While in Dallas we saw Aunt Karen, of course, Randi Rose and a a few of Karen's other friends. We went to Randi Rose and Joshua's beautiful wedding and then headed to Austin for a few days to hang out with Grandma and Grandpa Anderson and meet great grandmother Mimi and great Aunt Susan and Uncle Mark. We also got to hang out with my dear friend Stephanie that I have not seen in over 3 years while in Austin!! Successful Texas leg of the trip!
Now we're in Montgomery, Alabama with daddy! We're crammed into a one bedroom hotel room with a kitchenette. Definitely not ideal but we're making due and at least we're all together for a few weeks. Todd has class everyday while we're here but we'll be traveling to Pensacola to see old friends this weekend-just Saturday/Sunday and then next weekend we're meeting up with Todd's brother Trevor, sister in law Tracie and 2 of our nephews in Panama City for the long holiday weekend. I'm also hoping to meet up with Elise in Atlanta or somewhere else to meet her sweet baby Vincent. Hopefully we'll work something out!
Between the 2 and 3 month mark Anderson got diagnosed with reflux and started perscription zantac for it. He's always had some reflux issues since he was born and they gradually got worse and worse to the point that he was screaming when he ate and spitting up all.the.time. He's been on the medicine about 3 weeks and some days I feel like its improving and some days I'm not so sure. When we get back to South Dakota he'll have his 4 month well baby check and I'm sure I'll have a lengthy discussion with Dr Mueller about it :)
Last he was weighed he was about 13.5# and about 25in long! He started wearing 3-6 month clothes about 2 weeks before he turned 3 months and fits them a little too well! He has perfect head control now and *loves* sitting up. He hasn't had his bumbo this whole trip and I don't think he's liking being propped up on pillows or being held so much. You can tell he's trying so hard to sit on his own! He stopped rolling as much lately to work on pulling forward on the floor on his belly- I think we're going to have an early crawler! He definitely wants to GO! He's reaching and grabbing EVERYTING now! He's even starting to reach for food on my plate when I hold him while eating-I think he's definitely going to be ready for solids soon! He's so aware of the world around him now and likes to observe everything and everyone. He's very interested in his feet these days but is still trying to figure out if they belong to his body or not. He's sleeping wonderfully now- averageing about 10 hours a night! and still taking 4 solid naps a day. Fortunately since he eats A LOT faster now we have more awake/play time! His newest thing is scratching the surface of objects and hearing the noise-the seat belt, the bathtub, anything. It's pretty funny. He also started screaching and squealing and I think he surprises himself when he makes such loud noises. He smiles and laughs all the time and is quite the flirt with girls :) Its so amazing to watch him grow and learn and figure out how to do new things. Its also so amazing how much more I love him each day.
We get back to Rapid City on February 21 and one week later I'll start back to work 2 days a week. I'm excited to have something for me but so anxious to leave him. Then we'll have his 4 month well baby check and will hopefully start trying to introduce solid foods shortly after. Todd gets home around March 12 and all will be well again :)