Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

So when you're only 3 months old, there isn't a whole lot to do on Christmas. Mostly other people coo at your Christmas-y pj's and open your presents for you. And apparently Mommy and Daddy didn't do such a stellar job at taking photos of me...Mommy will have to ask other people for theirs! Here are some cute ones though:

Helping Daddy unwrap my present...

Playing with Mommy on Christmas morning

Don't I have the most adorable face you have EVER seen?

Apparently the holidays wore me out though...here's one of Mommy and I doing some after-Christmas shopping at Target. Please note how I am completely passed out in her arms!

I also wanted to wish everyone a very Happy New Year despite not even making it to the east coast celebration. Instead I woke up Mommy at 1 am so she wouldn't miss out too much!

Tagged!

My friend Dahlia "tagged" me awhile back but Mommy is slow on the updates. I guess it means that I have to share 7 things about myself that no one knows. Since I'm only (almost) 4 months old, there isn't a whole lot to me...

1. I can roll from my tummy to my back.
2. I can say lots of things in lots of different volumes, none of which are intelligible yet.
3. I love to watch football on the magic box. I don't seem to care whether it is the NFL or NCAA.
4. My favorite toy is my Lamaze tug block. It helps me roll from my back onto my side. Once I'm there I don't know what to do with my arms to get myself on my tummy though.
5. Once Mommy stopped swaddling me at night, I promptly reverted to waking up every 2-3 hours again. She had one blessed week of 7 hours of sleep. She misses my swaddle sacks.
6. Fireplaces are great! Warm and entertaining.
7. I'm ticklish underneath my armpits and on the bottom of my feet.

Ok, that's all for now. And since Dahlia is the only other blogger I know...I can't really tag anyone else.

I know Mommy and Daddy and some other relatives have some cute Christmas pictures of me to share soon though!

A Little After Thanksgiving

Yes, Mommy realizes that it's been almost 2 weeks since Thanksgiving, but she wanted to share all of the great photos of my first family holiday!

The day before Thanksgiving, Mommy's best friend Courtney flew into town from Minnesota - brrr!  So Courtney, her fiance Tom, her brother Eric, her sister in law Mary, and mom Deko all came over to visit.  Mommy was a little slow with the camera and the boys were a bit hesitant around me so here's a photo of me with Courtney:

On the actual day, Mommy and Daddy took me to Grandma Sue and Grandpa Dan's house for some football watching and a traditional turkey dinner.  I of course took a nap - for 3 hours - right up until the turkey came out of the oven and then Mommy had to feed me before she got to eat.  But I behaved for the most part and even sat in my car seat at the table while the adults finished eating!
The day after Thanksgiving, Mommy and Daddy drove with me up to Ventura to visit the rest of the extended family including my Great Grandparents, Great Aunt & Uncle, and Mommy's cousins.  We spent the night there and came home on Saturday.

My great-uncle Greg holding me while I look cute.

Me smiling on my great-grandma Virginia's lap.

Me hanging out with great-grandpa Marvin.

Post-Halloween Update

Here's a cute photo of me in my first Halloween costume.  I started off as a ghost:

Then I became a screaming banshee:

Mommy has had her hands full with me.  I don't like my crib, and I'm not sure about my swing, nor even Mommy & Daddy's bed unless Mommy lies down with me and continually puts my paci back in - even swaddled, I manage to wake myself up.  So she either has to hold me and glide or stick me in that funny wrap thing to get me to sleep.  And for those of you who are curious, I'm still only sleeping 3-4 hours at my longest stretches during the night.  My latest trick is to only take 20-30 minute naps...

One Month Plus

I turned one month old last Friday! Of course Mommy had her hands full with me...
Mommy did get a Moby Wrap although we're still learning to use it.


Here is what is going on in our world:

• Weight - 9 lbs, 2 oz
• Height - 21.5"
• Milestone - when Mommy lays me on my tummy I can pick up my head and turn it to the other side all by myself!
• Other (good) stuff - I let Mommy shower most days by hanging out in my bouncer and we are slowly settling into a routine where I only wake up 2x a night (but this means I like wake up between 4-5am for the day) and go promptly back to sleep.
• Other (not so good) stuff - Sissy Keegan had to have her appendix removed (stupid useless organ).
• Mommy is preparing to tackle the girls' varsity head coach position at her old high school!

Check out these recent photos of us too:

My first trip to Dave & Busters - look at all the tickets I won!

Mommy and me napping on the couch.

Hanging out on my play gym blanket. The gym part is still a bit overwhelming.

Mommy Sucks at Blogging

But that's because I won't let her put me down to type - I'd rather sleep, eat, poop, and do all the other wonderful things that I do while she's holding me...ALL DAY LONG. So while her belly is still smushy, her upper back is getting ridiculously strong! Mommy is hoping this won't last too much longer since it's usually that darn Moro reflex (think super spastic field goal signal) that ruins nap time.

For such a small thing...

...I sure do keep Mommy's hands full!  I definitely sleep best when someone is holding me - usually Mommy, but thankfully Grandpa John and Oma Sondra come over to help her out.  She is hoping to get a sling or wrap carrier.  Here are some pictures of me sleeping through my big sister's soccer game last weekend.  Check out the moose on my onesie.

Mommy now knows that a 4 hour nap, a feeding, followed by another 3 hour nap does not make for a good night's sleep!

We also had a nurse from Children's Hospital come do a home visit last week and I was a 1/2 ounce shy of 8 lbs - meaning I have essentially grown out of my newborn clothes.  The nice lady is coming back next week to check my vitals and weight again and give Mommy more reassurance that I am great and she is doing a fantastic job.