4 Months Old!

Jimmy just turned 4 months old already!  Here is what he is like now...

He's almost sleeping through the night.  He falls asleep sometime between 10 and 11, then he'll wake up once around 3 am, then he'll sleep until about 8 on the weekends (but I wake him up during the week so that I can feed him before I leave).  He'll eat every 2 hours when I'm feeding him, but he only eats 2 bottles during the day.  He hates bottles!  Luckily he at least will take them now.  For a while he'd actually refuse, and it would drive me crazy that he'd go the whole day with barely any food!

Jimmy is a very sweet boy.  He loves his sister!  Anna can always make him smile, especially when she acts silly (which she is very good at).  He gives us big smiles, but he's pretty conservative with his laughs.  His favorite things are silly noises, particularly squeakers from some of his toys and goofy voices.  He also loves Bubby's tickles, which is one of the only ways he will laugh for us!  He's also very stubborn... and not at all easy-going!  I call him my high-maintenance baby!  We're going to the doctor this afternoon to see how he's measuring up!

Bye Bye, Original Sin!

Sunday we had Jimmy's baptism.  It was performed during the 10:00 mass with Father Roger, and he did a lovely job.  It was very different from Anna's baptism, but in a good way!  First, he had us come up to the front of the church and announce his name.  Then after the homily we came up onto the alter, where he did the baptism so that the entire church could see.  Then he held Jimmy up and announced him to the church, which I thought was kind of neat.  So it felt like a very special service, which is exactly what Jimmy deserves!  He was well-behaved during the first part of mass, then fell asleep right before getting holy water poured on his head.  That woke him up!  He started to cry for that part, but then Auntie Carrie was able to get him back to sleep.

Afterward we rushed over to Proksa Park (aka the Buzzy Bebow) and had to set up the reception while everyone was waiting there, which was a little stressful.  We had lots of people helping out, so it was done rather quickly.  We had lots of tasty food, so everyone seemed happy enough.  Jimmy was even happy at the reception!  The weather, miraculously enough, cooperated for us too.  After a month of cold temperatures and record-breaking rains, we had a sunny, 55-degree day.  It was amazing!  I'm glad Jimmy was able to have a nice special day, just for him!