4 months and more

Oh boy, we are so behind! Miss Emilie is almost 5 months old and we've had our first Christmas as a family of three!!

Here's how it's been going recently:

Jared finished up his two classes at Davenport, and will return in January for Spring semester. He passed both his classes with 100%! He is LOVING his computer classes and all the new, fun stuff he gets to learn about and try!

I am loving my job, and am SO GRATEFUL that it's only part time. I don't know how I'd function at full time with this crazy kid! I teach high schoolers, and we even started a classroom economy behavior plan that has gone over really well! My co-teacher isn't coming back next year so I'm hopeful that I'll be full time next school year!

Emilie is growing in so many ways! He stats at her 4 month doctor appointment were:
Height: 25.6"
Weight: 13.6lbs

So, that's 95 percentile for height, and 25 percentile for weight.

She eats a lot, chews EVERYTHING, still wakes in the night to eat, and drools constantly. So! We decided to start solids. We introduced Emilie to avocados and bananas over Christmas break. She absolutely fell in love with bananas, but was horrified that we gave her the green, avocado moosh, so we mix in bananas to trick her!

Emilie is currently getting over her first major illness: ear infection. She also has a nasty cough and is all around miserable. So, our Christmas was a little different this year! Both Emilie and I were no fun as we were sick and just wanted to sleep all weekend! We're on the mend though, praying that Jared doesn't get it!

Emilie is also rolling over, puts weight on her legs and "stands", teething(we thought), growing LOTS of hair, becoming more coordinated with her hands, found her toes, giggles, and smiles all.the.time.

Overall, Emilie is a very happy, smiley baby, but can quickly go from 0 to 10 in no time. She still screams when over-tired or just angry. We've attempted to fix this by following a strict nap schedule: every 2hrs, it's worked wonders so far!