Hello Everyone! Sorry we've been MIA, the computer went back in again, but it should now be fully operational! Keep your fingers crossed! We've been pretty busy since Halloween. Riley went to the Doctor on November 8th to get his first set of shots. He did really well, I expected lot more wailing out of him. At that time he weighed 13 lbs 2 oz and was 24 1/2 inches long. That put him in the 75% percentile for both weight and height. He is growing along great. The doctor didn't think his birthmark would grow anymore, and we haven't noticed it getting any bigger for the last couple weeks. His night time fussiness is getting better as well. Hopefully as the weeks go on it will occur less frequently. He still isn't sleeping through the night, but more often then not he skips the 1 am feeding which I am grateful for. I am going to start consulting the book get your baby to sleep 12 hours by 12 weeks. Some of our friends have had success with this teaching. Brendan reminds me that we can't force him to sleep through the night, but I'm going to try my best! I can't believe that he is already 14 weeks today, time has gone in warp speed since his birth. That also means I only have 4 weeks until I must return to the "working" world. I have really come to enjoy everyday being a Saturday. Fortunately for us Brendan's sister McKenna will be moving to Portland from St. Paul to take care of Riley and Wilson! We are very lucky to have family watching him during the day! It does make returning to work a bit more bearable.
We went home this year for Thanksgiving and to celebrate my Grandpas 95th birthday. It was great seeing family and friends for a couple days. Its so fun to watch the Grandparents with Riley, they are so in love with little man! He did awesome on both flights he just slept or cooed at the other passengers. Just in the last two weeks he seems to have made a transition from helpless newborn to engaging infant! He smiles and laughs a ton and now loves to suck on his thumb. He is constantly trying to sit up when he's in his chair. Its so much easier now that we don't have to worry about his neck and head control he has no problems holding it up on his own. We think he will be rolling over soon, he likes to practise by throwing his legs up and over to the side, then he gets stuck. Its pretty fun to watch.
Here are some pictures from the past month.....Enjoy!
