Pictures from 4th month.

We've been having trouble getting online, but this weekend I lucked out and got some internet time! Yay!!! Guess that means everyone lucks out with pictures!

Peter is about 10 days away from being 5 months old. He grows so fast! He has full body grins and giggles now. It's so much fun to watch John eat Peter's toes and get Peter roaring with laughter!

Peter is doing pushups and almost getting his tummy off the floor. I bet he'll be crawling soon. He does get around quite easily rolling. I'll put him on the floor, look away for a minute and when I look back he's on the other side of the room again wedged up against the couch and frustrated he got stopped.

Soon we will be starting cereal. We have tried a couple times and it didn't go to bad...though I do think when we start it will be bath time every night after dinner!

Now onto pictures pictures pictures!

Peter's first plane ride: He slept pretty much the whole time when he wasn't eating. Though on the flight back to Tucson we had TWO dirty diapers to tend to. And you certainly don't have enough room to change them in the bathrooms. I just had John stand up and we spread out on his seat. Wasn't too bad.

Jen's family picture: We had a 5 day vacation out of Tucson and my parents flew us back to visit all of my family in Iowa. Such a treat for everyone to meet Peter and Peter to meet everyone. He loved all the attention.

Peter's first baseball game: We won free tickets to a minor league baseball game when we attended the Tucson Baby Fair. It was fun to get out and do something different. We even got free crackerjacks and $1 hot dogs and enjoyed the game.

New toy jumper: We saved and splurged finally on a exersaucer/jumper. Peter just has a grand old time jumping around in it. Big smiles, big laughter. I have it set looking into the kitchen so he can play and have fun while I'm making food.

Hope you guys enjoy the pictures. I was so happy to get them uploaded today! Have a great labor day weekend!

Peter Pictures @ 4 months

Peter is going to be 4 months old this Saturday! Growing so fast! This past month has been busy. We went to Iowa for five days to see my family. We had lots of fun introducing Peter to the family, his aunt and uncle, all my cousins, his great grandma's... We even got to stop in Chicago for a little day trip going to a museum and trying some Chicago deep dish pizza.

After we got home to Tucson my parents and sister came down to visit and spend more time with Peter. We've had a fun past two weeks and I'm sure when everyone is gone it will be awful boring! Peter has gotten used to so much attention I will probably go crazy trying to please him!! :)

Latest developments:
Peter rolls over from back to tummy and is starting to enjoy being on his tummy.
He blows bubbles and makes little raspberry sounds with his lips.
He is paying attention to other people more and can giggle with tummy tickles.

4 month old pictures

Peter @ 4 months old. Visit to Iowa

Peter Lifting His Head (video)

A short video of Peter lifting his head up!

Grandpa Palmer Meets Peter

John's dad dropped in to spend the July 4th weekend with us. It was definately a boys weekend! We grilled out and just chilled at home most of the time. Peter had fun meeting his grandpa. They created a new game where Peter would curl his toes around Marvin's pinkie fingers and then grab hold of his thumbs with his hands then Peter could kinda dance with Marvin. He had so much fun dancing with his grandpa he didn't want to go to bed!

Unfortunately we missed out on fireworks because it was stormy and some flood advisory warnings were on the tv. I was bummed by that, but hopefully we can find some fireworks later this summer.

Three Months Old

Just got latest photos uploaded. Peter is doing great. Three months old in just a few days! I can't believe it!

He found his hands and fingers in the past few weeks and can spend hours just studying them or trying to fit both fists into his mouth. He also likes to wiggle alot. Last weekend I laid him down with his head at 12 o'clock on the blanket then went to the kitchen for a drink. When I came back he'd kicked himself around to 6 o'clock! Crazy baby!

Our sleeping pattern is lots better. Usually he goes down somewhere between 10 and 11pm and doesn't wake up until 6am. Its not every day but more often than not and it has made a huge difference.

He's also JUST started being able to really hang onto his rattle. I keep trying to figure out if he will be right or left-handed. Every time I think its one way he'll do something that changes my mind. Right now I'm thinking he'll be left-handed cause that's what he holds on to his rattle with and that is the hand he reaches out and bats at his toys with. We'll see...

He also has decided that the camera is something to stare at in awe. I rarely catch a smile because he is just dumbfounded by this metal thing looking at him... I sneak a pic of what smiles I can. :-)

Well, that's it for now. I'll try to send more photos soon! Happy 4th!