St. Patrick's Day

Adam's cute little feet in his St. Patty's Day outfit

He wore a little sun hat at the start of the parade

The kiddos in their strollers ready for a fun day!

Lisa and I were both off work on St. Patrick’s Day. It was predicted to be 75 degrees and sunny. I asked Lisa if she wanted to meet on the monon with the kiddos and dogs, but she had a better idea. She thought we should go to the parade. (I don’t think I even realized there was a parade.) I hesitated because Adam is so small, I didn’t think he would really enjoy it. But the weather made for an absolutely perfect spring day, so I was happy to have an excuse to spend a few hours outside. I figured if nothing else this would be a good lesson in people watching for Adam! We packed up the stroller, the bjorn, and a couple of green blankets (because I didn’t know Adam’s gender I have more than enough green stuff for all the kiddos I know!) I dressed Adam in his little “My First St. Patrick’s Day” green striped outfit, and we were off. We got downtown plenty early, walked around, bought some green beads, and found a good seat in the shade (the mother side coming out in both of us…two years ago we would have practically been sun bathing on a day like this!). Taylor and Adam were mesmerized by the people, fire trucks, dogs, etc. They sat in their strollers for some time, and eventually ended up on our laps. The parade was nothing exciting. Mostly it was groups of school aged children walking down the street waving at the crowd. Taylor and Adam loved it. Watching them take everything in was so awesome. As the parade ended we got back in the strollers. Adam promptly fell asleep for a quick nap in the stroller. (We take walks nearly every day now, so he is so used to his stroller that he falls asleep easily. His days of complaining after 20-30 minutes in the stroller are over. Now he just passes out after 20-30 minutes!)
In all my years of drinking green beers and carrying on at Irish pubs I thought I knew all of the fun that could be had on St. Patrick’s Day…boy was I wrong. Watching Adam and Taylor take everything in at the parade was unbelievable. I spent most of the day outside on a beautiful sunny, spring day with my sister, my niece, and my son; and let me just say, I honestly can’t remember a better St. Patrick’s Day.

Adam and I

Lisa and Taylor

I love his little doggie hat!

Those are some kissable lips!!

Mesmerized (and tired) at the parade

Adam sleeping in his stroller after the parade

After a big afternoon nap he was ready to play again!

Four Month Report

A little tummy time with one of his favorite toys, a little jack-n-the-box

Spending time with Mimi in his reindeer outfit

We had Biggie’s 4 month check up last week. As predicted, he’s big. (Living up to his nickname.) He weighed in at 18lbs, 11 oz and is 27 inches long. He is off the charts for both height and weight. Our doctor, who loves big breast fed babies, said that if he were 7 months old he would be 50th percentile in height and weight. I found this extremely amusing. She also commented that my breast milk must be like cream! Ha. Having said that, it should be no surprise that I am already putting away many 3-6 month outfits. A few will last us a bit longer, but for the most part he’s in 6-9, or 6-12 months depending on the brand. Yikes!
He had his first cold this week. It was a mild one, but he was pathetic just the same. No loss of appetite, and he was still a happy little boy, but he had a lot of trouble sleeping. I ended up holding him all night a couple of nights to keep him propped up so he could breathe. He seems to be feeling a bit better, but now I’m coming down with it. Yuck.
We have had spring like weather this last week which has been fantastic. It’s been so nice to get out on walks with Biggie and Cooper. We even met Lisa and Taylor at the monon a couple of times. Bigs will be content in his stroller for maybe 30 minutes, then he will complain until I pull him out and put him in the bjorn. It must be quite a site to see me pushing an empty stroller with an 18 lb baby in a carrier and a 60lb dalmatian leading the charge.
No real changes. Bigs is great. He loves reaching for toys and getting them up to his mouth. He definitely has a higher concentration level when he is trying to get a certain object. He can be quite determined at times. He is mastering the back to forward roll, and now can often get his little arm out from underneath him on his own. He loves to stand and has strong little legs (I use the term little loosely…each leg obviously comes with several fat rolls!). He loves his jumperoo and often bounces from foot to foot while in it. The laughter is still coming easier. Jason likes to call him our “deep dish baby” and for some reason this phrase almost always gets him giggling.
He is a fun little guy, and dare I say maybe even an easy baby! Don’t get me wrong, he is clearly an only child and expects/demands high volumes of attention. But that being said, he is easy to please. He likes to eat, sleep and play. When I am over playing he is content to hang with me in the bjorn regardless of what I am doing…he just likes to be close to me. He is such a pro at eating now that he will often stop nursing to give me a big smile or to see what’s going on in the room (he’ll even quit nursing, turn to watch TV for a few seconds and then come back to nursing again). He’s a little rough, shoving things into his mouth with absolutely no grace, and he is strong. My best guess is that he is going to be all boy. I’m going to be learning the names of dinosaurs and 4 wheeled objects before I know it!
Our dear friends Ryan and Mandy Osborne welcomed a new baby girl this week. She is absolutely perfect. Here is a glimpse of the beautiful Sadie Jane. I have no doubt that Adam will be chasing her and her sister Audrey around in a couple of years (or maybe running from them!!).

Sadie Jane Osborne
3/8/09