My funny, runny Valentine

David celebrated his first Valentine's day with his daycare sweety, Katerina (he'll be spending time with his real girlfriend, Alicia, in a couple of weeks :)). 

He also surprised us with this awesome Valentine's card (this explains the red paint mommy found on his feet earlier in the week)!

Later in the week, we had Sunday brunch with mom-mom and pop-pop, and David feasted on mom-mom's hand:

And gave some hugs..

Then mommy & daddy took close-ups with the little guy to see if we could figure out who he resembles more. Verdict is still out (ok, ok, here he definitely looks more like daddy... :)):

And then unfortunately David came down with his first cold - he was trying really hard to fight it off, and even got a fever that kept him home from daycare & brought us to the Dr's office so he could see his favorite lady Drs :)  Since he had some wheezing along with the cough, we got sent home with a fancy nebulizer. It looks a lot scarier than it is - he actually loved it, probably because between the steamy vapors and the medicine, it brought him sweet relief! 

Luckily after a few days of TLC, he's almost all better (with the saddest little hoarse voice!). And here he is showing what a strong little guy he is after getting through a rough week :)

All ready for my Bahamas trip!

In addition to spending the past week healing up for his big trip, David also learned how to reach up in order to be picked up (cute.. for now :) ), reaches out to let Franklin lick his hand, he stops eating any time I start talking (he'll look up at me smiling, or put his hand up to my mouth), and we think he's SO close to rolling over unassisted! Another exciting week in the Funt household :)

4 Months: Cousin Cole, Food & Feet!

What a month! So far, David got a new cousin, started eating solids, and figured out how to hold onto his feet. It seems like every week he's changing so drastically, that it's hard to document each milestone as they're flying by! But I'll do my best now :)

First things first, David helped welcome his first cousin, Cole James, into the world on Friday, Feb 1st. We hung out with the Byrne/Lambert family and mom-mom and pop-pop in the hospital waiting room for 12hrs, while Aunt Lauren labored away and Uncle Sean kept us posted via texts, and we finally found out we had another boy in the family at 5am Friday morning! 

David had an awesome time hanging out with everybody, and made lots of new friends... his favorite by far was Sean's sister, Renee.

David could not contain himself when she walked into the room - he started cooing and talking and laughing and flirting with her the minute he saw her pretty pink hat, and kept us all entertained for hours after with his silly flirty antics. We definitely have a ladies' man on our hands!

He also played with pop-pop and the soon-to-be Grandpa Lambert and Grandma Byrne:

And when he finally met Cole, he quickly established what we all anticipated these past 9 months... that David and Cole are going to have a fierce cousin-rivalry! The only time David fussed at all were the 2 times he was in the room with Cole! Ha. I'm sure they'll be best of friends in no time :)

When we got back from our exciting weekend with Cole, we had our 4-month checkup.
The morning of his 4m visit, he showed me and daddy a new trick - holding his feet!

David did great with all of his vaccinations (same reaction as 2 months - quick cry during the shots, and about 5hrs later, had to give some tylenol & walk up and down the stairs about 50 times(!) to ease his crying). He grew just over an inch and gained another 2 pounds, so is now 25.25" long, and 15.1lbs. We got the go-ahead to start solids, and because David spent the previous week waking during the night for an extra feeding, me and dad were pretty excited about getting him started!

Here's David trying out his high-chair, and Franklin assuming position!

We took some video of David's first time eating with the spoon, but we're having technical difficulties uploading it :( so we'll have to make due with some still shots :) From the first spoonful, David opened right up and reached out to grab your hand or the spoon to pull it towards his mouth. 

We started with some rice cereal (pic on left, dad's feeding him), and the 2nd week we moved on to peas, which he was much less excited about (pic on right). Next week we'll try out some apples - at the very least, we won't have his neck dyed green after eating :)

 And finally, here are some shots of David @ 4 months:

And here are some final shots from the past few weeks of just hanging around:

that's right, graduated to the stand-up, walking toy at daycare!

  Doing some irish jigging on mom-mom's lap:

more tummy time

franklin looks thrilled.. if he's not licking david, he's not happy :) 

lazy sunday nap on the couch :)

Something New Everyday

Every day it seems David is learning something new - over the past 2 weeks, he's learned how to reach out and grab a toy and bring it to his mouth, or up to his face for closer examination; he will turn his head as far left or right as it can go to check out someone talking behind him; he stands up - assisted - all the time and loves hanging out in his new jumper (see below); he reaches out to turn the pages of the book we're reading; he apparently is a lover of cards just like mommy and daddy (reacting to poor pick-ups & pulling cards out of your hand); and he laughs! 

This last feat is by far my favorite. David's always been a giggler, but now when he laughs, it's like he's cracking up, laughing all the way down through his belly and out his toes. And watching him laugh is pure bliss :)

Here are some snapshots from our adventures over the past 2 weeks:

First time in the jumper - thanks for letting me stretch my legs mom & dad!

Another sleepover with Laura & Cara

Some classic Seuss with Grandpa

Learning a new card game with Nana

Deciding to swipe a few cards ("discard these ones Nana!")

Daycare in the morning, 5 sec after daddy put him down, already playing!

More play time in the jumper

The boys in the basement

Looking SO big!

Out to lunch

Just being cute :) 

3 Months!

David celebrated his 3 month birthday by going to school for his first full week! I haven't been able to snap any pics at daycare, since I'm too busy hugging and kissing him when I'm there to stop to take a picture :)  But I'll do my best this week to get at least a couple of him with his favorite teachers (Ms. Ivette and Ms. Tamika are the ones he flirts with the most :) ).  This week, David learned how to finger-paint! and is eating and sleeping great, so thankfully he appears to be adjusting really well.

David got to hang with mom-mom during an overnight visit as well.  Here are the 2 of them, watching some playoff football and getting ready for bed:

And we also got David's Passport!  We're taking a trip to the Bahamas at the end of February with work, and apparently even 3-month-old babies need passports!  So here he is, our little international business traveler:

At 3 months, David is quickly turning into a little boy (and feeling less and less like a little baby): he's always trying to sit-up when he's laying down, he much prefers to stand on your lap than sit (his legs are so strong!), during tummy time, he holds his neck up and looks all around the room and actually enjoys it (at least for a few minutes :)); he is still sleeping through the night, with bedtime somewhere between 10 and 11, and wake-up time somewhere around 6 or 7.  He's eating 5oz at each feeding (still about every 3 hours), and is trying to eat everything else he can put in his mouth, including both hands (at the same time), my hair, bibs, blankets, daddy's sweatshirt, you name it.  

He still loves 'talking' to us, especially during diaper changes and when we're singing; he's still a big flirt; he and Franklin have started taking more interest in each other, but no real interaction just yet.  And he seems to have a propensity for the piano - he coo's along and appears really interested whenever we have piano music playing.  I'm hoping that means maybe he got some of the McSorley musical talent (that skipped a generation :) )!

Overall, at 3 months, David is just the sweetest little boy - my 'laugh lines' are growing deeper everyday thanks to my inability to look at him without smiling ear to ear. 

And now, without further adieu, here are the winners from our 3 month photo shoot: