April 8 ,2012
Dear Oliver,
Wow- how you are growing and changing so much each day!! We can’t get enough of you because you’re simply irresistible! Momma can’t keep track of how many times she kisses you all day long!
You are a rolling machine!! You have mastered the back to tummy roll but are still working on learning the tummy to back! It took you a while to figure out how to sleep on your tummy, but once you got the hang of it, it was smooth sailing from there! Normally when I put you down in your crib, you cry for a second, roll straight to your side, stick your thumb in your mouth, and then go right to sleep!
At your four month appointment, you weighed 15 pounds and were in the 50th percentile, just like at month two! You moved to the 75% percentile for height.
You slept the longest you’ve ever slept on April 8th (your 5 month birthday!) You went to bed at 7:30 and woke up at 8:30 (13 hours!! Alleluia! It was SO nice!)
This month you met you hung out again with your Aunt Ash and Aunt Carolyn when Momma an Aunt Erin went to Raleigh to see them!
You also got to meet your Aunt Mel for the first time!! She came and spend a week with us in Wilmington over her spring break! She LOVED you and gave you your first lipstick kiss in the airport!! She could make you laugh like crazy and it was so fun to watch you belly laugh with her! We spend a lot of time on the beach relaxing and soaking up the sun! You weren’t such a big fan of the beach b/c you didn’t have any of your toys to keep you entertained (exersaucer, bumbo, play may, etc, haha) but you were a champ and we went anyways!!
You’ve started wearing summer clothes and you look so adorable cause we can see your chunky legs!! Grandma bought you an adorable blue summer hat that looks oh so cute on you!
You have loved your exersaucer this month and you love to throw toys from it onto the floor J You also love your giraffe which we have affectionately named Raffee, because Sophie was just too girly!
We tried to feed you rice cereal two times, but you just weren’t feeling it! We’ll try again at 6 months, but for right now we’ll just stick to the milk!
You’re on a good schedule now! You wake up anytime between 7-7:30. Your feeding times are 8, 11:30-12, 3:30-4, and 7 before bed! You take 2 consistent naps- one between 9-10 and the other around 1-2. You sleep anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 ½ hours!
You got to celebrate your first Easter which was fun! Momma dressed you up in an adorable outfit with a matching hat, and 5 minutes before we left for church, you pooped ALL over it! Unfortunately, we had to rush to change you and get out the door so we could make it in time! You sure looked cute in your outfit even if it only lasted 5 minutes!
You have gained many new nicknames since you were born and here are just a few: Ollie, Chubbs (your nickname at birth), Monkey, Chunky monkey, Punkin, Doodle bug, Ollie-baba, Ollie-pop, O-Man, O-Dubs (because of your middle name, Wade), Prince Ollie (Daddy started this after singing you the Prince Ali song from Aladdin)..just to name a few! I’m sure the list will just continue!
Ollie, you bring us so much joy! We love how you recognize us more and more and are becoming more playful and interactive every day! You love to get rasberries on your tummy and legs and love when we come and get you! You can almost sit up by yourself when you’re propped up! Before we know it, you’ll be sitting on your own!
We love you monkey. Keep smiling and laughing. It’s the most precious thing!
Lots of love and hugs,
Momma J
No comments:
Post a Comment