4 months of lovin

This baby boy is growing so fast! I can't believe he has been apart of this family for 4 whole months it feels like he has always been here. This is one of my favorite times in the first year because they become a whole lot more active and can really enjoy what is going on around them and they start eating rice cereal.

this month Caleb:
   

• Gained Good head control
• Started sitting with support like me or Anthony behind him and he started sitting in the little high chair pretty good too
• Loves to stand on his legs and has started playing in the baby Einstein quite a bit
• He is lifting his head pretty good when he is on his tummy and usually puts his arms under his chest and props himself on his elbows
• Rolled from back to side and most of the time sleeps on his side even if i put him to bed on his back
• Explores and plays with hands and anything i can get in them
• Tries to reach for objects but overshoots
• Grasps objects with both hands
• Laughs when we talk to him
• Enjoys being rocked, bounced or swung
• Loves to scream
• Drools alot
• Started eating rice cereal and oatmeal
  
  
  

Summer Scavenger Hunt...A magic show at the library

 

Sorry there are so few pictures of this one they were really picky about not letting us take pictures so the ones that I do have I had to be sneaky about. this guy did a magic show all about the food pyramid and healthy food choices. Madison totally didn't get this but all the kids around us were having a good time. afterwords the diamond bar library has a used book section where you can buy books for a dollar. so we went on over to the used book section and I let Madison pick out a couple of books to take home. we went home with the hungry caterpillar and the grouchy lady but. by the end of this i was carrying Madison out with no shoes on and her screaming at me. it was a rough day but I hope something gets through and she will remember about healthy food choices later.

Already 3 months

Man where has time gone?? My sweet baby boy is already 3 months old. Caleb gets more active all the time now. He's awake way more than he sleeps and he puts himself to bed for the night at 8 pm or so which is crazy now both my kids go to bed at 8 and me and Anthony have the rest of the night to ourselves! I grow more in love with this sweet boy everyday.

Things to remember about this month:

We are  finally on an eating schedule of every 4 hours which means my cute chubby boy only eats 4 times a day but he's eating 6 oz bottles of breast milk

He loves the water during bath time

He still has baby acne really bad

He sits in his bumbo pretty good

He sits with us at dinner sometimes

He love to interact with Madison and she's the only one he will laugh for

Madison gave him his first fat lip

He does not like the carseat

He doesn't sleep on any schedule other than at bed time

Skills I noticed he gained this month:

• he is starting to bear weight on his legs
• Able to hold head up when sitting but still bobs forward
• When lying on stomach can raise head and shoulders between 45 and 90 degrees
• Holds objects but does not reach for them
• Clutches his own hands and pulls at blankets and clothes
• Follows objects 180 degrees
• Locates sound by turning head and looking in the same direction
• loves to Squeal, coo, babble, and starting to chuckle
• he “Talks” when spoken to
• Recognizes faces, voices, and objects especially mommy
• Smiles when he/she sees familiar people, and engages in play with them
• Shows awareness to strange situations

Summer Scavenger Hunt...A trip to the Discovery Science Center

The discovery science center's theme was midevil Lego's. it was super fun and just the right age timing for Madison! she played dress up, got to sit in furniture that was made from Lego's, they don't really have a "second theme" but they had several rooms where they had different stuff going on. in one room they had blocks and pipes for the kids to learn to build, just a bit further down they had a set of pipes at different lengths that when you hit them with a flip flop they made different noises and you could play songs like twinkle twinkle and itsy bitsy spider. we went with Kylie and brayden (and Brittany of course) the boys slept most of the time and then we went to the mall next door to have lunch. it was quite the day but we sure had a great time...so great in fact that both kids passed out on the way home!



 

Our sleepy boys did so great! Caleb was about 10 weeks old here.








This Lego area was so fun and the Lego's were huge!

 

 






















 

This was a pully system and each one had a value above it that stated how much of your weight you were actually lifting. madison had a ball on the "ride" and caleb is strapped to my chest with the moby sound asleep!
 

 

It really was a totally amazing day.  I'm starting to feel more confident taking the two kids out all on my own but i have learned it is certainly going to take some practice and getting used to

Summer Scavenger Hunt...A trip to the movies

This summer we spent a lot of time at the movies. we have a theater near us that does what they call a summer movie special. they play 10 movies over the course of 10 weeks and you buy the movies for $5 so $.50 a movie. All of the movies were played in the past year sometime. Madison hadn't seen any of them because she has no attention span. I thought what a great way to help her focus and sit for long periods of time. when we started this I tried taking Caleb with us and he did okay at first but as he got a little older it just got very challenging so I decided I would take Madison by herself and have a mommy daughter date once a week with her while my mom watched Caleb. Much to my surprise Madison did great! she loved the movies, sat pretty well, and i learned she's a big fan of popcorn! We also met up with Kylie, Brittany, and Brayden most weeks. It has amazed me at how he relationship with Kylie has grown...they are practically inseparable when we are all together.

Madison quarterly report June 2013

Now that we have Madison all settled in with a new teacher the teacher has to leave. She had a major issue with her pregnancy. But before she left she did us a huge favor by requesting Madison do more therapy so now she does speech therapy 1 time a week and occupational therapy 1 time a week each one for an hour.

Madison -30 months

Social/ Emotional
3/20/12 -8 months
11/30/12 -20 months

2/15/13 - 23 months

6/6/13 -34 months

Adaptive/ self help
3/20/12- feeding 8 months; toileting 12-15 months; dressing 12-15 months

11/30/12-  21 months for all categories 

2/15/13 - 26 months

6/6/13 - 33 months

Fine motor

3/20/12 -8 months

11/30/12  -16-19 months

2/15/13- 20-23

6/6/13- 29 months

Cognitive

3/20/12 -8 months

11/30/12  -20 months

2/15/13 -24 months

6/6/13 -27 months

Communication

3/20/12 -Receptive: 7 months      Expressive: 3 months

11/30/12 -Receptive: 24 months   Expressive: 9-12 months

2/15/13 -Receptive: 29 months   Expressive: 13-14

6/6/13 - Receptive: 29 months    Expressive: 28 months

Gross motor

3/20/12   -11 months

11/30/12  -26 months

2/15/13 -29 months

6/6/13 -29 months

I am beyond amazed at Madison's ability to gain new skills. She is working so hard and we hear and see her growth daily. It is believed that Madison has developmental apraxia of speech. This disorder causes issues with language, reading, writing, math, comprehension, spelling, and motor skills.

A month 2 follow

Caleb is already 2 months ...it feels like our family is complete! I don't know how we ever lived without him! 2 days after Caleb turned 2 months he attended his first funeral! This was a hard one for me because it was very sudden and unexpected! Both kids did great even tough mommy was a mess. Now that Caleb is eating consistently and well he slept his first long stretch at night. 6 hours of straight sleep will make you a whole new person.

Things to remember about this month:

He has no real schedule even though we have tried alot to get him on one 

He's very unpredictable and it's hard to go anywhere

He started being more active and needing stimulation when he was awake at 6 weeks ( he can easily play in his baby gym for 30+ minutes)

He screams for tummy time 

He started eating 4 oz every 3 hours instead of 2 oz every 2 hours

Still gets up once or twice at night most nights

2 month old stats:

Weight 12lbs 0 oz

Height 23 inches

Head 15.5 inches

skills I noticed this month:

• Lifts head almost 45 degrees when lying on stomach
• Head bobs forward when held in sitting position
• Follows dangling objects with eyes
• Visually searches for sounds
• Makes noises other than crying
• Cries become distinctive (wet, hungry, etc.)
• Vocalizes to familiar voices
• Social smile demonstrated

May 2013

In early may a friend of mine Joanna threw a beautiful baby shower for my sweet Caleb 

Glad he got to join the party

Mustache theme...so cute

Even grandma got in on it! I love her she's so fun

The cute thank you cards i made

Not really a good sleeper like his sister was

Already needs to be entertained and he loves this thing

Went prom dress shopping with grandma and auntie Kelly 

Had to get a baby gate to keep Madison out of Caleb's room

CALEB'S NURSERY

Playtime with daddy before bed

In love with this little boy!

She's a good big sister

Never wants to sleep on his back

We started potty training Madison this month. Holy cow the first three days I thought I was going to go nuts with only a 6 week old and a potty training 2 year old. After 3 days we decided to start with pull-ups instead of regular panties and although there were lots off accidents at least I didn't have to clean pee and poop off the floor, walls, and furniture.

Madison and i went to Brittany's house one day to take the girls swimming...they had a blast but Madison is going to need some practice...SO EXCITED FOR SUMMTO BEGIN

Madison did this one day while playing

Having a tea party with her baby

It only took one week for her to poop in the potty hopefully this keeps going well

He looks a lot like Madison here

We went to support auntie Kelly at her losing concert...Madison and Anthony stayed home because it was late.

For Memorial Day Brittany's mom invited us over to go swimming and have dinner we had a blast and Anthony met us later that afternoon

The first picture of the two boys together (Brayden is 3 weeks and Caleb is 8 weeks)