Dear Baby Bear,
Wow! Four months already? That can't be right- it feels like just yesterday you were itty bitty! You have now more than doubled your birth weight. You weigh 15lbs and 15oz, and you're 26 inches long. That puts you at 85% for length and 61% for weight. You have grown SO much! Sometimes I wish you were still so tiny, but I am excited for all that you're leaning.
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| At the doctors office! |
-Talking to yourself
-Sitting up
-Standing up
-Smiling at everyone
-Having your feet licked by the dogs
-Kicking your legs
-Silly faces
-Having your clothes taken off
-When mommy comes home from work
and you DO NOT like
and you DO NOT like
-Moms left boob (I've no idea why- you just don't like nursing on that side!)
-Being cradled
-Being alone
-Getting your nose cleaned
-Tummy time
-Being tired
-Taking selfies
-Being in the baby carrier for too long
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| This is your face during tummy time |
We were informed this morning that you have a heart murmur. You had an echocardiogram in the hospital right after you were born and that came back clean, but your pediatrician heard your heart fluttering this morning. We don't need to worry about it just yet, but they will be making sure to listen to it and keep an eye on it at your future appointments.
When you were about three months old, you learned how to roll front to back. You did it soooo many times, and then you went through a growth spurt and didn't do it again. I believe it's because you got fat and lazy. You did however, prove to the pediatrician you could do it today at your appointment, so go you!
You laughed for the first time just the other day. It was this cute nosey little chuckle. I managed to get your second laugh on video!
So far, you only do it when you're getting naked. Does this mean you're going to be a nudist someday????
You're dad and I carved pumpkins for the first time together two nights ago. We had always been too busy in the past and didn't ever really have a reason to celebrate Halloween. Now we have you! We want to be one of those families that has all those silly traditions for every holiday. We even brought you along to a pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins!
For his first time ever carving a pumpkin, I think your dad did GREAT!
What do you think? Mine is a scardey face, because I scare easily, yours is a baby (dad got to carve it, too!) and Lilly's is supposed to be a halo and angel wings. Next year I'll print out a template so I can do a better job on hers- maybe we will make yours a bear next year!
Oh my goodness- you've been doing this super cute thing lately! Anytime you don't think anyone is paying attention to you, you start yelling and talking- it is SO funny and cute! I don't know if it's because you're trying to get my attention or if it's because you're entertaining yourself, but it's adorable.
Speaking of entertaining, look at your new toy! I totally scored with this one. Brand new, these things go for anywhere between $70-$90. Guess how much I got it for- go on, guess!
$35. Yep- thirty five dollars! Booyah! Technically it's used, but it looks brand sparkling new. It even makes all of the annoying sounds that it's supposed to. You still haven't quite figured out how to use it just yet, but you'll learn. For now you just enjoy sitting in it.
We moved at the beginning of this month. It's crazy how everything has worked out- God certainly has His hand in our lives! Your dad and I had started looking at houses and we found one that we REALLY liked, but someone bought it before we could put in an offer. This was a bit of a wake up call for us, and we realized that in order to get a house in the future, we we would need a larger down payment- just so we could pay as much as possible up front for the perfect house and possibly even out bid others if we needed to. We went over our finances and came to the conclusion that in order to save money quickly enough we would either need to move to cheaper housing or I would need to get a job. I did NOT like the idea of me getting a job. I didn't want to leave you! I don't (and still don't) like the idea of paying someone to watch you while I work. So I started looking for cheaper apartments. Our lease with Mountain Ranch wouldn't be up until December, but I wanted to start looking to see what all was out there. In my searching, I managed to stumble upon a leasing consultant job at a large apartment community. I felt the urge to apply, and before I knew it I was filling out the application online. I kid you not, not even ten minutes after I had hit the submit button, I received a call from the property manager. My job interview was scheduled for the next morning, and I called around to my friends to see who would be willing to babysit you for the hour or two I would be gone. Luckily one of my best friends was in town and her and her mother were excited to spend time with you. That was the first time I had ever been away from you. It was hard, but not nearly as difficult as I thought it might be. I didn't cry! You should be proud of me. Anyways, I drop you off and I go to the interview, and guess what. The manager liked me! She really liked me! She stared going over the benefits, hours, pay and whatnot- it would be 5:00-9:00pm Monday's Wednesday's Friday's, and every other weekend, and I would receive a discount on rent. All I could think I about was how perfect this job was for me! We would be saving $300 on rent alone (compared to what we were spending), I would be bringing home a paycheck, and you would only need a babysitter from 4:30-6:30 when your dad would pick you up! The manager was telling me all of this and I was just praying that she would hire me. She mentioned that she really liked me and my personality, but there was another girl she thought might do well with the job, too, and that she may have to think about it. We continued talking for another few minutes and she said "you know what? You're hired. Go to this place and take a drug test and you can start next week." WHOOP WHOOP! I got the job! I got the job! It's crazy how fast everything happened- I applied Monday, interviewed Tuesday, and we moved Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It was all super short notice, but it has worked out wonderfully. Remember how I mentioned that our lease wasn't up at Mountain Ranch until December? Well, they let us out of it early! Without having to pay any penalty charges! Our downstairs neighbors were soooooo annoying. They were those kind of people who are never happy, and always have to complain. They would call in noise complaints on us almost EVERY. DAY. I'm not even joking. It got so bad that the Mountain Ranch property manager went to their apartment, called me, and told me to make as much noise as I possibly could- I did as she asked and she noted that our noise was normal and within reason- even while I was stomping! She offered the evil downstairs people a new apartment that wasn't under us, but they refused to move. Because we ended up moving, they let us go for free! How perfect did that line up??? I've now been at my job almost a whole month and I love it. I get to interact with people, it's way crazy easy, and I have the opportunity to learn so much. You've been staying with your Abuela when I work. She loves spending time with you- you better be learning some Spanish while you're with her!
All in all, it's been an awesome month. You've started becoming less like a limp noodle and more like a fun interactive baby. We're all happy and healthy and I couldn't ask for anything better!
When you were about three months old, you learned how to roll front to back. You did it soooo many times, and then you went through a growth spurt and didn't do it again. I believe it's because you got fat and lazy. You did however, prove to the pediatrician you could do it today at your appointment, so go you!
You laughed for the first time just the other day. It was this cute nosey little chuckle. I managed to get your second laugh on video!
So far, you only do it when you're getting naked. Does this mean you're going to be a nudist someday????
You're dad and I carved pumpkins for the first time together two nights ago. We had always been too busy in the past and didn't ever really have a reason to celebrate Halloween. Now we have you! We want to be one of those families that has all those silly traditions for every holiday. We even brought you along to a pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins!
For his first time ever carving a pumpkin, I think your dad did GREAT!
What do you think? Mine is a scardey face, because I scare easily, yours is a baby (dad got to carve it, too!) and Lilly's is supposed to be a halo and angel wings. Next year I'll print out a template so I can do a better job on hers- maybe we will make yours a bear next year!
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| Lilly-Bug, BabyBear, Dad, and Mom! |
Oh my goodness- you've been doing this super cute thing lately! Anytime you don't think anyone is paying attention to you, you start yelling and talking- it is SO funny and cute! I don't know if it's because you're trying to get my attention or if it's because you're entertaining yourself, but it's adorable.
Speaking of entertaining, look at your new toy! I totally scored with this one. Brand new, these things go for anywhere between $70-$90. Guess how much I got it for- go on, guess!
$35. Yep- thirty five dollars! Booyah! Technically it's used, but it looks brand sparkling new. It even makes all of the annoying sounds that it's supposed to. You still haven't quite figured out how to use it just yet, but you'll learn. For now you just enjoy sitting in it.
We moved at the beginning of this month. It's crazy how everything has worked out- God certainly has His hand in our lives! Your dad and I had started looking at houses and we found one that we REALLY liked, but someone bought it before we could put in an offer. This was a bit of a wake up call for us, and we realized that in order to get a house in the future, we we would need a larger down payment- just so we could pay as much as possible up front for the perfect house and possibly even out bid others if we needed to. We went over our finances and came to the conclusion that in order to save money quickly enough we would either need to move to cheaper housing or I would need to get a job. I did NOT like the idea of me getting a job. I didn't want to leave you! I don't (and still don't) like the idea of paying someone to watch you while I work. So I started looking for cheaper apartments. Our lease with Mountain Ranch wouldn't be up until December, but I wanted to start looking to see what all was out there. In my searching, I managed to stumble upon a leasing consultant job at a large apartment community. I felt the urge to apply, and before I knew it I was filling out the application online. I kid you not, not even ten minutes after I had hit the submit button, I received a call from the property manager. My job interview was scheduled for the next morning, and I called around to my friends to see who would be willing to babysit you for the hour or two I would be gone. Luckily one of my best friends was in town and her and her mother were excited to spend time with you. That was the first time I had ever been away from you. It was hard, but not nearly as difficult as I thought it might be. I didn't cry! You should be proud of me. Anyways, I drop you off and I go to the interview, and guess what. The manager liked me! She really liked me! She stared going over the benefits, hours, pay and whatnot- it would be 5:00-9:00pm Monday's Wednesday's Friday's, and every other weekend, and I would receive a discount on rent. All I could think I about was how perfect this job was for me! We would be saving $300 on rent alone (compared to what we were spending), I would be bringing home a paycheck, and you would only need a babysitter from 4:30-6:30 when your dad would pick you up! The manager was telling me all of this and I was just praying that she would hire me. She mentioned that she really liked me and my personality, but there was another girl she thought might do well with the job, too, and that she may have to think about it. We continued talking for another few minutes and she said "you know what? You're hired. Go to this place and take a drug test and you can start next week." WHOOP WHOOP! I got the job! I got the job! It's crazy how fast everything happened- I applied Monday, interviewed Tuesday, and we moved Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It was all super short notice, but it has worked out wonderfully. Remember how I mentioned that our lease wasn't up at Mountain Ranch until December? Well, they let us out of it early! Without having to pay any penalty charges! Our downstairs neighbors were soooooo annoying. They were those kind of people who are never happy, and always have to complain. They would call in noise complaints on us almost EVERY. DAY. I'm not even joking. It got so bad that the Mountain Ranch property manager went to their apartment, called me, and told me to make as much noise as I possibly could- I did as she asked and she noted that our noise was normal and within reason- even while I was stomping! She offered the evil downstairs people a new apartment that wasn't under us, but they refused to move. Because we ended up moving, they let us go for free! How perfect did that line up??? I've now been at my job almost a whole month and I love it. I get to interact with people, it's way crazy easy, and I have the opportunity to learn so much. You've been staying with your Abuela when I work. She loves spending time with you- you better be learning some Spanish while you're with her!
All in all, it's been an awesome month. You've started becoming less like a limp noodle and more like a fun interactive baby. We're all happy and healthy and I couldn't ask for anything better!