holiday and aftermath

Baby Party

Santa Himself

turkey day 2009

Five months +2

So, somehow I have gotten busy with the holidays and forgotten to keep up with my post writing. Wake has really had lots of new goings on in the past month and a half! Well, he had his first Thanksgiving and Christmas so those were two biggies. We spent t-day up in VA with Hunter's family. It was our first long drive with wake (about 5.5 hours but 6.5 with baby and 2 rowdy dogs!) Wake was surprisingly good on the drive but I'm not looking forward to another long one anytime soon. He got to meet his family some of the Freeman's friends up that way. You'll see the photos of him in his oversized thanksgiving bib. We ended November on a good note.

Then came more holidays! Wake and i spent four days in Charleston. we did that drive alone and it was a little difficult, at least on the way home. He was screaming for about two hours! December was a big month with lots of developmental changes, and fun ones for the most part. Wake has really gotten his cereal eating down now and loves it! He has also gotten to eat prunes and he loves those too. He also loves to laugh out loud, grab at everything around him (so i cut my hair off), pet the dogs and cats, look for mommy and daddy around the room, fuss when he wants up, and cough when he wants attention. We have also been experiencing teething for the past three months but one has yet to appear. We see it and then it disappears...who knows? We have also been blessed with several full nights of sleep from 8pm to 8am; however, they always seem to follow up with a frustrating night of sleep! Babies will be babies i suppose.

He also hosted a small baby party while we were in columbia for christmas. Some of the babies that were going to come fell asleep, but that brings me around again to the fact that babies will be babies! You will see photos of that little party and wake's cute santa outfit. I may be biased but I think he is one super cute fellow. I just can't seem to give him enough kisses!

Christmas and Ruff nights!

Four months and rice cereal adventures

Wake is now four months old and as cute as ever. In this video we are experimenting with whether he is ready to eat rice cereal from a spoon. Verdict is that he may not be yet! Actually, this is his first rice cereal ever but we may stick to putting it in the bottle for another week and try feeding again later. By the way, this was the first time hunter used the flip so he did not know you can't turn it sideways for video...

This past month has produced lots of developments in Wake. For one, he is gaining weight great. He is teething and is the most drolly fellow right now. He loves to look right into your face and study your every wrinkle. From across the room he stares and watches what is going on. He has also learned how to roll over from his tummy to his back. He loves doing that in order to get out of his tummy time, but i just flip him right back over for more! While he is getting close to sitting up, he more loves to stand up while you hold his hands. He thinks he is king of the house (which he is!) His personality is really just coming out each and every day and it is so much fun.

On the downside, we are still having problems with naps. He hates sleeping and still doesn't nap for more than 30 minutes! And, night sleep varies. It is good and then it is bad. I try my best to let him cry it out but he just keeps crying. Once t-day is over we will be able to concentrate more on getting him on a schedule and letting him cry it out multiple days in a row. Hopefully we can find a resolution to this soon. As I said before....I will be a walking zombie before long!

We hope everyone enjoys the holidays! Hopefully we will get some good photos of his first turkey day and Christmas so keep posted for more!