Port Aransas 2009

We made it down to the beach finally this year. While Papa & Grandma were visiting from Pittsburgh we drove down to Port Aransas, TX and spent 3 days & 2 nights. The first day we visited the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi. Grace loved seeing all the marine life and Maddox did watch the otters play a little bit. The next day was spent playing in the water..at the beach and at the condo's pool. Grace of course loved making sand castles with her Papa & Daddy and finding sea shells on the shore. Maddox actually enjoyed his first dip in the ocean...nice and warm, and actually didn't scream when we took him to the pool. The trip was a success! We had a great relaxing time!

Papa & the Pool

Grace loved going to the pool with her Papa tonight. There was a little boy at the pool who was jumping in and Grace was really watching him. We asked her if she wanted to jump in and she told us, "Ummmm....no!" Well after watching him have lots of fun she decided she wanted to jump in. So she got up the courage and had a blast. She gave her Papa a workout!

It's Raining, It's Pouring

To break up the 100+ degrees days here in San Antonio, God decided to give us break this evening and let it rain. As Grace and I were driving home from getting some pizza I saw all the neighbor kids outside playing the rain. I had to laugh to myself, because none of these kids are out playing when it's sunny. The whole neighborhood came out to rejoice in the rain. So naturally, when we got home Grace got her umbrella (a present from Granny...which we never thought would get used in this Desert) and played in the rain. It was so refreshing, until of course we lost power for nearly an hour and a half.

Maddox's 4 month appt.

Today was Maddox's 4 month appointment. He weighed in at 18lbs 7oz (97th percentile), 25 1/4 inches long (63rd percentile), and head circumference was 41 1/2cm (31st percentile). Basically it sounds like I have an average fat baby with a small head:-) He got 4 shots today and one orally. Poor baby! He did okay though, only cried a little on the last two. The doctor thought he looked healthy, but who didn't know that! Looking back at Grace's stats, Maddox outweighed her by 4lbs 2oz (and we thought she was a Chubs!) and was 1/4 inch longer, and his head was bigger by 1 1/2cm. She turned out okay, so I'm assuming he will too!

First Solids

Maddox had his first solids today (a bowl full of rice cereal). Technically he has been taking bottles every day with a little bit of rice cereal in them to help with his reflux, but today it was a little bit more solid. He did great and really seemed to enjoy eating (go figure right!)! Even Grace got in on the action and helped me feed him. I'm planning on letting her feed Maddox once he gets a little bit better at eating while I sleep in:-)

The things Grace will say....

I had posted this on my facebook page, but I thought I would jot it down here so I can have it in the vault. The other day I stopped at Sonic for a drink and sandwich. I received my order, but on my way out I realized they forgot my straw. So...I went back to get my straw. As I was leaving the parking lot again, I realized they gave me a sausage, egg & cheese sandwich, I asked for bacon, egg & cheese. So I again went back to change my order. As I was leaving for the third time I realized they again gave me a sausage, egg & cheese sandwich but threw in some bacon. I obviously was expressing my disgust with Sonic when from the backseat Grace asked "Mama, are you freaking out?" At least she used it correctly in a sentence.

Tonight at dinner I asked Grace what she wanted to do tomorrow (Sunday). We decided we should go see Jesus. She then proceeded to ramble on about everything she knew about Jesus. She began to whisper "we have to be quiet when we see Jesus", and then said "Jesus is in my heartbeat, bum-bum bum-bum [the sound of a heartbeat], and followed it up with "Jesus told me not to walk in the grass". I'm a little confused by that last part, but still precious none the less.

Oh and a side note, I know I never posted that "recital" video. It was too long, so I need to cut it down before it can be uploaded.