Micah is entertaining himself and meets new cousin, Camden!

Camden Lamar Conner is born! Micah's fifth cousin! They are four months apart. Micah kept wanting to touch Camden so we had to space them apart lol.

Micah is now entertaining himself! It used to be horrible! While driving, I had to keep his pacifier in his mouth! Do you know how much work that is? I didn't even know it could be done! lol. Micah used to start screaming when I would be out of his sight for over 5 minutes. It's now a lot longer... 10-15 minutes! Hey, do you know how much you can get done without a screaming baby in that amount of time? lol Micah is also eating more in the day time and sleeping longer at nights... it's now a feeding every 4-5 hours! Mommy is one happy lady! Rico's very helpful at nights, but I still wake up when they do. This is now easier on the whole family! Micah still loves his exersaucer and will stay in there for a while! I can get so much more work done now! But now when Micah cries, it's a longer checklist on what it could be... It used to be a little easier; Feed, burp, then change diaper. Now the list is as follows: has he been fed? does he need to be Changed? Is he Gassy? Cold? Hot? Does he want to sit up? Does he want to go to sleep?.... lol I am sure there will be more that needs to be added to that list. But with all that, Micah is sooo much more fun now! He mimics the little noises we make and my laugh! It soooo cute! He's also learned how to pick things up with his pointer finger and his thumb.... That one is a little bittersweet because he now can pick things up (YaY!) But he also likes to take the pacifier out of his mouth and then screams because he can't get it back in with the nipple part in his mouth! It's really funny unless it's two o'clock in the morning! Micah has the cutest smile! Can you tell that I am a little smitten with my infant? Micah is quite the character! Micah gets his four month check up tomorrow. So I may have another blog tomorrow! Until the next blog.....

Four months tomorrow! Mostly pics....

Can I just say how much I love my boys? Micah now eats solid foods all the time! He has eaten squash and sweet potatoes and mixed cereal with bananas. He still babbles up a storm and holds his self up like in a push-up position. He screams if you leave the room.

This was when Micah went swimming for the first time. We have a baby pool that he got in. (with me of course!) He didn't seem too amused lol. He just sat there. He's still so stinking cute in his swimming trunks!

Daddy and Micah.... sitting on the couch.. Notice that Micah has the remote control? Acting just like Daddy already! lol

He eyeballed Rico's bacon so he gave it to him! We tried to take it away and he cried! What in the world? We just let him suck on it for a little while! My slobbering ball of cuteness.

Daddy was feeding Micah and I was snapping as many pictures that he'd let me! Rico gets so tired of pics. I have to sneak them in! I swear, I LOVE my family! I am the luckiest girl in the world!

Micah's teething! Almost 4 months!

Micah's teething now! Oh the joys! lol. Micah chews on absolutely anything that he can get his hands on! It's still really cute to me though! (whipped, I know!) =) I LOVE, love, LOVE this little boy! Micah is still enjoying his little excersaucer. He knows his way around that thing! He's still really small for it but that is his FAVORITE toy! Micah talks and he LAUGHS! I thought he was laughing before but it was more of a smile. He now actually chuckles! It's SOOOO cute! I wish I could put a video up of it but I can't get him to do it on camera! He's sooo stinking sweet! On the downside, he's also a lot more fussy now that his teeth are coming in. He'll get up at random times and just whine. My poor little baby! I hate that he's hurting! Oh and he ate applesauce for the first time on July 8th. At first I was just testing him to see if he'd take it but he got MAD when I stopped feeding it to him! He LOVES it! I could not believe it! I could not feed it to him fast enough and he actually took the whole jar! I was really scared that it would mess up his digestive system so I watched him closely throughout the next day. He seemed to do fine though. He just doesn't seem to like milk! He eats the very minimum that he's supposed to for his weight. I keep a close eye on that because that is so scary to me! The children in my family have always ate really well. He still spits up a lot, still. I have to make sure he burps really well before I let him do anything else. But other than the drinking milk part, he is doing so well! I am ONE PROUD MOMMY! He still gets up in the middle of night for his feedings. He eats about 3-4 ounces every 3-4 hours! He's STRONG! Rico said he kicked him in the chin the other day (by accident of course) and he really got him good! I think that excersaucer has made his legs really strong. He Loves bright colors. I try to read books to him that has a lot of bright and bold colors because he seems to stay more focused that way. HE LOVES TV! Anytime that tv is on, he'll be watching! He follows movement. And I really think he knows his name at this point! I'm telling you, my baby is growing up soooo fast! Rico and I were in bed just talking about how little he used to be. I still can't believe he's almost 4 months! It seems like yesterday we were bringing him home. I read online a lot on how he should be developing and about his milestones. I find myself getting excited about when he can do this and when he can do that. But last night, I just thought about how I'd like to just freeze time. I CHERISH him. He is just so wonderful! I can't wait til he grows up and I can't wait to find out what he will like and dislike. But I also enjoy him so much right now. My Dad told Rico in the delivery room to cherish these days because he'll never be that small again. I really believe he's right. Micah is learning new things every day. I am soo blessed to be his mother!

I try hard to write these blogs so that one day, Micah will be able to read these and know what was going on in his life. I want him to know how I felt and when he learned to do everything. I obviously can't write it all down, but I am trying. I also want him to know that I LOVE Rico. I am so grateful for him and what he does for both me and Micah. I can't tell the future. I hope and pray that Rico and I will be together forever and that we'll be the best parents in the world for Micah. I think we'll be together and loving and happy, but anything could happen to any one of us. At this time in my life, I couldn't ask for more. I honestly feel so lucky that first of all, I know Jesus as my Saviour. Second of all, I have a wonderful husband who I know loves me and would give his life for me. And Third of all, for a son who is just plain wonderful. I love the life that God has given to me.