Four Months Old!

Can I just tell you all that I cannot believe that my little baby is already 4 months old!!!!! It is crazy how fast time flies when you have a kid. I feel like I blinked my eyes and then he was four months old. He is all in all a really mellow, happy kid. He smiles easily, sleeps through the night most of the time, and thinks that I am pretty funny.... what more could a mom ask for? He has had his troubles with naps, but what kid doesn't have a few kinks to work out?

Shiloh had his four month old appointment at the doctor's office today. Here are the stats:
Height: 85th percentile (26 inches long)
Weight: 18th percentile (14 lbs.)
Head Size: 80th percentile (17.1 cm)

So he is definitely one tall and skinny kid!!!! He is one cute kid too. He is on the verge of rolling over, especially when he is on his stomach. He HATES tunny time, so it is quite a good motivation to learn how to roll over. I truly expect it any day now. He is a master giggler and it still melts my heart every time. I guess it is the simple things that makes being a mom worth it. It is still hard sometimes, but I sure do love it!

Our Anniversary weekend!

So, This passed weekend was our Anniversary weekend. We decided to get away even though we couldn't go with just the two of us. Park city has pretty decent deal this time of year since all of the ski resorts are closed and non of the summer festivities have started up yet. We went up on Sunday after church and came home on Tuesday morning. The plan was fairly simple: Relax go out to eat a few times, including a nice restaurant (which didn't happen, funny story to be included later), and swim. We stayed at the silver king and the weather was nice. Monday we went to the outlet shops and looked around. Th we headed back to the pool for swim time.
Here is Kenny putting Shiloh in the "cold" pool. I thought it was pretty chilly, but Kenny said he didn't think it was too cool. He is usually the picky one about pool temperature, but this time I was the picky one. Shiloh never even cried once. He loved it
Shiloh just enjoyed playing in the water and didn't even cry when his head got dunked all of the way under the water. He like the hot tub too. he just our cute little water baby.
I don't have anything to write about this picture other than I think it is soooo cute. We had just gotten out of the pool here.

Later that night Kenny and I, and Shiloh, got a little dressed up for dinner. We had decided on an Irish restaurant that was on Main Street. Once we got Main and walked up the hill to the restaurant it was closed. There was no warning on the phone recording we called to check the time. Apparently, half the restaurants close during the off time as well. About this time Shiloh started fussing. We were trying to find a nice place to eat and had contemplated even going to a little place in Heber. As we tried to calm the little one down, nothing seemed to be working and we were getting hungry. Low and behold, one of the only places open and close was Red Banjo Pizza. This place was neither nice nor quiet, and definitely not the kind of placed we had envisioned for our nice anniversary dinner. There were kids running all over the place and it was really loud, the pizza was good, but it was kind of dirty looking all around. We looked pretty out of place in our nicer apparel and there we were feeding Shiloh a bottle at the dinner table while our pizza was getting cold. It was just one of those moments that was completely indactive of the stage in life we are at. I had to laugh about it. All in all, though, it was a great weekend!

First Shiloh Smiles on Camera!

We finally got some of Shiloh's smile and camera. He would smile and smile and smile, but the minute camera was out, he would want the passifier. Luckily, they are little easier to get now that he smiles so much more, we are on the verge of giggles and I hope to get one any day now.

My Baby Sister is Married

My little sister Chandi got married this past month. It is so weird to me that she is married. She is the youngest in our family. I kept looking at her thinking, "Is she really old enough to be married?" Then I would realize that I was only one year older when I got married. So weird! Anyway, she is such a beautiful girl, and her wedding was gorgeous. She married Jordan Shepherd. He is a great guy and already fits into the family. I think that he is still getting used our family,since we are little louder and crazier than most families, but he handles us really well :) Congrats to them. (obviously you can tell that I am behind in my blogging since this is from last month.)

Piper, Pixie, and Shiloh

I finally got brave enough a couple of weeks ago to let Kenny help Shiloh "meet" the dogs for the first time. Granted, he has technically met them before, but I have been pretty weary up until this point to let the dogs lick or touch him. Dogs are just so germy, and our dogs in particular LOVE to lick everyone and everything! I was a little nervous at first, but the whole thing turned out pretty fun and Shiloh loved the dogs, He thought they were so funny and kept smiling at Piper especially. The dogs were equally interested in him, and a little befuddles by the sudden change in rules. They hadn't been allowed to touch him or anything before this without getting in trouble. I am still pretty careful with the dogs and Shiloh when I am at home by myself, but it is nice to kind of get that fear of the dogs touching him out of the way!

Like Father, Like Son

Over the past 3 months, I have noticed so many similarities between Kenny and Shiloh. They make the same facial expressions, they both are really hard to wake up once the have fallen asleep, they have the same body build, their hair grows in the same direction, they both sleep with their arms above their head and oh so many more, but I thought that this similarity required a picture and a blog post of....

This is Kenny's hair when he wakes up in the morning. He always has the most out of control "wings" coming off of the side of his head. This is not just every once in a while, this is every time he wakes up.Now take notice of Shiloh's hair in the following picture...

and.....

This is a typical hair do for Shiloh in the morning. I always laugh to see the two of them with such crazy hair every morning, and I find it a very funny similarity between the two of them.

Vaccines

Why is it that no one tells you how sad your baby's first shots are! Shiloh is a total trooper. He only cried for like 30 seconds after the shots were given, but he has been so sad and fussy since we got home. There isn't anything I can do to help him either. I just have to give it time. I feel a bit helpless. I just have to keep telling myself that this IS for his good. It is just hard to watch him fuss and cry and have nothing be able to console him. He finally fell asleep after 5 hours of fighting it. At least I know what to expect at his four month appointment, right?

Well, beyond the shots, his two month appointment well. He is in the 70th percentile for height, 37th percentile for weight, and 64th percentile for head size. They say that he is looking really healthy and growing well. Needless to say, he follows in his father's body type and not mine: tall and skinny :D The doctor just kept commenting on how handsome Shiloh is. Of course I agree. So, those are the stats.

"Professional" photos :)

Our friend Steven Glauser was very generous and did our "first" photo shoot of Shiloh. Although we have many pictures of the little man already, this was a little more professional. We didn't even have to go to the mall to get them done either. We did them in the comfort of the Glauser home. Look at how great they turned out!

He looks so old in this picture. It has gotta be the hair! I don't think anyone would guess that he is only 5 weeks old in this pic!
So the cute little monster hat that Shiloh is sporting was cute gift made (yes I said made) by my friend Irene. I thought his head never be big enough to fit in it when he was first born. Although it is a little big still I just couldn't resist using it for these pictures. I think it is so adorable! Thanks Irene.
Look how precious this little expression on Shiloh's face is! I know, I am super biased being his mom and all, but I love this pic! We ordered one from Costco in a bit bigger size so that I can look at it more than just on the computer.
Well thanks to two of our amazing friends (Irene and Steve) these pics turned out so well. I am so glad that we did them too. I debated about having some sort of professional pictures taken and I am glad that we were able to get some taken. They turned out so well!

More pictures (as promised)

So below is another slide show of pictures of the boy over the last month. I was going to highlight a few pictures, but at this point, Shiloh just sits there. I figure when he is just starting to walk or there is really something amazing to point out I will write some captions about those pics, but for now just enjoy:)

4 weeks old today!

To start off, Shiloh is four weeks old today. A lot of firsts have happened in the past four weeks. He has gotten to meet all of his cousins, all of his aunties and uncles, his granny from Tucson, his great Grandparents Jensen, and a myriad of our close friends. He is growing like a weed! I can't believe how big he is already. We did our own unofficial weigh in at home and he is now over 9 lbs. I think that I am going to have great mom muscles in my arms from carrying him around.
Last weekend we were able to bless Shiloh in our home. It was such a beautiful experience! We were able to have a lot of family there and it just made the whole experience that much better! We have such a great kid. I just adore everything about him. Not that we haven't had our frustrating times or our lack of sleep, but he is completely worth it.
Something else that these past four weeks have brought, and it isn't very happy, is a cold for Shiloh. :( We have have had countless sleepless nights listening to the poor guy cough and snort. We thought all was getting better, but last night he sounded a bit worse and when he woke up his whole right eye was sealed off and goopy. I called the pediatrician this morning and they said I have to go in. So we will get to experience another first among all of the other firsts that we have experienced thus far... taking a sick kid to the doc. I do have to say, to whomever gave my poor little guy this infection, you stink! I guess I can say that because I don't know who it is and I don't run the risk of offending anyone in being generic. Well, needless to say, I have felt so bad and been so worried about my little man. Hopefully he gets better soon, and we can try to get back to some sort normalcy at the Williams home. All in all, the past month has been great. I have loved getting to know the new little person in our home. He fits in just perfectly.

Shiloh is Here

Our little man came on January 30, 2011 at 5:54 p.m. He weighed a whopping 6 lbs. 8 oz. and he is 19 1/2 in. long. We couldn't be any happier with the addition to our family! If you ask me he is the cutest baby that has ever been. I know, I know, all of you mothers out there would fight me about it, but that is the way it is supposed to be right? We are a very happy little family. He is doing well!