Poop and giggles

The world of babies is poop and giggles. 

James pooped on me today.  Well, I guess he poops on me a lot, in a sense.  But usually it stays in his diaper.  This time he was only wearing a diaper and onesie.  He pooped so much so fast that it came out on my leg.  Bleh!  You're probably thinking, "that's gross, why is she writing about poop on a blog?!"  Well, this is a blog about a baby, and anything about a baby will include poop talk.  Get used to it. 

Ok, something more fun.  Giggles!  So, usually, when I tickle James or do something else that makes him laugh, he just smiles real big and squeaks.  He has just recently started laughing.  It is so cute.  It's kind of a heh heh heh.  Real deep belly laughs.  I haven't been able to record it yet, but I will try.  I would love to share it with everyone. 

Oh, toes!  We mustn't forget the toes!  For those of you who don't know, my happy place during labor was thinking about baby toes.  I would get into a bad contraction and start chanting "baby toes baby toes baby toes."  Now, this little man is obsessed with his toes.  Whenever he catches a glimpse of them he tries to grab them and eat them.  It is quite cute.  I have some pictures that I will post soon. 

To Gigi's house we go!!

We went to Gigi and Grandpa's house this weekend.  So much fun!!  Well, the days were fun.  Not so much fun at night.  The big boys went to look at birds and the girls and baby stayed home and played.  So much fun.  Gigi helped me with feeding him cereal.  He doesn't like to keep it in his mouth.  He usually sticks his tongue out and it dribbles down his chin.  So, she found that she could put some in his mouth, then shove the bottle in there and he would swallow all of it.  it was pretty funny to watch.  I have some pics on Picasa.  very cute. 

We had lunch on Saturday with a friend of mine from camp, Rachel, and her daughter, Claire!  named after me of course.  :) 

Oh, Gigi also gave James a bath in the big bath tub.  Those are really cute pictures.  He had fun eating the rag and playing with the duck.  The ducks I have are too big for him to grab, but Gigi's are much smaller and funner to play with. 

Oh yeah, the nights.  He learned to roll over the first of April.  Now, he rolls over while he's sleeping and wakes himself up.  Or maybe he wakes up and rolls over while trying to go back to sleep.  Either way, he finds himself on his back and gets mad.  So now we have to get up 8-10 times a night to roll him over.  Talked to a lady from the camp about it tonight and she said when her kids got to that point, she started trying to teach them to roll over the other way.  I'll have to work on that during the days.  Maybe tonight won't be so bad.  ha.  maybe I'll just sleep in his room tonight. 

Cereal!

We started cereal this week.  Quite an adventure.  You can see pictures on Picasa.  He didn't really understand the spoon.  I don't know if he got any that way.  But we got some good practice in.  And some cute pictures.  He had it everywhere.  Then I poured the formula/cereal mixture in his bottle and fed him that way.  It wasn't quite as fun as I hoped it would be, but still cute. 

Wednesday, I went to the Chiropractor.  I've been having some back pain and he said my back was jammed up in a couple places.  I feel much better now.  A little sore, but so much better.  Anywho, this blog isn't about me.  James came with me, of course.  Dr. Marc said he would have an attendant hold him while he did my adjustment.  He goes out of the room and asks who wants to hold the baby.  There were about 4 women working that day and they were all fighting over who would get to take James.  So fun.  He's only 4 months and he already has women fighting over him.  What a charmer. 

4 month appointment

James turned 4 months on Sunday.  So, today we had his 4 month checkup.  He did very well.  I really like his doctor.  She is a friend of Camp Tejas, so we know her already and she lives just on the other side of camp from us.  She said developmentally, he is doing great.  Here are the stats:

weight: 14lbs 11.5oz (50th percentile)
length: 23in (5th percentile)
head: 17in (75th percentile)

She said his weight couldn't be better.  She is not worried about his length, that will catch up eventually.  The important thing is to see good growth. 

He got 3 vaccines today.  1 oral and 2 shots.  He really likes the oral one, it's probably sweet.  But, of course, the shots were no fun.  one in each leg.  He cried for a long time.  Then we got in the car and he passed out before we even started moving.  He tired himself out pretty good with all that screaming.  poor baby. 

We get to start cereal this week.  fun fun fun!  I'll get some tonight and start tomorrow.  Those should be some cute pictures.  ok, time to wash some dishes while he's still sleeping. 

new mommy blog!

So, I've never blogged very much, but for the benefit of all those who can't be here to witness James' many adventures in person, I will attempt to maintain a mommy blog, where I will tell wonderful, crazy, and sad stories about my beautiful baby.  Wow, that was a long sentence.  Does anyone know if that was grammatically correct?  I will try to post here at least two or three times a week.  If you haven't already, check out the right side of this window and you will find a link to our Picasa web album.  I post new pictures there when I have them.  If you need help subscribing to this blog, ask somebody who knows a lot about computers.  I might be able to show you, but I probably couldn't explain it to you.  anywho, enjoy the random stories and pictures!