6 Months

I can't believe it! Six months have already passed since we had Micah. I never knew before just how much a mother loves her child. Looking at it from the child to mother relationship is just not the same. For instance, I could spend long periods of time staring at Micah and wouldn't find it odd. On the other hand, as much as I love my mom, I would be hard pressed to even make a staring contest last more then 30 seconds. Anyway, I'm sure the info you're really looking for in this post has nothing to do with staring contests.

Micah had his 6 month check-up today (complete with the shots he loves so much) and to nobody's surprise he has grown again. So here we go: 4 months- 15 pounds 3 ounces (65th percentile), Now- 18.1 pounds (75th percentile). 4 months 25 inches (80th percentile), Now-26.8 inches (still 80th percentile). So not to drastic of changes with exception of his head which is now in the 90th percentile (up from the 60th). The doctor also gave me a prescription for a multi-vitamin with flouride in drop form so we'll probably pick that up at the pharmacy tomorrow.

Micah is now a super sitter and rarely falls over anymore. However, he still shows no interest in rolling and his attempts at crawling have resulted in just frustration. On the plus side, Micah is sleeping much better! We started using some techniques from the book Good Night, Sleep Tight and Micah is now a much better sleeper both at night and at naps. By the way Steph, thanks for the suggestion on a sleep book, if things end up not working out this way then I might hunt that book down. Anyway, Micah just woke up so I better go. But first the picture I promised of Micah eating squash:

-Holly

Tagged

So my sister-in-law tagged me (well technically she tagged Jimmy but it's all the same thing). The tag is: Go to My Pictures and find the 6th photo in the 6th folder and show it to the world. This was actually a little tricky because Jimmy has folders within folders, etc. Still here it is:

Neither Jimmy or I know who this is. It just so happens that our sixth folder is a swing dance folder and this picture was taken by someone else of this at probably around 2 in the morning. Yeah for crazy late night dances!

I hereby tag Stephanie, Jen, and Cory! Dance on girls!

Wow, it has really been a while since I last updated our blog! So, here it goes:
We have successfully moved into OUR HOUSE!!!! I love it! It really fits us well and will even fit us when we decide to expand our family. Micah has his own room but unfortunately he has recently taken a liking to Mom and Dad's bed. I think this may be due to two factors: 1- He is teething. That's right, he has two lovely little teeth poking out of his bottom gums. 2- He is starting to show separation anxiety. He wants Mom or Dad with him 24/7. If we try to set him down or leave the room when he's playing he immediately starts to give the most pitiful cries. Grrr, how do I get this child back in his bed and sleeping through the night! Or at least sleeping more then 1-2 hours before needing to nurse or be rocked.



Last week I took Micah to get his first professional pictures and I will be showing some of them through out this blog. Micah did so well! He smiled and looked at the camera with no big problems! So worth the money I spent. The most fun was while he was in the metal "bath". Micah thought it was a new toy and just had a blast with it. It was almost hard getting him to look at the camera because he just wanted to play with the big, shiny tub. As shown below:

Moving along. Jimmy has been selected by his work to take part in a program called sigma six (I think I got the name right, though it might be six sigma). It is apparently a lot of work but also a big resume builder. He seems pretty excited about it. Also, since he's been working there a year he got a raise, which I'm pretty excited about.

Micah has been eating his vegetables now for about a month and he really loves them. So far he has eaten- squash, peas, carrots, green beans, and sweet potatoes. I think I'll introduce fruits at six months.Next time I'll have to include a cute picture I took of him eating squash. Just to give you a hint it was necessary to strip him to just his diaper! Speaking of food, two days ago Micah kinda creeped (with our help) and we were so excited when he managed to reach his toy. Unfortunately, he wasn't aiming for the toy and was then in reach of daddy's dinner. Before we could stop him he had grabbed a handful of rice and chicken casserole. Luckily we managed to get it from him before he could try to eat it.



Hmmm, one more story I think. Last weekend Jimmy and I got the pleasure of playing peek-a-boo with Micah and for the first time he started playing it on his own. He would grab the blanket and pull it over himself and when Jimmy and I said "Where's Micah?" He would pull it down and smile! It was so cute! Anyway, I'll just finish with some more of Micah's spring pictures. See ya!
-Holly

4 Months!

Hmm... 4 months have already passed since Micah joined our family. It has gone really fast! Today Micah had his 4 month check-up, complete with shots. I think Micah may like his doctor because when the doctor smiled at him, Micah started laughing and kept it up for a good minute or more! Of course, Micah might have a different opinion after those various shots. I only got him to calm down by taking his to look at the waiting room fish. Anyway, I feel I should give an update as to how well he is growing so... At 2 months- about 11 pounds and in the 40th percentile; Now- 15 pounds 3 ounces and in the 65th percentile. At 2 months- 23 inches (70th percentile); Now- 25 inches (80th percentile). Yup, he's a big boy!

Today we decided to introduce Micah to rice cereal. He seemed less then thrilled about it as shown in the video below. Anyway, the movie is kinda long, watch what you want.

These are a few pictures that I found extra cute of Micah. Look how well he sits! Ok, so he can only sit with some support (i.e. the couch, someones hands, a knee, etc). He also has on occasion succeeded in getting to his knees during tummy-time. Of course, he doesn't really go anywhere yet, but that's besides the point. Well, it's time to go and make dinner. Have fun looking at the pictures!

- Holly

Last night, we signed a contract to buy a house in Stansbury (I suppose you can assume I kept my job...). Here's the information on the property we're buying:


-Closing the deal on February 27th
-1600 sq. feet
-0.14 acres (kind of small, but normal for Stansbury)
-4 bedroom 2.5 bath
-Built in 2004
-$169,000
-Right next to the new High School track.

It's been tough for Holly to convince me we wanted the house. I gave in, eventually when I realized my misgivings were about spending a large sum of money I don't have and not about the house itself. I actually like the place. The only thing I may not like is the proximity of a high school.

Anyhoo, here are some more pictures of our little drool factory as I explain what else is going on in our lives.


So the little one is getting bigger and more active. Thursday night, he slept his first 8 hours straight. Unfortunately, I think it was a fluke, since he woke up again at 3am this morning. Normally, he's sleeping 5 hours before he gets hungry. So far, Holly's been really good about tasking care of him and letting her husband sleep... knock on wood...

Monday, he turns 4 months old. We're hoping to start him on some solids soon, pending approval of his pediatrician.

Well, that's about all I can think of that's at least a little interesting... unless you'd like the uninteresting stuff:

We are going to teach dance to the ward's youth two weeks from Tuesday.


Two more days until we can buy a TV.
Holly's currently reading "Persuasion" by Jane Austen.

Holly's also the ward choir director. We're working on a hymn medley of "Where Can I Turn For Peace" and "Our Savior's Love" arranged by Brandon. It's really a cool piece, but I'm not sure if our choir can do it justice. Come to think of it, we'll be moved out by then. I wonder how that will work out...

I'm still teaching the 5-year-old primary class. My co-teacher has

shown up twice this year. He's kind of a busy guy, I guess.

I'm wondering how I'm going to get our other car registered before Holly has to take Micah to the doctor for his 4-month checkup. We lost our safety inspection sheet and the place that did the inspection didn't register it with the UHP. They do, however, have record of me paying for one. They offered to re-inspect the car for free. Now, the tricky part how to get the car to the shop to get it inspected without someone

pulling us over for driving an un-registered vehicle...?


Anyhoo, I think I'm done. If you made it this far, I owe you a candy bar.

-J

More pictures of Micah

Alright... it's been a while since our last [informative] post. Let's see... what's happened in the last two months? I've taken two business trips to Texas, Holly's been home 24/7 with the baby, and Micah has been eating, pooping, and crying. That about summarizes the last several weeks.

Last month, the company I work for announced it will be laying off around 10% of its workforce in January. Odds are, we'll be fine. We'll know what's going on within a week....

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS:

This year, we decided to come up with a plan to keep our resolutions. We made a calendar and gave ourselves a big reward if we keep it. Of course, the money we spend on the reward is our already, but we try not to think about that.

Alright. I'm having a hard time coming up with content for this article. Soooo, here are afew pictures.

This last picture (on the right) makes me laugh.

Anyhoo, 'til next time!

Christmas time!!!!

This may be a bit late, but here are a few of the "cuter" Micah pictures taken around Christmas:

Happy Holidays!