Catching up

Hard to believe its been over a week since our last entry. A busy week indeed. Last week, Henry went in for his 4 month checkups. He's just a picture of good health. Length: 24 1/4 inches.(@ 2 months = 23 inches)
Weight: 14 lb. 10 oz. (@ 2 months = 12 lb.4oz)
Head: 41cm (@ 2 months = 39 1/2 cm)
Doctor said he's staying in the same percentiles... 50% for height/75th for weight. But it looks to me that he's leveling out a bit.

The doctor encouraged us to start him on solids within the next month. I've been reading up (Thanks Wendy for the GREAT book!) and getting schooled on how you do this properly. Visions of me feeding Ayla a baked sweet potato for the first time are haunting me ... she loved it, so I kept feeding it to her and KEPT feeding... I figured she'd stop when she was full ... she ended up eating the WHOLE thing and then her right eye swelled up and started oozing and her face, chest and knees broke out in a rash. Not to mention the sweet potato bombs in her diaper the next few days. So, at least I know how NOT to do it. ;)

This is Henry's newest thing. When you pick him up, he leans back a bit and holds his arms open wide. So symbolic of his approach to the world. He's just wide open... taking it all in. I have to watch it cuz we've knocked things over not realizing how far out he's reaching!

Also last week was the finale to Ayla's fall volleyball season. It was a nailbiting clincher to the very end. Her team was matched up with the #1 team and really played well against them. They lost the 1st game. And were ahead most of the 2nd game until point 20. Then it was neck and neck points until Ayla's team scored 25 and they thought they had won it... but realized they needed to win by 2 points. All of the parents and team members were on the edge of their seat! So it was Ayla's serve (can you believe it!!) and she served beautifully, but her team didn't get it over giving the other team the advantage and eventually the win. Ayla played amazingly well and was having a lot of fun. She said their final game was the most exciting game she'd ever played. Go girl!!