We just got back from CT this past Wednesday. It was a wonderful two week vacation. As the title of this post indicates there were a lot of firsts for Zach. He had his first airplane ride which went great on the way up and not so great on the way back as he caught his first cold in CT and was not feeling well. Grammie had a party for the 4th and Zach got to meet A LOT of people including his Great Gramma, his Uncles Pat and Dan, and my friend Sarah and her husband Matt! He also got to spend some great time with his Auntie and Grammie and Grampa. Auntie was a wiz at putting the little guy to sleep so i started calling her the "Zach Whisperer." We miss them already!
The weather was kinda cool which Rob and i appreciated after the heat down here. We had a few nice days and took Zach for his first swim.
He seems to really like the water. Let's see some other firsts...he rolled over from back to tummy for real for the first time...and how could i forget his first real belly laugh! Grammie had the family up for dinner and we were giving Zach a bath after one of his many explosions and i turned on the water to rinse him off and every time i dripped water on his head he would burst out in uncontrollable laughter! It was so awesome to hear but unfortunately he has not repeated it
since. In time i know it will come more often and i'm glad everyone got to hear it. As you can see from the photos the little man is getting big. He has his 4 month appointment next week so we will see what he weighs and how tall. We were at the Dr. briefly this week to check out his cold and he weighed in at 17 lbs and something! Luckily his cold is just that, his lungs, ears and temp are all fine. I will update next week when i have all the exact measurements. I know i am probably missing some things that happened in CT and will have to record them later.
Our little boy is getting so big! He had his 4 month appointment last week (he's was actually 4.5 months) and he was 17 lbs 5oz and 27 inches long! He is in the 90th percentile for weight and 95th for height. He got more shots which were not fun but no ill effects. Since he had not been sleeping great at night the Dr. recommended some tips which we tried starting Saturday night, and miraculously he is back sleeping through the night. Yay for me! I think the trouble was i was nursing him to sleep instead of letting him fall asleep on his own. So now he is learning to do that and is sleeping much better. As you can see we took Zach out on the boat last weekend. He went swimming with his life vest and had a ball. 
We also started him on solid foods. He is starting on rice cereal and then will move to veggies in about a month. He loves it though, sucks it right down. Other big news that i found out today is that Zach's first tooth is coming in! He put my finger in his mouth like he does with anything he can get his hands on and bit down. Ouch! I felt a sharp edge on his gum. Maybe this explains some of his fussiness. He is going to look so cute with a tooth! Well today i went out and bought a baby pool. Its so darn hot down here and i like to get him outdoors so i figured this would be a good idea. We got him in it tonight and he was splashing around! Little Z loves the water. Next week we are off to Cleveland to meet the Sustar Clan. Can't wait...will update probably after that...
