Thursday, March 27, 2014

4 months old

I took Davis for his 4 month shots today.  It never gets easier.  The worst part is that I have to partake by holding him down and talking to him softly to calm him....only for him to be looking in my eyes when he gets stuck.  Ugh.....I'd rather him be in pain for a few hours than experience the awful diseases that we're inoculating him against, though. 



I rocked my littlest boy extra long tonight.  His little legs were tender today, but Tylenol and lots of snuggling helped ease his pain.  He was uncomfortable all day, but still engaged in plenty of conversations and offered gobs of smiles and giggles, which is a testimony to his mellow, and overall happy personality. 

At his appointment, he weighed 18lbs 12oz (98%ile) and is 26.25" long (90%ile).  He is in size 3 diapers and wearing all 12 month clothing.  It is a little long in the limbs, but he needs the bigger size for his tank-like body!  At this age, Cal was an inch longer, but weighed a pound less.

Four months old already.....time is flying.  Davis is such a mellow man.  He stares people down until they cave and give him a smile or talk to him.  It's pretty funny to watch....he'll track a person until they crack. 

Whenever I am exhausted and fighting the battles of motherhood (chasing a naked, ornery two year old through the house at bedtime while holding a tired baby....just for example), I think of the saying that "Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."   How true this is.  I think of this quote each time I'm frustrated, tired, rushing, short on patience, etc.  I calm myself down by looking at my life and realizing how blessed I am and how years down the road I will yearn for the days my boys were little.  I know I will look back at when my little boy yelled down the stairs at me 10x a night because all he wanted was for me to lay in bed with him a little longer.  At the time, it is frustrating....but in the scheme of things, it's one of the BIG things that I'll miss. 

****(Side note:  I say "me" a lot, but Mitch fights the same battles.  I just write from my own perspective and forget to include my hubby.  He takes the brunt of much of Cal's antics because I'm busy with Davis.  He gets tired, too, but is so patient and playful with Cal.....such a good daddy.)***

Bumbo chairs.....they're not just for babies.  I can't believe he can fit in this thing.  His skinny little limbs fit in there better than Davis's!


Cal was reading to me the other night.  It amazes me how he memorizes books. Yes, he was on the potty.  :)

 
It was so nice out today that we ventured out after school.  It has been incredibly windy the last two days, with steady gusts of 50mph or more.  We didn't stay out too long for that reason.  Cal got in a little golf and Davis and I rooted him on from the deck.

 
Some funny stories:
Mitch bathed Cal tonight while I rocked Davis to sleep.  Mitch asked him if he liked his dessert and Cal said, "Yes and I want brownies and jelly beans, too!" Mitch told him that too much dessert makes your tummy hurt.  To which Cal replied, "Mama eats A LOT of dessert!"  True story, Cal.....that I do.
 
 
The other night, after hooting and hollering, singing and yelling, etc., I went up to urge Cal to settle down and go to sleep.  I told him that I was exhausted and was going to bed.  He then said, "I have an idea!  Maybe you sleep in my bed and then you won't be tired any more!"  He almost had me sold, but I snuck out after he dozed off. 
 
This is the perfect description of our evenings.  I'd also like to add the following: ......to yell that Snoopy fell, that he "sees eyes", that he is "a little bit hungry", that he "needs some more covers", and that he "took his underwear off but put his pants back on".  (The last one is probably my favorite.)
 
 

1 comment:

  1. it makes me smile to know how crazy bedtime is with the cal...and remember how his dad did the same thing...i would always pass out telling him story after story...spent many nights asking god for patience....it certainly is payback...

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