Five Months

Yum Yum

I can't believe this day has come, our baby boy ate solids for the first time! I was trying to hold off until closer to 6 months but everytime, for the past week, whenever we eat in front of him he is trying to grab at it and is making the chewing motion the whole time. So off we went to Babies R Us to buy his highchair (which I'm not going to lie, made me tear up just a little) and today I made my first batch of baby food. With being home for the most part I really want to try making all if his food myself. I have researched and researched what to give for their first solid and when etc. Chase already gets rice cereal in his bottle for his refulx so I decided to skip that and try avocado. It super easy to make, mash it up and I added a little formula to make it runnier.

I gave Chase the teeniest tinest amount on his spoon (and he had his own spoon to play with) and he ate it right up. I can honestly say I've never seen our little boy so happy. He was squealing with delight the entire time and kept opening his mouth for sure. He is def his father's child when it comes to food :) With getting choked up at buying his highchair I thought I would have been a mess today, but seeing him enjoy trying food for the first time made my heart melt. We are going to continue with avocado for the next couple days, and then its onto squash :) Here are a few photos of the lil guy enjoying his first culinary experience.

Proud boy in his highchair 

First batch of baby food  

Got his own spoon 

First bite of food 

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Four Months

 

Our little boy is getting bigger and bigger each day. He had his four month check up today and he did great. He got 2 shots and was such a brave lil guy, let out one cry and was back to smiling in a second, though it may have something to do with the face that Daddy was at todays appointment :) I was a little anxious for this appointment as at his 2 month checkup the doctor noticed his head was starting to get a little flat spot. As soon as I heard that I thought of the helmet he would have to wear if it got worse. I did some research on preventing the 'flat head syndrome' and besdies LOTS of tummy time I found this thing called a baby moon, which looks like a donught and is a pillow like consistency. You use it whenver they are lying with their head on a heard surface. Well after using it for 2 months it seems to have done its job, (all for $18) as the doctor said his head shape looked great. Also his torticollis is improving and it won't be a concern for too much longer...phew! Who knew such a little being could create such worry :) We wouldn't change it for the world though.

 

 

Christmas Season 2012

It's hard to believe the Christmas season has come and gone and we are already a few days into 2013! With a family as large as ours we are usually pretty busy throughout this time of year, throw in changing plenty of diapers and feeding a baby and it's all done with in a flash.

We celebrated Christmas with the Berry's a little early this year as Mom and Bill were heading to Florida for 3 weeks to see Bill's son and family. The four of us wernt to one of our favorite Italian restaurants for dinner and came home to open presents and dig into some yummy desserts.

Grandma Smith of course came over from England and with not working this year I have been trying to spend as much time with her as possible, though really she just wants to see Chase ;) We got to spend time with James sister Anita, and her family which was great. It's always fun to see the kids and it's so cute to see them talking and playing with Chase.

This Christmas was the first Christmas morning James and I spent on our own without my family. Though it was a little sad not having my sisters waking us up at the crack of dawn with their excitement, it was really nice to start our own Christmas traditions as a family of 3. We did head up to my Dad's house for dinner and to exchange presents with them. Jen, as always cooked up a feast for us, a traditional English Christmas dinner..yum!

My birthday shortly follows Christmas, just adding more chaos to an already busy time :) This year was the big 30!!! James treated me to a day at the spa, which was just was this new Mum needed. A full body massage, facial and a spa mani/pedi. It was excellent. We ended the day with chinese food. It couldn't have been a better day. A few days later we managed to squeeze in a family birthday dinner at Olive Garden.

We got to see many of our good friends this Christmas season. The Holdens were in from Texas, unfortunately though we didn't get to see Magan and David..next time! Rich and Sarah were up from VA and we had a little get together. Shawn and Leona stopped in on their drive back to TN. It was so great to see my bestie and treasure any minute I get to spend with her as they are far and few between. Of course I couldn't wait to show off Chase to her :) We had a few friends over for New Years eve, Rif, Suzanne, Sal & Diane. We had a great time hanging out and ringing in 2013.

Of course, we miss getting to see the family in England at this time, as well as anytime throughout the year. We did get to skype though, thanks to James and the new laptop he bought me for Christmas.

I'm very excited to see what 2013 has in store for the 3 of us; a new house? new job? We shall see. One thing I do know though is our little boy will continue to amaze us everyday as he has done for the past 3 1/2 months already.

Here are some photos from around Christmas time:

An Update on The Lil Man

It's been a while since I've given you all an update on our lil man, so lets see.... he  is growing at a crazy rate, and is starting to wear his 3 -6 months clothing now, which I'm not going to lie makes me a little sad. But with that comes more interaction with us every day. Waking up and seeing him beam a huge smile at me is priceless, and makes my heart melt every single time. That will never get old. He certainly recognizes James and I's voices and his head turns in our direction as soon as he hears us. He has put himself on a great sleeping schedule, down at 7pm, feeds at 11pm and sleeps until 6am, eats and back to bed until 8-9am. We are very lucky!

At his 2 month checkup I bought up a concern to his doctor. I had noticed that during tummy time Chase would always turn his head in the same direction, the same goes for when he was being held and sleeping. The doctor told me he had torticollis. It is where one side of the neck is tight and stops the baby from turning the head all the way in one direction. It is very common in breech babies, which he was. Thankfully we caught it very early on, so all that is needed is some physical therapy sessions and it will correct itself. We will be starting that after Christmas.

On December 16th we had Chase dedicated at our church, Calvary Chapel of Delaware County. It is important to us that Chase is raised knowing God and being involved in our church. Our family (minus those in England unfortunately) all came and we went out to lunch afterwards.

Here is a pic of the lil guy

3 Months