Henry's Christmas Performance

Henry had his school Christmas program this year and it was absolutely adorable!  They sang Jingle Bells and rang little bells while singing.  I could not believe how well he did in front of so many people....I should know that my child likes the attention by now!  I thought I would share a few pictures.

Finley's 4 months

Finley was 4 months on December 17 and with the holidays it was quickly here and gone!  He is such a sweet baby....if he would only sleep life would be great!  Unfortunately Finley has caught every sickness this fall/winter along with having reflux so his sleeping is few and far between.  Beau and I have been taking turns sleeping in the nursery so that at least one of us gets a full night of sleep.  Finley ranges from waking up 4 to 10 times a night which means we are pretty much exhausted!  We know this too will pass, but when you are in the middle of it, life is a little harder!  Finley went for his 4 month check up on December 28th and per our pediatrician, he looked great!  Here are his stats:

14 pounds (26%)

25 inches tall (43%)

Head: 16 1/2 inches (32%)

He had his shots and the doctor prescribed prevacid for his reflux instead of zantac.  Unfortunately the prevacid was going to be $240 a month, so he changed the prescription to nexium....which was $290 a month.....that is ridiculous!  Needless to say, I am now buying prevacid over the counter and cutting the capsules in half.  He gets half in the morning and half at night...I can't really see any changes yet. Oh, we have also started him on rice cereal and as soon as he gets the hang of it, we are going to start stage 1 baby food.  If all goes well with the baby food, I am going to try to make it this time around!  We shall see!!!  Here is his 4 month photo shoot.

We are starting to sit him up more and it seems to strengthen his core, but no rolling over yet.

This is what.....

 

Henry looks like when he goes through my purse and tries on my lipstick!

Even though he did it after bath and not at a good time, it was pretty funny, so I captured it!

Picking a tree

 The Saturday after Thanksgiving we took a family trip to get our Christmas tree.  It was pretty warm, so I could put my boys in their cute Christmas clothes and get some good pictures.  It was fun for all!

Catching up......Thanksgiving 2011

We had a great Thanksgiving this year.  Henry understood more about what was going on and Finley experienced his first Thanksgiving!  My parents hosted our family's Thanksgiving because we had a ton of family come in town....including my brother and Brigit. After we spent some time with my family, we went to see Beau's family.  Here is a sweet picture of Nannaw and Finley.  She always does a great job getting my boys to sleep!

Henry was not thrilled about having his picture taken....

The day after Thanksgiving, we had a big dinner at my house with my cousins.....they took great care of the boys!  Then......

.......my brother and Brigit came home from their day trip to Asheville where they got ENGAGED!!!!!

We already knew it was happening, but had to keep the secret from everyone.  It was so hard, but we are super excited it was a surprise for Brigit.  Collin proposed at the top of a mountain and they both said it was perfect! 

The groom to be is looking super excited about planning the wedding!

The happy couple telling the story.

Aren't they precious!  It will be official in August....I will have a new SIL!  Yay!

Everyday.....probably not.

I am soooooo far behind in posting that Finley is almost 4 months old.  I am to try to post something everyday until I catch up. The likely hood of me actually getting to do that is slim, but I am going to make it one of my goals so I don't forget anything! 

Starting with Finley passing the 3 mark....he was 3 months old on October 17th.  He actually had an exciting 3 month celebration because my parents and I took him to Texas for my grandfathers 89th birthday.  We left on Thursday and stayed until Sunday.  It was fantastic to see all of my Texas family.  Finley did amazing traveling, especially because we had a ton of issues trying to get there AND he got his first ear infection the Tuesday before we left.  The ped decided to give him the rocefin shot of antibiotics which is the equivalent to 3 days worth and it always helps.  Then he was to take an oral medicine everyday for 10 days thereafter.  His ears did not seem to bother him much, it was his lack of sleeping that was tough.  He seemed to be feeling ok, but when Monday rolled around, he did not seem to feel very good, so off to the pediatrician again.  The doctor was not happy with his ears again, so another round of antibiotic shots and we were off.  After about a week and a half, we were back again with a double ear infection and then last Tuesday we went back for a recheck.  We were told if his ears still had puss in them, we would be going to the ent.....low and behold we were at the ent the next morning at 9:30.  The  ENT looked in this ears, took him back and put tubes in them.  Since the tubes last Wednesday he is a whole new baby!  When he turned 3 months, Finley really started noticing the world around him.  He started swatting at things, smiling more and recognizing faces.  Last Thursday he started to talk....and now it it nonstop talking.  He is laughing, talking and seeming to enjoy life a little more.  I am going to give credit to the tubes for that! 

On a frustrating note, he is NOT sleeping through the night AT ALL.  He barely makes it 3 hours and is sometimes not even interested in eating when he does get up.  I have heard that momsoncall.com is a great source seeing as I have tried Baby Wise and The Baby Whisperer and have not seen good results.  Anyone have any advice?  Other that the sleeping factor, Finley is a sweet little guy who has really just come to life!  Here is his 3 month photo shoot......

Here is the rest of October.....

I have been an extremely slack blogger lately!  A lot has gone on since the middle of October.  I will sum it up quickly.  Below are the pictures of Henry and his class going on their first field trip to the pumpkin patch.  I was able to go and had a great time!  It is so fun and interesting to see your child interact with his teachers and classmates.  We packed the children in these industrial strollers and walked 1/2 mile to visit the pumpkins.  The leader at the church read the kids some books and then they were able to choose a small pumpkin to take home. 

The Monday after the field trip was Halloween.  Finley and I went to Texas to visit my mom's family and got home late Sunday night.  The week we left, Finley got his first ear infection....we went back to the doctor on Halloween and it was not any better, so more shots of antibiotics and oral meds.  Needless to say, he did not get to trick or treat.  I did, however, get him a costume and put him in it for a little while......my sweet lobster.

I went back to Henry's school on Halloween to witness his Halloween party and it was as I expected....crazy! The kids were pretty cute, but had just downed candy, cupcakes, cookies, and mandarin oranges....real healthy!  Here is Henry and his BFF at school.  They are both wild but sweet.

Then we went to a Fall Carnival with everyone and it was impossible to get a good picture of my race car driver and the football player....Carlisle.

Then the girls came and notice Delainey is the only one looking at the camera.

Then it was off to trick or treat.  Henry did awesome!  It was just the two of us...and he would walk right up and ring the doorbell, step back from the door and when someone came to the door Henry would say in his sweet voice, "trick or treat" and was really excited about the candy he got!  It was a fun for all!