This Week

What a week it has been. Sunday, we left for the beach to visit with the McWherter family and my (Jenn's) grandparents and aunt kyle. It was such a fun time! Coby had a blast~ nearly every moment was filled with cousins, aunts and uncles, and grandparents loving on him (including the 3 of us, there were 32 people in the house). So, after a fun-filled two days, we returned to Coby needing a few days of detox~ seriously. On Wednesday, he wouldn't let us put him down~ he wanted held ALL day. Today is the first morning he has laid down with some normalcy (only 13 minutes of off and on crying) for his morning nap. It is all worth it though and we would do it again if we had the chance.

The pool at the beach house was a salt-water pool which is so much nicer for skin than chlorine. Coby spent some time soaking with us which is so fun~ he is such a big boy!

The past couple of weeks have also marked a new milestone~ the discovery of feet. Coby spends lots of time practicing his various voga poses stretching his legs out in every direction while holding his feet. It is so cute. Not so cute though is his new found fun of trying to use his feet to take off mommy's shirt while nursing.

And finally... the jumperoo! He loves this new toy. He has definitely learned that if you bounce or jump it starts the music. He loves making the music turn on. It is so fun to watch him exercise in both the jumperoo and the exersaucer. Funny side note, our favorite twins came over to play this week and Max could barely touch the ground in the jumperoo~ at first I thought this must mean Coby is longer (but he isn't), then I realized Coby is that much heavier that he weighs the springs down further~ what a big boy!

Coby Helps Out

I haven't been so good at taking pictures this past week or so, but I thought this was too cute for words, and Jen helped us out with her iPhone and caught the pic. Tonight at "Dinner Jam" before homegroup, Coby was helping Joey lead on guitar. They were too cute.

No Pics but here are some updates...

-Coby has taken a long morning nap in his CRIB the past two days (thank you Emily, or shall I say Sleep Genius)

-Coby has taken a greater liking to his fingers (not very interested in the pacifier these days)~ it is funny though~ on one hand he prefers just two of the fingers, on the other, it is often three. I am happy for it to be his fingers though as he can find those himself as opposed to me helping him find his paci.

-Still not rolling over consistently (really at all)~ occasionally, he has, but not in the past week or so.

-He LOVES tummy time these days~ I will try to get a good pic of this sometime this week.

-He got a jumperoo last week and he LOVES it~ more bounces than jumps but so cute!

-He has discovered all of the toys on his exersaucer and it is fabulous!

-He smiles from ear to ear when you give him kisses, even if he is in the middle of a sob fest.

-He now has an evening poop (this is new), and often that poop leads to a bath if you know what I mean.

That's all for tonight. I will try to take more pics this week and post some. He is getting so big and oh so much fun!

Happy 4th of July from One Big Boy

Happy 4th of July! We had a very busy week leading up to the 4th. Coby and Alain spent the first part of the week fighting a bad cold, and I (Jenn) spent the last couple of days fighting the cold~ no fun. We are all on the uphill climb though now and hopefully will all stay healthy for the remainder of the summer. On a side note as a result of illness: due to Coby's horrible cough for several days, the doctor wanted to see him on Monday. Of course, this meant time for a weigh in! Coby weighed a huge 16lb. 5.5oz. which after a little research on the internet, I learned is the 90th percentile for a 3 mos. old. So, at least for a while, I think we are going to have one big boy on our hands. That's okay though, we love every oz. of him! We go back to the pediatrician at the end of July and will find out his other stats then. For Coby's first 4th of July, we went to a wonderfully fun cookout with the Seymour-Johnson family. They have really taken Alain and I into their family while we have lived here in NC. It was so fun (and yummy too). The most fun part of it all~ matching flag shirts for the three of us from Old Navy. Coby looked especially cute!