Happy Fourth!

     My family headed to Lake Murray to celebrate the fourth of July!  Our celebration was complete with swimming, a cookout, peach cobbler, homemade ice cream, and FIREWORKS!  Emily and Chad had a blast together watching the fireworks on the boat and waving their flags.

Matt participating in the festivities

Emi and Chad heading out to watch fireworks

My sweet girl

Reacting to the fireworks

Love it!

Waving her flag!

Four Months

First time he rolled over

     We have a BIG, healthy, and growing four month little boy!!!  At our checkup yesterday, he was 16lb 5oz (75%) and 25.5 in long (also 75%).  I've had to go and buy new clothes for him because he has outgrown them SO fast!  He is the SWEETEST little boy and so, so happy!  And he is definitely a mama's boy, which I LOVE since Emily is a definitely a Daddy's girl.  Matt rolled over from back to belly exactly one day shy of turning 4 months old.  I think he beat out his big sister by a couple of days on this particular milestone!  We continue to drool and chew on everything, but no visible signs of teeth yet!  We also started him on some rice cereal and he opens up his mouth like a little bird for the spoon, but he is still trying to get the hang of not pushing it all back out of his mouth with his tongue.  He loves to jump in his jumperoo or just play on the floor where he can roll over.  And he loves Emily--- watches everything she does and loves it when she comes and talks to him.  He is still sleeping through the night MOST of the time, which is good since he outgrew the miracle blanket as well.  He is a side sleeper and is not a pacifier baby despite my best efforts (because hey, sometimes it's a nice option when you need them to behave!).  He likes to suck on two of his fingers and sometimes his thumb, but he doesn't do it when he is tired or ready to go to sleep so hopefully that will NOT become a habit.   Pictures below!

Having fun in the Bumbo chair 

Wrote her name!

Sibling Love

Ready to go to the pool!

First time at the pool

Matt and Daddy

Mommy and Matt

I do believe he is going to be a blue eyed boy...

Yum, Yum!

Matt's first time eating rice cereal--- yummy!!

Sweet Summertime!

     It's Summertime!!! We have been to the lake twice now and played outside on numerous occasions.  Emily swims all by herself with her puddle jumper on!  I am so proud of her, especially since she has never had any swim lessons.  I call her my little water bug.  When her tubes were removed from her ears (since they weren't falling out on their own), she was left with holes in both of her eardrums that had to be patched.  Long story short, one hold closed and one did not so she will be wearing an earplug when swimming/bathing, for the next few years maybe, in our left ear until she has a future surgery to correct it.  It doesn't stop her at all though and she hasn't complained, sweet girl.  Matt is growing, growing, GROWING.  I will do his four month post next week after his checkup.

Riding on the Jet Ski for the first time, she kept saying "Go Faster!"

Had fun!

With his favorite person, his "GG"

GG and all the grandkids

HAPPY BABY!

Seriously, a happy baby.....  :)

Caught a Fish!

Actually HELD her fish, until it jumped out of her hands.

Mommy took a turn...  :)

My Water Bug

Long day....

Playing outside with the hose

Running through the water

Three Months Old...

     My Sweet baby turned 3 months old this past Monday!  This past month... Stephen turned 30 on May 1st and I returned to work over Mother's Day weekend and also stepped into a new position as "permanent" charge nurse in the NICU.  It was a VERY busy weekend and I feel like I never had 12 weeks off!  I think Emily is having a harder time adjusting to me going back to work than Matt.  He is sleeping 8 to 10 hours during the night (with the Miracle Blanket of course!), and Emily likes to stay up until the very last possible minute she is able to keep her eyes open- usually between 10 and 11pm.  She is such a night owl but she also gets up at 730 in the morning ready to GO!  Matt remains a wonderful baby and does have a little reflux that we are treating with Prevacid now.  Before I took him in for the appointment to discuss his reflux, he had started growing out of some of his 3m clothes already.  No wonder because he weighed 13lb 4oz and was 24in long at 11 weeks!  He amazes me in how fast he is growing and how many milestones he has already reached.  Doesn't he know he MIGHT be my last baby and he needs to slow down ;) ??   Emily has been good and we took her on her first picnic this past week which she LOVED.  She remains my sweet, sweet girl and is currently recovering from a chronic sinus infection, poor thing.  I do believe she will have perfect attendance in her future when we start real school!!!

Matt, at 3 months you are....  Smiling AND LAUGHING, scooting around on the floor by using the heels of your feet, already trying to sit up by yourself, taking 6- 5oz bottles a day, and my favorite--sleeping through the night!!!

Happy 30th Birthday Daddy!

My Princess

Happy baby!

Picnic Time!

Turkey and Cheese

Laid Back

Talking with Daddy

Woke up Happy!

Putting EVERYTHING into his mouth... teething already???

Sidewalk Chalk

My Little Man