First Solids!

SQUISH!

I cannot stop squishing my little Zander! I squish him all day long :)

Zander's Four Month Stats

Zander had his four month check up last week. He is growing really well, but is only in the 25th percentile for everything. Doc said his body is just trying to catch up with itself or something like that. He is 25 inches tall and 14.75 lbs. He probably would have reached 15 lbs but since he was sick all week last week he didn't eat as much as normal.

Anyway, the doctor checked out his ears and said he has a massive ear infection. I had no idea! It was masked by his cold, so I never would've thought about him being bothered with an earache. So he's on some meds for about a week. I also had to deal with his first diaper rash. It didn't last long, but it hurt him pretty good. On the upside, Zander rolled over all by himself for the first time on Sunday! It was pretty exciting. He only did it twice, so we're still practicing.

Kitty Snuggles

We Have a Thumb Sucker!

This picture is a few weeks old, but he reminds me of Scott when he was little because Scott would suck his thumb and stick his pointer finger across his nose just like this. Lol!

Mommy's Little Shopper

I went grocery shopping for the month with Zander by myself a few days ago. This was the first time going alone with Zander and I was dreading it. I took him once when he was around six weeks old and he screamed and cried the whole time, so I had to drop everything and go home. I usually wait for Stephen to get home to watch him or I wait and go on the weekend, but we really needed groceries and I can't wait forever; I'm going to have to take Zander with me at some point. So I did, and boy was I pleasantly surprised. He was the best behaved little boy! He didn't make a peep the whole time we were there.

I wasn't just afraid of how Zander would do; I was also afraid of how I was going to have room for all my groceries with his giant car seat in the cart. It all turned out so well, even so, that I spent extra time in the store just because. I had quite a few people look in my cart at him and comment on how cute and well behaved he was. Made me a proud mamma!

 For the first little while he was just complaisant. He didn't move a muscle for the longest time. His eyes would move to look around, but he never lifted his arms or wiggled his feet or even turned his head. He was just there as content as could be.

 Then He started to "wake up" or "snap out of it" so to speak and smile and laugh as we strolled the isles.

 And at the end of our trip he finally nodded off to sleep.

Ward Cake Auction

Last week was our ward's annual cake auction to raise money for the Young Women's program. I had been looking forward to this all year because it gives me an excuse to make an awesome cake. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend at the last minute because Zander and I were sick, but I made a chocolate strawberry celebration cake. It sold for $80.