Just some pictures

5 Months

My sweet Hadley boy...

5 months!!! Has it really been that long?!? You are getting so big and changing so much every day. Daddy said just a few minutes ago, "he's growing up way too fast!" and I couldn't agree more. It seems like every day you do something new that we haven't seen before. Yesterday, for example, was a big day because you finally rolled over! Well, okay, you've actually been rolling over for a couple weeks, but no one ever actually witnessed it until yesterday when daddy and I both saw you do it. We were so excited!! And since then you have showed us your new trick over and over.

You talk all the time, but your favorite time to jabber seems to be when we are in a public place like a restaurant, or church, or some other place where your cute, but loud, voice is not necessarily appropriate. Oh well...we'll work on it.

We haven't started you on food yet because you seem to still be satisfied with just your formula. Maybe sometime in the next month we will start on some cereal. That should be fun, and will surely result in some cute pictures!

This past month we moved you into your own room to sleep in your crib. I don't really know why we waited so long, because (for the most part) it has gone really well. Some nights you wake up more than others, but you can usually put yourself back to sleep. We got you a cute mobile to look at while you lay in bed and I think you really like it.

You did get sick again this month with a slight ear infection and sinus infection, but I think they are just about cleared up thanks to our friend, amoxicillin. Other than a runny, snotty nose and a little cough you seem lots better.

Your favorite things to do include: playing "super baby" with daddy, playing in your exer-saucer, laying on your tummy and kicking your legs, looking in the mirror at yourself, and going outside with daddy to play with Murph. You are still full of smiles, and greet us with one almost every morning when we get you out of bed. What a great way to start the morning!

I can't believe how lucky daddy and I are to get to spend every day with you. We love you so very much sweet boy!

Mommy

A Birthday Party and Easter Eggs

Last Saturday Hadley participated in two firsts...his first birthday party and his first Easter egg hunt. We went to the 1st birthday party of Starlyn (Eric's teaching partner's little girl) where they had both a birthday as well as an egg hunt. Lots of fun! Hadley was feeling kind of "blah" all last weekend, so we didn't get many smiles. Turns out, he had the beginnings of both an ear infection and a sinus infection. He's on anitbiotics and cough medicine now so hopefully he's on the mend.

Oh, just a little FYI...at his four month checkup on March 24 Hadley weighed 13 pounds 15 ounces, and this past Monday (3 weeks later) he weighed 14 pounds 10.5 ounces. I'm thinking he's eating well!! But, he's also getting longer, so we'll blame some of the weight gain on that.

Look mommy, there's an egg!

That's not an egg...it looks like a baseball

This egg hunting thing is hard work, mommy

The birthday girl hunting for eggs

Hadley's future girlfriend???

Happy 1st Birthday, Starlyn!

Yea for Starlyn!

Yummy cake!

All partied out

Say cheese

Hadley has been sleeping in his crib in his room for a week now. I know, I know...it's about time. But we did finally make the move, and it has actually been a fairly smooth, easy transition. The first night was really the only "challenge" so I consider that a huge success.

For a couple months now I have been trying to capture Hadley's huge gummy grin on camera. However, he seems to know that this has been my goal and he has just been playing a game with me. He just smiles and smiles until I pick up the camera to take a picture, and then...nothing...just a blank stare. However, I was persistent the other night and here are the results...

A cute smile...but not the huge grin I'm trying to get...

Still trying...make sillier faces mommy!Why are you acting so silly, mommy?
Maybe if daddy plays along too...

And then finally...after much silliness on both mommy and daddy's part...

SUCCESS...here's my super happy baby!!

Busy Boy

Last night Hadley...

Played in his exercauser

Stretched out on the floor and played
Played with his toes
Played on his tummy

And bounced in his bouncy chair

...and all that was before he took and nap, had his nightly bottle, and went to bed. What a busy evening he had!

New toy, New pictures

Mommy and Daddy got me this super fun new toy last weekend. It makes lots of fun noises and songs, and there are lots of bright things to look at and play with. I know I am going to spend many hours playing with this!

Here are my 4 month pictures (a little late).

I am determined to ride this silly pig!

Super Baby!!

Shots, Thumbs, and other Things

So I'm a little behind in posting a few things. First, Hadley turned 4 months a week ago and we didn't take his monthly "teddy bear" pictures until this week. And even with that, I am still not posting them here because they are on my camera at home and I am at work (that's right...I'm updating this at work!). So I will try and get those on here sometime in the next few days.

Hadley has started doing some pretty cute things lately. He has been sucking on his hands for quite a while, but just in the past week he has found his thumb and can now find it (always the left one) every time. Although I don't know that thumb-sucking is the best habit for him for start, it's just so cute and at this point it is just as soothing to him as a pacifier but better because it's always there with him!

He's not rolling over yet, but I really don't think it will be much longer. Last night I had him propped up on a pillow on our bed while I was starting a load of laundry and when I turned back around to him he was not propped up on the pillow but instead laying on his tummy in front of the pillow. Since I had missed whatever he had done to get into that position I decided to try propping him up again to see if he would repeat the same thing. Luckily, he did it again (over and over since I kept propping him back up). The process was this: I would sit him / prop him up against the pillow, then he would leeeeeean forward as far as he could before he just toppled over forward and ended up on his tummy. Super cute! A couple times he tried really hard to get back over onto his back once he was on his tummy but he just can't quite make it yet...soon!

Tuesday of this week Hadley had his 4-month checkup and shots at the doctor's. He did pretty well with the shots - still cried but only for a couple minutes. I thought this time around was much better than the 2-month shot experience (or maybe I was just more prepared!). The doctor said he looks good, his ears (which I asked him to check since we hadn't been back since the ear infection several weeks ago) looked good, his heart sounds great, and overall he is a thriving, healthy boy. Here are the stats:

Weight: 13 pounds 15 ounces

Height: 25 1/4 inches

Head: 42 1/2 cm(?)

He is still right around the 50th percentile in both weight and height, and his head size is a little under the 75th percentile. All of that is right where he was at 2 months, so I guess he is growing pretty proportionally. Overall, a very successful doctor visit.

This afternoon Hadley and I are going with Eric and Gary (his teaching partner) with a group of their students to College Station. We just decided that instead of spending tonight and all day tomorrow alone we should just tag along on the trip. So, off we go!

After putting these pictures on here I now realize just how far behind I am with the pictures. Hopefully I can get caught up this weekend and post some from this week (before another couple weeks pass by!)

Home

Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jog!!

Hadley and I are both very happy to be home and sleeping in our own beds tonight. We had such a great time seeing friends and family this week, but there's nothing like being home with daddy!

Day 7

We spent today at Sam, Stacy, and Isabel's for our final full day of Spring Break Tour 2009.  This morning we just played and took our time getting ready.  Then we went with Stacy and Isabel to Lubbock where we piddled around and had lunch.  This evening we went to supper with Sam and then came back and played some more.  After Hadley went to bed Sam and I played Guitar Hero (and I am absolutely horrible at it...but rest assured that I would get better with practice!). 

Tomorrow we will head home and we are both REALLY ready to get home!  We have had fun, but we have missed daddy terribly and can't wait to see him!