Celebrating lots of firsts this weekend!

Now that Corey is 14 weeks old (3 & 1/2 months), we have seen big changes and we are celebrating lots of firsts.

He is starting to grab things now, he grabbed a toy hanging from his carseat handle bar on Thursday going to my moms house. I heard a chrinkle sound coming from the back and it could only be made by squeezing the toy, yay!! We have a mirror attached to the back seat so we can see him in the rearview mirror while driving, when I looked back he was playing with his little bear, it was exciting to watch him.

On Friday, I took my mom to a doctor appointment and when we got back, we fed him rice cereal for the first time! I know his pediatrician said to wait after his 4 month check up but I think he's ready so we tried it. Adding 1 oz. of breast milk to about a teaspoon of rice cereal. It was really runny, not thick at all. Poor Corey kept getting mad at us for taking out the spoon so many times...he thought the spoon was something he should suck on. But he did love the rice so yesterday (Sat.) I made it thicker, he didn't care for it too much and only ate half of it. Today I didn't try it because I worked all day...we'll try again tomorrow at mom's house.

Tonight will be Corey's very first time he is sleeping in his own room in his crib! I'm so excited and happy for this milestone. What a big boy, I know he will do good. It took me a week to get myself pumped up for it. I knew I wanted to wait until after his surgery but his surgery was a week ago. I needed one last night with him in bed with us cuddling. And last night we did just that. I held onto him knowing it was the last time. I have to do this now or he will just want to stay in our room for forever.

Wow, lots of firsts! I hope we aren't overstimulating him but I think babies get smarter that way. Just keep them going and play, interact, and love babies as much as possible and they will be happy.

Tomorrow, we are going to a cookout at my moms. I'm a cohost and we invited all of the Garcia side. Hope everyone gets to come out for Memorial Day, we don't get to see each other all that much. Everyone has their own little families and work and school so it will be fun to relax and enjoy family. I'm also hoping it doesn't rain, we got Corey cute plaid shorts for tomorrow and I'm wearing a white dress. And I'm making JELLO SHOTS!!!