1st Solids

Amelia got her first solids (rice cereal) on Tuesday Aug 2nd. She is still not sure how she feels about it. Hayden wanted to get in on the action of feeding her and taking pictures. She likes oatmeal much better.

Potty Training

Potty training is going well. Hayden only wears underwear during the day. No more diapers. He wears a pull up to go to bed but it has been dry all week in the morning. He got this talking storm trooper mask (that I found for under $10)as a reward. He was so excited. Of course after we gave it to him he pooped his pants. But he has been good all week so far. (fingers crossed).

We also had our first porta potty experience which Hayden enjoyed way too much. Of course he had to strip down to go pee. It was not fun.




Here is Amelia also enjoying some star wars toys also:

My not so little girl

This not so little girl had her 4 month check up. She is 27 inches long (95th percentile). She was 15.5 lbs (75th percentile) and her head was in the 50th percentile.

She is still our super happy baby. She would be the perfect baby if she would sleep at night, which she stopped doing a month and a half ago. She gets up 2-3x a night right now :(

Hot Hot Hot!

It has been so hot this past week. Like Unbearably hot! We bought a portable air conditioner since our AC doesn't work. It does ok. At least the living room is tolerable with it.

Hayden has enjoyed playing with the "water hose", helping with Mike's garden, and going to soccer with me. He is only wearing underwear right now and doing pretty good.

A funny story...Last week Hayden and Mike were playing outside. I was feeding Amelia inside her room with the ac on so I couldn't hear. Hayden came in thru the kitchen door. He then went downstairs. I thought he was playing. It turns out he came in the kitchen and locked the door. He then hurried downstairs and locked the door too. So he locked Mike out of the house! I don't know where he comes up with this stuff!


Here are some fun pictures from the summer so far...

4 months old

My baby girls is getting so big. Here is some info about Amelia at 4 months:

"talks" a lot. She also screams at us sometimes!

has such chunky legs we love to squeeze

still happy and smiley

discovered her feet, but is NOT flexible at all

has been rolling for weeks now. she does it all day... and night which keeps us all up!

loves to watch hayden and other kids play (esp kick balls and jumping)

sleeps with one arm out

tries to roll out of her bouncy seat

using the exersaucer

sometimes needs a pacifier to sleep

holding and grabbing toys

pulls herself up when holding your fingers

sucks her thumb or fingers but pokes her eyes with her long fingers

loves to stand on your legs

gets baths with hayden using her bumbo seat

blows bubbles

likes haydens "blueys" much to his dismay

still has no hair

is super strong. she can roll over when swaddled. She also army crawled on a sleeping bag the other day.

Go USA!!!

ETA...bummer

Cousin Fun!

Hayden filled out another reward chart so we went to the splash park in Brookline. Baby Brady was in the hospital so Kennedy was spending the night so she got to come too. They both had a lot of fun. Poor Hayden gets so cold at these places. His lips turn blue. The water wasn't even that cold and it was definitely hot. It doesn't seem to bother him though.

Later I had to separate Hayden and Kennedy because they were basically playing "doctor"! Those two can be such trouble!

We set up a mattress for them downstairs where there was room and it was cooler. Hayden woke up once b/c he was scared. Then at 5:00 am he said "I'm done. Go to my bed!"

Brady has surgery today for Pyloric stenosis. Keep him in your thoughts/prayers.