Pretty Blues

What an effort!

I had no idea that taking a Christmas card picture would be this difficult! About half an hour, 10 poses, 2 outfits, 1 broken ornament, and a phone call for reinforcement later... I decided taking the picture in the mirror was a good idea. After all, Lennox was smiling and looking cute. I didn't realize that the "My First Christmas" hat actually reads "samtsirhC tsriF yM" Ha! (with the letters turned of course) So... if you get a Christmas card like that, don't judge me!

Christmas Fav's

I'm really bored today so I made a list of my favorite Christmas songs... no particular order:

• Erin Neville's "Please Come Home for Christmas"
• Amy Grant's "Breath of Heaven"
• "O Holy Night" by anyone that wants to sing it
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Carol of the Bells"
• Wham's "Last Christmas"
• "What Child is This?"

Yes, that's right... I did just call out Wham on my blog!

I did complete my first successful Christmas gift giving of the season. I love to give people gifts and I get very excited when I think they are really going to love them. I got creative with Amy's gift from Lennox. I couldn't wait to give it to her so I dropped it off yesterday. Amy did love it... I even got a tear! I love to see someone shed a happy tear! Too bad that was my most thoughtful gift so far... I gotta get busy.

Christmas Pictures

We attempted to get pictures of all the kids over Thanksgiving. Lesson Learned: one year old + photographer = disaster!!! Since Lennox is immobile, he had no choice but to smile.

Thankful for...

FAMILY!

I did a brutal job of taking pictures over Thanksgiving. I think I need to raid my mom's and my sister's camera. I am so thankful to have such great family to spend the holidays with... I'm also thankful for low gas prices so everyone was able to travel more easily!

I should get some credit too though... I think this looks like Lennox too. (No that's not a boy on the left, it's me.)

Who's your Daddy?

Think he might look like his dad or what?

Yum, Yum, Give Me Some... of that good rice cereal

I don't think we will have a problem feeding this big man!

Perfectly Proportioned

Yes people, my child is "perfectly proportioned". That's what the doctor said, so it must be true!

His 4 month stats:
weight - 17lbs 8oz (90th percentile)
length - 26.5 inches (90th percentile)
head - ? (90th percentile)

His ear is all better but getting his 2nd round of shots was no picnic. He woke up about 3am with fever. I don't know how much but I think it was alot! My thermometer said that his fever was 99.7 degrees. Then I took my own temperature and apparently it was 95 degrees?! I think not. (Note to self: don't buy the bunk Walgreens thermometer because it was cheap... spring for the $7 thermometer next time) I kind of freaked out because that means his was probably more like 103. I gave him a fat dose of Tylenol and stripped him down. I put cold cloths on his head and rocked him until about 6. I know a low grade fever is normal with shots but I'm thinking his was higher than it should have been... hopefully he's back to normal today.