4 months old

Sunday, September 23, Christian is 4 months old.

At his 4 month appointment Christian had an ear infection.  We had no clue!  He had a low grade temp at the dr. office and sure enough.  So immunizations didn't happen that day.  He weighed in at 21 lbs and 5 oz. and was 27.5 inches long.  100th percentile across the board.  He's a big boy, that's what everyone says.  Pretty much everyone says that he's going to be a football player...how come that's what everyone says and not "he's going to be an account or preacher or plumber or teacher...whatever his talents are we hope that we can develop his gifts and encourage him and support him in all he does.

Whatever the case may be, he's wearing 12 month clothes (some 9 months, maybe an occasional 6 month if it's "big"), wearing size 3 diapers.  He eats a lot and sleeps well at night, but not good naps.

Christian likes to go for stroller rides, watching Jacob, reading books and smiling.

crisp, fall air at the apple orchard

We have not fallen off the face of the earth, even though at times it has totally felt like it the past 3 months being away from the blog!

I had been doing a pretty good job of keeping up with secret posts that I would publish after finalization, but that hasn't happened either.  Hope I can catch that up.

Last Saturday the family ventured to an orchard near Sioux Falls for some apple picking fun.  Last year we missed out on the picking as the trees has been picked out.  We didn't want to miss out this year, so we headed up earlier.  It was a fabulous fall day, crisp air in the morning that turned warm in the afternoon.  We picked 2 bags - the Haralred variety and the Cortland (my favorite apart from the Honey Crisp which wasn't ready yet).  We've enjoyed lots of apples during snacks and meal times this week as well as an apple pie.

It was a great day other than the fact that "Stompy" is lost in the orchard.  "Stompy" is a dinosaur that Jacob wanted to take along.  I agreed reluctantly, knowing his "drop things and have no clue where they are" history...well..."Stompy" is there.  He's quite sad about it, so DO NOT bring it up to Jacob.  He was super sad about it at breakfast this morning - over a week later.  SIGH.  Poor Stompy.

Stompy enjoying his ride out to the orchard... 

 Stompy's territory.  If you can find this location back at the Orchard, it's got to be where he's at!!!  The 2nd to last row of Haralred's at the edge of that part of the orchard, near a tree that had a very low branch...see picture below - low enough for Jacob to pick at his height!  

So, so precious!

I want to draw your attention to a picture that was taken back in October 2009...Jacob was 14 months old. He wearing the same overalls that Christian is wearing in the photo above...at 3 months!  Yes yes, my baby is wearing 9-12 month clothes at 3 months old! sniff, sniff.

Hopefully it will not be another 3 months before the next post.  But, no promises!