Noisy

If you were to walk into my house right now.  It would look pretty clean, smell like laundry probably, feel fairly comfortable, but it wouldn’t be quiet.  Here’s video of my ever so cute Mr. Man and his new sound.  He has learned to scream!  Pair that with Buttons barking, Scott yawning and the TV going in the background and my house is full of racket!  I wouldn’t have it any other way though!

The Rearview Mirror

My little boy is 4 months old and his “birth” day seems like ancient history.  I have been in a funk this week and I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what it was.  Today it hit me.  Mr. Man is growing up so fast and I feel like I’m looking in the rearview mirror of my car.  As we keep moving farther along, I’m starting to barely see where we started. 

In some respects that’s a good thing.  I’m pretty sure this “rearview mirror” affect is what makes people have 2, 3, and sometimes 4 children.  It also makes the heart ache we experienced to get here seem like ages ago too.

I remember, what feels like not so long ago, Scott and I thought we would never be able to sit and relax in the evening after Mr. Man had gone to bed.  Well, here I sit writing this blog entry while catching up on the DVR.  We keep hitting these milestones, and I love each and every one of them.  It just seems like Evan is rapidly changing and as soon as I stop gushing over one milestone, he moves onto another one.  I was happy as could be when little man started smiling.  It was even more fun, when I could get him to smile.  Well now he laughs all the time and he laughs at me, just because he feels like it (or he thinks I look funny).  I thought it was adorable when he found his hands and started sucking on them, but now I am amazed at how amazing he finds his hands when he is bringing them together and grabbing at toys. 

It’s the evolution of a baby I suppose.  The sleepless nights, the middle of the night feedings, the unexplained screaming, the not knowing what I’m doing….they are all distant specks in the rearview mirror!

4 months old

Mr. Man had a great check up at the pediatrician today.  He had three shots and recovered from them all very well.  He is a happy and healthy 4 month old!  We learned that he is in the 86th percentile for his height, of course no shocker there.  Looks like he’ll be passing me in height sooner than later. 

Here are his stats.

Weight:  14 pounds, 10 ounces (2 pound, 13 ounce gain in 2 months)

Length:  26 inches (2.5 inches growth in 2 months.

And here’s his latest picture with Amos.

Firsts

Well it’s been a week or so of many firsts.  It was my first Mother’s Day as a mom and I couldn’t have been happier with how I spent it.  My mom and dad came down and all 5 of us went to a Richmond Flying Squirrels baseball game.  Evan did so well at the game.  He even managed to take a nap through and inning or so.  He really didn’t even make a peep; he just took it all in.  He’s such a good little boy!

 

This past weekend was Mr. Man’s first overnight trip.  Again, he did so well!  We went to my parents’ house so Evan could meet some family friends.  Boy, did he get passed around!  He met so many new people and was just as happy as could be.  He slept great and I think grandma and grandpa liked having Mr. Man waking up at their house!

First baseball game, first sleepover at the grandparents, firsts….but definitely not lasts!!

On a Roll

Evan rolled over last week.  In fact he rolled 4 or 5 times.  Every time we put him on his belly he’d roll over.  He hasn’t done it since, but that’s OK.  He’ll be on a roll again soon!

Day Care

We all survived our first week of day care.  Mr. Man probably took to it the best, with Scott coming in second, and me bringing up the rear.  I’m so proud of the little guy.  He really seemed completed unphased by what I thought would be a huge transition.  Again, I came in last when it game to the transition.  I always knew it was going to be harder on me, than on Evan…and it was totally true. 

We went to visit one morning last week and it made me feel a lot better.  They had his name on the wall, his cubby labeled with his name, and were all ready for him to start.  The ladies in the infant room are all grandmas…really for the most part they are all over 60!  I mean if anyone was going to take good care of Mr. Man, it would be a bunch of grandmas.

Day one went great.  Scott dropped him off because I couldn’t bring myself to do it and he’ll be the drop off person normally anyway.  I left work about 15 minutes early and rushed there to pick him up.  He was dozing off in a glider and was just fine.  Did I mention, that I was more a wreck than he was?

Well day two and three were a little tougher.  We were trying to get down his feeding schedule and those grannies were feeding him every three hours on the dot.  By day four, we got it figured out and today was perfect!

The biggest change has been his bedtime and wake up time.  Everything got pushed back about an hour, so my little guy is in bed by 8:00 and sleeps until we wake him up at 6:30.  He has been sleeping so well (knocking on wood)!  He did wake up on his own this morning, so that means our weekends of sleeping in are officially a thing of the past, but when you get to wake up to play with that sweet little boy, who cares that it is 7:00 in the morning?

So, we managed to come away from our first day care experience unscathed.  But that doesn’t mean I’m not still counting down the days until summer vacation (34 days)!

3 Months Old

Mr. Man is 3 months old!  He is such a big boy!  He loves to talk, laugh, and sit up and look around.  He is starting to notice his feet more and if he is laying down, his legs and feet are always in the air.  He didn’t have a 3 month well check up, but here are the stats best we could measure them!

Weight:  13 pounds, 6 ounces

Length:  My guess would be around 24-25 inches…not really sure though!