Growing, growing, growing!

My baby is growing up!! I hate it! I love watching him learn and grow, but I want him to stop!! This week, we started solid foods. He LOVES it!! He's been very interested in eating and watching us put food into our mouths. He gets rather grumpy at the table when we are eating and he isn't. He kept trying to grab at my food, and that helped me decide he was ready for cereal. I didn't want to start it until 6 or more months old, but he was so ready. I'm unsure as to if I like it or not. He spits up all the time now. He had quit doing that. Now it seems like he's spitting up all day long. And it's slimy. Not loving that. Plus.. the diapers are stinky now! I really enjoyed the non-stinky nursing-only diapers!

He's not sitting up yet, but he sure wants to. He's been rolling to travel. The other day he had a blow out all over the blanket on the floor. I got him changed and set him back down on the floor. I wrapped up the blanket and the pj's he had soiled to put them in the washer. When I came back to the room, he was gone!! I had to catch my breath for just a second. He had rolled himself under the desk! He was quite proud of himself too. So far, he's gotten under the desk, under the couch, out of the living room & into the hall, wedged in the saw horses (still remodeling over here). The problem is that he gets stuck because he can only roll in one direction. He gets rolled into a corner and then hollers for me because he can't get out.

Cory & Wyatt are best buds. Cory just has to walk by and Wyatt will break into a big smile. Wyatt always reaches for Cory and Cory tolerates kisses, slobbers, pulled hair, and more. Cory will just snuggle up to Wyatt on the floor. It's adorable! Cory is very protective of Wyatt too. If there is any thing/person/dog that Cory feels is a threat, he gets between the threat & Wyatt and squares himself up. He's growled a few times. It's kind of cool to see!

Everything is going really well. Time seems to be flying over here. Before I know it, another week is gone. It's nice that the deployment is going so fast. However, it just goes to show that once you have kids, time becomes jet-fueled.

The zoo...

We went to the zoo quite a while ago. However, I just got the pictures off the camera tonight. I know, I'm a big slacker! We've been staying super busy. It's all good things for the most part.





Wyatt did great at the zoo! He just looked around and took in all of his surroundings. He was very curious and very alert! It was quite warm in Tucson that day and he got frustrated with the heat. We would soak the muslin blanket and give him a bit of evaporative cooling. That helped a bit. He hung out in the stroller and enjoyed seeing everything. He didn't make it through the whole day--he was asleep by the time we got to the bird display!

Wyatt's stats...

We saw the doctor yesterday to do his 4 month shots. We are a month behind, but that's fine. The new doc is WONDERFUL and he did a complete check up of Wyatt. Right now, He is 15 lbs, 8 oz. He is 26.5" long. His head is 44.5 cm around (this kid has a big noggin!). He is in the 33%ile for weight, but in the 76%ile for height. He's gonna be a tall, skinny kid with a big round head! He has the perfect shaped head to be bald... which is good since he IS bald!!

He did really well with the doctor yesterday. He smiled and talked to the doc the entire time. He had a new nurse practitioner with him and she observed and then checked him over too. Wyatt really liked her and smiled pretty big once she got there. He's already a big flirt! He sees a pretty girl and lights up. Of course they come over to smile back at him and just encourage this behavior! I'm dreading jr. high & high school already. :)