Easter Bunny and visit to Chesapeake

Yesterday Gage and I went to see the Easter Bunny. Daddy had to work so we trekked to Dulles Town Center so he could meet us there. On a Tuesday afternoon noone was in line so we got to see him quickly. I was a little disappointed being that the Easter Bunny was brown, who's ever heard of a brown Easter Bunny...everyone knows the Easter Bunny's supposed to be white! Anyway much like Xmas, the Bunny was giant and looked like he wanted to eat my kid. I'll try and post a picture when I have access to a scanner again...I'll try and make Luke do it at home. The Bunny trip was pretty uneventful aside from Gage crapping on himself RIGHT as we were walking out the door...he then proceeded to do it again once we got home.
This am we packed up and headed to see Grandma and Grandiddy. Gage got a nice long nap on the way and might have made it all the way home but Mommy had to stop and pee. Of course once here he didn't want to nap and everything was so new that he worse himself out. NEedless to say, he had a complete meltdown at dinner and wouldn't eat any cereal. Hopefully tonight he will get some sleep and be well rested for tom. We're going to see Auntie for her bday and maybe vist w/ Paul or Bonnie.....until tomorrow and more adventures in Chesapeake. We miss you Daddy!

Eating Video

Well I got this to work, it just must be a problem if I edit the video then it's not compatible w/ the blog. So, sorry this is long but it's the only way I can post it.

Rice Cereal!

So last night we took our 1st attempt at eating 'solid food'. Why it's called solid food, I'm not quite sure being that it's almost as liquidy as milk itself. We followed the directions and added one tbsp. of cereal and 5 tbsps. of milk. It was so liquidy we could hardly keep it in a spoon. We thickened it up a bit by adding more cereal, so tonight I think we'll try just 4 tbsp. Gage wasn't buying into at first but then he slowly started to understand what he was supposed to do. By that time and a few bites later he was done. Not bad for his 1st time. We didn't think he even ate enough for it to matter, but he didn't nurse that long afterwards. He also slept for an entire 9 hours too, so maybe he got more than we thought! Or that extra cereal we added to thicken it up may have done the trick...hope he didn't get too much! He doesn't love his high chair too much, that's for sure and we bought him a high chair toy so that he could amuse himself while we ate and I think he may be scared of it. I have a few pictures to post, we also took a video, but since I can't seem to get video to post correctly, not sure I'll get it up. As you can see, it was ok at 1st, but the last face says it all. Do I have to?

Spring Break!

Wahoo! It is here! This has been the longest week of my life and it is FINALLY over and I get to spend the next 10 days with my favorite person ever! I can't even recall anything special to note this week. We are FINALLY getting GAge on an eating schedule, the beginning of the week went well but towards the end we got a bit off. He has been sleeping a lot the last few days, maybe has a touch of a bug. However, our spring break is already filling up w/ things to do! Tomorrow Mommy will have a little time to herself, I'm going to the spa w/ a friend for a lavender pedicure! Sunday morning we'll have breakfast with Heather and she'll finally get to meet Gage, we have been trying to get together FOREVER!

Monday, Gage and I are going to visit the Easter Bunny and if Daddy can get off work he'll join too. Wednesday we're headed to the beach to see Grandma and Grandiddy and meet Summer--should be a good time relaxing and spending time together. The weather's supposed to be really nice as well. Saturday evening we'll head back here for Easter. We'll attempt church since Gage has a spiffy Easter outfit. Then this is the 1st time ever that we don't have school on Easter Monday so we'll have one more day together before Mommy has to head back. Countin' down the days....'til June. I am so lucky to be a teacher!

A beautful weekend!

This weekend brought beautiful weather and it makes me long for the summer even more. At least I only have 5 days until Spring Break. Friday, Luke had off w/ Gage, so he got to have plenty of Daddy time. He took him for 2 walks and fed him outside. Yesterday, unfortunately I had grad school ALL day long so Gage got more Daddy time. Again, they went for a walk and hung out outside. Finally, today I had off w/ so we got to spend some family time. Brett and Meg came over to visit and then we went to buy Gage a HIGH CHAIR! It is so exciting that he is about to eat solid food. I don't particularly like the color high chair that we got, but if you know anything about Graco, you know all of the color schemes are different prices and if you know anything about us, you know we'll buy the cheapest one that is not pink. That is why our stroller, pack n' play, swing and high chair do not match. oh well....so I got a color I don't like but it was $20 cheaper than the rest, so I'll get over it. It's very boyish (everything we bought we tried to make gender neutral in case we have a little girl in the future). In any case, I guess one day this week or the weekend I'll go out and start purchasing baby food!

Gage was in such a wonderful mood today and everything is so amazing to him. It was the most precious thing ever today when he stared into my face and touched my nose, and mouth and eyes as if he was seeing me for the 1st time. He then turned and did the same thing to Luke, smiling all the while. He had finally found his Mommy and Daddy and we're the coolest people around! Only 5 more days before I get to spend 10 days w/ my baby!

4 month dr's appt....

Today Gage went for his 4 month well checkup and as we had hoped....all was well. They told us he would roll soon...check....and that by the time he is 6 months old he should be able to sit up on his own for a few seconds...check...and that he won't crawl until after he is 6 months old...I beg to differ on that one. In any case, our once fat boy seems to have begun to slim down and thin out. He only weighs in at 14lbs 3oz (50% percentile) and is 25.5 ins. long (75%ile). He still has a teeny head and its only grown 1/8 of an inch in the last 2 months, which puts him at the 25%ile again for head circumference. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to be affecting his intelligence!

Wow....so we got alot of advice on schedules, sleeping, napping, etc. We absolutely love our doctor and she let us ask tons of questions today, although I think eventually she was trying to hurry us along. We have chosen a variation of the Ferber method for getting him to sleep so we'll keep you posted. Tonight he ate right before going to bed and it wasn't a problem. Perhaps if we can get him on a schedule of eating somewhere around 7pm we can avoid the insomnia. He also slept sooo well last night.....from 7pm-430am and then he went back to sleep and let Daddy sleep 'til 9am. He napped pretty well also today but we are still working on that. I have to figure out a nice way to talk to the sitter about napping him in a swing. He always naps so well for her so I have a feeling that he doesn't nap in a crib. However, we did find today that he can nap with the door and windows open...probably because it is never quiet at daycare either.

Our little boy is growing up so fast! We can't believe the doc told us today he is ready for rice cereal and possibly solid foods! WE haven't even bought a high chair yet. I was planning on buying him one next month so that he could sit with us at the table and watch us eat before he started eating himself, but now I guess I gotta get on that! It's so amazing that we are at this stage and I'm so excited to see him exploring new things! It is supposed to be a beautiful weekend so hopefully we'll get outside to enjoy!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

LOVE GAGE