Rhys is 4 Months Old!
Our little baby is 4 months old. It is so amazing to see him change and grow on a daily basis. So, our little guy is not really so little. He weighs 19lbs. 4 oz and is 26 1/2 in. long. That puts him at the 98 percentile for weight and the 93 percentile for height. Where did this boy come from. To give you some perspective, this was how big Ellie was when she turned ONE! This might explain why he is having so much trouble rolling over. He has managed to get himself from his stomach to his back once but he seems to have a lot of trouble getting his butt over….no jokes!!! He is such a good natured baby. He lo
ves for people to talk to him and he will just sit there and smile and laugh. I think he might be teething because he is constantly drooling and biting on things, including everyone’s fingers. We are still getting up once during the night but he does go right back to sleep. Unfortunately he will not take very long naps during the day. Oh well….more time for us to sit and play with him. I am including some pictures so you can see just how healthy he is.
Yummy Rice Cereal!
The Dr. gave us the go ahead to start Rhys on rice cereal. We were just waiting, though because Rhys didn’t seem to have an interest in eating. That all changed on Tuesday night. After dinner, I made mango smoothies for everyone. I was holding Rhys and trying to drink my smoothie. Rhys decided the smoothie looked good and opened his mouth and tried to grab the cup from me. So, off Gabe went to purchase our first box of rice cereal. Rhys wasn’t so sure of it at first but after a few spoonfuls he seemed to really enjoy it. After he was all finished, he had a big smile on his face. Gabe captured the momentous occasion on “film”.
A Wonderful Day
Last Friday we had an amazing family day. Victoria did not have school and Gabe decided to take a day of vacation. He never takes vacation to stay home, we are always traveling but he had some extra days. There were things, of course, that needed done around the house but we decided to have a nice morning together as a family. Gabe made yummy belgian waffles with strawberries for breakfast. They were so tasty. Then we went to Neenah to my new favorite store, The Mom and Pop Place, for storytime. Ellie, Rhys and I go there every Friday. They read stories, do an art project and then play with all kinds of toys. There is a little cafe so mom can enjoy a drink and snack. It was fun to have Victoria and Gabe join us for this outing. I think Ellie was a little confused why they were invading on her turf. After storytime, we took a brisk walk across the foot bridge in Neenah. The foot bridge was an old train bridge that went from Neenah to Menasha. They converted it to a foot bridge. It was really nice but very cold that morning. We came home, had a quiet lunch and began the chores for the day while the kids napped. I headed to Madison that night with all the youth for a youth convention. As we were driving there I reflected on how truly blessed I am to have such a wonderful family. I am so thankful that we took time to just hang out with one another and not worry about what needed to be done. As always, here are some pics from the morning!+
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Trick-or-Treat
What a fun night last night. It was beautiful here in WI considering that it was the last day of October. I think it got up in the 60’s yesterday. I decided since it was so nice that Rhys should come out on our trick-or-treat adventure with us. The girls could not wait to get out and start getting candy. As a matter of fact, Ellie woke up yesterday and said, “I get candy!”. She was slightly disappointed when I told her she had to wait until that night. That turned into a bit of a lie since every place we went to yesterday handed her candy. She was on a sugar high before the actual trick-or-treating even started. At 4:00 we started out around the neighborhood. I took the kids first. That was Victoria’s idea. She thought I should take them around half the neighborhood and then go home and feed Rhys while Gabe took them out. She is always so concerned about Rhys eating. It was a good plan, though. I missed trick-or-treat time last year because I had class so I was excited to see them go from house to house. They had an awesome time. Victoria was a little shy about ringing the doorbells but once she understood that you could go to the doors that had lights on, she was fine. Ellie had to run to keep up with Victoria. She was moving slow trying to check out every piece of candy that she got. I think Ellie’s favorite part of the night was handing out candy. She got so excited once that she dropped all the candy on the ground. Good thing for wrappers!! It was such a fun night and everyone was exhausted. Gabe took the girls up to bed around 8:30 and everyone fell asleep in our bed (Ellie was still wearing her costume). I would say that was a good night!!!
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