Doctor Call

Well, Samuel had his four month check-up this week. As we all know he is a healthy baby boy. He remains in the 85th percentile for weight at 16 lbs. 7oz. and is in the 80th percentile for height at 26 1/4 in. Bad news is that at 29 in. mom and dad have to get him a new car seat! Doctor said everything looks great. He has reached all of his developmental milestones and is actually ahead of the game in the strength category. He expects that within a couple of months he will be both sitting and crawling! Ahhhh! Mike and I need to start going through he apartment on our hands and knees looking for all the baby dangers.

Samuel is battling his first cold right now. He is rather stuffy and it sounds like it is sitting in his chest. He has not had a fever or has not acted sick in anyway. He is talking an extra nap right now and seems to be sleeping in longer stretches. We will keep our eye on it and get back to the doctors if is gets any worse. Please keep him in your prayers!

Bye Gram!

Today was kind of a hard day. We had to say goodbye to Gram until Christmas. She has been here visiting for the past week and we have had a ton of fun. We went on a crazy adventure to Lacey, WA to go to a bead shop, we ventured out to Queen Anne to grab some coffee from the best coffee house in Seattle and see the city from the hill, we visited both Fremont Market and Pike's Place, we devoured warm homemade donuts, and we ate Salmon at an awesome restaurant in Green Lake. It was so nice to have family around for a while. It really makes all of us miss home and are encouraging these three years to pass quickly.

Four Legs and Four Months

Guess who is 4 months old! We can hardly believe that it was four months ago that we were blessed with our beautiful gift!

Enjoying Eating

Well the madness has begun...Samuel is eating cereal. We started yesterday with a very runny cereal/formula mix. He wasn't sure what to do with it and most of it ended up on his bib or my hands. We tried again last night and he was starting to get it. By this evening he is certainly interested. He opens big and then is not sure what to do. He kind of plays with it a bit then spits some and swallows the rest. He thinks he is hilarious and we are only encouraging it by laughing at him. We can hardly believe he is big enough for cereal already. Time flies!

Mikes mom is also here this week. It has been so nice to have family around. Unfortunately, Mike has had to work all weekend, but he did already get 2 cars out this month! Mary and I have spent time playing with Samuel, making bracelets (which will hopefully sell around here) and cooking soups. Tomorrow we are heading down to Pike's Place Market to hit all the tourist traps! Hopefully the rain will let up for us...It has only been continual for the last seven days! Yuck!

Till later-
Jenn

First Post

Yes, I finally did it. I have been debating about starting a blog for some time now. I didn't want to do it just to be in the new wave of popularity, but I wanted to have a place where I could write about what's inside.

Through this blog I intend to share what is on my mind and in my heart. Will it always be nice? Probably not, but then again life is not always nice. So, it is out there. View with caution. I intend to share what is happening in our lives on a surface basis, but also share what is happening to me, where my life is heading and how I feel about it. It maybe hard at times to hear that things are not going well, it is in these times that I ask for your support and your prayers. So you may ask, why make it public? I have learned the value of community over the past year and desire to be there with you. Living far away makes it difficult so this is my solution. I will pour it out; do with it as you please. I would love to be in conversation with you over topics that pull at your heartstrings or topics that you desire to know more about. Please comment!

Then again, you can skip all the details and just view the pictures of life in Seattle and the most handsome 4 month old who lives here. We will keep those coming on a regular basis also.

So there it is...my first blog. Enjoy!