Colin's 4 Month Appointment

Colin weighed in at a whopping 14 lbs., 11 oz. today at his 4 month appointment. What a good eater!!! He is 25 inches long and keeping up with the cool kids in the 25-50% category for both. :)

Something very strange happened today at the docs office - Colin got a shot and he didn't shed a single tear. We were assigned the "Star Wars Room" at Austin Pediatrics. Let me describe this room for anyone who is not familiar - this room is filled with Star Wars toys and posters. There are star ships suspended from the ceiling, shadow boxes with action figures in every corner, and the light sabers are...let's just say, abundant.

Colin is the magical age where he is starting to notice things like this for the first time, and he was in hog heaven (David would have been too). He was looking around in amazement right when the nurse gave him the shot. I held my breath and Colin's eyes got big but there were no tears and no screams. He shrugged it off like a pro!

In fact, he was such a happy and talkative guy this afternoon that our pediatrician said he got the award for "the most talkative 4 mo old." Colin was definitely showing off, and he did so at the top of his little lungs! His incessant babbling was so loud that I could hardly converse with Dr. Miller. We are increasing his reflux medicine to 1 ml 2x/day and other than that we have a happy, healthy, future Star Wars fan on our hands. :)

Please Light My Pilot

We woke this morning to a chilly 67 degrees in the house. At first, I thought our heater was not working so I called to get it repaired. My trustworthy friends at Strand Brothers told me to try turning on the stove (no luck). I confirmed their suspicion that the gas was out, and we were part of an area-wide outage affecting thousands of Austin customers. What does this mean? It's gonna be a long day.

Well today I learned a lot about the beauty of gas and all that it does for us: heats water, heats stove & oven, heats house, heats dryer, etc. I knew we used it for some appliances, but I honestly didn't give it the credit that it deserves! Gas is a good thing.

I've been snuggled up with Monster and Colin all day to stay warm. It doesn't sound too bad - 67 degrees inside. But when you are microwaving water to make baths and bottles, and using a hair dryer to dry wet baby clothes you kinda wish for the good ole' days when you had a working gas line in the house.

Please come light my pilot tonight Texas Gas Company!!!

UPDATE: I can see the repair truck down the street. Should I use the "I have a baby card" to get priority? Definitely!!!

Hook Em Horns

David, Colin, Monster and I will all be cheering on the Longhorns tonight!

Colin holding his longhorn for good luck...

Jumperoo

Look what Grandma and Grandbeebsy got Colin for Christmas! A Jumperoo!!! He's getting the hang of it quickly. I had to put a pillow under the seat so that his feet would touch (whatever works, right?)

It gives me another way to entertain him during the day. I highly recommend this to anyone who needs to burn some 4-month-old energy.



UPDATE: After a couple days of practice, look how much fun he's having now...

Baby's First New Years Eve

Colin wore his tuxedo for NYE 2009! BTW, his New Year's resolution is to sleep through the night.

We're Back!

After a long Christmas break in Houston, we are finally back in Austin. Now I know why God created minivans!

Colin is 4 Months

Our little boy is making big progress...

4 Month Old Colin:
Has slept through the night 3 times
Smiles at people
Laughs a lot
Babbles Constantly
Rolls from side to side
Grabs his feet
Excels at tummy time
Sucks his thumb
Enjoys looking in mirrors
Puts toys in his hands and mouth

Colin's favorite activities:
Bath Time
Playing on his activity mat
Going for walks
Laughing at Monster
Getting his diaper changed
Swinging in the Cradle Swing

Colin's least favorite activity:
Going places in his car seat

We go to the pediatrician for a check up next week. I'm betting Colin weighs more than Monster now (about 13.5 lbs). That means he has literally doubled in size since we brought him home from the hospital 4 short months ago.