4 Months Old!

Christopher is 4 months old or 17 weeks and 2 days.

We've got bad news and good news. The bad news first... we've had to switch from satellite tv to limited basic cable to cut costs. We had the cable hooked up on Wednesday and then it went out both Thursday and Friday! After calling Comcast, they were able to send someone out within the hour on Thursday. However, when I called on Friday (Good Friday), they weren't going to be able to send someone out until this morning. Thankfully, they're giving us a $20.00 credit. We ended up using the rabbit ears to watch the local channels Friday night, so it wasn't too bad. When the technician came out today, he told us that the filter keeping us from getting expanded basic cable was bad. The good news about the bad news is that the technician took off the bad filter, so we're now getting expanded basic for the price of limited basic! Yay! Shad's happier since he'll be able to watch baseball and football on ESPN and ESPN2. There were a couple of channels that I would miss that we now have, but it was mainly Shad who was going to miss all the channels.

The other part of the bad news was that we're also going to have to cut our home phone service down to the bare basics. We're going to try to keep our DSL, but that may have to go, too. We're definitely keeping our cell phones as we consider those pretty important (what DID people do without them in the past???). We would even cut off the home phone completely, but we need it for Internet service. It's kind of a bummer to be staying at home with Christopher without much to do (besides housework, which gets old fast). I'm so thankful when the weather's nice so we can get outside! But even then, I have to be careful how much sun Christopher gets since he can't use sunscreen until he's 6 months old.

Okay, the good news... since Christopher is 4 months old today, we're crossing 2 milestones. The first is that we're going to start him on cereal today! Shad's going to videotape and get pictures of our attempt, so hopefully I'll be able to share them afterward.

The second milestone is that we're switching Christopher from the bassinet to his crib tonight. At least, we're going to attempt to make the switch! I just hope now that he's typically sleeping until at least 4:00 am (6.5 hours), he doesn't revert back to waking several times! It's going to be harder for me to get up since I'll have to go into another room instead of staying in the same one. It's all for the best, though. It's time for him to be in his own room now. I'm tired of having to walk and talk quietly in the bedroom at night. I'll post an update in my next entry.

Here are a few of pictures of Christopher taken 4/10/06:


















































Milestones: Christopher has now rolled both from his stomach to his back AND from his back to his stomach! He did back to stomach this week! He's playing with his feet a lot more, still drooling a lot, and now gumming things frequently. I'm sure those teeth are going to start poking through pretty soon! He also has been "talking" more often.

Job Update: The last thing I heard was that Bank of America hired someone from another branch, so that option is gone now. However, there's still supposed to be a couple of part-time openings at a couple of other branches here in town. They have yet to be posted, though, so I'm STILL at a standstill! Hopefully, something good will come out of this VERY soon!