4 months!

I have TERRIBLE time management skills so school is killing me right now and I had to put the blog on the back burner for a little bit. I can't believe that 4 months have gone and past with my little man! He will be 5 months on the 23rd! Here are his stats:

5/3/11: Height, 20.5in (55%) Weight, 7 lb 3 oz (21%) OFC, 35.5 cm (28%)

7/11/11: Height, 24in (66%) Weight, 12 lb 4 oz (42%) OFC, 40.5 cm (43%)

9/6/11: Height, 25 3/4in (67%) Weight, 15 lb 2 oz (43%) OFC, 43 cm (59%)

Rowan is changing everyday and learning something new all the time. He still hates laying on his back or stomach, but has gotten much better on his tummy. He will play for about 10 minutes on his belly before getting mad. He still doesn't really roll over much, but I'm not concerned. He loves to be sitting up and seeing what is going on. The baby bjourn is a good friend now!

We got out the jumper my brother and sister in law got Rowan and he loves that as well. He is not quite tall enough to reach the floor and be able to bounce so we put a box underneath to give him a boost.

He is sitting up by himself pretty well and we have even started to put him in the seat of the shopping cart. He is quite the flirt at the grocery store, all the old ladies love him! We are still working on a tooth. He puts everything his mouth and just chews and chews.

We also started rice cereal this week. There isn't much to it, but he is doing very well on learning to eat. We still spit a bunch out, but he is getting better. We have also been giving him a frozen blackberry in this mesh bag thing. He just sucks on it or gnaws on it and gets some of the juice as it starts to melt. He really likes this! We are just going to work our way up to real foods and take our time trying new things.

For some reason he has stopped sleeping through the night. He went from sleeping close to 9 hours straight to waking up every 3-4 hours to eat. I'm guessing a growth spurt but not sure. He of course started doing this right when I went back to school and can't take naps with him throughout the day, the little stinker!

This past Sunday was his first Chicago Bears game. Ryan was beyond excited to watch the game with him. We don't have cable so we usually go to a bar to watch the games, but now with a baby I didn't think that was very appropriate so we went to one of our favorite restaurants that has TV's and watched it there. Rowan did great, he slept through the 2nd quarter and then sat with us the rest of the time. Check out the onsie Ryan made him for the occasion!

He LOVES bath time. He is a splashing machine! I am usually pretty wet by the end of it. I've been having him sit up in our little bathtub the last couple times just to see how he does. He likes it, but when he tries to kick his feet he falls over so I'm going to leave the backrest in there for now.

Our good friends Zach and Jenna and their baby Orson came over and stayed with us for a few days and then we stayed with them labor day weekend. The boys could really care less about each other now, but we know they will be good friends someday soon! Such cuties!

Rowan has discovered the dog. He really enjoys watching her walk around and she has taken a fondness to him as well. She is a mouth licker anyways, but she especially loves Rowan cause he opens up wide for her! We try to not let that happen very often, but both of them are pretty quick. Rowan has been grabbing on to her when she gets near enough and she just stands there and takes it till either he lets go or we make him let go. I wasn't sure how she would handle him grabbing her, but she is doing much better then expected!

We haven't been doing much, just trying to get back in the swing of things, but I'll keep updating and posting pictures!

-Nicki