July 11th - Happy Birthday Cruz!

Well Cruz is 4 months today. Jake and I were talking last night and we can't believe how fast these last 4 months have went. It feels like yesterday we were sitting in the hospital room waiting for Cruz to arrive and now here we are 4 months later! Plus it feels like Jake just got home from Iraq and now he leaves again in 2 very short months. At least we know we'll be moving back to Nebraska for good a year from right now so that's something to look forward too!

Anyways, we had his 4 month check up this morning and everything went really well. He's 25 1/4 inches long and 14 lbs 7 oz. The doctor said he's in the 50th percentile for both height and weight. And of course he had to get his shots, which always breaks my heart, but he did his usual scream for a few seconds and then he was fine. Below are two cute pictures I got last night. We try to read to Cruz every night and I caught this picture of Jake and Cruz on the floor from the doorway before Jake knew I was standing there. Cruz looks so interested in the book huh:) And then we are starting to do the triangle sitting (where he is bent over with his arms outside of his legs on the ground) with Cruz so he can build his muscles to be able to sit on his own. As you can see from the picture he doesn't like it much but the more we do it the more he's able to balance himself so we'll keep working on it! Hope everyone has a great weekend...