Adrian 4 Months

I took Adrian for his 4 month checkup today. The little trouper did so well, especially considering they made us wait for 45 minutes and he should have been taking a nap the entire time we were there AND got three shots. After getting a flu shot this year myself (to help protect Adrian a little more this winter, since he is too little to get his own yet) and feeling how much that hurt, I have a deeper appreciation for what these little guys go through getting poked!

Here are his stats:

Height: 27.75"
Weight: 18.1 oz
Head Circ: 17.75"

He has grown 4 lbs and 3" in the last 2 months and has jumped beyond the 95th percentile for all of the above. He is already fully wearing 6-9 month clothes and even his short legs don't fit anymore in his 3-6 month pants (both of my kids have the long body, short legs from their daddy). Dr Wu was pleased with how interactive he is, catching her eye and then smiling huge before looking away... little flirt. He is also incredibly strong holding his head and chest up, rolling both ways (as of yesterday) and sitting up with just a little help. He is so different, personality wise, then his sister. I am enjoying seeing his own little personality come out.

Allie by Laura

Adri by Laura

Just a couple pictures of Adri Laura was playing with. She just got her charger for her camera, so I expect you'll be seeings lots of other great pictures soon.

Allie's Bike

I came across this video the other day and just had to share.

The Kids and Me

I wanted to give a picture of the kids and me to Jake for Christmas, so we dressed up one day and had my sister Laura take a million pictures hoping to get one good one. Then Beth beautified it for me. Here's the end product. I actually did have one with a better shot of Allie, but loved this look on her face so much we went with it.

Christmas Continued...

Christmas Day

This Christmas was so much fun for me (although I'm sad to not be with most of our family) because it meant so much more to Allie. There's something so sweet about seeing Christmas through the eyes of your child.

We started the morning in our typical way, with Allie coming into our room before 7am, dragging her new pillow, 'friend' and Binky along. After laying quietly in bed with us for a while, it was time to open stockings. Stockings have to be one of my most favorite part of Christmas morning, maybe because as a kid growing up, my mom would put ours on our bed in the middle of the night so it was the first thing we saw when we woke up. It also usually held some kind of yummy sweet treat in it we would be digging into before we even left our beds.

So, in holding with that tradition, Allie got to open a few things we put in her stocking. (Baby Cinderella is already missing her glass (plastic) slippers and of course, her dress).

Adrian loves his chew toy Dad!

Jake got a coffee tumbler to take his Chai to work in the mornings (without spilling) and of course M&M's!

Then it was time for a big breakfast with Aunt Laura, Titi and Uncle Dan before opening the rest of the gifts.

Allie wanted to help out by cleaning the dishes with me and mixing the OJ

Adrian's cute Christmas outfit... I just love the pants!

Allie's first present was from her dad. Tinkerbell papasan.

Playing with her Tinkerbell figurines in between opening presents (can you guess our theme this Christmas?)

This is the coolest doll that folds up into a flower (sort of the original Cabbage Patch Doll). My mom made this for us when we were kids (wish I had held on to it!) and I'm so glad she made one for Allie. She has barely put it down since she opened it. She loves it mom!

Allie wearing the purse the doll inside the flower fits into.

Watching Allie open gifts... Adrian looks enthralled (or is that tired?)!

Showing off a necklace Beth made for me

Beth showing her beautiful sweater, winter set and scarf

Christmas Eve

We let Allie open one gift tonight before bed. I thought Aunt Beth's (Titi) gift to her would be fitting. She gave her a pillow and pj's with Sleeping Beauty on it. Allie was so excited she wanted to go to bed right away so she could use it. So by 7pm (bedtime is 8pm) she was laying on her new pillow in her new pj's in bed. Of course it didn't last long and I let her come back out for a few minutes before 8 so she could get the rest of the wiggles out. We'll see how good of an idea that was.