Happy Valentine's Day from the Handsome Devils!

Will at 4 Months

Will got an A+ at his 4-month well check. Here are his stats:

Weight: 15 lbs, 12 oz
Height: 26"
Head Circumference: 42.2
Eye Color: Dr. Dan thinks they'll likely be hazel (like Mommy), but brown is still a possibility....

Will is turning over from his back to his tummy already (!) and has been sleeping on his tummy for the past week. He is putting his feet in his mouth now and always has a finger or a fist in his mouth. He's razzing, laughing and "talking". Rice cereal has been a welcome addition to his mealtimes - he had the "eating from a spoon" thing figured out by the 2nd feeding. He's slept through the night a handful of times over the past few weeks. Woohoo!

The first cereal feeding (before things got messy):

Not so sure about this:

Grizzly McCripple...

....is Mark's new nickname at work. Three weeks ago, he injured his back while playing tennis. He thought he was Andy Roddick. Like Andy, Mark is an Austinite, has a penchant for Lacoste shirts, and is married to an Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model, but that's where the similarities end. But seriously, I've seen him through a few orthopedic surgeries and quite a few sports injuries over the years, and this one was BAD. He spent the day after the injury in the ER on morphine and valium (after our sweet neighbor Matt practically carried him to the car). He was bedridden for 5 days. The injury was muscular (because he has degererative discs in his lower back, the muscles absorbed the impact) and he starts physical therapy next week. He didn't go in to the office for 2 weeks and also didn't shave for over 2 weeks!

So, I present to you GRIZZLY McCRIPPLE:

Brothers

Nanny & Monkey

Brothers:

Same age, same outfit, different hair.

Jack (2006)

Will (2010)

Will's latest tricks

All of a sudden, Will has gone from newborn to almost-4 month old (I refuse to round up. It goes fast enough already.). He's showing off many tricks these days: sitting up in the Bumbo seat & Exersaucer, mouthing everything, grasping toys (and feet), and looking adorable.

We're #2...

Its' true, yelling "we're #2" just isn't that fun, nor is watching in shocked horror as your legendary QB goes out injured never to return. Hard to complain too much about going to the Rose Bowl (again) and losing (now 2-1 there) when the Aggies played in Shreveport and OU was sent to El Paso ;) We had fun, despite the outcome with a enormous group of friends in LA and Pasadena. We stayed in the heart of Hollywood across from the Kodak Theater along the walk of fame, ate at a local diner but didn't have time to find A-list stars (although a friend sat 2 rows behind Reese Witherspoon at the game - she wore Orange). The trip from Hollywood to the game was in a 28-person limo-bus which made the trip easy, social and fun. For fun pre-game we played around at the ESPN Tailgate party and listened to the Goo Goo Dolls.

This was Mark's 4th BCS Bowl game to go to in 6 years so he's spoiled now and we hope to be in Phoenix on Jan 8th 2011 for the next title game (Go Gilbert!)

Merry Christmas

Santa Claus is coming to town....

....specifically, to Lost Creek! The boys (I love saying "the boys", by the way!) sat in Santa's lap today at the Lost Creek Mom's Club holiday party. The beauty of this event? There was NO LINE FOR SANTA pics! Plus, it's the same awesome Santa every year who donates all of his Santa earnings to local non-profit Lifeworks.
Wondering "what's up" with Jack's hat? Jack wanted to wear a hat like his little brother (thanks for the hand-me-down outfit, Gage!), so he went to his closet and dug out this tam from Scotland that was Mark's when he was a boy. Fashionable, no?

In other exciting news, Jack gave Will a bottle for the first time today (first time for Jack to give it, not the first time for Will to have a bottle!).
Thanks to cousin Meredith & family for Will's adorable monogrammed Christmas bib!