David's First "Tasting"

At David's four month check up we got the green light for starting solid foods. So we finally decided to give it a try tonight. David got his first taste of rice cereal. I tried it to (don't remember if I've ever had it before), and I have to say it's pretty bland. Think really thin soup with flecks of something floating in it. Not that impressive for me, but David seemed fine with it.


We had to prepare before the tasting could begin, so naturally we got out the camera and took off all his clothes. (Today wasn't laundry day and I'm not sure about this stuff yet). Plus we were headed off to bathe shortly after dinner, so we figured clothes-less made for easy clean up.

I put just a little bit on his spoon and put the spoon on his bottom lip (like the nurse told me). Nothing came back at us, so we decided to keep going. He wasn't great at getting the cereal off the spoon, but he did figure out that if he lifted his chin that lifted the spoon and the cereal slid off into his mouth. The hardest part was getting the spoon past the fingers that always seemed to be in his mouth or on the way to his mouth. I think the fingers had more flavor than the cereal so I understand why they kept winning.

David even leaned towards the spoon a few times, so I kept shoveling until he got fussy and we called it quits. Overall I'd call the first spoon feeding a success. Hopefully tomorrow goes just as well.

First Day of School

On Monday we went to finalize paper work at David's school and were able to stay and play for about 1 1/2 hours. David really liked looking around and did great with the teachers in his class. I thought to myself "tomorrow will be no problem".

Today (Tuesday, 8/19/08) was his first official day of school. Everything went pretty smooth getting up, feeding, etc. We sort of practiced last week when I left him with Nana and Mum, but today was the first day I was leaving him with someone other than a family member. I started to get all choked up on the 2 minute drive to the school, but then I "convinced myself" that I could do this without crying.....boy was I wrong. Ryan was able to come with us and we got David all checked in and everything put away. David had no problems when we handed him to his teacher (Mrs. Rita I think - I can't remember her name, does that make me a horrible mommy to not know who I'm leaving my kiddo with). When I said goodbye and took his picture is when I "lost it". (At least it wasn't an all out ugly cry.) As I sniffled my way out the door the director, Mr. Brad, told me to call as often as I liked if that would help. After a few minutes in the parking lot and lots of reassurance from Ryan I had myself back together enough to head to school.

Everybody at school kept asking how I was doing this morning and I only cried about half the time the topic came up. Then at 11 AM when I'm being a human easel, Debbie from the front office comes up and tells me "it's not an emergency, but David's school is on the phone". Why on earth would they be calling if there's not an emergency ?!?!?! Of course my mind goes 18,0000 different directions before I get on the phone.

Ms. Candace was calling to ask what time David was supposed to eat because I didn't put feeding times on my schedule and David had been sleeping since 8:20 AM. Since it was his first day and they were just getting to know him they wanted to check and see if this was normal for him. Just so you know, I did give them a schedule. It said "sleep -> wake -> eat -> play -> sleep -> repeat". Does that not explain it well enough! Sometimes naps are 30 minutes, sometimes they are 3 hours. I guess you could say that we have a routine, just not a "schedule" as most people define the word. So I told her that he would wake up when he was ready and to feed him then. It did make me feel better that they called just to make sure, but you would think a daycare would know the 11th commandment (Thou shalt not wake a sleeping baby).

So during my lunch break I called to make sure that he had woken up. Sure enough, at 11:15 AM he was up and looking for the food. That's my boy!

When I walked in to pick him up David was sitting in an exersaucer looking at himself in a big mirror on the wall. I called to him and he looked over, saw me, and smiled. That made my day! They gave me a paper with his nap times, feeding times, and diaper changes. Six wet diapers - this kid's penchant to tinkle is going to cost as much as the daycare itself! He must have been good because there were no notes otherwise and they didn't say anything. He was a happy baby tonight, so I'm telling myself that he liked it and not to sweat it.

Hopefully Day Two will go as smoothly as today (without so much crying on my part).

Four Month Checkup

Monday Ryan went with us for David's four month checkup. He weighed in at 15 lbs 7 oz and was 25 1/4 inches long. (50-75% for weight and height). We got the green light for starting foods. Rice cereal here we come! And then the worst part, David had to get three shots. He handled them much better than his 2 month shots. Didn't cry nearly as long or turn quite as red. He was such a brave little man! We are so proud of our growing boy.

"Fashionable" David

Today when David was getting dressed for church (for the second time due to an unfortunate digestive event that got both of us) I decided to put a hat on him for the first time. It's bright outside and I wear sunglasses, so I figured the least I can do is shade David's eyes some too. He did pretty well. I'm not even sure he noticed that there was anything on his head.

Needless to say, the outfit was a hit! So many guys complimented David on his fashion choice today (I think they were a little jealous that they weren't wearing the same thing). He just looked so cute. Judge for yourself.

David with our friend Mr. Jeremy

We call this one "Tractor Mafia"

Fun with Friends

On Thursday (8/14) Nana, Mum, David and I rode out to Heath, TX to visit with our friends the Hunter's and to meet their newest addition - Daniel Todd Hunter. Steve and the twins (Julia and Jordan) weren't there, but we were able to hang out with the rest of the family and have a great afternoon. The kids gave us the grand tour when we got there (they moved about 2 months ago and Daniel is not quite a month old so it's been a busy time at their house). We saw everybody's new room (or where their room will be in Sarah's case) and we all fell in love with the master bathroom. (What woman doesn't love a fabulous closet!)


Daniel is such a handsome young man (he looks just like Josh's baby pictures). I know that Josh is so excited to finally have a brother! It was great to get to meet Daniel (and see everybody else).


Karen, Daniel, David and Mindi
Anna Joy, Josh, Karen, Daniel, David, Mindi, Abby (pink shorts), Sarah




Later that night, Logan (Mike & Sarah's little boy who is 2 weeks older than David) came over to spend a few hours with us. The boys played, laughed, drooled, and cried. It was fun seeing the two of them together and how they have such different personalities. Logan is so laid back compared to David (but we love David just the way he is). We had fun and took lots of pictures.

A New View for David

On Wednesday of this past week we finally decided to break in David's high chair. Of course he isn't eating any solid foods yet, but we figured he would like the view from the seat since he loves for you to stand with him. Our first attempt was not successful at all. But we tried again that night at dinner and he really seemed to enjoy it. Or at least he liked looking around and putting his feet on the table. He didn't even seem the least bit interested when Ryan offered him a bite of dinner.

So we'll keep practicing sitting in the chair and maybe one day we'll add food!

New Toys

Saturday Nana and Mum (Mindi's mom and grandma) flew in to spend the week with David. As soon as we picked them up from the airport we headed to Sam Moon in search of new accessories. David even enjoyed it - looking at all the sparkly earrings.


On Sunday we went to church. This was David's third week in the nursery and he's been doing really well. I'm so proud of my little man. After lunch we went to Babies 'R Us to get some goodies for David. Nana bought him an Exersaucer, and once Ryan and I got it together, he has really enjoyed it. He made some of the toys light up by himself and even turned himself from one side to the other (over the course of 30 minutes or so). David really seemed to enjoy it and didn't even mind having blankets stuffed in front of and behind him to help him sit up better. This is gonna be great fun!

Play Day

On Thursday (8/7/08) David went and spent the entire day playing with Logan (and Sarah) McKee while I went to a class for school. The boys had a great time playing together (as much as 3-4 months old play together) as well as having some quality time by themselves.

While Logan was taking his nice, long afternoon nap David watched the fish swimming in the fishtank, played on the computer with Sarah, swung and watched the world drive by, and generally had a good ol' time. Sarah said that David especially liked watching the fish swimming, but please don't take this as a hint to buy us a fishtank so David can watch fish at our house. Fish don't say feed me or cry so I would probably forget to feed them (like I forget to water the plants) and we just don't need the trauma of dead pets this early in David's life.

Logan loves to lay on his tummy so he's much better at pushing up on his arms/elbows while David's arms usually just lay limp beside him. Hopefully David will benefit from spending the day with the older and more experienced Logan (he's two weeks older) and start using his arms more too!

Sleepy Boy

For those of you that didn't know, David has been sleeping in his car seat (and sleeping through the night at that) pretty much since birth. We figured if he would actually sleep all night...why shouldn't we. But then we (Nana) decided that it was time for David to become a "big boy" and sleep in an actual bed and not the car seat. So David has been working on sleeping in his bed in his room for the last few weeks. (And we are back to square one on sleeping through the night. Some nights we do, most we don't.)

We got him a wedge to sleep on since he liked the car seat so much (figured it was being elevated that he liked). But he's not really digging the wedge. Slides off of it and lately has ended up rolling over in the night. He sleeps in the strangest positions anyway. On his side, head thrown back, butt stuck out. As long as he sleeps I'm ok. Here's a pic of our "normal" sleeping pose.

So this morning Ryan goes in to check on David and this is what he found.

It was just to cute not to share! For the record, Ryan says he was laying on the glow worm and not kissing it (even though that's what the picture says).