Catching Up in time for Christmas...

I know, I know. I'm a slacker. I should stay up all hours of the night to keep everyone posted on all our activities. I would, if I could keep my eyes open, but since that rarely happens, I'm lucky to have finally gotten presents wrapped and the Christmas cards mailed. Since this is the last thing on my current to-do list, it's time to get up to date and start a new one!!!

Things for the Dunn's have been hectic the last month! Jake came down with bronchitis, which meant little to no sleep for any of us. He is finally sleeping again, but still a little congested. He also got his 4 month shots. He is such a trooper. He cried for about 1 minute and then was over it - or the Tylenol I gave him kicked in!!! At his 4 month check up, he weighed in at a VERY healthy 17.4 lbs and has grown to 27 inches and we have been given the nod of approval to start feeding him serious solids. At almost 17 and a half pounds he needs them. He now knows what his bottle is and as soon as he sees it and you shaking it, he gets the biggest grin, because he loves to eat! Now feeding him from a spoon has been nothing short of entertaining. He takes a few good bites, but most of it is still ending up all over his face, his hands, his bib or me. But, we'll get there. We are going to try and introduce some applesauce with the cereal to see if that makes it a little easier to take for him.

Andy and I have a hard time paying attention to much else other than Jake, since he now talks almost constantly and has really discovered his hands. He likes to grab things and shake his rattles, then of course, put everything in his mouth! He is close to rolling over and pretty soon his weight is going to help him accomplish it! He gets his head and shoulders turned, then will lift his leg up to bring it over, but he just won't swing it all the way over, yet. He also is super strong. He doesn't like his bumpo seat anymore, either, and does all he can to lean back out of it. Santa is bringing him a jumper activity center for Christmas, so hopefully he will love bouncing up and down in that (and then spitting up applesauce and cereal everywhere, I'm sure!!!!).

Otherise, we saw Santa when he came to the neighborhood clubhouse and Jake loved him until Santa wanted a closer look and Jake saw his beard. Needless to say, it freaked him out a little. Later that day, we met up with Poppy and Jordan to take Jake to his first hockey game. He did really well considering it was during bath and bed time. He loved the first period and then promptly fell apart during the first intermission. I got him back together for the beginning of the second where the Thrashers scored their first goal. The horn sounded and the look of shock on Jake's face was priceless. I thought he was gonna lose his mind, but since he saw everyone else cheering, he starting laughing and smiling, too. He fell asleep pretty soon after that, so we headed home after the 2nd. We apparently missed one hell of a third period and overtime, but I'm sure there are many more sporting events in our future.

Grandma and Grampa B are coming today to celebrate Christmas with us early and we can't wait to see them. I want to see if Grandpa can make him laugh that hard again. Andy and I have tried, but I guess we aren't funny looking enough!!! Just Kidding! Well Love to all and we hope you have a very Merry Christmas!!!