Four Months Flown By...

Hello All! There's been lots going on around here to tell you about. Bea is already FOUR MONTHS OLD! As my friend Deanna told me... with a newborn, the days sometimes seem long, but the months fly by!

First, Bea is officially 18 weeks old. She went in yesterday for her four-month check up, and she seems to be doing great. Dad and Bea did better with her shots then Mom (I had to turn away). Bea now weighs 12 pounds 6 ounces and is 23 inches long. Although Bea is now more than four months old, she is still only two months old "corrected" - that means she still looks and acts two months younger then she is, because she was two months premature. So, according to the measurements for two-month-olds, she is 75 percentile for weight, but only 45th percentile for height. Guess we're going to have to stretch her!

Bea is also doing lots of fun things now like - smiling a lot, playing with toys, and starting to make really cute baby cooing noises. She is sleeping in her big girl crib, and sleeps for 5-6 hours a night most of the time. So, Mom and Dad are starting to act a bit human again. She is still struggling with the acid reflux enough that she had to have an increase in her medicine last week and Mom is still on a highly restricted diet. In addition, we joke that Bea only poops on Tuesdays. So, she's had to add prune juice to her diet.

In other news, Grandma and Grandpa Rach sold their house in Appleton and are now living with us for a short time. They close on their new house here in Bloomington, MN on August 17. Until then, Matt and I are enjoying having some live-in help. It's good timing because Matt is very busy. He is finishing up his MBA summer class and work is crazy. His firm was already fairly busy and is now part of several teams that are bidding on the reconstruction of the 35W bridge. So, it's been nice to have some extra hands around to help with Bea and Bullet.

As for me, I am getting out a lot more. Bea and I try to plan at least one outing a day. I'm starting to think about going back to work at some point, but still a bit unsure what turn I want my career to take. If you have any suggestions, let me know!

All the best,
Melissa