Felix laughs

4 months old!

Felix is four months old today! He had a check-up with Dr. Jena and is doing great. His current stats are: weight 17 lbs 5 oz (7.85 kg) length 26 inches (66 cm). Unfortunately he still has the tail end of a cough and now has a little ear infection but this doesn't seem to affect his mood at all; he is as easy-going and happy as usual mostly. He is starting to teethe, and we can see little white toothbuds in his gums, with lots of drool to match. He has an adorable chuckle-laugh, which is often directed at his big sister. Here are some more pictures of Felix and Ella and their dear Opa, who sadly has now gone back home to Holland.

Ella is ready to go to the park:


If you look closely, you can see Felix's outline inside Mama's wrap:

An Opa Visit

Da Boyz

Happy Birthday to Ella, Felix and Emile's Oma. Here's to a very special Special birthday and bon voyage in New Zealand! Ella sang Happy Birthday to Oma this evening when Oma called from the LA airport during the layover.

Here are Felix and his buddy Daniel hanging out last week

Splashy Water Baby

Felix had the time of his life yesterday in the bath. From the minute he got in, he just started kicking his legs like crazy and barely stopped. He also even giggled a couple of times. He thought the water-wheel with the dolphins on it was hilarious too. He cried when we took him out of the bath, he could have stayed in there longer. It was so funny to see him kicking so much. Good exercise for those hamhock legs of his.

I'm happy to say that Ella has a friend at school. Her name is Alexia and they played together all day yesterday, according to Miss Lynette.

A SoCal Christmas

Things I like about Xmas in Southern California:
* Going to the store on Christmas Eve in flip-flops
* The only snowmen you see in your neighbors' front yard are made of wire and twinkling lights
* Celebrating Christmas and Hannukah at the same time and nobody bats an eye
* Eating Tofurkey for Christmas dinner, being able to find it easily at the grocery store, and other people have heard of it and don't say To-what-y???

Big News

Felix just went to the pediatrician yesterday, and she said he's getting to be a real fatty! No, she didn't say that, but she said that, at almost two months old, his size is the same as the average 3 1/2 month-old. He's at the 90th percentile for weight and 95th for height for a two month-old, weighing 13 lbs. 13 oz. (6265 g) and 24 1/2 in. (62 cm) in height. His head is only at the 50th percentile (15 1/2 cm), but no worries, I'm sure it'll catch up. He also got his first vaccination for Pertussis, Diptheria and Polio at the pediatrician's.

Oh yes, and Felix smiles a lot, as you can tell from the picture.



Here is Ella with a sling that Nicki made for her doll Big Baby. Nicki is always carrying Felix around in a similar sling, so Nicki sewed together a little one with fabric left over from a larger one. Nicki's boss, Becky, gave her a nice sewing machine that she's starting to get the hang of using. Ella loves her new sling and has been carrying Big Baby around in it all day.

Ella started a new preschool this week and she really loves it. This is a big deal for her, because she usually hates going to school and cries when we take her there. But with this one, she is excited to go to school and doesn't want to leave when we pick her up. She still whimpers a little bit when we leave, but hey, it's the first week. I think the school is going to work out.

Here is Ella and Nicki at the holiday party they had at her school on Thursday, with the school's director, Lynette.