Jay had his 4 month check-up a week ago, and here's the result: he's healthy, the doctor said he had impressive neck and leg strength (he loves standing up), 2 more shots (booohoooooo-- I had to hold him down!! cruel torture for mother AND child!), and he weighs 15 lbs 3 oz (30th percentile) and is 25 3/4 inches tall (54th percentile). What a nice NORMAL baby!!! This may have been the first time he didn't pee on his doctor!! We just got him his first box of size 3 diapers, and he is wearing clothes from size 3 months all the way up to 12 months now!! My baby is growing up! *snifff* But he's SO much FUN--it seems like he does something new every day! Here's photographic evidence of what our Sweet Baby Jay has been up to... (sounds like a good BBQ sauce, huh?)
Sometimes when I make dinner, I put Jay in the clip-on high chair. It still kind of swallows him up, but he likes watching me dash around the kitchen, frantically mixing, pouring, and whipping like the absentminded cook I am. Well, when I looked over the other day, Jay was gnawing on the edge of the counter with his two sharp bottom teeth. It cracked me up!! (don't worry--I put a towel under his mouth for protection after this picture)
Jay is definitely a little MUNCHER now-- he grabs whatever we hold in front of him and puts it straight into his mouth. Sometimes he skips the "grabbing" step and just lunges with his mouth like a dog! It makes me laugh. This little guy also started reaching for my glass of water when I drink while he's on my lap. So, I shared with him the other day, and, after he spluttered and gasped, he thought it was the best thing ever and reached for more!!
Last weekend, it got really really cold and rainy here, so I thought we had skipped the nice fall weather and jumped straight into winter. Jay's only hats were his newborn sized ones, which are like trying to put a balloon on a watermelon now, since his head has grown nearly 4 inches in circumference since birth. SO, in the spirit of recycling, thrifty-ness, cleverness, and craftiness, I pieced together scraps of fleece from Jeff's t-shirt quilt and made him a hat! (And right when I finished it, the sun came out and it's been in the high 60s ever since...)
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We didn't have any winter stuff either and had to make a DI run!! Hey... I've been meaning to get some advice from you.
I want to run a 1/2 marathon. I'm not a good long distance runner, I never have been. But I have a goal... maybe April or May? How do I train? I don't think I can even run 1 mile right now! I really really wanna do it, but I'm also really scared of running (you might think that's weird)! So I've been doing sittups and butt workouts. But I thought you might help me know how to actually train for one by then. What do you think?
That hat is super cute; way to go making it!
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