4 Months Old

April 16th, 2012 Melanie Posted in Hunter, Monthly Updates | No Comments »

Hunter with Tigger at 4 months old

He is just so cute!

Love that smile

He is just so cute… oh wait, I already said that.

We just got out Hailey’s old Jumperoo and so far it seems to be a big hit!!

Hailey (5 1/2 years) and Hunter (4 months)

Sharing a little moment :-)

New stuff from this last month:

No more colic!!  Woo Hoo!!  At around 3 1/2 months Hunter had his last screaming, colicky evening.  I am soooooo thankful that is over.  I have never in my life heard a baby cry like he did for so long.  It was the worst.  We both spent many evenings crying together.

Hunter “talks” to us a lot more.  He goos and coos and waits for us to respond, then he talks some more.  It’s so cute!  His little giggle is so wonderful to hear.  Hailey is the best at making him laugh.  He sure does love her and gives her lots and lots of giggles.  Hunter is so social- he loves to smile and talk to everyone!  He never wants to be left alone, even for a minute.  He always wants someone to be talking to him and paying attention to him.  It makes it a little hard to get much of anything done.  But as long as I talk to him about whatever I am trying to do he is usually happy.

Hunter goes to bed around 7:30 every night.  At about 7:15 he starts to fuss and act tired.  It’s the only consistent part of his day.  The number of times he gets up during the night really varies.  Some nights he is up every hour.  Then there are other nights he only gets up twice.  Naps are never very good.  He will sleep for about 30 minutes at the most.  If I hold him, he’ll sleep longer but that is such a bad habit that I am really trying not to do it.  Sometimes if we are out and he falls asleep in his car seat he will stay asleep for a good 2 hour nap, but that never ever happens when he is at home in his bed.

Hunter is still breastfeeding.  He usually eats every 2-3 hours during the day.  At night he goes for some longer stretches, up to 4 hours.  He actually took a bottle a couple of times this last month.  So hopefully the bottle refusal is over.

At Hunter’s 4 month check up he weighed 16 pounds (70th percentile) and was 26 inches (85th percentile).  He is still wearing 3-6 month clothes but I don’t think he will be for much longer.  He is finishing up a package of size 2 diapers but is definitely ready to move up to size 3 diapers!  (Size 3 diapers are about $16 for a package of 96 in the Luvs brand.)

 

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Happy Easter 2012

April 11th, 2012 Melanie Posted in Celebrations, Family, Hailey, Hunter | No Comments »

Here are some pictures from our Easter weekend

The day before Easter:

Hailey with her Easter basket from Grandma and Pa

Hunter with his Easter basket from Grandma and Pa… his first Easter basket :-)

Hailey all ready to dye her Easter eggs.

Working hard to make her creations beautiful.

Hunter with his first Easter egg… made courtesy of Hailey

Studying her eggs, deciding what to do

Checking out the holes in their heads

Hailey and her completed eggs

Eggheads

Hunter and Hailey’s eggs left out for the Easter Bunny.

Pictures from Easter Sunday:

Hailey found Hunter’s basket first since the Easter Bunny made it so easy to find.

It took Hailey a few more minutes to find hers.  The Easter Bunny made hers a little harder to find.

Hailey and her Easter basket.

Hunter checking out his Easter basket.

My little man

Hailey looking beautiful, Hunter looking unimpressed with posing for pictures (but handsome, nonetheless).

We are so blessed to have Hailey and Hunter!!!!

My amazing little miss

My wonderful little man cub

We had dinner at my parents house after church.  Here Hailey shows off the cake she made the day before (with help from Grandma).  Hailey picked chocolate cake, chocolate frosting and a side of chocolate ice cream.  (Think she likes chocolate at all??)

 

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April Photo Roundup

April 5th, 2012 Melanie Posted in Hailey, Hunter | No Comments »

Hunter and Hailey having a quick morning snuggle before Hailey was off to school.

Smiley boy :-)

Everything goes in his mouth these days.

Getting a little work done on his laptop during tummy time.

 

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It’s True

April 4th, 2012 Melanie Posted in Hailey, The Things She Says | No Comments »

The other night when Hailey was praying she said, “Thank you for our treadmill so that my mom and dad can work out because they really need to.”

 

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