Life of Cake: June 2008

We knew he was big but we were really surprised when they weighed him at the doctor's yesterday and he weighs 16 pounds 15 ounces!!! Wow.

Yesterday was a little stressful, Lane cried for an hour and I couldn't figure out what was wrong with him, he wouldn't even eat. So Daddy called the doctor and I took him in. Dr. Robert thinks he is just having teething pain. He was fine when we got there. While we were there they pointed out that he has quite a large hydrocele. Hopefully it will drain and close up before his first birthday but it shouldn't be causing him any pain at this point.

Lane had a big developmental milestone this week (besides weighing in like a sumo wrestler). He rolled over on Monday, June 9th! I actually missed it. I was getting dressed and turned away for a moment, I looked back and he was on his tummy. He was so proud of himself, all smiles!

Here are some new pictures of him in his new activity center/bouncer.

Silly face!

Saying "hi" to Jackson

Look! My toes touch the ground.

Hello bloggers! It's been a while since I've posted, it seems that going back to work was more time consuming than I thought it would be! But I survived and now I'm back home with the Bean full time. We were lucky enough to have my mom "Moose" come live with us for the last six weeks of the school year and I think she loved every minute with our little Bean. We had a few very special visitors, Uncle Travis from Kansas and Uncle Will from Hawaii. We also had a play date with Austin Swientek and his momma Kelli. Look below for a cute picture of them together.

The Bean is quite a little ham at four months old. He gave us his first true belly laugh on Memorial Day while playing peekaboo with Daddy. He also loves to laugh while mommy and daddy sing to him, we must sound pretty funny. He is working on rolling over but still hasn't quite made it yet. He's been eating like crazy and is working on 16 pounds!! I can proudly say, "I did that!!" He is still exclusively nursing and my poor mom had quite the time getting him to take a bottle. After three long weeks of not eating while I was at work he decided he would take the NUK bottle for her (we invested a small fortune in different types of bottles for him to try, the avent, the adiri, playtex, etc, etc, you name it we've got it!). And by "taking" I mean he chewed on the nipple and maybe took one ounce (normally he eats around four ounces). I am happy to report though that even after all of that we have decided to keep him. :)

He is quite muscular but also has the cutest fat knees. We love on every inch of him!! He is now officially in six month clothes too. I think he skipped the 3-6 month clothes. We recently purchased a jumper/activity center for him because he loves to stand and he is enjoying it a lot.

We're working on a schedule. He like a mid-morning nap after his bath time and play time. He also takes a couple of naps in the afternoon. I still wear him in my Moby wrap sling during the day. He is learning how to put dishes away and do laundry. He really enjoys a walk in his stroller and he looks adorable with his hat on. He is looking at the pictures in his board books now but has a short attention span. He likes Dr. Seuss' "The Foot Book" a lot.

As for mom and dad, we're keeping busy. Jason is enjoying his job a lot and recently got to go to New York City to the main office for a few days. I am enjoying my summer time and teaching a couple of days a week. I decided to go back to work in the fall so I am trying to savor every moment with our little Bean. We still have not decided on what type of new car to get but I'm sure we'll get there eventually!

So now for some pictures... The most recent are first, so he will get progressively smaller.

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