This weekend we went to Sesame Place. We were planning on going last weekend, but it was the middle of the hottest heat wave of the summer, and we didn’t want to be out in temperatures that felt like 115 degrees. So we decided to go this past weekend instead. It was still hot, but it was much nicer then it would have been. Desmond had a ton of fun, we really need to just take him one day, because it is a bit unfair for Eloise and Sully to have to wait while he does the rides he wants, that they don’t want to or can’t go on. It was really obvious on the second day that the two littles would have been fine not going back. Oh well, Dan will take Desmond solo at some point for a day trip probably. Anyways Eloise loved the carousel, and riding on horses. Sully got to ride on the bench which he didn’t mind, and Desmond loved the water slides and the roller coaster, so everyone had fun.

It is a great weekend trip for us, and next year Sully will be big enough to go on rides and play more which will be nice. I doubt Eloise will hit the height limits on the roller coaster by next year though. Then again I don’t really see her liking the roller coaster either so it sort of works out. Anyways here are some pictures from the park.

How Eloise rides on the stroller when she gets tired of walking.

naptime!

Today you are 4 months old. You are working on crawling, and you are smiling, you still don’t laugh much, but you do love to smile, especially at your brother and sister. You are are babbling, and rolling, and scooting around. You love to snuggle and be held, except when you don’t. You love watching everything going on around you and you look to see what Desmond and Eloise are doing, as if hoping you are big enough to join them. You love to nurse, you don’t mind riding in the car, you love being in the carrier when we are out, and you have started to sit in high chairs at restaurants without slumping to badly. It is weird to think how fast 4 months have past and how quickly I am sure the next 4 will go by.

Here you are right after birth:

And here you are today at 4 months old playing on the floor:

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So Desmond had been asking to go pick fruit all week long, so I told him we would go this past weekend with Daddy. Yes it was predicted to be ridiculously hot, but I was hoping if we went early enough it won’t be horrible. Plus I felt kind of bad because we cancelled our plans for Sesame Place because of the heat. So Sunday morning, which was much cooler then Saturday morning (88ish, so it only felt like 100) we headed up to the farm where we pick our own fruit. Desmond and Eloise were a bit disappointed that strawberry season was over, and that apple and pumpkin seasons have not started, but they enjoyed picking blueberries and peaches. Here are some pictures from our adventure, Eloise was actually almost helpful this year and Desmond was actually fairly dedicated to actually picking and not just eating.

First off peach picking pictures

How Sully spent his time while we picked peaches

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So Sully’s 4 month appointment isn’t for another month when he’ll be almost 5 months. That being said I had to take him to the doctor today to get his reflux medicine worked out. He is now going to try Prevacid instead of Xantac. I have heard great things about Prevacid so I am hoping it helps, since the Xantac isn’t really.

Anyways they weighted him while we were there, he was in his clothes and diaper, so I’m taking 4 ounces off his weight, which should more or less account for that. At almost 4 months he is 15 pounds and 2 ounces give or take an ounce. It puts him between Eloise and Desmond’s 4 month weights. Eloise was 12 pounds 14.5 ounces at 4 months and Desmond was 17 pounds 13 ounces at 4 months. So overall he is doing great, and will probably be doing even better once we figure out this whole reflux thing.

With Mommom

We were at my in-laws on Sunday, and I got a few pictures of Sully on the floor, playing. He has become a lot more active in the past week and is now rolling and scooting all over, and he has just started playing with toys as well. He doesn’t do a ton with them but he does enjoy grabbing them and holding them for awhile.

The bib is on, because he has a bad rash on his cheeks and neck, and we’re trying to keep moisture off his neck to help it get better.

Stickers!

So I don’t know if I have mentioned it before or not, but I can not take pool pictures at the fitness club, they don’t allow it. So the only pictures I get of Desmond, Eloise and Sully swimming in a big pool is when we visit my parents. Since we were just there all last week I have some pool pictures from this summer to share. I am hoping to get some boat pictures next time we go to the lake house since we didn’t end up on the boat at all this time, though Eloise and Desmond did end up on a boat at my sister’s in-law’s lake house, but I wasn’t there to take pictures of that.

Anyways here are few of the pictures I took of the small ones at one of the pools by my parent’s lake house.

Eloise swimming in the shallow part of the pool

Sully in the turtle float at the pool

Desmond on the water slide, his favorite part of the pool

Sully and Eloise sitting with my Mom at the pool

Des in the frog float, having fun.

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All three snuggled together