

Caleb is starting to try to sit forward by himself.. he is full of smiles and giggles and LOVES to tell stories. He is starting to sleep longer.. from 4 to 5 hour initial lengths of time at night! My little cuddle bug :)

Happy 2nd month!

Happy 2nd month birthday to my little man!!! Today you are 8 weeks old... a whopping 14.5 pounds and 23.25 inches long... almost 2 inches you have grown- but you haven't hit your length growth spurt according to doctor.. so in a week or so we should see more growth! Your eyes look like they will be staying blue- just like your daddy's!!!

You had a multitude of vaccines today, but only 3 shots that you took with a small cry and ended the last one smiling afterwards into the nurses eyes... :)

Happy birthday mr man!

First unintentional Word

Today is a day for multiple posts :) Caleb has been a bit fussy when not being held since 1am.. so it has been a slow moving morning with him- I am all for letting him cry and fuss but my husband is sleeping so I am trying to be considerate.

I went in to the bedroom to change him, get him dressed, etc... and during a screaming match back and forth with him and I (not really screaming more of the "ahhhhhhh" and me saying it back to him teasingly) he said "Mommmmmmmmmma" just as clear as clear water! I have a witness and my husband was shocked!

Yes... we know he isn't talking.. Yes.... we know he is making noises but MOMMA wins again! Hip Hip Hooray let me do a boogie dance and "hi ya" ninja style karate chop - MOMMA RULES in the first word category!