Another Trip to Maryland!

This time we headed up to my brother's place in Annapolis to see them and to go a friend's wedding on Saturday. She did good on the car ride up since we left around her bedtime anyway. Then we got to hang out with Aunt Amy on Saturday and took the our dog, Maggie and their dog, Casey to the dog beach. Maggie tried to pretend she wasn't 12 years old and tried to keep up with the younger dogs and could barely walk back to the car.

Justin's wedding was great and Brian & Amy watched Arden while we were gone, which was nice! See Brian's pictures from the weekend here The drive home kinda sucked since we hit traffic and it was the first time Arden has driven while she was awake for most of the trip. It took us 7 hours (normally a 5 hour drive). But it was a good weekend overall.

4 Month Check Up

Arden went in for her 4 month check up today and she weighs 12 lbs. 15 oz.- weighing in just under 13 lbs! That means she's gained almost 2 lbs in 2 months which the doctor was happy with. She got more shots this time, but Mom didn't cry like last time. I let Dave hold her while she got the shots which I think made a difference and then I just nursed her afterward to calm her down and she was fine within minutes.

Her biggest accomplishment lately is finding her foot. She loves to play with it, especially on the changing table. I think this is adorable especially considering it's a yoga pose appropriately named "happy baby".

She has become very social, "talking" to herself or anyone that will listen. I recorded a brief "talking" session that you can see below.

I've also uploaded some short videos to You Tube, including the above video,so here's the link to those.

Monday "Playgroup"

Can you call it a playgroup when the babies aren't really old enough to "play" with each other yet? 3 of my yoga friends have all had babies within 6 months of each other. Jenn was the first with Oscar (in the green with the bib), who is 3 months older then Arden. Then Erika has Killian (in the stripes), who is only 5 days older then Arden. Then Ellen has Sutton (in pink), who is 3 moths younger then Arden. We get together once a week on Mondays, and this Monday we went to Fletcher Park near downtown Raleigh. It's a great way to swap baby stories and ideas, and to be able to have some interaction with people that can speak in more the one syllable at a time!