So Much Going On!

Rolled over while holding the blanket. He thinks he is funny.

Wow, I haven't posted in a month. Things have been quite crazy around here but I'll try to catch everyone up on what has been going on with our family. McCoy has his 4 month well check on February 6th. He weighed in at 13 lbs 12 oz, was 24 1/2 inches tall and his head circumference was 16 1/2 inches. He is just growing like a weed. About a week or so before his appointment he learned how to roll over. He learned how to roll from his stomach to his back one day, mostly just because he wasn't too excited about being on his stomach. I wasn't very good with tummy time, I always gave in. The very next day he taught himself how to roll from his back to his stomach. He only did it once that day but the next day we couldn't keep him from being on his stomach. He was like a rolling maniac, which he still is. He enjoys being on his stomach so much that he gets mad when his neck gets tired and he should roll onto his back. He is still smiley as can be. It doesn't even matter if you are smiling at him, he will smile at you.

My snuggly boy

McCoy has also been very interested in our food. He will sit and watch the fork move from the plate to our mouth. So about a week ago we decided to try t feed him rice cereal. My sister Kris said that we would know if he was ready for it. He certainly was ready for it. He loves rice cereal. So we have been feeding it to him twice a day.

First bites
(You can see his fuzzy hair lit up by the sunlight, he is getting more every day)

He would get mad if I didn't feed him fast enough

Back to being happy!

He's also a talker. He really enjoys hearing his own voice. While he is playing he just talks and yells the whole time. He makes funny sounds using his tongue. I find him pretty amusing. Along with the rolling over he has started using his arms to push himself up. It's like he is doing push ups all the time. It's like he learns something new and just moves on to the next thing. I'm not looking forward to chasing him around once he learns how to crawl. Don't get me wrong I'm excited for him to crawl, but my baby is growing up too fast. I didn't realize that he would grow so quickly. I'm trying to take as much time snuggling him right now as I can. I realize that he won't be my snuggle bug forever.

Like I said earlier things have been crazy around here. We finally sold our house in St. George and we are so excited to be able to find a place to rent. Two weeks ago my mom went to the hospital for heart problems. She had had a heart attack earlier in the week and hadn't known, but that night she started having chest pains and was throwing up a lot. Finally the pain was so bad she figured she was having a heart attack. It was quite a scare for the family. The main artery to her heart was 100 % clogged so they put a stint in which helped the blood flow get back to her heart. That first night we were not given very good news. We were told that she only had 20% heart function and that so much of her heart was dead muscle that would most likely not recover. We were also told that she could cardiac death at any point. She would not be able to have a normal life again. Within a few hours some of the muscle had come back and her heart function was between 35% and 40%. She came home 5 days later and has been doing well since. We know that a lot of her recovery was due to prayer from many people and we are so thankful for that. Two days later my little sister, Julianne, found out that she is having TRIPLETS! Yes I said TRIPLETS. We are so excited for her! This means that my parents will more than double their grandchildren in a year. The triplets will be hard work but all of her family is here for her.

Valentine's weekend was so fun. I will do a whole separate post on that because Jeff and his friends planned the funnest trip and they deserve a post just about how great they are!

One more thing, I just wanted to remind everyone that I'm going to make my blog private soon. So if you haven't given me your email address please do! Anyone and everyone!