15 weeks old

I am growing bigger and bigger every day. Daddy weighed me the other day and says I'm about 15 lbs. I'm getting very tall. I am wearing 3-6 month clothes, so I'm right on track. They fit me in length, but they are sometimes big in the tummy. I am starting to do more. I really like sitting up, and try to pull myself up. I like to sit in my bumbo seat. I like to play with toys and put everything in my mouth. My mouth hurts sometimes because I am getting something that Mommy and Daddy call teeth. I'm not sure what they are for yet, but I will learn. I drool a lot and Mommy and Daddy make me wear bibs, they whip my face with them, so I do that now too. I can take my pacifier out of my mouth and sometimes I can get it back in, but sometimes I just play with it. I had an interesting week. Mommy's work was closed on Monday because of something called a water main break. So we stayed home and played. Mommy worked from home some this week and I did go to daycare to play with my friends. On Thursday Mommy's computer stopped working and she had to fix it. I helped her and made sure that none of my pictures or work went missing. On Thursday I went to see my orthopedist. My casts are off and I only have braces now. It's great. Mommy and Daddy can take them off and stretch my feet. I can have real baths now too. And guess what I did on Friday, I rolled over from my tummy to my back while in my crib. Mommy and Daddy were so excited, but I don't want to go it again right now. For the last week I have been a big boy and Mommy and Daddy moved me into my room in my crib. I love having more room to spread out when I sleep, and Mommy and Daddy are just a cry away. Yesterday Bubbie and Pop-Pop came to visit me. I showed them how much I like to play. Today Mommy and Daddy set up my exersaucer. Wow it has so much for me to do, I haven't even tried it all yet. Uncle Paul came over on his way back from Pittsburgh to have dinner with us. We went to a place that had a big football game on. The TV screens were gigantic. I asked Daddy if we could have one in our house just like that:)
Something I had forgotten about in my last post was that on Dec. 15th I went to see the Maryland Symphony Orchestra for the first time. Uncle Paul and his choir were singing Christmas music. I really liked listening to the pretty music.
Well I'd better start to get ready for bedtime. Tonight I will get in my PJs have a story, eat, and then go to sleep in my big crib. Mommy says that she will help me update my pictures soon. She doesn't know what work will be like this week. Goodnight.
Love always,
Gideon

3 months old

I have been so very busy. I'm 3 months old now. Let's see, last time blogged my Daddy was taking care of me while Mommy went to work. That was just so much fun. Daddy and I are best buddies. Then both Mommy and Daddy went back to work and Grandma and Pop came up from FL to stay with me. We played, took naps, and got ready for the holidays. I also got to go to some really cool parties. I went to a Children's Party at Daddy's work and got to see Santa Claus. Then at Mommy's office Christmas party I saw Santa again (that man is everywhere, it's amazing) We also had a holiday party with Daddy's department from work. I like to go to parties they are lots of fun. On Sat. Dec. 22 we celebrated Christmas with Grandma and Pop. I like opening presents. I got some neat toys including a toolbox, a leap frog caterpillar, and maracas. I ended up getting the same maracas from Bubbie and Pop-Pop, so I exchanged them for a drum. Bubbie and Pop-Pop also got me a guitar. I'm ready for my own band. On Dec. 23 I drove to Pittsburgh with Mommy and Daddy. I got to see Great Grandma and Great Grandpa. I got to meet Great Aunt Kitty, Great Uncle Les, cousin (first cousin once removed) Colleen, Great Aunt Libby, Great Uncle Paul, cousins (yep more first cousins once removed) Quinn and Shannon. Great Aunt Kitty, Great Uncle Les and Colleen live in Missouri. Great Aunt Libby, Great Uncle Paul, Quinn and Shannon live all the way in New Zealand. Maybe one day I'll get to go there. Daddy says that if so we could go to where Lord of the Rings was filmed. He says that when I get bigger I will like that movie, but right now it is too long and scary for me. Later that day we drove to Washington, PA and I got to meet Great Aunt Cyndy, Ron, cousin (first cousin once removed) Lori, Bryan, and cousin (second cousin) Julian. We had a yummy meal and had lots of fun. Christmas eve was really fun. We had our big holiday meal, played cranium, and then opened our gifts. I got some clothes, a need book from New Zealand and a stuffed animal that I will be able to use to learn how to button, snap, tie shoes, all of the important things for when I get bigger. I didn't want to go to sleep that night. I was so excited to see Santa. Christmas morning I woke up to find out that Santa filled up my stocking with all kinds of fun things including some new pacifiers. Santa brought me some books, and mirror that plays music, and I can plug my ipod into to listen to different music, and my glow in the dark pacifiers that I asked for. He also left me a note saying that he also left some presents at my house in Hagerstown. He said that he got confused. Silly Santa. Then we went and I met my first cousin once removed Scott and his girlfriend Dani. They have drums and a piano at their house too, but it is a lot bigger than mine, and I don't think they teach them the alphabet:) Then we went back home. Santa had brought me more presents. He brought me the Leap Frog Brightlings Station I asked for. It's really cool. I also got presents from Mommy, Daddy, Bubbie, Pop-Pop and Uncle Paul. I got some more clothes, books, a vibration unit for my crib, a leap frog learning tad, Baby Einstein dvds, and more. I haven't even used everything yet. Bubbie took care of me on the 26th and 27th and then on the 28th Pop-Pop came out to. We had lots of fun. We had a quite weekend and Mommy and Daddy took me shopping to return/exchange some of our duplicate gifts. Mommy and Daddy are so silly. They actually bought each other two of the same gifts. On Dec. 31 Mommy and Daddy went to work and guess who took care of me Uncle Paul. We had a great day. I think I got his used to changing poppy diapers:) Mommy and I went to bed early that night and I didn't see the ball drop. On Jan. 1 Mommy and Daddy had colds so they just rested a lot, I liked that. On Jan. 2 I started at daycare. I really like. I get to play with other babies including my friend Mason. When Mommy picks me up I make sure to talk to her and tell her all about my day. Ok, I'm getting a little hungry, time for dinner. Mommy is going to update the photobucket site this weekend. Now that things have slowed down I'm going to update here more frequently.
Love always,
Gideon