4 Months Old Today

Can't believe my baby is 4 months old. His little personality is really shining through. He LOVES standing, holding his toes, and smiles all the time. Tummy time is no longer torture to him either. We went to go visit his great grandparents this past Saturday (April 23rd) and we watched him roll from his tummy to his back for the first time (later on he repeated this for his daddy). He loves going out to relax with his great grandparents! I know they love it too :o) It's neat to see them smiling at him.


Corban's on somewhat of a "routine" these days. Fortunately, he seems to be an early bird, just like us-so that makes things easy. We go to bed early, and wake up early. It just works. Daddy and I wake up between 5:30 and 6. Corban wakes up about 6, beams at us from the bassinet-and I feed him. He snoozes for about half an hour while I get my breakfast going, and get his bottles for daycare squared away. About 6:20 I pick him up change,cuddle, and play with him until 7 AM. We dance, sing, and feed the dogs. Then at 7 he has a good nursing session and we are out the door at 7:20 for the day. Usually I pick him up at 3:30 and I hang out and visit with the daycare ladies for a while. I enjoy talking to them. They love Corban and hang onto him when I get there. Who can blame them !! (haha) Then, we come home-and have play time/tickle time. We go for walks, and swing in the swing. He takes a catnap, then plays some more. If it's a day when James is home, he walks him around the yard and they babble to one another. Around 6:15, Corban starts becoming sensitive. He is TIRED! He just wants to be held and snuggled. He burrows his face into your arms and chest and rubs his sleepy eyes. I try to get him to stay up until 7 or 7:30, but a lot of the time, he is fed and asleep by about 7:15. He wakes up a couple of times during the night-nurses and falls right back to sleep. Even on the weekends, we try to keep up with the same schedule. We try not to deviate too much- Makes for such a happy boy!

So, this morning I woke up and looked over at him-he was awake and just smiling at me with his big gummy grin. He sleeps all swaddled, so one of the first things we do is to undo the velcro and watch him smile and stretch.
Him ready to go to daycare

After work, Corban had his 4 month appt. He did really well. He got his vaccinations and only cried for a minute. I told the nurse that we like her everyday except on vaccination day. Man, she really jabs him. The doctor said he's looking good. He weighs 14.11 lbs, he is 24.5 inches long and his head measures in a 43 1/2 inches. I asked doc about percentiles and he said he's about 50th for everything except his head! His head has grown 3 inches in the last 2 months!! haha! We all knew that was coming!!

I started this blog on the day he turned 4 months, now it is Saturday a couple of days later. He has had a little bit of fever following the vaccinations, and his appetite wasn't the best at daycare yesterday. I am hoping this all passes quickly.

Last night, I realized I forgot to start an Easter post, so I'm going to put some Easter pics in this blog. His first Easter was fun. I dyed some eggs for us at work. One for Daddy, one for me, and one for Corban. The Easter bunny brought him a basket with goodies for him and his Daddy.

This was his Easter outfit...well, the first one. It didn't last long :o) It will now be his Mother's Day outfit. Here are Father and Son before church

We went to church and Corban took a nap-it was nice to be able to sit through a service. This Easter was really special and different for me, now that I have a son. I just really thought a lot about Mary and what she had to endure watching her son suffer the way he did. I can't imagine. But, she had faith and Jesus went through the pain and humiliation for us-so that we could live and be forgiven. Amazing love. After church, we went to lunch with Dennis and his friend Erin-then we went to Phil and Tessie's for a bit. Finally, we came home and my mom and Stan came over after being in Farmington. Corban got spoiled with Easter basket goodies from both sets of grandparents-and so did Jamie and myself . It was a wonderful day. It's neat to imagine Corban hunting eggs someday, but I'm not rushing it. I love him just the way he is, and cherish every single day. Not in any rush!