Upon suggestion from our pediatrician, we decided to introduce Harry to some rice cereal this weekend. She said that perhaps his caregiver can give him some to tide him over until I nurse him after work.

We put him in the bumbo for this first meal but I did a bad job trying to get it into his mouth. Eric did a much better job getting him to actually open up and eat! He seems to really love it. Video will be posted up soon.

There are some more pics on flickr...



That night, he did not sleep too well. I think he was a bit gassy from it. I think we might wait at least another few weeks until we try it again! We have an eater, people!

I forgot to mention this before...

The day I gave birth, the nurses and midwives were extremely busy. They talked about how it had been the busiest weekend that they remembered. So, a month or so again I got the quarterly newsletter from The Birth Center and it lists all the babies born in the last quarter. There were 6 babies total born on Harry's birthday, the most out of any other day in the quarter!

Here is that video of Harry getting his bath at Grammy Brown's!



Also, here is a video of Harry and Riley hanging out. It features mouth bubbles! And Riley laughing at Harry.

Sorry we are a bit late wishing everyone a happy new year. I liked them because some of the profits from the cards went to Livestrong Cancer foundation. Speaking of Livestrong, Eric is doing well!

We had a quiet holiday for the most part. It was so nice having Eric home, even though it was because he was recuperating from his surgery. We spent xmas eve at my mom's house. Harry was tired and cranky and had a hard time going to sleep due to all the noises! This side of the family can get pretty loud at times :)

We spent xmas morning relaxing at home, then visited my great-grandparents for a while in the afternoon. Great Grandmom Marie loves to show him off to all of her friends.



Aunt Maria and Uncle Dave made us an amazing dinner at their house. We had fun hanging out and playing games with the kids.

The next day we drove to Ohio - Again, Harry was great in the car! We had a great time with all the cousins. Harry was held by everyone and got passed around alot. His cousins taught him how to make raspberry sounds with his mouth. (He now amuses himself all the time by doing it. the drool gets everywhere...sigh...) He even got a bath in Grammy Brown's sink!


Another highlight was hanging out with Eric's friends and all of their kids (most of whom we had never met! This is a pic of all of the kids at Eric's friend, Bryan, mom's house:

After we got home, Harry had his first real cold! He was very fevery, snotty, sneezy and miserable. To top that off, he got his shots at his four month well visit on the 31st. By the way he is 50th percentile for height and weight :)

Beyond that, I have experimented with going back to work. I went in 2 times this past month and Harry stayed with my mom. I am in the process of interviewing babysitters since the daycare I was going to put him in isn't sitting well with me.

Harry is still obsessed with his feet and is not making any attempts to roll over. Changing him is getting to be a challenge. He is also a babbling fool! He is very talkative and yappy.

I will post up some video soon! Just trying to get my act together over here!