The Wilson Universe

It’s been a little hectic in the Wilson Universe the last few weeks.  Our trip to Texas was a success.

Finley met, and subsequently charmed, his Great Grandma Corey as well as several other Texas relatives.  He enjoyed all the attention and was a very well behaved baby most of the time. The trip down and back were a little stressful for him.  I decided it was because he was stuck in the carseat for such long stretches of time, I think his poor little butt just got numb.  I found myself wishing for the days of my childhood, where carseats were optional and riding on Mommy’s lap was completely acceptable.  Besides that, he dealt with it fairly well.  He did have a couple of diaper changes perched on Mommy’s lap while on the side of a highway, but that will make good stories for when he is older!  I think his Great Grandma was trying to figure out where she could hide him so he could just stay with her.

When we returned from Texas, things got very busy for Mommy.  My time working at Newport will be drawing to a close at the end of September.  While I’m looking forward to no longer having to be away from Finn and Corey for 24 hours at a time, it did mean I had to begin the job search again.  I was lucky and found a position working for an Orthopaedic Surgeon in Lafayette.  I’ve spent the last couple of weeks working on paperwork and trying to figure out just how much I know about Orthopaedic Surgery.  I will officially start that job on October 1st.  I’m looking forward to it but I’m also terrified.  On the upside, it is Monday through Friday, no nights, no weekends, no holidays.  It has better benefits and better job security.  However, it will be far more challenging than any other job that I’ve ever done and while I’m not afraid of a challenge, it does make me very nervous.  It also presents more of a challenge as far as taking care of Finn since my schedule won’t be as flexible any more.  But as we have done thus far, we will figure it all out as we go along.

Finally, Finn has done a lot of growing up just in the last couple of weeks.  He is very chatty, he is interactive and playful and has recently discovered his hands and feet.  He’s still not entirely sure about eating baby food but he is intensely interested in what Daddy and I are eating.  For your viewing pleasure, a few of my favorite recent pics of him.  Enjoy

This is Finn with a teddy bear that Great Grandma Dreher sent him.  He posed himself, I just sat him up in the chair with the bear.

I wasn’t home for this one.  Corey had stripped him down before feeding him his carrots since he was going straight to bathtime afterward.  Apparently, he became fascinated watching a bad sci fi movie then dialed up the adorable afterward.

Check out the photo album (there’s a link in the Photo tab on the right) for more pics from Texas and the full series of pics with the teddy bear and after eating.

Yesterday marked the 4 month anniversary of Finley Theodore’s unexpectedly early arrival into this world.  I don’t think anyone would have guessed how far he would come in four short months.  As completely unbiased observers, Corey and I think that Finn is far and away the most exceptional baby on the planet.  Okay, so maybe we are a little biased, but we can say that he is completely on track for his age and he has quite the following of family and friends that believe he is very sweet and adorable.

We had his 4 month check up today.  He weighs 16 1/2 pounds which puts him between the 75th and 90th percentile.  His growth chart doesn’t so much curve as go straight up.  He is 23 1/2 inches tall which is in the 10th percentile.  I have already apologized to him for that.

His doctor is very pleased with his progress.  He is meeting all of his milestones.  He holds up his head, he smiles, he reaches for things.  His umbilical hernia has almost completely resolved as well as his hydrocele. He has had quite the appetite lately so we are going to begin introducing solids now.  I think he is excited about that!

To celebrate, we will be leaving tonight for Finley’s very first trip out of state!  We are heading to Texas so he can meet his great grandma.  I’m excited to have a few days to enjoy with my boys not worrying about houses, jobs and bills.