Oh my goodness, our baby is 4 months old today. Where has all the time gone already? He is getting so big so fast! He weighs 16 pounds and is 25 inches tall. He is now able to stand up with support. We got him an exersaucer. At first he did not like it too much but now he loves it. We also let him stand next to it to get practice standing. He loves the fishy toy on it. He is also trying to learn to crawl. He scoots himself around on the floor. He is so cute! 
Our lives have continued to be an adventure. I have been back to work full time for 5 weeks now. It has been extremely difficult. I am at work at least 9 hours everyday. Some days are longer than others. Being the supervisor and having a new baby at home has been challenging for me. I am trying to do my best at work and home but sometimes I feel like I am failing. Other days I feel like things are going okay. Brian and I are trying this out to see what happens. We have some decisions to make. 
Brian is also busy at work. He has always been good at what he does and enjoys it. But his job is demanding too. So with both of us with managerial jobs, it keeps life interesting for us. Brian found out this week that he will be traveling for work soon. Neither of us are too happy about it but understand that it has to be done. Brian is going to miss Austin a lot. I am going to miss Brian a lot! Brian and I have been great partners in raising Austin but with him gone for two weeks that leaves everything up to me. Let’s hope I can do this!
Earlier this week, Austin decided that he should get up every two hours during the night. That was miserable! He usually gets up at least once a night and sometimes twice. We are okay with that. But every two hours and working all week makes things very difficult. Luckily that only lasted three nights. Austin seems to be back to his normal routine. We think he was starting to teeth. No teeth have broken though yet. He also had a stuffy nose so that may have contributed to his non-sleeping nights.
We get reports from daycare. So we know when he sleeps, eats, and gets his diaper changed. Well Monday, Austin slept in daycare from 7am until 11:45am! We wish we could sleep until 11:45am. Austin decided to keep us up all night and sleep all morning while we had to be at work. He is so silly!The weather is finally nice. We try to walk around the block every night with him. All the neighbors stop and talk to us and want to see Austin. Yesterday we took Austin for a long walk to Subway for dinner. He enjoys his walks. As long as his tummy is full we can go anywhere with him. He enjoys seeing everything.
Also yesterday we were out shopping with Austin. Most of the time when we go to the store, we leave Austin in his car seat so it can easily go onto the shopping cart. In his car seat, I have a pacifier just in case and a rag for when he drools. We stopped in Best Buy to look at dishwashers real quick. Brian took him out of the car seat and carried him inside. We were looking at dishwashers then all of a sudden Austin spit up. Brian looked at me and asked if I had a rag. I didn't. Everything was in the car. Then Brian come up with the idea to take his socks off and use them. I thought that was genius. I was too embarrassed that I did not have a rag to think of that! Next time we go into a store I will be sure to have a rag with me! All the simple things, I have to learn about being a mom.
Two other noteworthy events is that Austin's passport arrived in the mail and we had a tornado warning. Our city's tornado sirens were going off and I had to take Austin downstairs and into a center closet which we think it the safest option. We don't have a basement, but a lower level that is partially underground.
Today we are going to visit Grandma and Gramps and also my parents. It is suppose to be another nice day. We are going to enjoy it before we start another long week.
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