Musings of the Kings: January 2012

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Best of friends

Bentley may not know it yet, but he has a new best friend. Malin over the last few weeks has become VERY interested in our furry friend. She'll stop crying if she hears Bentley walk into the room, she loves to give him pets or ear pulls, and best of all, she likes to give him wet kisses just like he does to her (although we do try to discourage this!).

Friday, January 13, 2012

6 months

Well, January 8 came and past with no post! We spent the morning of Malin's half birthday in Port Jefferson with my good friend Susanne...followed by a quick trip to Dr. Schwartz since I had an inkling that M's ear infection hadn't cleared up (Thanks Susanne for convincing me!). Unfortunately, our suspicions were correct...M has a double ear infection. So another 10 days of antibiotics it is. In the meantime, she let me take her picture, but wasn't quite in full spirit.

Malin's 5 month stats

Weight: 14lbs5oz (16th percentile)

Length: 26 inches (55th percentile...she went from 25th to 55th in one month!)

Head: 41 cm (11th percentile...ugh oh!)

This month Malin...
-learned how to sit up
-Eats rice cereal, oatmeal, pear, apple, banana, avocado, sweet potato, mango, and her favorite...PRUNES!)
-sleeps from about 7-10 then 10-4 and awake at 7:30
-laughed at a little boy in her daycare when he started crying
-finally sleeps unswaddled (that may have happened right at 5 months)

Christmas Catch-Up

In an effort to record Malin's first Christmas, I'm blogging a little late! We had a great first Christmas as a little family. This year, we stayed in NY but were lucky enough to have Lucas off both Saturday and Sunday (Christmas eve and Christmas day).

So here is our Christmas in pictures!

My little Christmas helper