TJ at 4 Months!

Our sweet little boy is so big! On December 1st he turned 4 months old. We went in for a doctor's visit - which ended up being a sick visit too, thanks to a nasty ear infection - and despite feeling pretty awful, he did really well.

TJ weighed in at 17 lbs 5 oz and measured 27 1/2 inches. That puts him at the 85th percentile in weight and 98th percentile in height.

The doctor signed off on feeding him solids. We're waiting for him to finish up his antibiotics and then we'll start introducing rice cereal. Then, if that goes well, we'll move on to veggies. I'll admit, with Miller I was SO excited to start feeding him solids. But this time around, I'm much less eager. It's so much easier for him to eat one thing! I think he's ready to get started though, so we'll see how it goes!

TJ at 4 Months

With some love from Winston

Thanksgiving in DC

We were so fortunate that Dave's family came to DC for Thanksgiving this year. Carrie (also known as "Aunt Bee-Boo") was able to come a little early - on break from business school - to spend a few days with us leading up to Thanksgiving. Dave's parents arrived on Wednesday to begin the celebration.

We spent actual Thanksgiving Day with Dave's extended family as well. There's a great DC Williams family tradition going back 25 years where all the extended family members either living in DC or visiting get together for a large potluck meal. Every year seems to get bigger and bigger!

This year we were hosted by John Williams (Dave's Uncle) and were joined by about 35 family members.  It was a wonderful weekend of family time, including the annual 5k turkey trot, dunkin donuts stop, making cookies and just spending time together. Here are some pictures of the weekend!

Turkey Trotters - Abby, her friend Samantha, Grandpa H, Ginny & Dave (not pictured, Carrie who was watching Miller during the race, possibly more difficult than the run!)

Always need a little Dunkin after the race!

TJs first Thanksgiving!

Family Christmas Card picture time

TJ getting some love from cousin Jake while Great Grandpa Jack looks on

Miller playing with his airplane with Granne

Making cookies with Aunt Bee-Boo

Christmas Card Outtake!

A Shared Bedroom - The First Night

There are a few posts I still need to write - all about TJ's name, TJ's 4 month check up, Thanksgiving, our trip to Ohio and of course, Christmas! However, I'm going to skip ahead first and write about something exciting from last night - the boys are finally sharing a room!!

TJ has been sleeping in a co-sleeper next to our bed since we brought him home. This has been very different from Miller, as we had him sleeping in his own crib in his own room since he was six weeks old. TJ has just gotten too big for the co-sleeper and none of us were sleeping very well at night. So last week Dave bought Miller a "big boy" bed! We decided to make the transition after Christmas when we were back in town from visiting Dave's family in Ohio and my Dad and Marcine in Maryland.

I know it's only been one night, and there were several interruptions (by both boys), but it's off to a good start. We had both boys in bed - asleep! - by 8:15 last night. I'm so impressed by how they both responded to the change. Last night was the first night we actually put TJ to bed - meaning we didn't just let him snooze with us downstairs until we were ready to go up to sleep. And Miller didn't complain once about TJ sleeping in his crib (which I was sure would be an issue).

I'm sure we'll have some difficult nights, and at some point one of the boys is bound to wake the other one up, but I think we're headed down a good road!

Here's to sweet dreams!

-Ginny