Sledding!

Winter is here... finally! And we're embracing the snow wholeheartedly and enjoying it while it lasts. So this weekend we bundled up and hit the sledding hill.

snow bunny.

Similarities?

I get asked all the time who Emmie looks like. I definitely see both of the boys in her but looking back at pics of the boys at 4 months, I'm thinking Cal.

Cal (Emmie & Cal look identical when sleeping)

Bennett

Bennett's latest check-up

Bennett had another check-up yesterday to make sure his recovery is going as planned and for another blood draw to check that his platelet count and some other makers of the disease present in the blood test were returning to normal.  We got just the news we were hoping for... Aside from a still slightly elevated sedimentation rate, everything looks great. Such a blessing. Next up, another meeting with the pediatric cardiologist and an echo & EKG in a couple months.

This boy took his blood draws like a total champ. Not a single complaint or tear shed, so of course ice cream for lunch was a well deserved reward.

Busy little hands

 

And a little bit of everything else...

Snow!

We had quite the weekend of fun. First up was the St. Joe's auction on Saturday night. So fun! And unfortunately I didn't take a single pics of us or the event. And Sunday was one for the memory books... watching the Seahawks win the Superbowl! So awesome. We had a great time watching the game and eating way too much good food with friends. And look at all these kids that were there, 19 total (including the 3 not pictured).

It's about time.

We finally have snow! Crazy that this is the first time this winter that the boys have suited up to play outside in the snow (aside from skiing). They were SO excited. First words out of Cal's mouth this morning were, "the snow came to our house last night, mom!" 

I was going to take the little miss out to play but she was too tired so Suzie stayed in &babysat.

4 months.

We hit the magical 4 months mark on the 14th and while I'm a little late in posting this, I did manage to snap some pics of the little lady on her monthly birthday. I love 4 month old babies. So happy, so content & starting to get fun. Emmie's full of smiles and we're getting the occasional belly laughs (the best!). We're having so much fun with her. And we're hitting some big ole' milestones. She started rolling from back to tummy on Jan. 1 (3.5 months) and is a rolling machine (hence the issues with trying to get a pic of her in her 4 month sticker).  And to our surprise last night we discovered 2 teeth in her mouth. She has a cold and is drooling like crazy so I put my finger in her mouth to feel around and sure enough her two bottom teeth are completely through. I have no idea when they first broke through since I've never checked before. The boys didn't get their first tooth until 6+ month so teething wasn't even on my radar.

Another milestone on my wishlist, sleeping through the night.  Things in the sleep department are better than they were a couple weeks ago, but I miss my sleep.

4 month stats:
height: 26.5" (99%)
weight: 15 lb. 3.4 oz (70%)