Belly Laughs

We sure do get a lot of laughs these days but we never seem to have the camera.

This time we caught a few :-)

Baby Brigade BBQ

Last night we hosted the first annual Baby Brigade BBQ at our house! Although the weather tried to rain our parade, we were able to pull if off with lots of towels, umbrellas, and some quick grilling skills in between rain showers. It turned out to be a great night filled with amazing company, food and drinks! Oh and how could I forget? Babies too :-)

Going to playgroup and visiting with all the mommies and babies is the highlight of my week but having the husbands join us was so special! What a great group..that all I can say! We cannot wait to have more "family" get togethers again very soon!

A post would not be complete without pictures.....here are a few from the night:

Mommies and Babies

Mommies!

Spencer being camera shy :-)

Sampling the Sippy Cup

I introduced Spencer to a sippy cup today! Not for any particular reason and with no intention of actually starting to use it just yet. Nothing was in it, just wanted to see his reaction. As a bottle fed baby he is learning to grab for his bottle when he sees it and even holds it from time to time so I did not think the cup would be to foreign to him. I was right! I place his hands on the handles of the cup and up it went to his mouth. He sucked for a bit until he realized nothing was coming out :-) Then the novelty was gone. After that, he just chewed on the handles :-)

I almost cried seeing my little guy hold that cup. God, he is growing up so quickly! We are still trying to hold off on rice cereal and solids for a bit but I am slowly stocking up on what I will need to get started. Spoons, ice trays to freeze food, bowls, and books to guide me as I plan to make a lot of the food myself in the hopes of saving some money.

I have to thank all my veteran mommy friends and even the mommies that are going through this for the first time that have given me advice on "food" as we get close to entering this stage. Everything you have shared has been so helpful. I think Spencer is ready to get started but Mommy may not be :-)

Party of Five

Three months ago we started our March Mommies Playgroup as a party of five and we have continued to grow ever since. Spencer and I are so lucky to have our friends and we look forward to our group dates every week.

That was then:

This is Now:

The whole crew (minus Dylan)

Ducky Feet

Just some morning fun with our ducky slippers. So close to getting those feet :-)

My Chunky Monkey

No more worries about loosing weight from spitting up. Spencer went back to the doctor today for a weight check and he gained 1lb in one week! Spencer is now up to 16lbs 3oz!!! My Chunky Monkey :-)

Look What I Can Do!

Starting to sit up in the tripod pose Look at everything I can see!

Just about to give up! Enough Mom!

Tummy Time Faces

Yes, I love taking pictures of Spencer. Yes, I probably take too many. Yes, here are some more. Having fun with tummy time :-)

Dr. "Duder " in the House

Spencer Gordon, MD! Sounds good right? Hah. For now we will just stick to calling him his nickname:

"duder"

I could not resist taking pictures of this cute little pajama set that Spencer got as a gift when he was born.

Funny enough, I did not wash it until a week or so ago because it always looked so big but after one wash and a growing baby we MAY get one more wear out of it :-(

Anyways, such a clever gift and Spencer was such a good sport. Who knows, maybe in 20 plus years we will have a doctor in the family :-)

4 Months Old!

Summer is flying by! I cannot believe it is July already and I cannot believe my baby boy is 4 months old! Spencer turned 4 months old on July 3rd! Today was our 4 month check up at the doctor and I am proud to say Spencer did great! Well, as great as can be expected :-)



I can honestly say I am so happy with our pediatricians office! We had to see a different doctor in our practice today because we had changed our appointment date and our normal doctor was not available for when we rescheduled. We saw Dr. Klopman who was recommended to us by our friends and we loved her! She was very thorough made us feel very comfortable.





Spencer weighed in at 15 lbs on the dot and was 25 1/4 inches long! That puts him in the 51% for weight and 61% for height! Not too shabby!



Spencer seems to meeting all of his 4 month milestones and we could not be more proud.

He is bearing weight on legs, playing with his hands, tracking and and holding objects, laughing and smiling, rolling occasionally, and holding his head up while on his belly.

We did however have a concern about Spencer's weight. We had taken him to the doctor a little over one week ago because he had some congestion symptoms that were not going away and at that time he weighed 15lb 3 oz. Today he had dropped to 15lb. Spencer has had an enormous increase in "spit up" that we are seeing. We had taken him off his Zantac a few weeks back and now, after each bottle, he spits up a tremendous amount :-( The Doctor said the weight loss could be due to the spitting up but could also be from the congestion. We are now back on the Zantac and will go for a weight check next week to insure we are on the right track.

We did get the green light to begin solids slowly but we decided we are going to hold off until the 6 month mark or until Spencer give us more cues that he is ready for "people food." The doctor assured us that this is perfectly okay to do so we will wait it out and see.



I have to say this visit was much easier for me then the 2 month. Watching Spencer get his shots was still very unpleasant but I felt more prepared. He was a champ and after a bottle and a long nap he was good as new!

Happy 4 months little guy! We love you!

Sweet boy right before he got his shots:-(

Happy Anniversary Swim with Grandpa and Grandma Gordon

Today was Grandpa and Grandma's Anniversary and we spent a fun day at the pool before going out to dinner to celebrate! Here I am all bundled up after our swim.

Dinner at McCormick and Schmicks to Celebrate!

Grandpa and Grandma Gordon

(Bills Dad Alan and Stepmother Beverly)

Spencer and Daddy out to celebrate!

Spencer's New Trick-Blowing Raspberries

Get your rain gear or towel out, Spencer has a new trick and you just might get a shower :-)

Happy 4th of July!

Hope Everyone had a great 4th of July! We have been keeping busy with family and could not have asked for a better holiday weekend. More updates to come but could not resist posting some pics of Spencer in his festive outfits :-)