The Arterburys: October 2014

Monday, October 20, 2014

Sunday, October 12, 2014

William is 6 months and he has really grown out of being a premie for sure.

Height: 26.5" (44%ile)

Weight: 16 lbs 10.5 oz (33%ile)

Head Circumference: 16.73" (25%ile)

William's likes:

Food!!! He has tried avacados, bananas, green peas, squash and carrots. He has liked them all and really learned how to eat with a spoon pretty quickly.

He still loves being outside and we are all looking forward to the cooler weather coming up.

He likes bouncing and swinging.

Chewing or biting on pacifiers (not sucking) and on teethers.

He likes his space suit (magic Merlin's sleep sack) for naps and bedtime. He is sleeping from about 8:30-7:30 on average. He is taking two big naps in the crib and one short nap before dinner in the swing or stroller.

He has really become find of Lydia and just being around her. She plays with him, sings to him, and performs for him and he loves all of it. He will giggle and laugh uncontrollably when he is with her. This helps a lot when he gets fussy.

He has rolled over from his tummy to his back twice now but hasn't rolled onto his back yet. He really likes rolling from side to side on his back.

He likes sitting up and watching people. The Dr said he is about one week away from sitting up on his own.

He likes baths now that we are taking them in the big bathtub. We are usually in and out in less than 3 minutes and he has never complained.

William's dislikes:

Wet diapers

Tummy time...still

Someone scaring him or surprising him (Lydia)

Hiccups

Being held while you are sitting down and not moving

He doesn't like getting off schedule. He really sticks to his schedule of eat, play, sleep and gets a bottle every 3.5-4 hours. He is up after eating for about 2 hours and then sleeps for about 2 hours.

Lydia Pics

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Very rare napping during naptime. This picture is just so sweet.

After school play time with Charlotte. I thought of this activity all by myself!

Lydia and I stayed the night with Mary and Kiernan while Brendan was away. It was a nice girls time. After sleeping in the same bed as Lydia and getting T-boned all night, she did the sweetest thing. When she woke up in the morning she thought I was still sleeping and leaned over in my face and whispered "I love you Mom". It made the sleepless night worth every minute.

This guy was there too snuggling up.

The next morning we took Kiernan for a ride in our wagon. We stopped to watch workers build a house. They were distracted by all the noise.

One Sunday afternoon, Honey took all the girls for a double decker bus tour of Houston and they got to sit on the top!

The highlight according to Lydia was that they went right by the church that Blair and I got married in. Lydia kept telling us that after she got home.

Early Saturday morning birthday party at a great playground. They had lots of donuts for all! Lydia wouldn't let me hold her bag of donut holes to slide down the slide (probably because she knew I would eat them all).