This is what we are doing at our house this morning.

Freddy had his first taste of solids tonight. He loved it! Unfortunately I only have this low quality video. Buying a new camera has jumped way up my to do list.

HELP! Lucy and Dave were arrested. I think their crime was disorderly conduct. They were both running around like crazies so they got locked up.
Today is our town's big festival and this was a fundraiser. They had a mug shot taken, got locked up, signed the cell wall, and earned t-shirts. I wanted to leave them in their but I thought better of it and paid their bails to get them out. :)

Tonight we got out the johnny jump-up. Freddy seems to like it, that is when his sister isn't trying to swing him in it. He prefers to be standing up these days so his excersaucer gets a lot of use. Hopefully he likes this thing too just so he has some variety. :)

On a side note, Freddy's first tooth is almost through. I hope it hurries up he has been very uncomfortable.

A late 4 months

Freddy just had his 4 month check-up, the ticker up above tells me that he is 5 months and 2 days old today. Oh well. He is healthy as a horse. He weighs 18lbs 8oz, which I found hard to believe. He feels way heavier than that! He is 27.5 inches tall, that puts him between the 90th and 95th percentile for height. Yeah! He won't be a shorty like Mommy and Lucy. :) As for his birthmark, it is called a hemangioma, and it is blood vessels that are too close to the skin.Here is what WebMD says about them: Strawberry hemangiomas (also called strawberry mark, nevus vascularis, capillary hemangioma, hemangioma simplex) may appear anywhere on the body, but are most common on the face, scalp, back, or chest. They consist of small, closely packed blood vessels. They may be absent at birth, and develop at several weeks. They usually grow rapidly, remain a fixed size, and then subside. In most cases, strawberry hemangiomas disappear by the time a child is 9 years old. Some slight discoloration or puckering of the skin may remain at the site of the hemangioma.
So, unless it changes in appearance, there is nothing to worry about.

The doctor also said that we can start solids if we want to or we can wait for the AAP (American Academy of Pediatricians) recommendation and wait another month. I think I will wait at least one more month...just kidding! I know there people dying to start feeding him, we will probably try out the rice cereal sometime in the next few days. It will be nice to be able to get a break. Don't get me wrong, I love that I can breastfeed my children and I am proud and amazed of how big they can grow on my milk alone, but it's the "my milk alone" part that gets tiring. Neither of my kids would take a bottle, not that we really tried very hard with Freddy, which has left me with not being able to go anywhere for more than about 2 hours. Freddy has made it longer than that (he did about 4 hours Saturday) but after 2 hours I worry so I can't go anywhere and be relaxed about it. It will be nice to be able to have someone else feed him and I know his Daddy can't wait for the chance.

Speaking of starting solids, I am making some baby food right now. My new food mill came in the mail today so I am cooking carrots and sweet potatoes. I had better get back to them.

Pool party at our house this afternoon!

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Two projects for our land are now done! Dave and Lucy completed the outhouse this afternoon. She's a beaut ain't she?

Yesterday Dave and I finished the fence for the first pasture. Things are starting to take shape up there! This week we should be closing on the nine acres that are next door which will double our space. For now we are going to keep renting it to the farmer who plants corn on it. Later it will either be another pasture or a hay field. I would also like to put a small orchard over there.

Dave has a guy lined up to do our perk test to see where we should put our septic system and after that another guy will come dig the well. Meanwhile we are slowly working on finding an architect. Wish us luck with that. Anyone have any tips for that?