Okay, not as obvious in this viedo because he was starting to get tired,
but Jem FAR prefers the Hallmark dancing penguins to the other dancing
snowmen. At one point he was crying for the others but would smile and
laugh for the penguins. LOL. A boy after Aunt Erin's heart!
Last night we tried cereal for the first time. As you can see, he gave a thumbs up!
Toby has lost plenty of teeth to have holes for his sucker sticks, lol.
And a happy 5 months to Jem (a couple days late now!). He is sitting like a champ these days - only falls over when he's going for something out of his reach. I'm beginning to think he will never roll over belly to back. He spends most of his time on his belly these days but canNOT figure out the roll for anything. He can even scoot forward now, but no rolling. He can sit, he can hold on to something and stand for short periods (as in, very short, this is very new!), but can't roll over. Still not sleeping well at night, though to be fair, he only wakes to eat then goes right back to sleep...maybe because he's so darn big? Doesn't matter, it sucks either way for me. He naps easily though and is a generally very content and happy baby. He loves people, especially his brother and sister.
He's also moving into 12 month clothes. Some of his 9 month still fit, but i'm finding more that don't. It's also impossible to find socks that fit around his cankles. He has the fattest legs I've ever seen! They are too darn cute :)
A happy belated Thanksgiving to everyone! Curtis was home for 5.5 days and I really thought we'd have time to relax but honestly we were going solid until 10:30 last night when he finally crossed the last pertinent thing off his to do list. We have cooked, cleaned, decorated, fixed...and we are both too tired to start a new week. Though this morning has been the first I've relaxed in over a week I think!
The elf on the shelf has come to visit as well...Toby and Lucy love looking for him every morning!
Holiday knitting is in earnest now as I see December looming. Yikes! We did get the house decorated yesterday. The tree is up...I fear this may be our last year with a live tree. I love going and getting them, but it has become a wild goose chase to get a good tree farm. Last year we spent half a day just finding a farm, this year the trees were flat out disappointing. We ended up with maybe a 7 foot tree and everyone complains it is too small but it was impossible to find a bigger one that looked decent. So we are discussing finding a fake tree after Christmas this year...though I honestly love live ones.
Birthday season has commenced as well...Curtis had is big 3-3 last week, mine comes up in 2 weeks and Lucy is right on my heels. No wonder once Thanksgiving starts I feel like I can't breathe until January! But it's tons of fun :) What I really need to do is get a run in tonight - I really thought I'd have time to run while Curtis was home and I didn't end up going once! And I can't see where I could have fit it in...we were far too busy!
Well, we're back in and warm again! That was one COLD trick or treat night, but the kids had a blast! Toby would have kept going but after an hour, mama was ready to warm up! The costumes would have been much cuter on a warm evening, but we had to make them Ohio-ready.
Toby was an Angry Bird - the Bomb Bird in particular - and his worked out fantastic in cold weather. Lucy, though, wasa spider in a web. Her's was based around a leotard. Yeah, so she didn't wear the black leotard. We did long johns and coats instead. She did wear the web though you can't see it in the picture.
Jem didn't even make it in his. Frankly he had a rough day with next to no nap and there was no way ANYONE was dressing that boy up! He barely made it through handing out candy with daddy. As soon as I got back he lost it and was so ready to sleep.
We had Jem's 4 month check up today - he weighed in at a hefty 18 lbs, 3 oz and 26 3/4 inches tall - heavier than Toby was, but shorter. No wonder he's so chunky! Baby boy has so many little rolls...I love them! Everything looks good and we'll go back at 6 months. He's cooing and smiling and laughing right on schedule. Rolling back to belly (but not belly to back, but dr says that's fine), and has excellent neck control. The slight flat spot we were watching at 2 months is gone, yay! And his persistant cradle cap is no big deal, we can treat it if we want but it will go away on it's own (it's on his forehead and behind his ears). He only cried for a minute after shots, and now is napping - his nap schedule was already off today, and shots mess with that anyway.
He's also started grabbing toys in the last week or so and nothing is off limits if it's within his reach. I've been sitting him in the highchair with toys while we eat, and he loves to be at eye level with us!
We're enjoying this lovely weather - revisiting late spring with these lovely 70's temps! In fact, Jem and I sat on the bench outside the dr's office and waiting for them to open after lunch. I have a feeling we won't be doing that in December when he has his next check!
Last night Lucy and I ran the Ghost n Goblin 5k in Dayton. She did awesome! 48:07, which is 5 minutes faster than we did the Dayton River Corridor Classic a week and a half ago. She is so much fun to run with; her commentary is hilarious! She loved watching the other runners and weaving in and out was a fun challenge for her as well. I think one of her favorite parts was passing the Tooth Fairy and getting a toothbrush! There were only 2 4 year olds in the race and somehow we ended up running against the other one (a boy) for most the race - he was determined not to let a girl beat him, which got Lucy fired up as well. Those two raced against each other for most the last half! In the end he beat her across the line, but when I checked chip times last night, Lucy had him beat by a minute :) That's my girl!
She was all smiles afterwards and scarfed down her pizza (I would have joined her, but drat it the baby is still spitty after dairy), and was out like a light as soon as she hit the pillow. She's already talking about next year!
All the 8 and under kids got a medal, and she's proudly wearing it today.
In honor of Toby's school Halloween party next week I'm learning to make and decorate sugar cookies! I think I'm in love!
ghosts and purple bats
spiderwebs
Lots of pumpkins!
I want to do the spiderwebs for Toby's class but needed to try out the technique first...and I didnt want all spiderwebs for home, so we broke out the Halloween cookie cutters! It was so fun, and quite easy. Toby helped me with the color mixing as a project for cub scouts, so two birds!
I can't wait to do another batch, and with the holiday season fast approaching I see more sugar cookie cutouts in my future!
Yes, he is! At 3 months 3 days he rolled belly to back 2 times, and back to belly once. Nothing like saving it all up for one day! For the longest time I attributed Toby's taking forever to roll to his size, but with Jeremiah equalling him ounce to ounce, I have to admit Toby may have just been lazy. He didn't roll until 5.5 months! Jeremiah is keeping up with the pace big sis set - she rolled at 3 months, 1 week. If he keeps true to her form, he'll be walking at 9 months, eek! I'm hoping he decides to take his time and stay a baby for mommy!
He was also practicing his rolling in bed last night - we had to extricate his feet from the crib rails a number of times - him shrieking all the while. Greeeeeaaaaaat. Nothing like a fall cold and a baby up numerous times overnight!
Poor Curtis hasn't witnessed the roll yet - by the time he got home last night Jeremiah was already in bed, and he barely sees him in the morning. Maybe tonight he can witness the Great Rolling Baby. I'd like to get it on video too!
In the meantime, a few pics!
The Great Pouty Face...good for lots of cuddles
But he's really a faker.
I changed my mind, he looks just like his sister.
Toby's ridiculously loose tooth - it's being pushed out and is hanging at an angle but he won't give it the good pull it needs!
Another week of school wrapped up for Lucy - she's loving preschool! She has loads of friends, and honestly she knows all the information so far so it's just exploring and making friends - and she's loving it! She's reading now - in fact, she's sitting on the couch reading a library book next to me as I type.
Toby is still loving first grade. It's been a big adjustment - we now have homework every night - but he really seems to like it. He's reading now too - we have 20 minutes of reading homework a night. Add in spelling words and math practice on the computer and evenings really fill up around here! I really do feel bad making him do the homework after he's been at school working all day - kids really do have it rough in that department! At least when Curtis comes home from work, he doesn't have to think about work any more. He may have other things that need his attention, but he can leave work at work! Hopefully he loses this front tooth soon - it's really sqeaking me out seeing it hang there. Wonder if it would wake him up if I just snuck in at night and pulled it out.
Curtis has another half marathon coming up in October, and I'm looking forward to Halloween. I have some costumes to sew! It will be nice to get in my sewing room again!
Jeremiah is 3 months today! He's almost rolling (got a foot stuck in his crib slats today for good measure), chews and sucks on his hands, can grasp toys, bounces himself in his bouncer, and still gets up lots at night to eat. Yay me,. He also smiles lots and we get big belly laughs now...especially when we blow raspberries :)
