Grampy, is that you?

Grammy and Grampy came today and brought Autumn a balloon since she discovered her love of balloons at Jim's birthday party. The fun part was there was "Grammy's" face on one side and "Grampy's" face on the other. She liked that, and the string was yummy too!

Donuts!!

Autumn has learned to make donuts! Not the kind that you eat though (mmm, that would be nice!). She can make a donut on her back while in her crib. She really can move around in there now - the heartbeat monitor went off 6 times last night since she had gotten to the corners of the crib! Today she also pulled herself up from a reclined position to a sitting position - she can't get all the way up from laying down quite yet. And she said "ma" - it was only once but it was an exciting new development! She amazes me each day with all she is learning!

4 Months!

Yesterday Autumn turned 4 months old. Of course with reaching that milestone comes the dreaded "well visit". The nurse got her weight - 13 pounds 12 ounces, which puts her in the 50th percentile. Then she got her height - 25 inches puts her in the 75th percentile for height. You go, girl - or should I say "you grow, girl"! Then the nurse measured her head circumference, went to write it on the chart, made a face, measured her head again, went to the chart again, and then made some kind of alarming comment and measured it again. After that she said that she was in the 5th percentile for head circumference. Jim and I both looked at each other with a worried look and I started praying. When the Dr. came in and asked if we had any concerns, that was top on the list. I asked what would make her head small, fearing a horrible answer, but she said "usually a bad measurement". She measured it and it was a whole inch off what the nurse got. I guess Autumn has a slippery head which is hard to measure, but it's in the 50th percentile! She appears healthy (praying it stays that way after being in a germy doctors office). She was a trooper getting her 5 shots. Cried while she got them - and hated the rotovirus oral liquid -and that was about it - she's fussy now but that's to be expected!

What am I teaching her???

Autumn is slowly starting to enjoy bath-time. Part of that is because she's becoming more coordinated and can purposefully move her limbs. She likes to splash around and try to get her rubber ducky which is usually floating down by her feet. I've been telling her to "kick the ducky" - which she does. Then I realized that I'm going to need to stop saying that at some point so she doesn't try to abuse the real ducks at the duck pond!

Soccer, Track, or Softball?

When she was inside me, she kicked so much I thought that she'd become a soccer player someday. When she's sitting she moves her feet around so much and so fast that I'm thinking she'll be a track star. Today, as I was standing beside her crib, she took her sock off and threw it at me - she got it over the top of the crib and it hit the back of my thigh - so maybe it'll be pitching softball?

Call her "Grabby"!

Last week Autumn learned to grab things - a new milestone for her. Now she's becoming a pro! Usually she's grabbing my hair but today she had a ball playing on her Rainforest playmat that Nana and Pop got her. She figured out how to look in the mirror and grab the two hanging toys all at the same time!<

Jim's "Surprise" Party

I tried to surprise Jim with a 30th Birthday party. With the help of family members, we got food, a place, and everything needed for the big event. Last night Jim was complaining since I wasn't going to have a party for him (little did he know). I was totally stressing about this party - the hot water heater was on the brink of exploding again, the salt truck went up the street at 3am causeing me to rush and check the ominous weather forecast - so many things coming against us. I prayed and God reminded me of our wedding day which turned out just perfect despite being outside less than 24 hours after a hurricane! I got up extra early this morning to get things ready - including packing the video camera in the diaper bag. I didn't want to pack that too early since we sometimes take video of Autumn when she's doing cute things. So I went with the plan and got Jim there - thinking he was going to be so surprised! Turns out he figured it out about a half hour before we left. He got suspicious and decided maybe he should take the video camera just in case. When he found it in the diaper bag, he knew - but didn't tell me he knew!!! Oh, well - he got the party he wanted and we all had a great time! Autumn got to meet some new relatives and we all ate, and ate, and ate!

The Super Bowl!

We went over to Jim's parents' house for the Super Bowl party. My parents were routing for the Patriots since Jess and Scott live in New England. I think everybody else was routing for the Giants. Me, I was just there for the food! Autumn 'retired' her Eagles onesie at halftime and then slept the remainder of the game - bet she won't be doing much sleeping tonight, ugh!

Visiting Great-Grandpop

Today we visited my Grandfather who's in a nursing home near Tamaqua. My Grandmother, Uncle Marc, and Aunt Paula also came to see our little 'pumpkin' again. Everybody held her and enjoyed her smiles!