4 Months

In week we have been to the doctor 2 times for this little lady.

Like the ninja hands?

First, on Monday we went for her 4 month, well baby check up. She came in at a whopping 14 pounds, 5 ounces and 26 inches tall!! She has more then doubled her weight since birth and, as the doctor said, "is growing like a champ." She got two shots and an oral vaccine.

Also, a notable occurrence, Ethan got his flu shot. They gave him an Iron Man band aid and he actually let it stay on till that night, he usually hates band aids and makes me take them off as soon as we get home. I think it reminds him that he's hurt. Because of how brave and tough he was, we let him pick out a special toy at Target. We gave him a $10 limit so he set aside 3 Lego sets, then made his decision.

Back to the girl. The doctor gave us the ok to start her on cereal (more like grits or oatmeal). Tuesday night, after scrubbing down the highchair, we gave her her first taste. At first she was a little freaked out, but once she realized she could suck it off the spoon she loved it, I couldn't get it to her fast enough.

Wednesday night was day 2 on cereal, once again she did great. Thursday, I got a call from my mom, around noon, Lucy started throwing up. She tossed her cookies for about an hour, I called the doctor as soon as I had all the details from my mom, then I had to wait for a nurse to call me back. In the time between my initial call and the follow up from the nurse, Lucy was a miserable, snot dripping baby, took a 20 minute cat nap and woke up her normal, smiley self. The nurse told me to bring her in anyway, with her age and size they didn't want to risk dehydration. Once I got her in, she was still happy as could be with no more vomiting. The nurse practitioner told me that she is most likely not ready to start cereal and this is her way of telling us. She also recommended that I start eating more, a boost in calories is probably what Lucy needs to start sleeping longer at night (I think she just doesn't like sleep, weird).

 Now it's Sunday, Lucy is doing well but her brother's got a funk now. He woke up not feeling good and is currently taking a nap in my bed. We did get him a Halloween costume, but, unfortunately it has to go back. Although he makes an awesome Vader, the mask hurts his face and it's missing a piece, and for $20 I'm not quite ok with that. He's happy because he gets to pick another costumer and go to the Halloween stores.

Don't know why this ended up sideways

 I know, it's awesome.