April 2004

04/29/04

Tommy is three months old today! For posterity, I took him to the lactation consultant's shop and used their baby scale. He weighs 16 lbs 7 oz today. Using my sewing measuring tape, I get a length of approximately 25.5 inches. Hopefully I'll experience the "Holes" effect of carrying the piglet up a mountain everyday until the pig grows up and I become extremely strong.

Here are some milestones for this three month birthday.

For comparison, in one more week his age will equal the number of weeks I spent vomiting day and night in early pregnancy (I know...too much information).
He can roll onto his side and tends to sleep that way, with his arms curled up under his chin. He hasn't rolled all the way over yet, but is very close.
He moves all around the floor or the crib using some sort of side-roll technique. I can't really figure out how he does it, but he can cover quite a bit of distance.
He loves to laugh and has been since he was 6 weeks old. He just experienced his first tickle-induced laughter last week.
His favorite recorded song is Bannaphone and his favorite song that I sing is the one about the duck with the feather on his back (I don't know the name).
He has many favorite toys including the red and yellow Monkey my mom gave him, his Freddie the Firefly that Beth Mears gave him, and any sort of mirror. David and I are his favorite toys, of course.
We spend lots of time reading. Some people don't believe me, but he really does enjoy it and is aware of the books and the pictures. We lie on the floor with our heads next to each other and I hold the books above our faces. He looks at the pictures and reaches out to touch bright things on the page and usually touches my face or holds onto my hair with one hand. His favorite books are Me Baby You Baby, Jamberry, Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See.
He likes to be on his play mat for some time each day. He always rolls or scoots so that he's diagonal on it and I finally figured out that this is because the smiley face at the top faces diagonally. How smart!
He doesn't like...wind, not being entertained, David's cough, trying to suck on his fist and getting the roof of his mouth poked by his fingers, getting his diaper changed in the middle of the night when he's HUNGRY.

04/28/04

Here are a couple of playtime pictures. He's in 6-9 month clothes now and we have to buy a new car seat this weekend because he's outgrown the infant seat.

Bonding time with monkey.

04/27/04

Ok. So maybe he isn't as fussy as I thought he was. Tommy was an extremely good traveler for our trip to Winnipeg. He slept during most of the plane rides and had no problems with his ears. He even sat contentedly in his car seat during takeoff and landing. Over the visit, he grinned at and played with all of the relatives like a professional charmer. He had a few melt-down moments, but not many. All in all, I think he was a very good baby. Of course, everyone loved him! Here are some pictures. Thanks to Uncle Arnie and Aunt Shirley for taking these and sharing them with us.

Uncle Arnie and Tommy right after we arrived.

Sunlight picture.

Still happy after a long day of traveling

The great grandparents and us

Tommy and Aunt Shirley are talking.

The "Gaping Fish Mouth of Cottage Cheese" (ask me for the story sometime)

He likes to sit and look around.

Tommy and Great Grandma

Our family with Great Grandma

He was really tired of visiting and taking pictures by this time!

04/26/04

Sorry about the long wait! We've been in Winnipeg, Canada visiting David's Aunts, Uncles and Great Grandparents. Tommy is the first Great Grandchild, so it was a very special visit. I'll write more tomorrow, and post more pictures, but here's one good one to tide you over. (I'm too tired to do more.)

Tommy and Great Grandpa were grinning at each other.

04/16/04

He's holding his head up much better now! My mom figured out that he's much happier if you prop him up on his forearms.

Note the hat. He doesn't hate it...yet.

04/13/04

Here are some pictures of Easter with my mom, brother and his fiancée. Tommy discovered his hair yesterday. He was petting his head with his left hand all day. We'll see if he remembers it today.

This is his favorite place in the whole world. He loves the baby in the mirror above him.

Uncle Benny

Uncle Benny and Aunt Erin

Grammy

04/09/04

My parents and Ben and his girlfriend Erin arrive today! I'm very excited to have company for Easter. Uncle Benny is going to LOVE Tommy. David is out of town for work. Tommy and I missed him yesterday, but we did very well on our own. I'm sure glad my mom will be here the rest of the days and nights David is away.

This is what happens when David chooses the clothes to dress him in while I'm in the shower...not very stylish. Neither of us could figure out why he chose to put overalls over a full sleeper. We both decided that the overalls look kind of girly anyway, so I guess we'll pass those along to Cindy's Claudia.

This outfit is much more stylish. Note the Very Hungry Caterpillar socks -- they rattle! You also may notice he's in a different bouncy seat. We managed to completely wear the other one out. When I realized the vibrating thingy was broken on the old one I just about panicked. It's sometimes the only way I can get him to nap. We bought a new one right away.

04/04/04

He's not floating. He's leaning on the couch.

Our new game is to "Shake it. Sh-Sh-Shake it. Shake it like a Polaroid picture." I know. It's kind of dorky and trendy at the same time, but it REALLY makes him laugh.

04/01/04

Tommy had his 2 month pediatrician appointment on March 29th. As expected, he's a very healthy baby. Strangely, he was off the growth charts at birth but is now in the 97th percentile for height and weight. He's 14 lbs 6 oz and 24 3/4 inches long. He had to have three shots and was miserable through the next day. Poor Tommy.

He's learned how to roll onto one side so that he can see things better.

He's also learned where his fist is -- good for sucking on.

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