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Friends in Cuddly Places

Miller had her 4 month check up yesterday. She’s 16 pounds 13 ounces and 26″ long. She’s in the 95-97%. What a BIG girl! We are completely off the special formula and have moved on to “Sensitive” Similac. The doctor was very pleased with the progress she’s make digestion wise. She then had to get 4 shots- NO FUN!!(note the band aids on each of those chubby little thighs). We got home, took some Tylenol (infant and adult extra strength) and she snuggled down with her buddies for a little recuperation.

Later, I consulted my good friend The Baby Whisperer to see what she had to offer in the way of advice for four month olds and helping them sleep a little more soundly at night. I found out I’d been starving my child of sleep and food. She’s been taking hour long naps and then waking up. So, I was thinking “great hour long nap” and going and getting her. Turns out she really just needed to be put back to sleep. Today when she woke up after an hour I gave her her paci instead and she went back to sleep for another hour. She also had been wanting more to eat when she woke up in the morning and has been waking up earlier to get it. Today she has polished of two 7 ounce bottles (up from 5) and had a pretty big serving of rice cereal at lunch along with a few more ounces of formula. I wonder if this will help her sleep harder tonight?
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Trip to the Zoo

Miller’s first trip to the zoo- she loved it!
Wilson and I had a great conversation with this Mamma peacock. She just chattered and spit at us. We’d copy her noises and then she’d make up right back. We laughed and laughed!
Welcome back Mr. Otter!! We’re so excited that the otter exhibit is back up and running. The otters did a great job of showing off for the boys.

Wilson’s favorite story from this trip to the zoo is “Me and Nathan woke up the bears, but mom wouldn’t let us wake up the monkeys.” Here are the three monkeys I would not let them wake up:

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Matthew’s Dedication


Our nephew Matthew was dedicated at his family’s church this past Sunday. He was of course, the cutest, smartest, most well behaved baby of all the ones on stage!! What a special day for his family. Matthew, you are already such a blessing to our family and we can’t wait see the plans the Lord has for your life unfold. In the mean time, QUIT PULLING YOUR COUSIN’S DRESS UP OVER HER HEAD! 😉 We love you!

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Guess I Better Hit the Frozen Foods Section

My Mother’s Day card that Wilson made at school. I scanned it quickly to get it up, but it didn’t turn out too well. The first page is a white piece of paper and the second is pink, they are tied together with lime green yarn- too cute!

It’s nice to have your efforts acknowledged.

I love you, too, Wilson Man!


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First Foods



First child, you take the ceremonious walk down the baby aisle at the grocery store and park it in front of the baby food jars for at least 20 minutes making the monumental decision about which brand and flavor will be allowed to be your child’s first adventure into the world of non-milk. Second child, you’re eating lunch with the first and think, “Baby, I bet you could swallow this . . .” And so, Miller has had her first food- pomegranate applesauce, and she loved it.
It’s what most pediatricians recommend for Baby’s first food:

Miller’s impressions:

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Like A Spider Dream

Since he was just barely walking, Wilson has had this cute little quirk where after his bath, before you put his jammies on, he tucks his elbows into his sides and rubs his arms back and forth. We’ve always called it rowing his boat. He started doing it tonight and added a little musical accompaniment to it :
“Row, row, row your boat
gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
LIKE A SPIDER DREAM.”
We’ve been singing that song for 3-1/2 years now and I just found out he thinks the words are “like a spider dream”! He also sings “Lightning McQueen” (aka- Life is a Highway- the Rascal Flatts version) at the top of his lungs and it’s re-written lyrics are a hoot. For example “. . . a roads a road- ‘EES I MO’ . . .” (it should be “this I know” for those of you who are having to sing the song from the beginning to get to that part to figure out what he’s trying to say). He’s long had a love of music and has always picked up quickly on lyrics. His very first was when he was just a little over a year. I started hearing him in the backseat making a repetitive sound- “sa-ight, sa-ight, sa-ight”. I finally payed attention. He was making the sound when the Bon Jovi song “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” would come on. The chorus repeats “It’s alright, It’s alright, It’s alright.” Look out American Idol!
On the Miller front, she seems about the same. Not fussy at all but very congested and very sleepy. Tonight after she had slept in her swing while we ate supper, I cleaned up the kitchen, folded the laundry, and got Wilson started on his bath, I went and got her out. She has slept through her nightly routine for 2 or 3 nights now meaning she has not had her reflux medicine or a bath. I carried her upstairs (talking to her the whole time trying to wake her up), undressed her, and put her in her tub. She woke up a little and smiled during her bath and then fussed a little when she had to get out and was cold while I dressed her. After I got her diaper and gown on, she started acting sleepy again. So, I handed her her pink puppy and paci and SHE FELL ASLEEP ON THE CHANGING TABLE. I strapped her on, went and finished Wilson’s bath, brushed teeth, rowed the boat, put on jammies, read books, prayed, went back in her room and she was still out cold. So, I moved her to her bed without so much as a stretch of the arm or squint of the eye and there she still lays. She has not eaten since about 4:30. Be looking for a new blog look again if I have to get up 3!! Good Night.
I’ll . . . just . . .

sleep . . . here. Yeah, here’s good.

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New Look

Well, this is the product of my brain at 3 am. Since Miller has been sick she’s been falling asleep really early in the evening and I don’t have the heart to wake her up to feed her. I normally use this time to read a magazine, watch TV, or sew or blog or something. Last night I used it to sleep. So when she finally woke up at 2am to eat supper, my body thought, “what a great nap” and couldn’t go back to sleep. Don’t know why, but this seemed like a good project for the time frame! We’ll give it a few days and see how it works.

Quick question for all you avian aficionados out there- why would a wood pecker try more than ONCE to bore a hole in a metal gutter? Needless to say, new chapter in the ever growing wildlife journal of our new home . . .