Four Month Check-Up

I can't get enough of this sweet face!

I took Jaxson in for his four month check-up earlier this week, and he did great! He has continued his trend of being tall and skinny - he is in the 75th percentile for his height, but only the 11th for his weight! The best part about the appointment was that his pediatrician said that we could skip rice cereal and go straight to baby food. Apparently they don't recommend rice cereal anymore because it has pretty much no nutritional value. We are not complaining because Jaxson loves to eat his baby food.

It seems like Jaxson is growing more and more all the time. He has gotten very good at grabbing objects and has even learned to "pet" Faline when she is close enough. Fortunately, she has been a good sport and doesn't seem to mind too much. He also can hold his head up really well, loves to shake his toys, and just play in general. He is such a sweet boy!

One of Those Girls...

Did you know that available research indicates that only 5-7% of couples who adopt due to infertility go on to become pregnant? Well, apparently the odds are in our favor, because...

Jaxson is going to be a big brother! We took this picture of Jaxson in January when we used this onesie to share the news with our families.

So far, things seem to be going well. I have had three ultrasounds, and everything is looking great. I am just about 15 weeks and the baby is due September 2. Jaxson and his sibling will be ten months apart in age. This will be quite the adventure, but we are definitely very excited!

Rice Cereal

We recently started noticing that Jaxson seemed VERY interested in regular food. He would start loosing interest in his bottle if he noticed someone around him eating, try and put your fingers in his mouth if you had been eating something, or just find other ways to try and get food. We figured that since he is just about four months old, is obviously interested in eating, and was able to sit up in his high chair that it was time to introduce rice cereal.

He did really good with taking the spoon and swallowing, but I don't know if he is too big a fan of how the cereal tastes.


As you can see from this picture, Jaxson was starting to pull nasty faces after it was in his mouth. It was like he wanted to eat it, but just was disgusted by the flavor. I guess I can't blame him. :)

Today when I tried the rice cereal, I tried mixing in a little bit of apple juice. I thought that would definitely improve the flavor for him, but no such luck. Hopefully we can move on to baby food soon and he will like that a little bit better.