in this corner:
Ben McManus, 5 months
20 lbs, 5 oz, back in the 99th percentile
Wearing 12-18 month clothes
Monday, June 8, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
then and now
Our boys are growing up!This weekend we retired Ben's portable car seat. It is a bummer, because it enabled me to move a sleeping Ben in and out of the car without disruption. However, he's 3 inches too tall and ounces away from being too heavy for it. These pictures show his first day (leaving the hospital) and his last day in this car seat. He's changed a bit, no? Ben will now use Owen's car seat, turned backwards for the next 7 months, and Owen's moved to a booster seat.
Ben's first bottom tooth has broken through today. He's still not doing much sleeping at night, but maybe things will get better now that this tooth is showing. He is finally enjoying eating pears and oatmeal after 4 tough weeks of messy attempts. He also has become fond of his blue blankie. Owen's still very attached to his blankie (which was green and is now a shade of green/brown/gray) so this could be the beginning of a long friendship.
Owen ventured out of the garage on his bike, now enjoying going up and down our driveway. He will be moving to pre-K in day care when we return from our trip, in July. Ben will be starting at the same center and I will be heading back to work. We leave on Friday for a 3 week adventure to North Carolina for a weekend, Virginia for 10 days, and then Vermont for Uncle Thomas' wedding and Ben's baptism.
Ben's first bottom tooth has broken through today. He's still not doing much sleeping at night, but maybe things will get better now that this tooth is showing. He is finally enjoying eating pears and oatmeal after 4 tough weeks of messy attempts. He also has become fond of his blue blankie. Owen's still very attached to his blankie (which was green and is now a shade of green/brown/gray) so this could be the beginning of a long friendship.
Owen ventured out of the garage on his bike, now enjoying going up and down our driveway. He will be moving to pre-K in day care when we return from our trip, in July. Ben will be starting at the same center and I will be heading back to work. We leave on Friday for a 3 week adventure to North Carolina for a weekend, Virginia for 10 days, and then Vermont for Uncle Thomas' wedding and Ben's baptism.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
3 boys with airplanes
Owen and Ben both have colds, and Richard and I are beat, so we are laying low this Memorial Day weekend.
Owen and Richard are out planting some new trees- actually Richard's planting and Owen's playing with the hose. Yesterday we watched a bit of the Indy 500, hoping to see my dad marching with the Purdue Alumni Band. They didn't show the band. Owen likes bike racing better.
Ben keeps getting bigger and stronger. He can now roll from his front to his back and from his back to his front with some effort. We have several play stations set up for him, and he goes from one to another, gnawing on his various toys. Owen loves to interact with him as much as possible- sharing toys with him and rubbing his head (likely why they both have colds now). Ben's still not sleeping much at night- 1.5-2 hour stretches- but he's gained some weight. He was 19 lbs 2 oz two weeks after his 4 month check-up, so he gained over a pound. Eating food is a battle- mostly rice cereal still with some sweet potatoes. Seems like less than 10% of the food is consumed. We make 4-5 attempts a day, so between that and nursing, Ben and I are kept busy. We have about a month and a half before I go back to work, so we need to fix this sleeping issue soon! At the moment I am not able to make complete thoughts or sentences...
Owen and Richard are out planting some new trees- actually Richard's planting and Owen's playing with the hose. Yesterday we watched a bit of the Indy 500, hoping to see my dad marching with the Purdue Alumni Band. They didn't show the band. Owen likes bike racing better.
Ben keeps getting bigger and stronger. He can now roll from his front to his back and from his back to his front with some effort. We have several play stations set up for him, and he goes from one to another, gnawing on his various toys. Owen loves to interact with him as much as possible- sharing toys with him and rubbing his head (likely why they both have colds now). Ben's still not sleeping much at night- 1.5-2 hour stretches- but he's gained some weight. He was 19 lbs 2 oz two weeks after his 4 month check-up, so he gained over a pound. Eating food is a battle- mostly rice cereal still with some sweet potatoes. Seems like less than 10% of the food is consumed. We make 4-5 attempts a day, so between that and nursing, Ben and I are kept busy. We have about a month and a half before I go back to work, so we need to fix this sleeping issue soon! At the moment I am not able to make complete thoughts or sentences...
visitors!
We had guests last weekend. Kristi and her boys Jackson and Henry drove down from Richland, WA last Friday, and Lori and her daughter Annika flew in from San Diego on Saturday morning. The boys had a great time together romping at the park and around the house. The babies enjoyed looking at each other- though not too closely once Ben grabbed a big chunk of Annika's hair. And us girls, of course, had a wonderful time shopping, eating, and catching up. I didn't take too many pictures-we were out numbered by kids all weekend- but here's a few that I did get.
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