Hugo is 4 months old today

We have been living in Poland for almost 2 months.  The weather has gotten much cooler in the past week.  Mid 40's.  Both Henry and Hugo are sick, we are waiting to take them to their doctor apt at 19:50.  I don't like that it's so late.  Hugo has been coughing all day, he doesn't have a fever.  Henry has been feverish 2nd day now.  He is coughing as well.  Neither Roman nor Henry has ever been sick so young. 
Hugo does not sleep much during the day.  It's usually 30 to 40 minute naps, it's extremly difficult to put him to sleep espcially for me since he wants to nurse all the time.  Usually at night he is attached to my breast and that's how we get through the night.  He was extremly colicky starting at 6 wks of age until 3 months.  Once he turned 3 months he has gotten less fussy and cries less.  He doesn't spit up as much anymore although he still needs his bib 24/7 since he started salvitating.  I guess it's a sign that his teeth are coming through.  Couple of days ago I started giving him carrot soups, he does great swallowing.  He did very well swallowing today,  I usually give him one tablespoon.

First Antibiotic

I took Henry to the doctor on Friday. He has been coughing pretty bad at nightime. It was waking him up. No other symptoms, not even a cough during the day. It turns out that he has bronchitis and was prescribed his first antibiotic. He took it for 5 days. The cough subsided after 2 days of the medicine. It works for 5 more days after that. I hope the congestion in his lungs is gone and we won't have to see Dr. Herrera anytime soon. On another note, Roman possibly got a pink eye from school. I was told yesterday that they have been having an outbreak of it at school. He is at the doc's office right now with tata.
Henry is 22 1/2lbs and 30 inches long as of last Friday. He is growing well and developing right on target. He crawls very fast and cruises furniture.
I am over the half way mark with boy #3. Getting big.
I am very excited that my niece Nicole is coming to spend the weekend with us tomorrow night.

We are having a 3rd BOY!!!

So on Feb. 2nd the whole family went for the ultrasound. The boys were fairly behaved. The female doctor was less than friendly. She didn't give us much information. She did see the male part on the screen so did we. Made a picture of it which I should scan. When I was having a scan 3 weeks ago there was no male parts showing. I got very excited that it might possibly be a girl. By 15-16 weeks the male parts should be visible, at least they were with Henry at 13 weeks. None the less I am having a 3rd son. It's not that I'm disappointed, I'm not, I just thought that this time around, since it was a surprise pregnancy it will be a baby girl.
Now we need to come up with a boy name. I like Adam, J. likes Hugo. I also like Vincent, Bentley, Andreas. So many to choose from, and such a big decision naming a human being. Name defines you, it is such a big part of you, and it stays with you your whole life.

Henry's 1st Christmas

There was Santa, there were presents. Henry didn't cry this time when he saw Santa. He just looked at him with curiosity. He touches the Christmas tree very gently, and there are no ornaments withing his reach. Today Henry got to lick a lolly pop for the first time and he loved it. He was salivating and objecting when I didn't give it to him by hitting his arm and using his high pitch voice. He also had a playmate come visit him. Carlos is only a month older than Henry. They were both crawling all over the place and got along very well. Roman also enjoyed a visit of his two friends Will and Nick this morning. The boys played for 3h and got along very well too. This was a snow less Christmas. I don't remember when we had one without the snow, it's been quite some time. It was rather low key, I didn't cook or do much. Took at easy this time, learned my lesson from last year's Christmas. I am 13 weeks as of yesterday. Can't wait to find out what we are having.

Henry is Crawling

This weekend Henry started to crawl. He is doing better and better. He is 9m2wks old and adjusted age 7m1w old. He is doing great. Poor little guy crawled so much today that he got carpet burns. Today was also his first trick-or-treating and 1st Halloween Party. We went to the Leavenworth Courthouse, it was a great idea for a day that's cold and rainy. Today was 85F so Henry was almost too hot in his bumble bee costume. Roman was a super man. Roman had more candy than ever before. The party was organized by Jessica from the mom's group and it was at the Community Center. Both boys had a great time.

new milestone

On Friday Aug. 12 Henry is sitting on his own. That's at 4m4wks adjusted age and at 7m1week post his birth. He is doing great. Very strong. Started pulling himself up to sitting while in a bouncy seat. He is very talkative. He is loud especially on the mornings. He loves chewing on his hands and feet. He naps 3 times a day. Usually at 8am and noon and then a short nap during an afternoon walk. His 2 naps are usually anywhere from an hour and a half up to 3 hours. He doesn't sleep well in a car or his stroller. He sleeps the best in his crib. If I leave the house during his nap time he has a hard time falling asleep in the car. It will be hard once Roman starts preschool cause his nap times will be interrupted by me driving Roman back and forth.

7 months old

Ever since Henry was born I took a picture of him each month he turned another month. I believe I skipped one month, can't remember which one, I took one a day later I believe. I didn't get a chance to take one today. We went to children's park in KC. With Roman I took one each week of his life. I feel bad that I have been such a slacker. So we have been living at our new home for 2 weeks now. The weather has been extremely hot, triple digits.

Lets see, Henry is definitively not doing things that a 7 month old should, but technically he is not 7 months old, he is 4.5months old and he is for sure right on target. He is rolling over from front to back and back to front, he has been doing that for awhile. He is pushing himself up on his arms. He discovered his feel about 3 weeks ago. He babbles and giggles. He eats anywhere from 5-9oz at a feeding. I have tried cereal and avocado, did ok. I should try again. He sleeps through the night, he falls asleep on his own. No need for rocking etc. He naps 2wice a day for about 2-4h at the time. He is not a big fan of his car seat. Doesn't care to ride in the car. He is probably over 16lbs. Not sure exactly how heavy but wears 6-9month old clothing. He is happy, social baby. He likes riding in the stroller but it has been too hot to take him outside.