This past Friday, my cousin, Chris, married his girlfriend of six years, Aly. It was a wonderful wedding held halfway between Baltimore and Washington DC at The Villa. Aly looked amazing, the food was incredible, and the music was perfect. We had an excellent time!
Daniel took a half day from work on Friday and we took the long road trip south. We would have made it right on time for the 6:00 ceremony, but an accident right at our exit off the Baltimore beltway set us back more than we expected. Nevertheless, we got there right at the start of the cocktail hour.
Aunt Lo (my mom's sister - Chris is my dad's brother's son, so Aunt Lo wasn't involved with this wedding) was gracious enough to watch Trafton for the evening at my parents' house. I was a bit nervous about leaving him, especially since he absolutely refuses to take a bottle, so I knew he would have to either be fed through a medicine dropper or go to bed without eating. Trafton refused both the bottle and the dropper and eventually did go to bed without eating after a fair amount of screaming (a big THANK YOU to Aunt Lo for getting through that!!). It was really great to have a night out with Daniel and to see all of my family. I woke Trafton up when we got home and he ate happily and went back to sleep for the night.
We headed back to Bloomsburg on Saturday, but first stopped at some of our favorite places that just aren't local to Bloomsburg. Starbucks for breakfast, Baja Fresh for lunch, and REI to get a great winter hat for Trafton. In all, it was a wonderful weekend of road-tripping with the family!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
4 Month Checkup
Today Trafton had his 4 month appointment with the doctor. He did great! He smiled and 'talked' to the doctor and nurses the whole time. When he got his round of vaccines, he was smiling, then the first shot went in and he opened his mouth to scream. He turned purple and did the whole silent cry thing before letting out one long wail of distress. By the time he made a sound, though, the shots were all finished. Then he was back to being happy. He weighs 16 pounds, 7 ounces and is 25 inches long. His percentiles are down in the 70s now, whereas at his 2 month checkup he was in the 90s for both height and weight. I have finally packed away the last of the 3 month clothes and am starting to pack away some of the 6 month clothes that are cut a little smaller. I have a whole bin of stuff already that he is finished with - unbelievable!
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Great Meadows, NJ
We spent last weekend at Daniel's father's house (Al's Mountain Cabin) in Great Meadows. It was a relaxing weekend with the Beyer family. The guys spent much of Saturday splitting wood for the winter-time wood stove usage and I stopped over to see the addition of the horses, fence and barn at Mike and Courtney's house down the street.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Visit from the O'Hares
Two weekends ago my parents came to visit with us and the little grandson that they just adore. We relaxed around the house a bit and took a good long trip to the fair.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Haystacks
The Friday that the fair was in town, Daniel's school district was closed, so we decided to take one of our favorite hikes to the Haystacks in World's End. It had rained so much that the Loyalsock was overflowing and the haystacks were actually completely under water! (The 'haystacks' are large smooth rocks that resemble haystacks rising from the water - they are great to play on and swim around in the summer!) It was neat to see such floodwaters. Some parts of the trail were pretty wet, but mostly the trail was okay for walking on. Trafton did great! He stayed awake until right before we came upon the water, then we woke him up to change his diaper and turn him around so he could sleep on the walk out.
Monday, October 11, 2010
4 Months Old!
Today Trafton is 4 months old! He is so much more aware of his surroundings and in this past month he has learned to do so many new things! He plays with toys and reaches for things, he has found his feet and attempts to put them in his mouth during diaper changes, he squeals and giggles (sometimes his squeals are really, really loud and sometimes he gets on a roll in semi-quiet public places . . .), he can roll from tummy to back, he has started to lift his head when he is on his tummy, and he 'refuses' to get in his car seat by making his entire body stiff as a board - this makes it impossible to buckle him in.
Raising his head - he used to always scream through tummy time, but he has become slightly more interested now that he is lifing his head.
Raising his head - he used to always scream through tummy time, but he has become slightly more interested now that he is lifing his head.
Strapped in with Daddy - the Moby wrap makes a great beer holder!
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