Gemma tooth 1 &2

I've been able to feel the little ridges in her mouth for about 3 days and today I can see them without use of a flashlight.  It is official: we have teeth!

Gemma's 1 &2 tooth: 10/10/12

F word

Grandpa and Grandma were visiting this weekend and on Saturday morning John and Grandpa were hanging around with the kids while Mama and Grandma scored some deals from our subdivision garage sale.  This story was related to me by Grandpa and confirmed by John.


The kids were playing when William suddenly piped up to announce "I know the F word!!!"

Amelia: You do??  Tell me!
John: (mentally) Uh oh....looks to father in law
Grandpa: (mentally) Uh oh....so glad I get to play the grandpa on this one


....the silence continues....

John: (mentally) think of something!  Distract him!


William: "It is......"

John/Grandpa: Oh no, oh no, oh no.....


William: FELIPE!!! FELIPE starts with F!  Isn't that great Daddy?  Grandpa?

John: Huge relief

Grandpa: ??What??

Gemma's 4 month dr visit

Gemma had her 4 month well visit with our pediatrician today.  We didn't have any concerns going in and the doctor didn't have any concerns on the way out.  The highlights:

Height:27 inches (110%ile for kids her age)

Weight 16 lb 9.5oz (94% for kids her age)

We talked about how she is a great size and growing well.  While discussing her weight, the dr asked how much formula we were giving Gemma and I got to say NONE.  NONE EVER. (Nothing against formula, we just haven't needed to use any and I'm proud.  It's been more work this time devoting the time and energy to nursing a baby. ).  He gave us the go ahead to start solid foods if we want.  We talked about waiting and he was fine with my plan to start roughly around 6 months old.

Gemma is doing very well physically.  The doctor was very impressed with her gross and fine motor skills.  She showed off a little when he put her on the exam table by promptly rolling over when he was reaching for his equipment.  Luckily, I was right there to keep her from rolling too far!  He also liked how well she is sitting up and bearing weight on her feet/legs.  He even went as far to say he felt she was roughly 2 months ahead of schedule for the growth motor development - just what mama likes to hear!  At this point, I asked if her supreme gross motor skills now would allow her to run without tripping over her own feet or hit a home run in a baseball game at the age of five.  He was not willing to commit to either one of those, so we'll just have to be happy with what we have: a very healthy baby girl!

 Our poor girl got her shots and we were on our way.  Hopefully we have a quiet night as this Mama is up late!

William!

I had the pleasure of joining William's class today in their field trip to the local fire station. We walked from the school and I very much enjoyed getting to spend some special time with my big guy.

While walking out of the building, we joined up with 4 other kindergarten rooms. Suddenly, I was in a chorus of "William!" "William!" "William" "William!" From all sides. Kids from many different classes were calling his name. I turned to William and said "Wow William! You sure do have a lot of friends here today!" William half nodded and then went back to his in depth conversation with another boy about Legos.

William's teacher overheard this exchange and nodded at me with a big smile on her face. "William is a pretty popular guy around here," she commented to me.

With much relief, I am now putting a huge worry to rest. We went into this school year not knowing any of his classmates and only one (1) other kindergartner (who was not assigned to his class). I worried countless hours about him making friends, establishing relationships and finding his way socially.

Apparently, he is fine. In fact, I'm happy to report, William is a pretty popular guy.

Look mom!

I'm swimming with my intertube on (Boppy)!

*photo from this summer

4 months

Gemma is sure tricky to keep on her back these days. She rolls very quickly and works hard to get to her belly. She very badly wants to be crawling and is making some progress towards the army crawl. Thankfully, she is slow going still - our house is nowhere near ready to have a crawling baby again! We have a lot of Legos to pick up!

Gemma is working hard on sitting up by herself and is doing a good job until she becomes distracted and tips over! She loves being upright and you can see on her face how proud she is to be doing it on her own.

Gemma adores her brother and sister. They make her laugh, smile and giggle on a daily basis. Her face lights up when they are around.

4 months old!

Gemma is 4 months old today! Which means it was time to make time to break out the camera and take some pictures. Not the easiest task on a busy day in the middle of a busy week. But, here are some new pictures of our littlest one (rest assured, there are many more high quality pictures on our nice digital camera. Phone is just so much easier!)