Holiday Round-up!

What a busy time this has been! I feel like it was even more busy with the baby -- maybe that's because my mind is not only occupied with ME anymore, but I'm always thinking about Wes (and Matt too of course).

In any case, I had no time to blog so we'll have to settle for the Holiday Round up

December 11-12th:  We put up the tree and all our decorations. I broke my baby toe on the couch. No joke.

December 18-19th: Went shopping for Christmas dinner. Enjoyed dinner at our friends for their Saints day, but when we got home the refrigerator door had been left open so all our food had to be thrown out. I cried a lot.

December 23rd:  Matt's parents arrived for the holidays and Wes started peas -- his first veggie.

Wes with daddy, Gaga, and Pop

Wes with his women -- mommy, grandmas, and great-nani

December 24th: Christmas Eve at my parents house. My mom & grandparents made a wonderful dinner. Matt played Santa just for Wes, but he went to bed around 8:30PM and Santa didn't come until 10PM. Oh well.  (I was Santa's elf helper).

Santa imbibing

December 25th:  This was our BIG DAY as we hosted Christmas breakfast and dinner.  My parents cane over and we all opened our presents and had breakfast -- quiche and sausages and lots of coffee. It was fun having both grandparents there for Wes's first Christmas and seeing him open all his presents - which he liked the wrapping more than what was inside. Then we cleaned up and prepared Christmas dinner for the rest of my family who arrived around 6PM. We opened more presents, watched Its a Wonderful Life, and ate my first ham.

Opening up presents Christmas morning

December 26th: We were pooped but we managed to make a small trip to the arboretum for the Annual Yule Log Hunt (for the kids it was the Twig Hunt).

Wes and his baby Loot

December 27th: Matt's parents leave that morning and ... Our sewage backs up again... for the 4th time. We had to hire a new plumber and I had to spend the day at my mom's because we couldn't use the toilet. Matt & I decided to forgo our Christmas presents to each other in lieu of paying the plumber (I was going to get Matt a snow-blower and he was going to get me a Wii Fit).  Oh well.

The New Year's party self portrait

December 31st: New Year's at my mom's house. I was so tired that all I wanted to do was sleep when Wes went to bed ... but I stayed up and rang in the new year with the usual suspects and silly string.

First Picture with Santa!

He was very Santa-y looking Santa (and nice too)!

Solids - rice cereal week 2

Yesterday, I started the baby on rice cereal 2 times a day -- per doctor's orders. It feels like my pediatrician believes in slow introductions into solids. I'm happy with that because I really didn't want to start solids until 5 months and at this rate he won't have his first actual vegetable until he's 5 months.
Our first week went smooth, but the last 2 days he's been putting his hands in his mouth so everything is a mess. Towards the end, he's really fussy and food is everywhere - see picture.
Also, my issue right now is when to feed him the cereal. I have been doing it @ feeding #3 ( #1 is middle of night; #2 is early morning; #3 is usually around 10am -- fascinating stuff I know!). After #3 he's nice and full and goes down for a 2 hour nap.
Yesterday I did a solid @ feeding #3 & #5 but that didn't work (complicated). Today I am going to do it at #3 & 4 -- so before and after his big nap.
By the time I get this figured, he'll be ready for that jar of peas! Yum!

Gearing up for Christmas!

The holidays continue ...

This weekend we finally got up our Christmas Tree and decorated the outside of the house.  We had to buy a new tree because our old one, which was a hand-me-down, had a broken top and was really old.  Matt told me this year, after the baby was born, "Wes needs a new tree." It's not about us anymore!

I hadn't been tree shopping in some time ever, and now the trees have gotten fancy. We picked up one with berries, pine cones, and 3 different types of branches.  Fancy indeed! I'm partial to a fresh tree, but with this we can decide if we want to do a fresh or fake tree. It's all about choice!

Sunday, Matt went to see the Patriots annihilate the Bears under a blanket of snow. Wes and I went with my family to Christmas Brunch hosted by my aunt & uncle. Wes slept the whole time. It was nice to eat in peace but I was still eating fast, looking at him, wondering when he would wake up. I still couldn't really eat in peace.

This Thursday, we're hoping to see Santa at the mall -- but here's the million $$ question.  Do I let my baby sit on a germy lap?

With his gingerbread pillow, a gift from our Realtor/friend Kathy.

Happy Face, Happy Legs!

Oh Christmas Tree...

Ok, only for 1 photo ...

First solids feeding

It went well! This photo was from the beginning but it got messier as it went on and he wanted more and more. I gave him 1 tbs of rice cereal mixed with 2 tbs of formula. He ate it up! Then I followed up with a bottle feeding per doctor's instructions.

I used Happy Bellies organic brown rice cereal with DhA & probiotics & iron.

The holiday season begins...

It's official. It's December. It's cold. I haven't finished my Christmas shopping!  But I did order our Christmas cards today (it takes a whole day to do this, getting it done between naps).

Today we had our first December sing-a-long music class -- Wes didn't fall asleep or fuss, I was thrilled. He was enamored with the other kids, and liked all the singing. During instrument playing, I layed him on the floor and he watched everyone. But once we got in the stroller for the walk back to the car, he passed out before we got to the car.

Our first December weekend ... 

Dinner @ my grandparents

Holiday parade ...COLD!!

Opening up his present from Saint Nicholas

My parents, brother, me & baby

Christmas Brunch @ The Grand Geneva Resort

Someone wanted champagne?!

4 month check up stats

Wes had his 4 month well check up this morning. Now he's asleep on my lap, poor baby. The vaccinations are terrible and we take him out of the office crying his eyes out.
But he is doing really well and we got the go-ahead to introduce solids. He's taking in 40oz of formula and that's usually the sign that he needs more. So we're to start with cereal for 2 weeks and then move to single veggies every 5 days.
So how big is the bugger?
Weight: 15lb 15oz (66%)
Height: 26-1/2" (91%)
Head: 16-3/4" (50%)