April!

Eeek! Where has the time gone? Every time I think I'll do a better job posting, life gets in the way and I totally forget. Let's see if I can catch up to present without boring anyone too much.
Life in the Green house has been pretty routine overall lately. Callum is now 5 1/2 months old and is growing so fast! He loves eating cereal, and the last few days he's been staring longingly at anything he could possibly put in his mouth to eat, so much to the point that he drools while looking at it. He's also definitely not a babbler, but instead prefers to scream to get his point across. He definitely takes after his dad in the loud department. Often it's an entire body experience for him to talk, in which he flails his arms and kicks his legs to emphasize his point.

Here is a delayed standard 5 month picture with Hey Hey. He definitely does not look very happy, but we'd already had to postpone it a couple of days and he refused to sleep through church, as usual.
The lack of sleep didn't keep him from trying to eat Hey Hey though:

I enjoyed having a week off for spring break at the beginning of April, and it was great to hang out with Callum all day again. We were able to do some shopping and meet up with my friend Carrie D. in Columbus which was fun. Scott had Good Friday off, so we were able to have a nice three-day weekend together. Scott went in to Callum's room to get him that morning, and he had rolled onto his stomach in the crib. He's not doing it very often since he hates his stomach, but he has at least proven he can do it if he wants.
We had a nice Easter. It was definitely one to remember with a boy going into diabetic shock and two women passing out during the service. After church, Callum seemed to enjoy his Easter basket and his new toy and clothes that came in it:
Callum in his cute Easter outfit:

He tried to cheer on Butler as loud as he could for the Final Four, but the screaming just didn't quite work since Scott's Cardinals weren't in it (that, and the fact that the game was on after his bedtime, but I'm sure he cheered in his sleep).
He loves playing in his activity seat and deciding which toys to eat:

What a smile! If he's this cute when he gets older, we're in big trouble!

Raspberries, Cereal, and Frosty Boy

It has been a busy week here in the Green household! I think the only one that has done a lot of loafing around is Lola, which is typical for her. Callum has had a very good week overall. We've tried altering his schedule a bit during the day to hopefully improve his naps which hasn't worked so far, but we'll keep trying. He's still usually all smiles when he's awake though so the lack of decent naps doesn't seem to bother him still.
Earlier this week he started sticking out his tongue to try to blow raspberries and finally succeeded. Now he thinks it's hilarious and does it all the time, which usually is pretty funny until he spits all over us. But we will take that over his occasional volcanic spit-ups any day.

At his last week's check-up the doctor gave us the green light to start rice cereal. We decided to try a bit of it on Friday and he's been really enjoying it overall. Although it would have been nice to try the cereal before he learned how to blow raspberries because he realized it was fun to blow them with the cereal in his mouth. He wasn't too sure of some of the bites of cereal.
But decided it was a piece of cake and wanted to take over for himself:
Playing with the spoon though instead of eating is way more fascinating:
"What? It's just eating. I've been doing this my whole life:"

Yesterday we headed over to Browsburg and were able to spend some time with Uncle Andy G., Aunt Brooke, Aunt Shannon, Daniel, Hayden, and Reegan. We were able to finally see Reegan's eyes open for a bit. She's definitely already on her way to surpassing Callum in weight, although that doesn't take much since he's such a peanut. Callum enjoyed all of the attention and was such a trooper when Hayden accidentally nailed him in the back of the head with a foam football (It was pretty funny--I wish we had it on video. Poor Hayden hid under the table thinking he would be in trouble, but Callum didn't seem to realize anything had happened at all). Now if Callum's like this when he's older and people throw things at him, we might have a problem and have to think carefully about his choice of sports and running into guys named Bubba in dark alleys.
After using a bit of bribing, we were also able to get a picture of Callum and his cousins.
He was quite fascinated with both of them and at one point was holding Reegan's hand. They seemed to be getting along quite well at first: But Callum didn't do much so Reegan was quickly bored by her cousin:


Last but definitely not least, it was finally a nice enough day today to be able to spend some time outside. We bundled Callum up into his spiffy jogging stroller Scott got for Christmas and took him for his first long walk. Most importantly, he can now officially call himself a New Pal resident as he was able to enjoy his first trip to Frosty Boy. It definitely won't be his last one of the year!

Check-up

Callum's official 4 month picture with Hey Hey (who is sporting new glasses and slippers just for the occasion). We're even getting a thumbs up too!

Plus, we were able to get a couple of other cute pictures while we were at it.

We took Callum for his check-up today and he officially weighs 12 lbs., 4 oz. and is 24.5 in. long. Still a peanut weight wise, but the doctor was pleased because he is still growing according to his curve. They had difficulty getting his length because he wanted to keep his legs straight up in the air--he didn't realize he wasn't getting a diaper change right then.

His other new trick is that he has decided to start eating his toes. He has been staring intently at them for a while now and grabbing the back of his legs, but he finally figured out how to put his foot in his mouth. He doesn't seem to have a preference for socks or sockless feet. We haven't yet gotten a picture of him eating the feet, but we did snap a few of him trying.

4 Months Old

So much to catch up on! Callum is officially 4 months old today. It seems the time is flying past. We will have to post an official picture later--he did not do well at naps today so he was in bed by 7:30 tonight. Here's one from yesterday though, so it's an almost 4 month picture:


I returned back to work at the beginning of February (which makes updating even more difficult), and everything is going well so far. He has loved going to daycare at Auntie M's and Grandma and Grandpa's house. I wasn't sure how it would affect his sleeping schedule, but so far he continues to sleep through the night. He's in bed by 9 p.m. at the latest, although I would like to see it earlier. The only difficulty is his lack of taking many naps throughout the day, but we're working on it. It doesn't seem to affect his mood, though, as he is still generally a happy boy like this:



Having three snow days and a snow day for a makeup day made going back to work a lot easier. We didn't really get out to play in the snow at all, but we did at least get one snow picture. Callum obviously wasn't that impressed after seeing snow non-stop for days.



Two weeks ago, we went and visited Callum's newest cousin, Reegan. She is now almost three weeks old. Pictures will have to come later--she was asleep pretty much the entire time and we only saw her for a few short minutes. It would be nice if Callum would take some tips from her and take better naps in the crib, though. She's definitely showing him up in that category already!

Here's Callum in his cute Winnie-the-Pooh outfit a couple of weeks ago. He was looking pretty stylish at church in it:


And here he is in the outfit coming home from the hospital right after he was born. This was his special coming home outfit we picked out, and yet we bought a backup one just in case he was too big for it. Needless to say, since he can still wear it now (although it is finally getting too small), we definitely didn't have to worry about him being to big for it then!

Other than the incessant drooling and chewing on hands, toys, and anything else he can shove in his mouth, Callum has been pretty laid back. He loves to smile and talk, and is holding his head by himself well. He's still hit and miss with the rolling over because he's usually too fascinated with eating his hands instead of moving.

Here are a few other pictures that we have taken over the last few weeks that we thought would be fun to share.


Yes that is spit-up coming out of his mouth.

He has started to enjoy bath time more, when dad gets the water warm enough. And playing in his towel afterwards.

Overall things have been pretty regular here at the Green house. After struggling for ages to get Callum to enjoy tummy time, he's finally starting to decide it's not so bad after all:

Callum did finally learn a new trick on the 22, which we finally captured on video. Minus doing it once at our Bible study, he's still pretty shy about showing off for everyone else, so at least we have this to share:

Anyone want to fight?
Come on. I'll even fight you with one hand in my mouth!
Tomorrow is my first day back to work, which I'm not looking forward to, although Callum will have loads of fun with Auntie M and Grandma. And with a face like this, how could they not be ecstatic to get to watch him?

3 months old!

Three month picture with Hey Hey (and a 3 month outfit that's actually not huge on him!):


I can't believe Callum is three months old already. The time seems to be flying past, and judging by his eating schedule from this past weekend he is right on track for his three month growth spurt. He has been very active lately and his favorite activities are still playing on his play mat and sitting in his bouncy seat. He laughs all the time, especially when someone makes funny faces or blows raspberries at him.
Last week he finally received his two month shots and he did really well with them. He screamed during the shot, but as soon as they were done and I picked him up, he was fine and started laughing at the nurse. He took a really long nap afterwards and then acted like normal after that, so I'm very thankful I did not spend the day dealing with a cranky baby.
Just in the last few days he has really started to "talk" to himself and other people. He will spend ages making noises and having conversations, even if no one is around to listen to him.
On the one downside, he still refuses to nap in his crib for us. He took an hour nap in there on Saturday for my parents, so we thought he was finally getting used to the idea of naps there, so we were ready to try on Sunday and have a blissful hour or two. After four failed attempts, however, and an overly tired crying baby in the middle of the Colts game, we finally gave up. There's always another day at least.

Here are some pictures to help catch up on what we've been up to lately.

Helping Dad cheer on UofL:
His baptism on January 10. He did a really good job and didn't fuss during the baptism at all. And no, Scott and I did not intentionally dress to match (although turquoise is the color for 2010!):

A Long Overdue Update

I know I said before I would try to update this more often, but that obviously hasn't happened. We've been very busy, but hopefully now life will slow down at least a little bit before it gets busy again when I go back to work soon. Since it's been so long, I'll highlight the important milestones and events in our life as best I can remember. I'll attach some pictures of events soon.
*Callum successfully survived multiple Christmas celebrations and has the large stash of toys to show for it--however, his favorite toys right now are his hands and feet. I know eventually he will love to play with all of the toys and some do manage to hold his interest for a few minutes at a time. *We spent Christmas in Louisville celebrating with Scott's family and then headed back up to Franklin to spend a couple of days with my family.
*Callum had his two month checkup. As of December 28 he weighed 10 lbs., 6 oz., jumping from the 10th percentile at birth to the 25th percentile, so he's obviously eating well. He is also generally a happy baby unless he's hungry or tired and smiles often. He currently is fascinated with sucking on his hands, and has a great fascination with lights and ceiling fans, even when they're not on. (But it's at least cheap and easy entertainment since no matter what, we can always find a light somewhere!)
*Except for a couple of slip-ups, Callum has also been essentially sleeping through the night, which I am extremely thankful for, and the doctor was quite surprised and impressed with this. He usually does not like going to bed before 9:30 or 10:00 p.m, but he will then sleep to anywhere between 4 and 6 a.m. He does not like to sleep much during the day which means I am quite the entertainer and do not get much accomplished, but I'll take that if it means I sleep more at night.
*Callum was baptized today. He had lots of family and friends present for the baptism, and did very well. He didn't even flinch when the pastor put the water on his head and managed to keep his outfit clean throughout the entire service, which was impressive.