And So it Begins

To celebrate Jason passing his LEED exam, Jason bought himself a GameCube. He is teaching Anna how to play Mario Kart.

While waiting for Jason one day, Anna thought Brian might like to play with her. 

Oh my!

The Ill Fated Photo Shoot

One day I realized that Anna and Brian both have giraffe outfits. I thought it would be really cute if they both wore them and I took a picture. I didn't go as planned.


First I waited too long and Brian was ready for his nap. I took them anyway to check on poses and stuff.

She tries so hard

By the end, she was tired to the crying too.

After he woke up, he was much happier. Unfortunately, I discovered it was really hard to see a yellow giraffe on a yellow outfit and her shirt bunched awkwardly when she sat. Sigh.

The lying down ones were better for seeing her giraffe but they still aren't what I had in mind.Better luck next time. 

4 Months

Brian is now four months old. At his check-up on Monday he came in at 12 lbs 11 oz (10-25th percentile) and 25 inches (50th percentile). He has much better head control and holds himself up well.

Yummy hands.

He has discovered toys and loves to chew on anything he can get into his mouth. Fists, toys, feet, anything. Funny story about the toys, for a while he would only chew on his hands. I tried to get him to hold onto toys but he would not do it. One day when I tried to put a toy up to his hand, he kept his fingers outstretched. Once I took the toy away, he made a fist. Looks like I have another willful one.

He was working on rolling over, got half-way and stayed there for a while.

He's not rolling over consistently yet. He was rolling over this morning, I couldn't keep him on his tummy.The funny thing was, he didn't seem to care which way he faced. Once he was on his back it was just like, "oh look, now I can chew on my hands better". I think the problem is he enjoys his tummy time too much. Once I left him on the floor while he was getting fussy to see if he would roll over but no dice. It wasn't being on his tummy, it was being on the floor at all that was the problem.

He loves being on the floor.

We think he might be dealing with teeth. At least that's what we hope it is. He has been drooly and fussy lately. His naps are more erratic and he is waking up more at night. For a while he would only nap for an hour at a time. Now he's doing better with tylenol before he goes down.

The doctor told us that he doesn't need food in the night anymore. I thought, "Woo hoo! Now I can stop feeding him at night". Ah, if only. The first night, I tried feeding him only on one side when he woke up. "It didn't end well" (Princess and the Frog). Instead of him waking up at 2 and 5 (What he's been doing. Even after eliminating the 2 am wake-up, it's back.) he woke up at 2, 3:30, 5, and 6:30. Needless to say, I only did that one night. I guess I'll just keep feeding him and hope for the best.

Of course he's cute as can be so I guess we'll keep him. 

So Patient

Anna likes to hold Brian. Sometimes she likes it more than he does. 

The other day, I was in the kitchen while Anna and Brian were in the living room. When I checked on them, this is what I found.

He is so patient with her. 

I'm in there too

In a lot of ways, Brian is like Jason. He is tall and skinny (more like Jason now than Jason as a baby) and gets the hiccups when he eats a lot.

I don't know if you can tell from this picture but Brian has Jason's coloring. They both have brown eyes, yellow undertones and tan. I'm more pink-y and the thought of a tan makes my skin laugh. 

Now Brian has started sucking on his hands. Generally, he works with whole fists. Trying to get it all in his mouth at once. Now and then, he goes with just a finger or too, like so..

Sorry about the strange colors, it was taken at night and lightened in photoshop.  He looks like he's wondering why I'm taking his picture just after changing his diaper. 

Interestingly, this is exactly how I would suck on my fingers when I was little. I guess, like Anna, Brian is a mix of the two of us.

Mommy Payoff

The other day, while Brian was in his bouncy seat, Anna decided to read to him. She grabbed her Book Of Mormon illustrated story book (what we call her picture scriptures) because she said she wanted to teach him about Jesus. 

Beach Day

A little bit ago, some friends of ours had a party at the beach. It was Brian's first time there. 

He was rocking his sunglasses and hat. For the most part, he likes them both and doesn't mind wearing either of them. The only time he had a problem was when the strap from the hat started making his sunglasses go wonky.

  

We tried out the sand in the safety of a beach umbrella. While he didn't seem to hate the sand (there was no crying) he wasn't thrilled about it either. I think he was disgruntled that it got on his binkie. 

Naturally Anna had a blast. I rarely saw her the whole time and it was hard to pin her down to eat. 

Anna is the one on the far left.

It was a beautiful day and while I didn't go in the water (my pregnant self totally stretched out my swimsuit and I haven't had a chance to replace it yet) Anna was able to have fun with her friends both in and out of the water.

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Around lunch time, Brian fell asleep and managed to sleep for a few hours, made all the more impressive by the fact that he was only sleeping for an hour at a time at home. I think we need to get him a wave machine.