Just a quick post today and then it's bed time for me.

First - Happy Birthday Grandpa Dan!

Today was James' 4 month well baby check up. He is 18 pounds 4.75 ounces and 26.5 inches tall. That's 97 and 95% respectively. His head circumference is down around 41cm or 25%. I have a small headed child. Hee. The good doctor declared him healthy and super smart since he can coo and hold his head up and roll over and stand and grasp toys and play with his hands and all that good fun stuff. He's even getting close to sitting. Right now he sits up but leans way forward. Annika did the same thing. She sat unsupported at 4.5 months and I think James is going to be right around there too. The doctor said we could start solids any time, well cereal anyway but to wait for fruits and vegetables until he was 6 months old. I think we'll follow what we did with Annika and that was cereal at 5 months and fruits and veggies at 6 months. James is already giving me all the signs that he's ready to go (holding his head up, sitting with minimal support, moving food (liquid) from the front to the back of his mouth and watching me eat, i.e. watching my fork as I move it from my plate to my mouth). I think we'll hold off a little longer though. There's no need to rush this. I can't believe that my baby is just about ready to start solids though! This time when they are little just goes so unbelievably fast. The doctor asked how James was sleeping. I told him that compared to Annika this child is the best sleeper ever. James does do pretty well though. Last night he was in his crib sleeping by 8:30pm and he didn't wake to eat until 4am! And then after I fed him and put him back in his crib, he hadn't woken again when I left for work at 6:20am. What a good boy! And Kris was still up when Annika woke up to go potty overnight so he took care of her. I woke up but I didn't have to get out of bed for that one. I woke one other time when Kris made some noise (he was still up). So, I'm getting more sleep. Why am I not feeling more rested? I still feel utterly exhausted. I'm hoping to get a nap in this weekend again.

Last night we had dinner with Grandpa, Marcia, Krystle and Pierce to celebrate our birthdays. It was very nice! Annika was being a typical two year old and didn't want to stay in her chair. She crawled under the table to get to Grandpa or Krystle and generally just did not listen. She was sitting in a booster seat instead of a highchair. Each time she is in a high chair she's pretty good about not getting out and running around. It looks like we'll have to keep her in the restaurant highchairs a bit longer.

Tonight I had dinner with Mary and Amanda at Mary's house. Mary is home packing up her house. As of Sunday they will be officially moved in to their new house in Indiana. It was so great to see her again. We had a great time talking. I even got to see Mary's DVD of her ultrasound (it's a boy!) and a bunch of Amanda's honeymoon photos. I get to see Amanda again on Saturday but I won't get to see Mary for a long time now. I'm hoping to go visit her maybe in October. She'll have had the baby by then but will still be on maternity leave. Hopefully all the out of town family members will have had a chance to visit by then too since Mary's due in early September. I will miss her until then! Hopefully she'll get her blog up and running so I can keep up with her there along with e-mails and phone calls.