To begin with, we had our four-month checkup at the doctor's. Keegan was 25 inches long and 17 pounds 10 ounces. He is a handful of rolly-polly arms and legs, not to mention the chubbiest cheeks ever to wobble on a baby's face...
The week after our doctor's appointment, we started feeding Keegan rice cereal. Our doctor suggested we start this since he was eating a full 10 oz bottle at night and sometimes acting like he could eat more. Keegan was very dismayed that we were not putting a soft nipple in his mouth. He would grab at the spoon of cereal (because everything gravitates to his mouth) and he would pull it into his mouth and then choke on it a little bit because he has not yet learned where his gag-reflex kicks in. However, he has mastered the get-the-food-all-over-my-face essential baby skill.
Keegan has started to lay on his stomach for longer periods of time before he gets tired and upset. He has the cutest face when he looks up at you from the floor. He is constantly kicking his legs and squealing. Sometimes he startles himself by the sounds he makes. He is also starting to sit up on his own. We have to sit behind him to make sure he doesn't lose control and bonk his head...
The family all traveled over to Athens and up to Canton to help Laura, Sean, and Peggy move into their new house. It was a crazy hectic weekend, but we love the character of the new house, and the front porch is to die for...
When we returned home from our trip, Keegan managed to catch the worst cold he has had so far. He ran a low-grade fever for a few days, had a bad case of runny-butt, stuffed up his nose completely, and vomited on the nice lady at preschool. Keegan was miserable; he couldn't eat or sleep, and he was truly fussy for the first time in his life. Jeremy and I took a few days off work to stay home and nurse Keegan. It took a lot to get him to eat a full meal because he would get so frustrated trying to suck and breathe through his nose. And we changed his outfit at almost every diaper change because diarrhea doesn't color in the diaper lines... But he is slowly working his way back to health - the only symptom left is a small cough. Unfortunately, all of the other babies and teachers at school contracted the same cold, so let's hope Keegan built up enough antibodies to stave off another infection!
We had a few weekends of family time where Keegan got to spend some good time giggling and getting over his cold ...
Finally, we had a rushed weekend for his baptism! My sister, Catherine, was able to come into town from Phoenix for Labor Day weekend, and I was thrilled that she could be there. Jeremy's sister, Krista, is Keegan's godmother, and my brother, Steve, is the godfather. Keegan did very well during the ceremony - he listened intently to Deacon Harry for a while, then he got a little fussy during the extended prayers and readings, but he fell asleep by the closing words. Even two weeks after the dunking, Keegan's head still smells like the annointing oils they used.
We just had an extended weekend visit to Jeremy's Aunt Mary Lou and Uncle Tom's house in Alabama. We'll put our newest pictures online later this week...
2 comments:
Pictures of Keegan never fail to make me laugh...and the commentary about diarrhea not coloring within the lines is priceless.
Your child is ridiculously cute. I particularly enjoyed the rice cereal faces. They definitely are unsure as to what is happening to them.
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