Look Who's FOUR Months Old....

Brody turned 4 months old on Thursday. He wasn't too thrilled to have to spend the morning at the pediatrician's office. He got 5 vaccines and screamed like you would not believe when he was getting them. Poor Moosey. The good news is it seems his colic has gone away for the most part, so we can stop giving him the gold plated formula (aka Alimentum) and go back to Similac Sensitive. His reflux still seems to be an issue, so he will stay on the Zantac for now.

Since he is such a big baby, the doctor said we could go ahead and get him started on solids. So last night he had his first taste of solid food-rice cereal-he did great! (And LOVED it!) She also suggested we start letting him hang out in an exersaucer-which he also LOVED! What a happy night of firsts for Brody-cakes!

A few stats for Brody at 4 months:

-weighs 15 lbs 8 ounces
-is 26 inches tall
-can roll over onto his belly (but can't get back on his back)
-is an expert at holding up his head
-sleeps through the night (for the most part)
-drinks about 46-48 ounces of formula
-tried his first solid food
-likes to hang out in his exersaucer (this is a brand new development)
-loves it when we talked to him and coos happily right back at us
-has the sweetest open mouth smile that lights his whole face up
-nicknames: Brody-cakes, Moose, Brod

Here's a few pictures of our big guy, his "firsts":

Happy 4 Month Birthday! -First time in an exersaucer!

First time eating solid food-look who loves rice cereal!

And a selection of my favorites from his 3 month photo shoot with Aunt Bobbi:

Ten on Tuesday

1. It's 9:00 on Tuesday night, that should tell you what kind of day I've had. Nuff said.

2. The Smoothie Moovee game in the Webkinz Arcade is ridiculously addictive-I think Bryce and Jarron's Webkinz are now living in castles with as many webkinz coins as I have won.

3. Moosey Moose (aka Brody) is now wearing 6 month outfits. And they are tight. (Not "that's tight Dawg!" but physically tight.)

Seriously!

4. Jackson has pretty much beat the Batman lego game and has set his sights on finishing Ratatouille. Too bad there's no such thing as a professional video gamer, because I think he'd rock at that.



5. Bryce and Jarron have been using my camera lately to do some "photography". Too funny-they love taking abstract pictures and setting their toys up in poses.

Brody as seen by Jarron

Thor as seen by Jarron

My scrapbook room as seen by Bryce

6. I get to see my mentee for the first time in about a year tomorrow. Super excited to see her.

7. Brody has his check-up on Thursday-he'll be four months old that day as well. Check back then for the "official" weigh in.

8. I can't believe how many high school friends I am reconnecting with on Facebook. Who knew?

9. As I am typing this, I can hear the boys talking in bed, apparently there is some dispute as to who is the best at Nintendo DS. There is talk of a "battle". I hope it doesn't involve fists.

The Rowdy Bunch

10. My absolute favorite scrapbooking magazine, Simple Scrapbooks, is no longer going to be printed after this summer. This is such a bummer. I've learned so much from the talented editors of SS.

That's it for this week-check back Thursday for the Brody update!

Heard at Mall Cop

Just got back from seeing Mall Cop with the boys and their cousin Blaze. I'm not sure what was funnier the movie or the running commentary from the boys:
Before the movie-Blaze, sounding disappointed-"I saw a cop at the mall yesterday but he didn't run into anything."

During the movie-
Jarron: "OHHHHH, she took her hair off."
Blaze: "I think it's a wig."

Blaze: "This is my favorite part from the commercial-check it out-a pink bandaid-that's hilarious!"

Jackson-from 3 seats away during a kissing scene-"YUCK! That's disgusting!"

We had the loudest laugher ever in the theatre-this woman was literally slapping her thighs and HOWLING with laughter. My brother and I were cracking up. Not only that, but the person behind me was snorting!
It was a great movie-very, very funny.

And I'll leave you with this converstion with Jarron:
J: "Mom we should see Marley & Me"
Me: "Oh really is it good?"
J: "Well it's basically this movie about this dog and his owners. He's kind of crazy dog and is always in trouble but his owners love him. Oh and he dies at the end."
Me: "Jarron you just told me the whole movie and how it ends-you ruined it for me!"
J: "Ummmm no I didn't, I didn't tell you WHAT Marley dies of!"
J (whispering): "I think it had to do with his stomach but you didn't hear that from me."