Well, that was an interesting day!

Saturday was an interesting and filled to the brim kind of a day.  Big guy woke up super early, like 4:30!  Yikes! We had music class in the morning.  Big guy was in rare form.  Alternating between running around and not listening to clingy to me and pouting.  Ugh, I needed a break from him when we got home.  He ended up losing tv for the afternoon because he wasn't listening!  Little man had a great time at music class.  He just thinks it is so fascinating watching all the kids run around and hearing all the cool noises.  He promptly passed out.  So did big guy but he woke up when hubs got him out of the car.  grrrr.  Anywho, it turned into a pleasant afternoon, albeit tv free.  But it was for the best.

After everyone ate lunch, gmom J and aunt B came to visit.  We went down to the duck pond with a ton of stale bread, cereal, and snack foods.  Everyone had a great time.  The weather was perfect.  Warm and sunny.  Following the epic meal, we walked on the nature path for a while.  Little man fell asleep in my arms.  We went home, everyone ate a snack and then we just hung out.  We had a nice dinner of chicken fingers, pasta with butter/cheese, and roasted broccolli and cauliflower.  Delicious!  Following dinner, we said goodbye and headed upstairs for bath and bed.

I gave little man a bath and then came downstairs.  Big guy and hubs had a bath and then I heard yelling.  And beeping.  Big guy and hubs come running down the stairs, saying the carbon monoxide detector was going off!  After about ten minutes trying to look online about what to do, hubs changed the batteries, opened all the windows, and asked me to call the oil company, since our water heater would be the only thing that could cause a problem in our house.  They suggested calling the fire company.  So, I called the non-emergency number and they sent me to dispatch.  Who told us to go outside and wait.  A police officer came about five minutes later, very discreetly.  Big guy, little man and I were staying warm in the car.

Then I heard the sirens.  I asked, "is that for us?"  Yup!  Down comes a huge fire truck, all lights and sirens on.  Then they put on this huge spotlight on our house.  Hubs and the fireman proceed into the house, while I chatted with the officer.  But then put the boys back into the car because it was rather cold and past everyone's bedtime.  our house is fine, we are all safe.  Big guy was a bit shaken, after asking me a million times, "Mommy, what's wrong with the upstairs?"  Hubs slept in his room with him.  Needless to say, it was an adventure I never wish to need to have again.  But everyone was really nice and professional, which is a great feeling about our community resources.  And it was a really interesting day!!!

super roller

the day before big guy officially became five months, he decided to be super impressive and roll from his back to his front.  He was working on it for a good ten minutes.  Shifting back and forth on either side.  Then I think he was just like, forget this!  and did it.  I was skeptical, surely that one arm would never get out of the way, but then he just wriggled himself into the correct position.  And then he was happy, since he loves being on his belly! Oh, and he's just about sitting upright all by himself!

kids say the funniest things....

Big guy has selective hearing.  Like all men I suppose...kidding! Anyway, usually he's so busy doing something he doesn't hear the 8 million requests, questions, inquiries we make.  The other day I was so frustrated I yelled rhetorically, "How many times do I have to ask you before you answer?"  He looks up at me, smiles and says, "Three times, mommy!"

Finally

Little man rolled over from belly to back when he was 11 weeks, but hasn't been since then. Not that I was worried, but I did want to see it again.  Finally, on sunday, I just had him on the floor with a toy, whereas I usually put him on the gym play mat.  He pushed away his toy and I was going to move him, but he started trying to put his knees under his belly like he wanted to crawl. I just continued chatting with hubs and he rolled over to his back! We all started cheering and clapping. Little man gave a huge smile.  Then hubs tells me, that's how he gets him to roll over, by making it boring!!!  Now he tells me!

lose a little, gain a little

Monday weight watchers check-in- down two more pounds!  a total of five :)  Big guy is at 46 pounds, which means he's lost a lot of weight since the school year started, about 4 pounds.  WE are fattening him up.  This week I've made his two favorite meals, pasta with meat sauce and tacos.  He's inhaled both.  Little man was surprisingly up this week, after a 3 week stalemate.  He's 16l bs 7 oz.  Just in time because his 9 month clothing is on it's way from gmom J.  woo-hoo!!!

Barbershop Haircut

Thursday night, hubs had to get his haircut before a friday conference.  He recently discovered a coll barbershop that uses scissors, straight edge razors, and a bunch of dudes!  So, he had gone last month and big guy showed interest but then freaked when we asked if he wanted to get his haircut.  But we've been talking about it for some time since then and on thursday, he finally agreed to get it cut.  We got Antonio who is apparently the fastest cutter they have.  Big guy wanted scissors because the clipper noise scares him.  But he was excited to get to sit up high in the chair and look in the mirror.  He did a very nice, if squirmy job.  Antonio was awesome, very calm but firm with him.  Little man and I stood with him the whole time encouraging and praising.  And in the end, he has a really great haircut and more importantly, got to pick a lollipop.  He's such a big kid!!!!

Got 'em

Following the dr's appointment on monday, little man was exhausted for the rest of the week.  Must be going through a growth spurt, though he'd only gained .5 oz as of thursday.  oh well.  But he did manage to finally grab his feet when he's laying on his back.  He's been staring at them for quite a while when he sits.  With this look on his face that is totally thinking... how can I get those into my mouth?  No mouth yet, but he finally got a hold of them and then was smiling with glee!  So cute!!!

4 month well visit

Little man had his 4 month well visit yesterday.  In a moment of I what I thought was brilliance and yesterday realized was insanity, I kept big guy home from school so he could get his flu shot at the same time.  To begin with, little man did a great job.  We had just spent an hour at the weight watchers meeting- down 3 pounds!- so he was tired but was still happy and in good spirits.  He officially is 16 lbs 1.5 oz, which is what he's been at for about three weeks.  He is 25.5 inches long.  A lightly bigger than average baby boy.  Nothing in comparison to the giant that big guy was and continues to be, but he's just as awesome!  Dr. W, our favorite dr, was very happy with his size, how good he looked, his temperament, to hear that his reflux was gone, he was sleeping better, and with his head and overall muscle control.  She said that we could start oatmeal twice a day to try to improve weight gain, which I think I will wait another two or three weeks, just so I can get the high chair in order.  She wasn't overly concerned about the weight gain, but it was cool to get the green light for oatmeal.  She said wait until 6 months for starting the process for one food at a time.  oh well, still a start.
Big guy did a great job staying relatively calm and only interrupted me every two minutes.  But he was very sweet telling everyone who his baby brother was and that he's going to be big one day and play with him, eat with him, and go to school with him.  uh, clutching heart, it was so precious.  Dr. W said that we could just start to fatten him up since he's lost some weight from the past pooping issues.  Healthy fats of course!  Anyway, then came the shots.  Little man got two and big guy was getting his flu shot.  I asked big guy if he wanted to get his shot first of little man.  He totally threw little man to the wolves!  Big mistake because he saw little man get that first shot, the blood well up and little man burst into tears.  Big guy promptly burst into tears and backed himself into a corner sobbing about not wanting to get the shot!!

Luckily, our nurse was hardcore and coaxed him into getting it.  He was incredibly moody for about 20 minutes after that.  We went home and everyone ate lunch.  Little man promptly slept for three hours after eating and big guy actually fell asleep watching a movie!  Dr's offices are exhausting.  Upon waking up, everyone had a snack and then we drove over to the toy store and book store for some treats.  We came home to eat some dinner, took a nice long walk, and then got ready for bed.  Overall, a pretty good day!

Just call him Mr. Inquisitive

So big guy has been super inquisitive recently.  His new favorite word is "why?" All last week were questions about our house.  Here is a sample of some of our conversations:
BG- Why do we live in our house?
Me- Mommy and Daddy bought this house.
BG- Why did you buy it?
Me- We liked it.
BG- What did you like about it?
Me- Well, we liked that it was pretty, where it was in our town... (perfect answer by the way and I was secretly thinking, this is it, he can't ask any more questions!)
BG- Why is it pretty?

As you can see, last week was a lot of explaining.  But only to be surpassed by the conversation on saturday.  The leaves have started to change color, so we've been chatting about why they change colors:

BG- Why do leaves change colors?
Me- Well, the seasons are changing.  The sun is awake for a shorter amount of time during the day so the leaves are changing colors.  And it's getting colder.  And soon the leaves will fall down.
BG- Why do we have colors?
Me- Ummm, Mommy is going to have to think about that for a little bit.
Hubs- Well, see we have this thing called the light spectrum... (cue, lengthy explanation about the sun, prisms, light spectrum.  I look at hubs and say, you know he doesn't understand all that.  Hubs says, "true, but he's stopped asking questions for a few moments."