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Okay there are some words. After we got pictures done, Desmond wanted out of the shirt he was in, because he said it was wet. I thought I had a spare shirt for him in my bag, but I didn’t. I told him the only thing I had that he could wear was Eloise’s dress. So he chose to wear her dress rather then his shirt. He loved spinning in it, and watching it flare out as he spun.

So for Easter this year we told the small ones they could dye eggs, and then we never did it. They kept asking for a few weeks afterwards as well, but with the new baby and all it just never happened. So this weekend, Desmond asked if he could dye eggs. We had a dye kit, Dan went out and got white eggs and a few other things we needed and came home and boiled them. Then we let Desmond and Eloise dye eggs. They both had a bunch of fun dying them and they played with their dyed eggs for the rest of the afternoon and evening, which was nice. Eloise did eventually open most of the eggs so we threw them away after that, but they had a lot of fun with them both dying and playing with them. Here are the older two dying some eggs.

Happy 5 month birthday Sullivan.

Here is a comparison of Desmond and Sully in the same shirt, getting their pictures taken.

Desmond at 6 months (almost 7 months):

Sully at 5 months:

So I never got Sullivan his 3 month portraits done. Since Dan was home today we decided to go ahead and get pictures done after Sully’s 4 month appointment (at 5 months). We headed over to Sears around 3 and got some nice pictures of the small ones. We also got a family portrait, since we haven’t had one done since right before Sully was born. I went with fall outfits, since it is getting close to almost being fall and I am not getting 6 month pictures for Sully at this point. Anyways here they are.

I love this one of Eloise

I love this one of Sully

What’s happening, why is my brother sucking out my brains….. mmm brains…. zombie….

So Sully had his 4 month appointment today. I know he is almost 5 months, but we called a bit late and his doctor was on vacation for 2 weeks so this was the first day we could get in. Anyways he is doing great. He got his first shot today, a DTaP. He has grown about a pound since his reflux appointment a month ago, and he has grown 2 1/2 inches since he was two months old so he is doing great. He is the same height Desmond was at 4 months, and about a pound and a half lighter. He is about 3 1/4 pounds more then Eloise was at 4 months and 2 1/2 inches taller. He had a great appointment and didn’t even cry when he got his shot.

Here are his stats:
At birth he was 9 pounds 4 ounces and 22 inches
At one month he was 11 pounds 3 ounces and 23 inches
At 2 months he was 13 pounds and 24 inches
At 4 months he was 15 pounds 2 ounces
At 5 months he was 16 pounds 3 ounces and 26 1/2 inches

Boxing up Eloise

So a friend I have that I met on a message board before Desmond was born, dang that seems a long time ago, but anyways rambling on, was in Baltimore this past weekend. We didn’t realize she was here and we were home until Saturday. She had thought it was the weekend we were in Atlanta. So we made quick plans and decided to meet up on Saturday at The Maryland Science Center.

She has twin boys a few weeks older then Desmond, and they had heard about the Science Center the day before and decided it sounded like fun. I’ve lived in this area for the past 9 years (now I feel old, but anyways), and DH had lived in the area most of his life and neither of us knew about it. So we met up, we were planning on meeting in the kid center, but both pulled into the parking lot at the same time so we walked there together.

We all had a lot of fun, Desmond enjoyed some of the regular exhibits, well the two we went through, Dinosaurs and Weather, and all 3 of mine really enjoyed the kids area for children 0 to 8. They all had a lot of fun there and there was a ton for them to do and explore.

After we had been there a few hours we decided to all go to lunch, we were planning on heading out after lunch to hit Costco before Desmond had to go to a birthday party of a friend that evening, and they were planning on heading back to the center for awhile longer and then driving 3 hours home. We got to lunch and the skies opened. So we had a nice long lunch with desert, and after about 2 1/2 hours at lunch we all headed back to the cars, since the rain finally broke for a bit. We headed home, no time for Costco and they headed home as well since the rain and taken so long to clear they were ready to head home.

We all had a great time and here are a few pictures from our adventure.

Here we all are minus, husbands and Sully who was on Dan’s back.

Desmond shooting a foam projectile from their launcher, he had a blast with this, they flew all over the museum.

Eloise playing with magnets in the kid area

Sully in the 0 – 24 month area playing with the blocks on the waterbed type area.

And here is Sully at lunch playing with some asparagus. We aren’t doing solids yet, but I am letting him play with them a bit.

We start them gaming early *grin*.

So when Sully was 2 1/2 weeks old we bought him a new swing, because the one we had used for Desmond and Eloise died. I have a picture of him sleeping in the swing right after we put it together.

Here it is:

I also have a picture of Sully in that same swing today, at 4 months and 2+ weeks old. Almost exactly 4 months after the first picture was taken.
Here he is:

It is really hard to believe how fast he has grown in those past 4 months. Look at him, fitting in the swing perfectly at 3 weeks, and now at 4 1/2 months he has almost outgrown the swing. I think it will be going away for good soon. He has starting trying to sit up while he is in it and grab at the toys above it. He also won’t nap in it for long anymore, he looks big in it too. It is really hard to believe how fast my little baby boy is growing up. He is now in 9 month clothes and moving into 12 month stuff, he has 2 teeth, he plays with toys, he can sit without support for almost 10 seconds, he is working on crawling. It is just so weird to think that 4 months ago he was a newborn, and now he is turning into a baby, who is growing up so fast.

It is fun to watch him grow up, but sometimes I miss that snugly little newborn.