Roll Over

Casey is at school today and Garrett is napping at the moment.  Last night we ditched Garrett's late night (10:00 p.m.) feeding.  He didn't seem to notice.  I went up to get him at 7:30 this morning and he was still snoozing!  He escapes from his swaddle in the middle of the night and about 1/2 the time he talks to himself and then falls back asleep, the other 1/2, he starts wailing until one of us goes in and reswaddles him.  We are trying to wean him off the swaddle during nap time, but it's hard because he sleeps so well when he's swaddled!!

We started feeding Garrett oatmeal with his morning bottle.  Well maybe not exactly feeding him, more like shoving it in his mouth so he can push it back out with his tongue.  It's a game to him and he smiles and laughs and talks throughout the "feeding."  Today, he seemed to have swallowed more than he pushed out of his mouth, so I'm taking that as a win for me today!!

We had Garrett's 4 month doctor appointment on March 14.  He is 26.5 inches tall and 15 lbs 2 oz.  He is in the 90% in height and 40-50% in weight.  He had to have 3 shots, which he was NOT at all happy about.  He was a little fussy the next day and a half because of them.  He has been working on rolling over.  At the doctor, I put him on his belly and he flipped over onto his back immediately for the first time.  He has done this a couple times with Stan too, but never when we ask him to.  Stubborn.

Casey has been enjoying her brother more and more.  The other day she went and sat next to him in his exersaucer and made funny noises to him.  She still likes playing the music on the exersaucer and then dancing ballet to it.  She is a ball of energy and says the funniest things.  I wish I could remember everything or at least remember to write them down.  She knows what she wants and how she wants it done and is not afraid to voice her opinions.

We take Casey skiing every weekend and she has gotten pretty good, though her focus is still not all there.  She can talk or sing the entire way down.  And it's a long way down.  This past Saturday at Breckenridge, after a meltdown on the mountain, she decided to "meow" the rest of the way down.  Fine by me...much better than crying!!  It's has been Spring weather out here, so we've been enjoying outside a lot.  Casey has been riding her Strider bike, playing at the playgrounds, sidewalk chalk on the driveway, driving Daddy's remote control car, playing with the sand and water table and the sandbox.  She keeps busy!!

Mom and Dad have even had some fun this month.  We went to see the Green Day Broadway Show, American Idiot in Denver on the 11th, with our friends, Mark and Amy.  Amy's sister babysat the kids!!  We went to Copper Kids Night Out with Brian and Sarah.  And this past Saturday we went and listened to some reggae music at Breckenridge after taking a few runs with the kids.

My family starts arriving tomorrow night for the week.  So we should have a lot of pictures for the next post!!

Congratulations to Uncle Dave who will be in Miami for 1 more year and then off to UAB in Alabama for Radiology Residency!!

finger painting...casey likes playing with her shirt off a lot, so she is either in a dress or shirtless

"i love my exersaucer"

i think he looks like mommy in this pic

little brother and big sister hanging out

riding up the lift at breckenridge with mommy and daddy

A Little Laugh

"Mommy, can you make vegetables every night, because I really love them."

This was Casey on Tuesday night.  She kept asking for more broccoli, cauliflower and carrots.  After a few extra servings we had to threaten, "no more until you eat your fish and rice."  Seriously!

Casey has been helping Daddy raise dragons on the ipad.  She has been getting back to going upstairs and playing by herself, though she still tries to coerce us up to play too..."Mommy, the birthday cake is almost ready."  At night, she has decided to be afraid of the dark, and doesn't like her room as much as Garrett's room, the green room.  I think it's just a way to prolong bedtime.  The past couple of weeks at bedtime she keeps asking if we will sleep with her because she doesn't want to sleep by herself. 

Garrett is Mr. Smiley and he is now laughing a little.  He is doing great with his schedule.  He now goes down for nap very well, barely cries and when we go in to get him up to eat, a lot of times he is awake and looking around.  When he sees us, he gets a big smile on his face.  He still loves his bouncy chair, especially in the morning and tries his hardest to grab at the animals hanging out of reach.  He also loves his activity mat and his exersaucer a lot.  We are ready for him to start rolling over, so his flat head can start rounding out.

We still swaddle Garrett when he sleeps and he sleeps through the night, except, when he gets out of his swaddle he is awake and grunting and crying until we go up and reswaddle him.

Our weeks are pretty routine, with Casey going to school Monday morning, TGLS Tuesday morning, school all day Wednesday, ballet Thursday and school again Friday morning.  This past weekend we had our friends Geoff and Sarah and their kids, Kaelin and Graham, visiting.  We went sledding on Saturday at the rec center.  Kathy, Dillon and Connor met us there too.  Luckily we had gotten snow on Friday, so the sledding hill was in great shape and the kids had a blast.  Sunday was Daddy's bday.  We enjoyed Dairy Queen ice cream cake, then the kids went over to Sarah, Brian and Rowan's for dinner while Mommy and Daddy went out for a 4 course meal at Ski Tip Lodge in Keystone.

Casey and Garrett want to send a belated happy birthday to Aunt Lisa (March 3) and Daddy (March 4).

Enjoy the pix.

sledding...Dillon is in the back

carrying the tube back up the hill

close up

the kids

Happy Birthday to Daddy

tummy time