16 weeks - my first Christmas party

The holiday season is upon us and the Underhill-Jones family is having so much fun. Friday night Jamie and I went to my office Christmas party and left Adrian with Nanny Jones for the evening. It felt wierd leaving the little guy but we knew he was in good hands and it was nice to have an adult night out.


We did some Christmas shopping Saturday and tired poor little Adrian out running around town. He slept from 5PM on! Sunday Adrian attended his first Christmas party at Kingswood with all of our friends at CGI. He even saw Santa. He cried for a second but Santa started to sing a lullabye to him and he calmed down (although was still a bit tentative). It made for a good photo opp at least!

Jamie will be in lively Cornerbrook this week so Adrian, Barkley and I (yes, it's fun to fit all of us in the 2 door civic) will be in Stickney for a few days visiting Grammy and Grampy.

15 weeks - Busy Baby

Adrian grows more active by the day. He is getting less content hanging out in his swing these days as he wants to be moving and playing. We got him a mat to lay on the floor with toys on it and he just loves to lay and kick at them and talk. He can really use his hands now. It still looks strange to me when I see him in his car seat with a rattle or keys in his hand. And of course as soon as something new goes in his hand it goes directly into his mouth!


He is starting to make new razzing noises which are very cute. He is practising his 'H's these days. And he is still sleeping through the night. Sometimes he gets up for a 5:30AM snack but often he can sleep from 9PM - 8AM!

Wow, it is hard to believe that December is here already. Adrian and I are going to have to get crackin' on our Christmas cards and Christmas shopping. If anyone is looking for us this week we'll be at the mall! (-:

14 weeks - still sleeping

We are happy to report that Adrian is still sleeping through the night. He usually has a late night snack around 11PM and sleeps until 6-7AM. We really hope this lasts. Although he has rolled over a few times since the first time he still hasn't quite mastered the technique yet but he is practising every day.


Adrian had his 3 month appointment and it was a good one because there were no needles involved! He was a very good boy and charmed the doctor as usual. He passed the 15lb mark weighing in at 15lb 3oz. He's getting quite the big Santa belly on him just in time for Christmas.

We had a lazy weekend and did the usual things: trips to the mall, church, grocery shopping and a walk with Barkley. This will probably be the last lazy weekend until after Christmas so we enjoyed it.

13 weeks - Sucking, sleeping and rolling.

Adrian has had a very eventful week in his development. It all started on Saturday when he figured out how to suck his thumb (his left one only). I think he has been looking for that thumb for a long time now because he never stopped sucking it once he found it. Then Saturday night he slept 6 hours straight! I thought I was mistaken and had just forgotten a feeding between 11PM and 5AM but he has done the same thing for three nights straight. I just don't know what to do with all of this REM sleep! I hope this will become our normal routine.


Monday I left him on his back on a blanket on the living room floor while I was doing the dishes. When I returned to check on him he was lying on his stomach, asleep and sucking his thumb. That was his first time fully rolling over and it must have taken a lot of energy because he was pooped afterwards.

We are starting to visit potential daycares this week. It really breaks my heart to think of leaving him with someone else but the time will come all too quickly. He is 3 months old today! We have lots of neat pictures to share but our high speed internet is down so we will have to wait to put most of them up.

12 weeks - I have 2 hands!

Adrian has figured out that he has two hands and he can do lots of neat things with them like interlock his fingers. He constantly has his hands together now and looks like he is always praying... ah... Mommy's little angel. Of course when he tries to put his hand in his mouth he gets 2 hands and usually makes himself gag.


He is also laughing a lot, especially at Daddy who is constantly acting a fool to get the precious laugh out of him. It's rather high pitched and painful sounding at the moment... I hope he develops a better laugh with practice (-:

We had to retire the baby bathtub this week as Adrian is too long for it! He has graduated to the big person tub already.