17 Weeks-Four Months Old!

Sorry for the late post-we went to visit family over Easter so I'm running a little behind.

Anyway, Dave turned 4 months last week.















For comparison! He looks so different.







Dave can officially roll from both his front and his back. So he is getting very mobile! And in even bigger news, he is scooching (sp?). It is only a matter of time before the crawling begins...

16 weeks---Florida Vacay!

This past week we went on our trip to Florida to visit Josh's grandparents. The weather wasn't super cooperative, but at least we got some sun and got to spend tons of time with our little guy and family.

Dave was an excellent flyer. No crying, just a little fussy the day after both flights.

Dave got to hang out with actual Irish people on St. Patrick's Day (this is him with one of their friends in the park). You can tell he totally loves that hat.

He got to experience grass for the first time.

Josh and I went to the beach. It was super cold! Who wants to wear a hoodie and jeans in Florida??

Dave was not a big fan of the beach. It was really windy this day. Go ahead and enlarge this by clicking on it and check out his facial expression.

Dave was a big hit at their church's hawaiian shirt anniversay celebration.

And finally, Dave had lots of dancing lessons from great-grandpa.

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All in all, great trip! I've also posted more videos at youtube (surprise right?)

Here are some links

Dave laughing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er9hiOUkK7Y

He really loves to make spit bubbles now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAvPJeYewfQ

And Dave officially rolls over now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugTZwq4fH3s

Hope you enjoy!

15 weeks

This week we've been cat-sitting for Josh's parents (they are currently basking in the wonderful Florida sun...5 days until we get there!). So we've been going over to visit with kitty and hanging out at their house-it tends to be noisy here since we live in an apartment attached to the cottage.

Anyway, here's a picture of kitty and Dave. She's a good watch-cat.

Another picture of him sleeping. Dad didn't get him in a shirt before he fell asleep again the other morning.

You can't tell, but he's wearing these awesome IU sweats that my mom and grandpa found at a thrift store. Adorable.

I hope everyone has been enjoying our gorgeous weather! We have been taking Dave on lots of walks-before now he always has a blanket over his carseat when we're walking around campus. It's funny to watch his eyes move around and stare at trees and buildings. Just for these occasions, I bought Dave a little cubbies hat.

I think he's going to be a hat man.

• And he's still working on rolling over. He's soooo close. Here's a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROWAl0GNXMM

• Here he is talking to Dad. Notice how he easily he is distracted by his hands.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUMh0-V0QpI

14 weeks

Updates regarding Dave:

• He has been sleeping through the night now for about a month and a half. I was afraid I would jinx it if I spoke too soon. Hopefully he doesn't prove me wrong tonight! Generally, he goes from about 10:30 or 11 until 7. Awesome work little guy.
• When he is on his back he tries to roll over (but only gets halfway). On his stomach, he tries to crawl (but doesn't get anywhere). This is a very frustrating time in his life. Maybe this week he'll conquer rolling over-he's getting really close.
• He talks non-stop if he's in a familiar place. These places now include our apartment, the office in the cottage, and the cafeteria. The guys think it is hilarious and it has been a huge help in lightening the mood in the cottage at times.

You can see the evidence of his talking in the following videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxvzyMRL5aw

This one is great because he has a momentary cry, which reverts back to cooing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbedYl16wA8

And I'm pretty sure in one of them you can see me flicking something off of his playmat. It was a spider. Gross.

Dave loves the Cubs. And D. Lee.

This is our last weekend working before Florida. It is a much needed vacation-the cottage is almost full again after we got two new guys on Friday. Crazy. My mom (gamma) is coming up next weekend to chill with Dave while we go get everything ready for our trip.

Have a great week!

Three Months Old! (13 weeks)

Our little man is growing up!

We took him to get 3 month pictures last Wednesday at Sears (we received a Sears card for Christmas). Now, I'm sure our experience was not unique. We have an incredibly photogenic baby. In fact, we're pretty sure a model agency will be knocking on our door any day now to get Dave in ads. So, we walked into Sears fairly confident that these pictures would turn out awesome....Dave had other ideas.

We got one smirk. No smiles. The lady was ridiculously awesome and let me feed Dave in the room, change his diaper, etc. Anything to get him happy-but he cried almost the entire time. It was hilarious-I think he was just freaked out by the room/camera contraption.

In other news, we have found the cure for Dave's lizard skin. A combination of baby phisoderm wash and Aveeno advanced baby lotion.

Dave loves tummy-time and is super close to rolling over. Right now he can do it but he needs a little push.

• And we took a lot of videos this week

Dave talks like a wookie (from Star Wars) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eSXTDyMdVE

We got him a new play gym, and he loves grabbing at the rings and shaking it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4KH8jniCBI

And finally, Dave likes to talk to his lion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RnZ1tU9qwA

Evansville Trip (more of week 12)

This past weekend we ventured down to Newburgh/Evansville so everyone could see the little guy. He has changed so much since the last time we visited (6 weeks ago)-he is talking and smiling a lot more and has definitely gotten stronger.





Dave and Gamma having a chat.















Dave and Granddad (he loves his chime frog)










Great-grandpa and Uncle Tony dressing him. Definitely a two-man job. Dave is clearly laughing at their ridiculousness.

• Also, a big first happened-Dave laughed! And we caught it on video-he only laughs in the first fifteen seconds, the rest we're just trying to capture it again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwosOvfJuhw


After we got home Sunday night, Dave started to talk like crazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0UP73VyhEw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDMgOpev1UI

• This week Dave turns 3 months old-this growing up business is killing me. And tomorrow marks three weeks until our Florida vacation. I can't wait to get out of this nasty winter!

12 weeks

Well, we don't have a lot to update this week-it's our really long stretch in the work cycle. So we've been working a lot the last week.

Thankfully we have this weekend off-Evansville here we come! I can't wait for everybody to see how big Dave has gotten since we were down there last time.



Of course, I managed to snap a couple of pictures (only 5 all week, we really have been busy!)





He wasn't quite ready for this one.









Much better!










There's nothing like that smile after a long day of work!

• And, here are some videos.

One of Dave eating Josh's hand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLSX78N0y2g

And one of Dave talking and smiling (a recurring them in the videos)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3aPdar5L0c

11 weeks-A typical photo session

If you have never tried to get that "perfect" picture from a baby, this post will probably not appeal to you. Well, besides the fact that it has pictures of an adorable baby in it.

Anyway, here is a glimpse into my daily struggle of getting Dave to pose for the camera.

This is what I would consider an ideal picture. He's smiling, looks happy and the picture is not blurry. Success. This happens maybe one out of fifty tries.

Much more typical. This type of picture usually consists of him eating his hand, staring at something that isn't the camera, or drooling.

This happens after the photo session has gone on too long.

And he's officially pooped out.

Also this week, we taught Dave how to comb his hair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vXnCsJqSVw

And just today he was talking like crazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6z2OgtCGWs

Hope you enjoy!

Happy Birthday Josh...10 weeks

Well, this week we celebrated Josh's birthday (27 years old!)









That was a lot of candles.




I took a video of Dave eating his hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfWxVvrSkgs


Dave spent a lot of time hanging out in his bouncy chair.



He loves the orange hedgehog (right upper corner). We think that he is drawn towards oranges and yellows for some reason.





We watched the superbowl at Josh's parents (I'd rather not talk about it), where Dave was thoroughly entertaining.






I love this yertle the turtle onesie-thanks Dad and Kyra!










Grandma and Dave not paying attention to the game.

• Finally, one more video for the week--hiccups again! (He gets them all the time)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stexRo4cxto

Have a great week!

9 weeks old --Edited

We don't really have a lot to update about this week, but here a couple of interesting tidbits-

Instead of peeing on us, he has taken to pooping all over everything while we change him. This happened first with Josh's mom yesterday and again this morning. Definitely worse than peeing. In fact, I miss the peeing right now.


Dave found his hand-he stares at it constantly to the point that he goes cross-eyed. He also tries to shove his entire fist in his mouth. No matter how many times he fails, he keeps on trying.

Dave has been consistently sleeping 6 hour chunks at night. Awesome. Sometimes he goes a little longer, but not very often.


Two month shots were very uneventful. The nurses at the health department (where shots are free on Wednesdays here) did an excellent job and Dave came away with a beastly camo bandaid.



My mom came up to visit last weekend. So, Josh and I went car shopping. It was a loooooong day at a car dealership that resulted in a sad realization on my part. We are now looking at minivans. Yep, we are those people now. I really thought we could hold out longer.


On to pictures and videos.







Dave loves being up high. Of course, we go along with his every whim.





















My mom brought him big people sneakers. Hilarious. And completely practical.











He gets very angry after a photo session. And he punches at me with a sneaky expression on his face.



And for your viewing pleasure....

Dave talking last week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpvL2manKvM

Hula hooping--this is the real link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxZG29UiKwQ