Tuesday, February 15, 2011

5 Months....what?

This sweet little Cherub turns 5 months old this week.
We went to his 4 month check-up last week.


He weighed in at 15 pounds (35%), 26.5 inches tall (85%).
We have another long lean one. Ryder's stats were pretty much the same at 4 months.

This little guy has learned a lot of new tricks lately. He has the biggest smile. His entire body twitches with excitement when he smiles.
He rolls all over the place to get to where he wants.
He is already trying to place his knees under his belly.
He loves his big brother.
He grabs at toys and slobbers on them.
Oh and his talking is non-stop. He is very verbal and full of noises.
He loves his baths. He kicks his arms and legs so much I have to keep a hand on him so he does not fall over. It is the cutest!

He loves his toes and knees.
He likes to eat.

He continues to melt our hearts. We fall more in love with the little guy each day.

His sleep still has some room for improvement. No bragging there. He takes at least 2 good naps a day. The nighttime is another story...he goes to bed between 7-8pm, but is up every 3-4 hours on a GOOD night. Sigh. WE have some work to do here.

We are at the point he can cry it out per doctor. According to some of the info. provided from the doc he may be a "trained night feeder." Who trained him? hmmm. I sure didn't. I guess it is time to untrain him. SO we have little goals to get him to more sleep at night.
We also were given a medication for reflux called Zantac. We are giving that to him 2 times a day.
All in all we couldn't be more happy or blessed with our baby boy.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Some oldies that make me smile

Me and a few friends went to Botanic Gardens in the fall. It was a gorgeous day. I have a few of their pics. I forgot the camera that day. Ryder loves my friends. He hams it up everytime.


Ryder & Tara

A LONG January


We finished up our holiday family time with a visit from Kevins dad. He drove up from Atlanta, GA for a week. WE ate a lot of great food. Then the boys and I packed up the first weekend in January to visit family down in Central IL. WE were very busy in Jan., but I have not photographed much of it. I really need to start taking more pics of the boys and video taping Wyatt. He is turning into quite a clown.


The tots playing




Logan and Ryder with Aunt Erin before bed.
Our 2nd Thurston Christmas
The boys with Uncle Brian
Ryder and Grandpa T.
Wyatt with Grandpa T.
4 Thurston Men and 3 generations. Ryder was not up for the pics.

Its back to the grind in January. I feel like it has been go go go. Hoping for a calmer February and EARLY SRPING.