This month has been so much fun! Michael is noticing everything now, enjoying grabbing toys and his toes too. He’s sitting on my lap while I type this and trying very hard to “help” by pressing keys and kicking the keyboard tray. He loves to sit and listen to us read him books. Of course, bath time is still a favorite. He would like to kick and splash all day! He is talking up a storm, enjoys watching Sesame Street and Between the Lions, and has fun listening to nursery rhymes while playing in his room. I like to play the CD “nursery rhymes & toddler tunes” by Parents. He gets so excited by the music. Damon and I have always loved to dance, so we weren’t surprised about how excited Michael gets when we hold him and all dance together. Michael also discovered his puppies this month. Monkey and Gorilla make him laugh with giddy excitement. I have a feeling the three of them are going to cause a lot of trouble around here! At his four month doctor visit, the doctor's nurse told us Michael is "off the charts on the happy meter". Damon and I are off the chart on the "happy meter" too!
Something new this month is eating food. Our first rice cereal meal was very runny and messy. We thickened it the next time and warmed it a bit. Michael liked it much better, but it is still sometimes tough to get him to eat it. Today, he started carrots, and loved them. Hoping mixing the carrots with his cereal will be a big help.
Our family recently traveled to New York City for the Notre Dame vs. Army football game at Yankee Stadium. It was a wonderful trip and not just because Notre Dame won 27 to 3! (Had to throw that in there.) Grandma and Grandpa Nimnicht came too, and they were a big help with Michael. The weather was great, and we had fun exploring the city.
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| Times Square |
Michael met my cousins, Henry and Angus, for the first time. He first met their parents, John and Susan, when he was one month old. Their family lives in Brooklyn, and they showed us parts of Soho and Tribeca that we’d never seen before.
We all ate at this great burger joint called Silver Spurs. Michael discovered pickles! The waitress brought out silver bowls of giant pickles, and Michael helped me eat mine. He just loved it. Michael also met Damon’s cousin Shauna at Pio Pio. We enjoyed wonderful Peruvian foods. I’m pretty sure Michael was the only baby in most of the restaurants where we dined, but no
one seemed to mind. He was his normal, happy self and made many people smile. (He’s got a gift for that!) We found Michael a Pooh bear at the new Disney Store Times Square. Pooh is quickly becoming Michael’s best pal too!
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| Subway Ride |
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| First Pickle |
We’re really looking forward to our first family Thanksgiving, complete with turkey and all the fixins. It will be strange to not be in Evansville this year, but that just makes us more excited for Christmas with all the extended family. (Presents are already wrapped!) Michael enjoyed the lights of Manhattan so much, so I think he will love the Christmas lights as well. Time is really flying by with this little guy in our lives, and we are just soaking in every minute with our precious son. How much we have to be thankful for!
