1, 2, 3, 4 months

Last few weeks

Recap:

We took Bennett to the urgent care on July 5th and he was diagnosed with pneumonia. Poor baby! You can see in this picture how he just doesn't feel well!

Not sure if you can tell but we think he had viral pneumonia since he got a body wide rash... Again - poor baby boy!

Baby boy at school

Playing on the ground with Ms. Pam. I call the little girl in the background Bennett's girlfriend. Her name is Mia and she is adorable. Bennett flirts/stares at her.

First time in the exersaucer at school. He likes this but only for about 15 minutes at a time.

"Don't bother me Mom! I'm busy playing!"

They do art projects while at school - this is Bennett's handprint ship.

They also do finger painting at least once a week. I think this one was his.

Second trip back to the urgent care.  Feeling better but still VERY congested.

Chewing on fingers! How many fingers can he fit in his mouth?

Whistle like GG!

Front/back selfies before going to our friend Caleb's 2nd birthday party.

4 month well baby check and shots

We took Bennett to his 4 month check up. 3 shots and a check up later and our boy is back on track!

The doctor asked to do his examination with Bennett on his lap. Chris had to hold him down like this for his ears to be checked!

Screaming eyes!

Other side was better - we were in the dinosaur room..

Tummy noises.  Everything checked out well. So proud of my little man.

Our MA was teaching someone else how to measure a baby. Push the head up as far as you can. Grab the knee, pull the leg down, and then push the toe forward.  

26 inches long! Our tall boy!

I didn't take any pictures when he got shots - but Chris found it very amusing. Delayed reaction crying. Sad times for this momma! Hate seeing my baby cry!

Stats:

Height: 26 inches - 81%

Weight: 14 lbs - 34%

Head circumference: 42 inches - 40%

Our boy is tall and skinny just like his parents were as kids!

I'm 4 months old!

A few days late this month...  

my boy is 4 months old!!!

This is Bennett wanting to lean forward... I thought it was cute with Chris trying to hold him back from falling forward.

This is the regular look he gives us... like "really?!"

Weight: 14lbs 0 oz
Favorite Toy: Playing and chewing on his hands.  This has been something he has been obsessed with for awhile but even more so now.  
Favorite Activity: His crib at school has a mirror in it.  His teachers tell me that when they put him down to take a nap he will look at himself in the mirror until he falls asleep.  At home when I hold him and talk to him in front of the mirror he loves looking at Momma and Bennett and smiling!

Milestone: He finally started playing with toys.  He will hold onto things you hand him. (binkies, blankets, the cover that the doctor puts on the rectal thermometer... (she did give him a new one to play with though!)  He will reach for things... my iphone.

Dislikes: Being put down.  My boy is a little social butterfly and would much rather be in your arms.  Since he got sick (I didn't mention this yet but he got diagnosed with pneumonia last weekend) he even more so wants to be held.

FIRST: Movie at a theater

Bennett's first 4th of July didn't involve fireworks because of hurricane Arthur. All the displays have been postponed until Saturday so we decided to take Bennett to his first movie! 

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Now this just happens to be a "kids" movie that Chris and I wanted to see - and I figured it would be somewhat entertaining for Bennett.

As you can tell by the pictures - Hampton Roads freaked out a bit over a hurricane that never reached us. Beautiful sunny day!

Daddy and son protecting their eyes from uv rays!

Cool dude!

They just opened a new theater close to its so we thought we would check it out! It ended up being super busy so we had to see a later showing than what ee had planned. We walked to a nearby restaurant and had drinks and appetizers before heading home for a few hours.  We forgot to binkie so Chris kept saying "no binkie left behind" which I though was super funny. 

A selfie in line to buy tickets. We were very excited!

Bennett and I walking to the restaurant in his baby wrap.

Finally got to the movie and Bennett LOVED it! 

We were so proud of him because he did so good the whole time! No break downs  or crying! He watched the movie for awhile, then I nursed him and he fell asleep! 

I told Chris we need to go see more movies with him before he gets too much more mobile! Great first movie theater experience!

Also - how to train your dragon 2 was REALLY good! Maybe better than the first!

Ginny and Bennett

Bennett has become more and more interested in our dogs. I decided to try to take a picture of Ginny and Bennett... It turned into so much more!!!

Blurry Ginny!

Bennett put his hand out to touch her own his own! 

Then he did a back hand pet... Which made me realize he was touching Ginny on purpose.

Ginny realizing this - wanted to go in for the kiss!

Bennett doesn't know how much our girls, Ginny and Georgia, love him already!

Second and third weeks back to work/school

I ordered Bennett some sunglasses online from a company based out of San Diego. They make sunglasses special for babies that are the quality of adult sunglasses. So far Bennett loves them! 

Bennett and I both came down with a summer cold. Last friday we both stayed home to try to recover. He slept so hard... I couldn't help but take a few pics of him.  His Mohawk is in full effect here as you can see! 

I love this look - this is his milk coma face. 

Bennett recently started taking naps in his crib at school. I was surprise when I walked in on my lunch break (I go there everyday to nurse him durig lunch) and Ms. Pam told me to turn around... This is what I saw!

Passed out! I actually ran back to my car to get my phone to document this event! He didn't even wake up to nurse that day - he slept for 2 hours! Guess he is getting used to sleeping through the different noises at school!

Sometimes when I come to his school he will be sitting in a bouncer or in the bumbo seat "hanging out with the boys."   Also.. He is obsesse with sucking on his index and middle fingers at the same time! Teething here we come!

This is one of the new photos of him they have posted.

 

Caption: Big Boy Bennett

We walked down to Styron Square for the weekly summer concert a few weeks ago. A carried him in one of our other carriers and he did great!

We met Vickie and Amanda (I don't know why I didn't end up with a photo of her and Bennett - she loved ring a baby hog that night!)

 

More finger sucking!

 Daddy and Bennett watching TV... You can see very well in this picture how he is losing a patch of hair in the middle of his Mohawk 

 

Daddy put together his new toy! Loved it for about 7 minutes... Then he had enough - right as I was trying to video chat grandma Shirley and grandpa john!

 I think he really liked being on the same level as the dogs. Usually we have his bouncer on the coffee table so the girls don't lick him too much. They really enjoyed having him on their level too!