Four Months Old

Hi Everyone!WOW – I am now 1/3 of a year old! I can hardly believe it. Actually, my parents can hardly believe it. I am really “getting with the program” as my mommy puts it. I have mastered the art of sleeping 10+ consecutive hours at night, which is a big plus in my column. The thing that we will be working on over the next quarter (it is on my PMP, I don’t know what that is, but daddy keeps talking about it) is napping, which I really don’t like doing. I am afraid I am going to miss out on something important.

This has been a real fun last month. Mommy signed me up for Gymboree classes. We have gone twice now. There are three other babies in my class – all girls! And when you add in the mommies who go, plus the instructor, well, it’s me and eight women! I am excited because next week my daddy is taking me to class. Mommy is going to Minneapolis to work. She will be gone for 34 hours. I think it is funny that she counts the hours she will be away from me! I know me and daddy will have a great time together.

We have had some special visitors the last month. Mommy and Daddy’s good friends, Brad and Britton, came to visit us last weekend. I met them first when I was just two weeks old (I don’t really remember much about that time!). We had a good time, they could not believe how much I have grown! Then, this weekend, daddy’s friend who writes the books, Ron Baker, came to visit. We had a wonderful day with him today! (Speaking of daddy’s friend Ron … Ron named daddy as a senior fellow of the Versage Institute! Click here for details. Both me and mommy are so proud of him!) Daddy was in NYC for a week last week and I got to meet my Aunt Kristin and Aunt Eileen on the web cam! I also got to meet daddy’s daughters and my half sisters, Cailin, Sionain and Eirinn! It was so fun to see them! We use a free program called Skype for our web cam. If you have a web cam and want to see me sometime, let me know. I bet my mommy would be glad to show me off!

In a couple of weeks I will go with my whole family to Pittsburgh PA for my Baptism. Mommy has been planning for awhile now the big event. I am the fourth generation baptized in this church. It is a very special weekend for all of us. Plus, it is the first time I will be on an airplane! I wonder how I will like that?

The other interesting thing I have discovered is my hair! Yes, I have this neat stuff on the top of my head. It is very soft and I like to rub it and play with it. I also love to be sung to. My daddy can even sing in another language! That is the best when I don’t want to fall asleep at night. Mommy, well, she needs a little work on the songs she knows how to sing. She does sing the “A, B, C” song very well. She knows all the “words.” She spends her time reading to me. We love the book, “Urban Babies Wear Black!” I like to play on my Einstein play mat and mommy and grandma are frantically searching for something called a Bumby chair. Speaking of Grandma … I get to see her all day Mondays and Fridays when she watches me. I get to see her a lot too of other times. I also enjoy spending time with Grandpap while he is at home. Although I have a feeling he is going to go back to work soon. He said something about taking me to my first Willie Nelson concert this 4th of July! That sounds like fun.

I started eating a little bit of real food – well, if you can call it real food! It is rice cereal with milk. I get a teaspoon a day. Mommy also is going to move me into my big boy crib this week! Currently, there is a colony of stuffed animals residing there. I weigh more than 14 pounds, but not sure how tall I am. I go to the doctor on Thursday for my well-baby visit. Mommy says I am going to get four more shots. That doesn’t sound all that great, but they will protect me from becoming sick.

I also went to see the Easter Bunny last week. That was interesting. I didn’t really feel much like smiling, but I didn’t cry. My big cousin Abbie came with me to make sure everything would be ok. I attached the picture from the session. I was happy to hear baseball season started! Daddy brought me my very first Mets cap. They are even off to a good start so far.

Well, I think that is about it. We hope to see you all very soon!
Have a very Happy Easter!
Love, Sean