4 month stats and the end of summer

Zaine is growing along quite nicely! At his 4 month well baby check he weighed in at 14lbs 13oz and was 25.5" long. He cried when he got his shots (who wouldn't?!) but by the time we made it out to the receptionist, he was smiling again.

One of his new favorite things to do is to grab my face and pull it down to his for smooches. Or to eat. Same difference in baby land. Can't get enough slobbery baby kisses! <3 He also laughs quite often and we recently bought him an exersaucer for him to play in. He's not quite sure about it yet, but I think it's growing on him.

Savannah started the 3rd grade in Argonia at the end of the summer. I can hardly believe she's growing up so quickly! We had such a great summer with her, hate that we're back to our school schedule but it can't be helped when she lives an hour away. Tomorrow when she's here we're headed to Toy Story 3 on Ice. Looking forward to it!

Over Labor Day weekend Elery and I took Zaine out to Kansas City to see my family. Savannah went to Wyoming with her Mom to see her step-father' family. Hopefully her trip went well, I know ours did! Zaine got lots of quality Nana time and Elery and I got to have a date day at Schlitterbahn's--one of the newer water parks in the area. They had a swim up bar in a "hot tub" area. It was amazing. We spent a lot of time there and probably too much money but it was SO lovely to have that time to be an adult with my hubby.

Off to watch some Trailer Park Boys with El!

Summer is well under way!

Whose bright idea was it to do a sleeping arrangement transition when I had to work the next day? Oh yeah. It was mine. What on earth was I thinking?! Zaine has been successfully sleeping in his PnP bassinet for a few weeks now but it was a rough transition and he was up every 1.5-2 hours for about a week and a half. Thank God for Diet Pepsi!

Zaine is growing like a weed, inching ever closer to his 4 month birthday. My goodness how time flies. Zaine gets to come to work with me until he's 6 months and then it's off to the sitter he goes. I'm so thankful he'll be with someone we know and trust but I am not looking forward to that milestone at all. As exhausting as it is taking care of him full-time and working full-time, I enjoy the time we get together during the day.

Zaine's personality is starting to come out. Somehow, he's learned to be "bashful" and it is absolutely adorable! If I'm holding him and someone comes along and talks to him and smiles at him, he grins real big and then buries his face in my chest. Then he smiles at you again and repeat. He's also started to reach for things AND be successful the majority of the time. He can't hang on to things for very long but he sure does try to put everything in his mouth!

I'm so very lucky to be his Mommy. <3

Savannah is with us every other week during the summer. She gets to spend time with us as well as her cousins and Elery's parents. She also gets to bond a little more with her newest little brother. I have the SIMS 2 on my computer and Savannah's decided that is her new favorite game. I think she spends more time making families and building and decorating houses then she does actually playing the game though!

Elery has a new trick. He's taken up fire breathing! On one hand, I think it's pretty cool but on the other hand, I do love my husband so seeing him put something in his mouth that says, "Caution: Harmful or Fatal if Swallowed" scares the crap out of me.

No new tricks for me. I'm pretty boring. Work, baby, computer, family time. Oh and I started a new book. Exciting eh?