Fooooood

So I have decided that I am REALLY liking this eating from a spoon thing! The doctor told mommy at my 4 month visit that she can start feeding me fruits. Boy do I love fruit! Not so sure about the peaches...but I have liked everything else so far. I am also eating cereal from a spoon too. I am doing REALLY good. One of my new things though is to do the "motorboat" with my lips. I especially like to do this when mommy is feeding me - because she laughs really hard at me when I cover her with food! The more she laughs, the more I do it!!!

Sometimes I get some food on my face though. I get really excited when I get to eat from a spoon so I just want to keep going and I don't give mommy enough time to clean off my face. This is what I look like when I do that!!

So this weekend is my FIRST camping trip!! I am going to stay in Uncle Gary's camper...and I am pretty excited. Mommy and daddy keep telling me how much fun I am going to have - I just can't wait!

Well I am really missing my cousin Jacob, Auntie Erin and Uncle Micky :o( It was really fun having them here for a while...even though Jacob wasn't too sure about me - I still loved watching him play!

Lots of Love - hope to talk to you next week...I really have to get on mommy about updating this more often :o)

Sunshine!!

So it is 85 degrees here today...can you believe it!! It was SO nice not to have to get all bundled up to come home today. Mommy snuck out of work a couple hours early today and came to get me!! I was pretty excited...but I don't think I was quite as excited as mommy.


Then we came home and there are MORE chickens in my basement!! 21 new baby chickens came today - these ones are MUCH smaller than the ones that we already have. So daddy moved the older ones outside to their coop and put the new ones in the brooder box. They are REALLY cute. 10 of them are yellow and 11 are black and white and yellow. I stared at them for a little bit - they were making noises at me!


Well Erin and Jake come to visit us in 4 days!!! YAY

Here is a picture of me playing in my exersaucer...it's pretty fun - I have a lot of things to look at and grab!!

Cereal!!!

So mommy and daddy decided that I was showing ALL the signs that I was ready to start trying some cereal. I can...

• Sit while supported
• Follow mommy and daddy all over the room with my eyes
• Hold my head up really good
• Grasp things with my hand
• Roll over
• Push my chest off the floor with my arms

And there are many more...I am so smart we can't list ALL of my accomplishments here!


I have been getting cereal in my bottles for a while now. My reflux hasn't been bothering me (thanks to my medicine) but I still spit up A LOT! So mommy tried to feed me some cereal from the spoon instead of a bottle and guess what...

it was REALLY good! OK I admit I still kind of make a mess...but I am doing so good! I like to open my mouth when mommy brings the spoon closer. Sometimes she can't get it to me fast enough and I pull my bib or my cloth up and stick that in my mouth instead cause I am just so excited!

Well I am REALLY looking forward to meet my Auntie Erin and Cousin Jacob...but I am really sad that I won't be able to meet Uncle Ben :o( I can't wait till Tuesday!! YAY

Love, CJ

P.S. Auntie Er I will try my best to stay awake for you...but I'm not making any promises!

Happy Easter

( Look at my face...my friend Maverick thought I would really like some of his blueberries!)

OK - so mommy can admit...it has been a long time since she has posted anything! (I'm really sorry for that everyone) I just seem to take up all of mommy's time! Here are some good pictures for you though - thanks to Aunt C!

So what has happened since mommy posted last.....I have been talking up a storm lately - no one seems to understand me, but I do LOVE to talk! Especially to my favorite dog - on my play mat. I LOVE the songs that he sings...and I even love when mommy sings those songs to me!

Mommy and Daddy got me a new car last night ;o) I knew I had them wrapped around my little pinkie but WOW hehe
Also last night - I sucked on my thumb for the first time!!! I think maybe I am working on a couple teeth, because I have been drooling A LOT...and sticking EVERYTHING in my mouth. Well last night I found my thumb and I sucked and sucked and sucked but nothing came out! Another one of my favorite things to do is lick everything. I am figuring out different textures and tastes all the time with this crazy tongue - I just can't keep it in my mouth!
Well this weekend for Easter we are going to Gramma Jojo's for the afternoon, and then Mommy is cooking dinner. Great Gramm bought me a very pretty Easter dress! I am so excited to wear it :o) I also overheard mommy and Aunt C talking about planning an annual Easter Egg Hunt! WOW I can't wait till I am big enough to walk and look for Easter eggs!!!

Happy Easter everyone :o)

Lots of Love
CJ

Carleigh's GI Appt

OK so everyone keeps asking us how Carleigh's appointment with the GI specialist went last week so I figured I would put it up here. Sorry for no pictures but we are driving in the car on the way home from seeing Uncle Mickey!
So the specialist confirmed what we have thought all along - Carleigh does have acid reflux. He said that there are a bunch more tests that we could do but he doesn't see the need at this point...she has reflux. She was on Zantac and Prilosec, so his plan was to try and increase the dose of the Prilosec and discontinue the Zantac. Well we tried that this weekend, and Uncle Mickey can tell you too...it didn't work too well! The doctor said that it may be bad enough that she may just need both meds...and we are starting to think that is the case. About 12 hours after stopping the Zantac she was acting "refluxy" again. So we started it back up again and I will call the doctor tomorrow and see what the next step should be.
He said that this usually lasts about a year and that she will probably have to be on the meds that long. But we will just play it by ear.
We will update with some pictures from this weekend soon!

Do I Look Silly?

Ok...be honest with me...do I look silly in this hat?! Mommy tells me that it is VERY cute but I'm just not too sure.

I have been yelling at mommy to update my page for the past week...but she hasn't listened to me. Something about being busy with work, and taking care of me...I don't know what she's talking about...I am easy to take care of!

Mommy and I have had to give daddy some lessons on how to dress me in the morning. We have decided that it is just useless and have resorted to having outfits ready on my changing table for daddy...he just has no sense of style! Yesterday he took a pair of pants off of a hanger with a matching shirt...but then he put me in a sweater that didn't even go with the outfit! Oh man...he has a lot to learn hehe But it's ok...I still love him a lot.

I have been telling everyone lots of stories lately. I don't think that they understand me though...but I will keep trying I guess :o)

I have been having SO much fun at Auntie Coco's when mommy and daddy are at work.

Maverick is my BEST friend! He likes me a lot I think, cause he is ALWAYS hugging me, and kissing me, and bringing me my bottle, and rocking me - he is pretty fun to look at so I am ok with it.

This week I am going to see another doctor! I keep telling mommy and daddy that I feel much better and we don't have to go...but that are taking me anyways. THEN after my doctor's appointment Thursday (as long as there is no snow) we get to go visit Uncle Micky!! I am SOOO excited I can't wait to meet another Uncle!! First Uncle Cody...now Uncle Micky - I am just waiting to meet Uncle Ben!! I told mommy that we HAVE to stop at Cabela's on the way down so I can get some more camo binkies...they are the ONLY ones I like.

Love You All!!!

CJ

Who is this Baby?

I LOVE my Prilosec!! It is helping me so much that daddy thought mommy went and traded the real Carleigh in when he was gone! Smiling and "talking" are pretty much my 2 favorite things to do now! And mommy got me a new toy...my play mat which is the coolest thing EVER. There are all kinds of things for me to stare at, and I just kick my legs and move my arms all over the place and smile and laugh when I am on that thing...it is pretty fun! The purple kitty is my favorite part. I also like being on the floor cause the dogs get to come over and give me kisses. They give me kisses on my big cheeks and I laugh at them - they are silly dogs. Me and mommy are VERY happy to have daddy home...we missed him a lot. He keeps telling me about my cousin Jacob, Auntie Erin and Uncle Ben...I don't really know what he is talking about but I smile anyways!

Love you all!!

CJ