Zoom in on Zayne- 4 Months Old

You turned 4 months 3.13.13. Cool date, huh? :)

At your 4month check up you were 15lbs and 25inches. I think that's about the 50percentile for both.

You HATE shots. I mean, I don't know many people that like them, but you do not like them At. All. You get that from me :) I totally understand baby!

You are very alert and aware. You make eye contact all the time and are very social. You smile ALLLLL the time and pretty much smile at everyone that talks to you. You really like to be out and about and take in new places and faces. Lots of people make comments about how alert you are. I think lots of 4month olds are very alert, but theres something about the way you react or interact. Maybe you're an old soul. You just seem to "get it" and really connect with people, especially your immediate family. I feel like I talk to you and you're really understanding what I'm saying! Lol. I know you're not, but you're such a great listener and you "respond" to me the whole time. I love chatting with you!!

Remember how I said you did a full roll over when you were like 2 months? False. Well I couldn't tell if you did it yourself or if you were moved by a sibling, and I'm positive that you were moved by a sibling. Lol. You've yet to roll over and I'm totally cool with that. I remember with Raya I would dangle toys in front of her and try so hard to get her to roll. By Baby #3 I swear I'm keeping him from rolling! Haha. I'm kidding. But I'm definitely not pushing it. I soooo love this age. All you can do is smile and sleep. Its the sweetest (and easiest) age! I do love watching you grow, don't get me wrong, but I know you're not going to stop growing, so I'm just trying to hold on to every moment I can. Currently life with 3 is pretty do-able and I know that as soon as you become mobile its going to get intense for awhile, so feel free to stay 4months for as long as you want ;) You easily roll from side to side and I know the only reason you haven't rolled over yet is because you don't know you can.

You like your jumper a lot more this month. You actually bounce in it and use your little legs to jump! You can turn yourself complete around in it and reach and play with the toys. While you're awake you will spend some time on the floor either looking around and watching Raya and Kallen, or looking at whatever toy thats next to you. You sit in the rocker and sometimes watch cartoons with them or play with the toys on the bar over the chair. You swing in your baby swing and you play in your floor gym. So far you like all those things and are kinda up for whatever as long as you get some variety in your life :)

You're still nursing perfectly and sleeping great. Still the happiest baby on the block. You are absolutely beautiful. Seriously, you're a stunning baby. You have such petite features and big 'ol brown eyes. Its crazy how you have such similairites with boy Raya and Kallen. I don't think Raya and Kallen look very much alike, but you are such a combo of both of them. Everyone says you looks exactly like Kallen. I think you do, but right now I think you are Raya's baby twin. You remind me so much of Raya as a baby. I don't see much of Kallen yet, but I know its there cause everyone else sees it. I wonder what kind of hair you will have!! You're not totally bald. You have the same amount of hair you were born with. And its pretty much just baby hair. Who knows what kind of hair you will have, but I'm excited to see!

 This is Kallen and Zayne (above) And the 2 below are Raya and Zayne

You are my buddy, my little baby sidekick. I so love spending my days with you. You are such a joy and make my life even better than I could have imagined. I love you so much!!
Xoxo, Mom

Monthlys- 4 Months

I haven't posted any of Kallen's Monthly pictures yet...so I am now :) I did the same thing with Raya and was so glad I did. I wish I can remember who gave me the idea. I think I saw it on a TV show. But I remember when I saw it I was like, "I HAVE to do this when I have a baby!" And it was way before I was even thinking about having babies. I think Kallen's are going to be a little better because I have him in the same chair so I'll be able to see how big he gets in comparison to the chair. For both of them I used/am using a 12month onesie so I can see how they change and grow each month. I also used a stuff animal so I can see the size comparison. It's so easy when they're under 7 months to get a good shot. Lol. I remember by the time Raya was about 8 months it was almost impossible to get a picture of her with her bear next to her. Haha. I also take one of Kallen and Raya to go along with Kallen's Monthly. Ah man and I'm just now thinking how cute if I had used a white onesie for Raya and then I could've used the same one for Kallen. Dang! That would've been so cute! Oh well :)
Here's Kallen's so far:

MONTH 1- 2.3.11

MONTH 2- 3.3.11

MONTH 3- 4.3.11

MONTH 4- 5.3.11

I'm still debating on which one to use for his 4month. I like the first one but I feel like you can see how big he is better in the 2nd one. I do think he's changed a good amount. I didn't realize it until I started looking back on these. He's clearly lost about half of his hair :) Its thinned out alot. Raya's did something similar. His is growing in a bit lighter and is starting to curl on the ends...crazy to think that a year from now it will be so different.
Here's Rayas:

4.22.09

1 MONTH- 5.22.09

2 MONTHS- 6.22.09

3 MONTHS- 7.22.09

4 MONTHS- 8.22.09

 5 MONTHS- 9.22.09

 6 MONTHS- 10.22.09

7 MONTHS- 11.22.09

 8 MONTHS- 12.22.09

 9 MONTHS- 1.22.10

10 MONTHS- 2.22.10

 11 MONTHS- 3.22.10

 1 YEAR- 4.22.10

The bear didn't make it to this picture. I'm sure she was throwing it off the bed and I gave up :)

I was much better at doing Raya's on the 22nd of every month. With Kallen I do it as close as possible :) Lol, but it may be a week or so off. Oppsies! They're still showing his changes though, so I know he's growing! Right now Kallen weights the same as Raya does in her 1 year picture. Geeze! They're so different.

Happy Friday! Have a great weekend!

Sibling Love

I haven't blogged in almost a week?!?! What the? It seems like the nights have flown by lately. And I don't have much to report...All is good here :) But ya betta believe I have pictures. Lol. Raya's still loving being a Big Sis. She's clearly a natural. The past week or so she'll wake up and then not so quietly tell me "Shhhh" and point to the baby sleeping, but of course that wakes him up and then she loudly tells me, "Awake! Awake! Awake." Then she crawls over to where he's sleeping and sits next to him and says "Hi, Boy" and kisses him. Its cute. Its early! But its cute. Both kids use to sleep in until at least 8, usually 8:30 but this past month Raya's been waking up at 7. I was able to keep her quiet so that Kallen could keep sleeping, but the last 2 mornings he's woken up at 7 on the dot. Bummer. 

She still randomly walks by him and kisses him on the head. She's so good to him. Oh we did have our first "Sibling Issue." I was changing Kallen's diaper and he was laying on the floor. Raya was standing right by his head. She loves to dance over him, kinda like Ellen does at the end of her Audience dance when she straddles her coffee table (I don't encourage her to do this. I usually stop it ASAP. Every once in awhile I let her because its hilarious, but I try to keep it to a minimum.) Anyways, I told her to be very careful because she was very close to his face. Well she steps right on his forehead. On purpose. So she got her very first time out. And to my surprise she sat there and didn't even try and get up. I explained to her that she hurt the baby and she had to be gentle and it would be very nice of her to give him a kiss where she hurt him. Well she was upset and didn't want to move from time out. But when I walked out of the room she got up and went over to him and kissed him on the forehead. Melt my heart!

PS- I don't know why my 2 year old is the one with the pacifier in all of the pictures. She's clearly very much attached to it, but I promise she doesn't have it in her mouth 24/7. And yes, I still let her have it and haven't even thought about taking it away. Its a saving grace for us at times and its still very soothing to her, so she'll probably be potty trained before she lets the p-fi go.

Mother's Day 2011

Soooo, the weather was PERFECT! All I really wanted was breakfast from my new favorite place up the street from us, a long walk on the beach and a delicious dinner...and thanks to Gentry and my Mom, I got it all! It was a perfect day <3 And for the first time I really felt like a Mom. Haha, it only took 3 Mother's Days for that to kick in! Our walk was so sweet because strangers passing would wish me a Happy Mother's Day. They'd cruise by on their beach cruisers and shout it out. How cute is that?! And I can't really explain how I felt, but it was definitely a different feeling. Maybe I felt a little bit famous? Or maybe like it was my birthday? HAHA. I know, random, but either way the people and world around me made me feel Special :)

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