Flying Through Four Months

On December 23, 2010, Kellan was four months old and also had his four month check-up.  It is amazing how fast four months have gone by and how much he is changing and growing.  He is smiling, laughing and talk-talk-talking.  He is quite the chatter box.  He is becoming more of a cuddler and I find him snuggling in close to me now more than ever before.  At four months, the Doctor gave him a very good bill of health and gave us the green light to try solid food.  YAY!  Kellan has always been a good eater, and moving to rice cereal and baby food has been quite an easy transition for him.  Here he is, on his four month birthday, enjoying some bland and very liquid rice cereal.  As the days have gone on, his cereal is becoming thicker and he is eating it twice a day; rice cereal in the morning and vegetable in the evening.  We are still hoping his new diet will help his sleeping habits as well.  We were spoiled with Oliver and he was sleeping 10-12 hours a night at 10 weeks of age.  Kellan is still getting up at least once a night, usually around 2:00 AM and then again at 5:00 ish.  Sometimes he pushes the first wake-up to 4:00 and sometimes he pulls it ahead to midnight.       The wake-ups aren't that bad though, we are welcomed by a big toothless grins with dimples and bright eyes that seem to shine on for miles.

Even though Kellan's eating habits are "solid" (ha ha) his growth is slowing down, thankfully.  At two months, he was in the 95th percentile at 14 lbs 5 oz and 24.75" long.  At four months he is in the 83rd percentile at 16 lbs 9 oz and 26" in length.  Overall, we have an extremely happy and healthy baby boy.

Catching up to Christmas

In an effort to catch up the blog with photos from before Christmas, these are random moments through December that I thought I would share.  It was a very busy month, as I'm sure it was for most people.  We are glad that it is almost over and 2011 is off to a slow start.  We may actually start to get caught up around the house with things we need to do... or, maybe not.

This paticular night, Oliver asked if he could hold Kellan and I noticed they matched, which gave me a photo op.  Lucky for me, the boys cooperated with happy faces.

Oliver and Keith sharing a hug.

 Kellan with dreamy eyes, perhaps wishing he was headed to bed. 

 At Starbucks this day I noticed these super cute polar bear cookies.  I brought one home for Oliver, which was a big hit.  He's not much of a sweets guy, so he only ate part of it and we were very ok with that.  He loved it and that's all that mattered.

Kellan LOVES this ball.  He can really get a good grip on it and he tries to get it in his mouth, like most everything within arms reach.

 One fine weekend morning, Kellan and Oliver were enjoying some tummy time while I was cooking in the kitchen.  Oliver, playing iPhone games and Kellan looking on our of curiosity.

 This year we added a train under the tree and it was a HUGE hit.  Oliver Loved spending time by the tree, playing with the train.

 Oliver and Dad even made tunnels out of gifts.

 It has taken three years, but Oliver has discovered Mom's heels.  He got a little upset with them because they    kept wanting to slide off.  Maybe because they are WAY too big!

We got together with the neighbors for the annual Christmas party.  It is a tradition to exchange cookies, beer and the kids exchange ornaments.  Here the kids are in mid-ornament exchange.

 Kellan at the neighborhood Christmas party.

 Kellan looking bright eyed in after bath tummy time.

Here are some videos of our chatty guy.  He is quite the conversationalist and he has chats regularly.

Trimming the Tree

'tis the season to trim the tree.  I asked Keith to get the camera and he took a few photos.  Thanks Keith!!! 

 

Oliver was a great helper with the ornaments.  One of his favorite places to hang them was the very bottom of the tree.  I had to explain that they needed to go a little higher so Madalyn didn't play with them.  Lucky for Oliver, this meant he could move the ornaments and then technically, he was hanging them twice. 

Oliver's other favorite place to hang ornaments is ON the light bulb.  Take a close look.  This takes talent!

 Oliver with his 2010 ornament "flying high" with Woody and Buzz from Toy Story 3.

 Not only did Keith bring me my camera, but a glass of vino as well.  What a perfect husband!

Keith giving Oliver a boost to hang some ornaments.  I didn't notice until I looked at these pictures on the computer but Oliver is giving the camera a back side smile. 

 A little blurry, but I still love it.

 Family photo, thanks to the tri-pod.

 Kellan making goo-goo eyes at his Daddy

 I attempted to take Christmas card photos of the boys.  Kellan was tired and Oliver was wired (and didn't want to sit still).  I still haven't made it to Christmas cards.  You may or may not see these shots in print.  I'm still undecided and haven't found the time to create them yet.

 Small Smile...

 Big Smile!!!

Then, Kellan was DONE!

Even though he still had a little energy for some individual shots.  Maybe his patience for his jumping bean brother had just been exhausted. 

 This one makes me laugh.

 Not to be outdone, Oliver wanted a similar pose.

 Oliver also wanted to show off his letter identification skills.  He knows his name starts with O and often when he see's an O he thinks it has something to do with him.

Jumping Jack Oliver

It's official.  The tree is up so we are ready for Christmas, or at least look the part.