Monkeying Around

The other day (about a month ago) I was doing laundry and Peter came into the laundry room and saw his monkey costume from Halloween hanging up and he got really excited and started saying "gunkey, gunkey!!" It took me a minute to figure out what he was talking about, but I finally did and I asked him if he wanted to wear his monkey costume and he emphatically said, "Yeah!" So I got the costume down and took it into the living room and got him all dressed up in it. He was SO stinking excited and super CUTE. It was really funny to watch. I got a few pictures and a couple videos (please ignore the mess we were still recovering from our road trip to Wyoming).

Josie's 4 Month Stats

Josie will be 4 months old on Saturday and she had her checkup & shots on Tuesday. The doctor was impressed with how cute she is and how vocal she was. He asked about things that she's doing and I told him that she's been focusing on thing and trying to get her hands to manipulate them for a little over a month she's getting really good at getting things into her mouth. He was particularly impressed when I told him that she has been sleeping through the night for quite some time now and if she wasn't so congested right now she would be sleeping around 11 hours in a row before waking up (7pm-6am). I'm not too keen on being awake at 6am so I feed her and change her diaper and put her back down to bed and she'll officially get up for the day between 7:30-8am. She has recently (Monday) started to roll over consistently. She rolled over three different occasions before this week where she has rolled from her back to her stomach a lot and from her stomach to her back a few times. She loves to sit up and see what's going on around her so we put her in the Bumbo chair and last week I got the jump-a-roo out of the garage and cleaned it up and she LOVES it. Josie likes to watch people especially Peter. He hasn't figured out that he can make her laugh yet but it will be really fun when he does. She has the cutest laugh ever. Today she was lying on her blanket in the living room and I bent over to pick a few things up around her and she started laughing. So I pretended to do it again and she had a good laugh. I'm not really sure why it was funny but I'll do anything to hear baby laughs. Josie is such a happy and easy going baby, we are truly blessed. Peter ignores her for the most part but there are times when he will see her crying and stuff a pacifier in her mouth or he will set toys down near her.

Now for her stats:

Height: 24 3/4" - 90%
Weight: 13 lbs 7 oz - 60%
Head: 16" - 50%

She is a very healthy, happy, growing girl.

"Standing" in the jump-a-roo

"What?"

 "I've got a hold of something."

"Hands are yummy."

Sitting in the Bumbo

Obligatory February Post

I have been meaning to post about Josie and Peter and life, etc. but I think for now I will just post a few pictures.

Josie                                                                                                              

Peter                          

                               

Josie

Josie

Josie

Peter

Josie

                       

Peter

Peter

Peter

Peter

Goofy Peter

He's shaking his head no.

"I want to help" (see that thumb heading right for the lens).

Guess Who Got a Haircut?

So after 2 years and a little bit we finally decided that it was time for Peter to get his first haircut. I agree that he needed it cut but I'm sad to see it go because it means that my little boy is growing up.

We started the haircut in Andrew's lap but Peter was extremely wiggly so we strapped him into the highchair and even though he was still wiggly he couldn't lay down on the ground which really hinders the haircutting process.

I cut a lock of hair from the top of his head for his baby book (one day I'll start & finish it) and then we just used the trimmer we have. I think this means that we'll need to get a real haircutting kit soon. Maybe his hair will start to grow faster now that we've cut it. Who knows.

Here are some before, during and after pictures.