Meeting Alice

I met my baby sitter Alice today.  She is going to keep me while Mommy and Daddy are at work.  I miss my Mommy and Riley, but Luciana is still with me.  She comes up from the basement and checks on me.  Alice is pretty nice.  She gives me bottles and I like that.  I hope I can get her to hold me more.

Four Month Check Up

I went to the doctor today.  I grew a lot.  Today I weighed 14 lbs 14 oz and was 25 1/2 inches long.  That is a lot more than at my two month check up.  We got to see Dr. Howell again today.  She is so nice to me.  She sits and talks to Mommy all about me and what I am doing.  I always have lots of smiles for her, but I don't have them for the other lady that comes in because she always gives me shots.  Today she gave me two more shots.  I cried because they hurt.  Mommy picked me up and cuddled me and made it all better.  Luci and Riley told me that I would be okay too.  That lady put two circus band-aids on my shots so I guess that was pretty cool.  Dr. Howell says that I don't have to come back until I am six months old.  That is good because that means I don't have to get any shots next month!

Four Months

I got to spend my four month birthday on the beach.  I am one lucky guy!  It was my family vacation at St. Petersburg, Florida.

I did a really good job on the ride down to Florida.  Daddy drove the van and Mommy rode in the front seat.  Riley, Luci, and I rode in the back seat.  They got to watch movies all the way down and I watched another little baby.  He cried every time I cried and laughed every time I laughed.  He really liked to talk to me.  I wish that I knew his name.






I went swimming in the pool for the first time.  At first I did not like the water, it was a little cold.  Mommy held me and that made it better.    I got to the beach for the first time.  I took a few naps on the beach.  The sun made me nice and warm, but there was a good breeze.  The girls loved to go to the beach and the pool. We all sat down in the ocean to get pictures.  That was okay, I sat on Mommy's lap.

My cousin Landon came on vacation with us too.  He really liked playing with Luciana and Riley.  He would come up and play with me too.  I think he really like playing with my monkey  from my jungle gym.

I had a really good first vacation.  I can't wait until next year when I get to swim in the pool more and dig in the sand with my sisters.

I Am a Child of God

I was baptized today.  I did a really good job.  I didn't even cry.  Aunt Kristie is my Godmother and Tio Brian is my Godfather.  We all went to church for my special day.  Father Eric (the second one, but the first one I met) baptized me.  He put oils on my head, poured water on my head, gave me a white gown, and gave me a lit candle.  I don't think Tio Brian liked that so he took the candle for me.  I don't think you are supposed to give babies candles anyway.






















After the baptism people came back to my house to eat and to give me presents.  I slept most of the time.  My Mommy had to open my presents for me.  I think she likes doing that stuff.  She says that Riley likes doing it more and that she used to be a professional present opener.  Landon gave me my favorite present.  See this cool football, it belongs in my mouth.  It is so easy for me to play with.  Isn't Landon the coolest cousin!

I am now a child of God.  These people better start taking me to church more.

Surrounded

This is the kind of stuff you have to put up with you have two sisters.  They think I am just a bigger baby doll that moves.  Just wait.  Some day I will destroy these dolls with my dinosaurs and trucks.

Three Months

I am three months old now and there is so much I can do.  I can hold my head up by myself.  I love to play with my toys and put them in my mouth.  I really love to put almost anything in my mouth.  Sometimes I can even get my paci back in my mouth by myself.  I will talk to anyone who talks to me.

I am still sleeping through the night and I have been doing that for a while.  I think that Mommy really loves that I do that.  It gives her a chance to get some rest after trying to keep up with Riley and Luci all day long.

I don't have to go to the doctor this month so that means no shots.  I am pretty happy about that.  The bouncer is still one of my favorite places to be, but I really enjoy my jungle gym too.  The swing is okay in the mornings, but later in the afternoon I don't really like it.

The girls are still all over me and won't stay out of my face.  They like to hug and kiss on me all the time.  Mommy depends on them to entertain me a lot.  She lets them hold me and put my paci in, but I don't think she wants them in my face.  Luci has started pinching my cheeks and pushing on my nose.  I really don't like when she does that.  Riley likes to climb up in my crib and set me free from my swaddle me.  I like when she does that because I don't like having my arms tied down.

I can't believe three months have gone by but Daddy tells me that they will just keep going and pretty soon I will be saying that I can't believe I am one year old.

Meeting Some New Faces

I met a lot of new people this weekend.  Daddy drove all of us up to Lake Station this weekend.  That is where he is from.  I got to finally meet my Tia Adrienne and my Tio Brian.  They talked to me and played with me all weekend.  Tia Adrienne took a lot of pictures of me and she held me a lot.  I think that she had to make up for lost time and to get some in because I don't get to see her much, at least that is what Riley tells me.  Grandpa held me a lot, but then he would have to give me up because his arms would get tired because I would fall asleep and he would have to stay still for me.  I just saw Grandma last week but it always good to get cuddles from her.  Tio Brian seems like a pretty cool guy.  Riley and Luci really like to play with him so I am sure one day I will be tackling him too!  I also got to meet my Great Aunt Nadine, Great Uncle John, Tia Rina, my cousin Madden, and my Great Aunt Caroline.  They all came to Grandma's house to see me.

On Saturday everyone got up and we went for a walk on the trail.  I got to ride in the stroller and Riley and Luci rode their bikes.  We really had a lot of fun. Grandpa did not think we got enough exercise on the trail so he wanted us to go to the River Walk.  I don't know why they call it a river walk because it is a pier, beach, and trails all by Lake Michigan.  It seems to me like they would call it the Lake Walk, but what do I know I am only 11 weeks old.

My Daddy loves the Cubs.  Where we live it is hard to find Cubs clothing, so my Daddy took advantage of being up by the Cubs and he bought me my first Cubs shirts.  Well they weren't really shirts, they were onesies because that is what babies wear.  He also got me a zip up hoodie.  I am excited to support the Cubs, who knows maybe they will win the World Series in my lifetime, who am I kidding probably not!