Happy Easter!

I had been planning, for days, a fun Easter photo shoot in the backyard with Calvin.  I had envisioned that he would happily don some bunny ears and hold a plastic egg all while showing off his biggest smiles for the camera.  Well, our photo shoot went a little something like this....

Our little guy was not having it!  Can't say I blame him.  The night was not completely wasted because we did get an awesome picture with Dad and a few with Mom, too.

Our little bunny has been under the weather for about a week.  He has had a pretty bad cold that just seemed to get worse and then he ended up with a very red and swollen left eye yesterday.  So, we started our Easter morning with a 7am visit to the Sunday Peds Clinic!  The doc confirmed that Calvin has a bad cold and a clogged tear duct.  We started some eye drops and hopefully he'll be feeling better really soon.

When we arrived home we joined the neighbors for a little Easter fun.  They loved showing us all their gifts and new bubble machine.  Reagan, the youngest, even got a little cuddle time in with Calvin.

Reagan and Kennedy, from next door, have given Calvin the nickname of Coco!  It is so cute to hear them yell, "HI, COCO!!" 

Calvin has spent much of the day sleeping, but I was able to sneak a few pictures between naps of his first Easter.

He went right for the toys. 

We hope everyone had a great day!

Love,

PAC

4 months

Happy 1/3 Birthday, Calvin James!

• Stats - 14 lbs 6 oz (50%tile) and 25 in long (50%tile).  This little guy likes to play it safe and keeps his stats just average.
• Sleep - Where does this tired Momma begin?!  Calvin has regressed in this area.  When Daddy was in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago, Calvin was waking 10-15 times per night and crying for his paci. We have decreased those trips to the nursery to about 5 per night for paci replacement and 2 trips for feedings.  Good thing he's cute! ;)
• Eat - Calvin is drinking about 5 oz of Momma's milk at each feeding.  We attempted cereal a couple of days ago.  See picture below to see how that went.  
• Doctor's Appointment - Calvin had his 4 month check-up on Friday where he continues to be an A+ patient.  We only had a couple of general questions for the doc and one of mine went a little like this, "Dr. McGhee, why doesn't my baby laugh?!"  The doctor looked at me and laughed.  Calvin is very social, smiles and babbles a lot and apparently he will laugh when he's ready!  I'm ready whenever he is!!  His appointment ended with 3 shots and a few tears. 
• What's New - Patrick and I were just talking today about how much more fun Calvin gets every single day.  The colicy crying has stopped and has been replaced by countless smiles.  We spend lots of time on the floor playing and peek-a-boo continues to be his favorite game.     

And now for your 4 month picture overload!

The weather in Vegas has been much warmer and this means more days with bare toes.  Calvin loves his feet and reaches for them as soon as you take his pajamas or socks off.

Bath time is still his favorite time!

Entertaining everyone outside of Olive Garden.  

Most babies use their ExerSuacer for play and entertainment.  Calvin uses his as a recliner for watching T.V. He sat like this for 15 minutes watching the news.  Like father, like son :)

Pre cereal.

You guessed it!  Post cereal.  We'll be waiting a few more days before trying cereal again.

A quick shot of Mom and Dad on date night :)

One more "first" for Calvin, that I forgot to mention, was his first night with a non-family babysitter!  Last weekend Patrick and I were able to go on our first date since November!  We were much overdue for a little adult time.  I was a nervous wreck leaving Calvin and even tried to convince Patrick that we should just grab some Dairy Queen and head back home.....3 minutes after leaving the house.  Once I got through dinner (and a couple glasses of wine),  I was able to enjoy the rest of our evening.  We definitely need to do that more often!