I'm one Proud Daughter!

I wanted to give a shout-out to my amazing father who is being honored by the Boy Scouts of America as a Distinguished Citizen on Saturday night.

I've known that I was the luckiest girl in the world since I can remember. My sister Mandy and I were talking about him a few weeks ago when we realized that as kids, we thought my dad could do no wrong. Now as adults we have the priviledge of knowing it! The boyscouts have this little motto they stand by, that they work to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. I was asked by an interviewer which one of those described my dad best--truthfully, he's not one of those more than the others, nor does that list even come close to touching the type of description my father deserves.

He's not only an upstanding citizen, but he is exhibits upstanding character in everything he does.

I thank my Heavenly Father daily for giving me the opportunity to be raised by someone like my dad-- who I can honestly say is what he ought to be, does what he says he'll do (unless that's be home for dinner on time :)) and goes above and beyond what is expected. He spends countless hours at the office, at church, serving here, giving advice there, and never expects anything in return and does it with a smile and sense of humor that can't be beat.

Thank you Dad-- Thank you BSA for honoring him for being what I've always known he's been!

I LOVE YOU DAD!!!

4 Month Check-Up

4 month stats:
13 lbs 8 oz
24 inches long
25th percentile for everything
Let me just say this is a far cry from the 3rd percentile we started out on when he was 4 weeks early! YEAY BAUER-- you're doing sooo good.
Dr. Pang (who was just as excited as I was) is so excited about his progress. He said if that would have been the first time he'd seen Bauer, he would never have known he had complications at the start. That's what I like to hear! Dr. Pang also admitted that he initially had had some neurological concerns with Bauer (something that came up in the NICU multiple times) but that those concerns are long gone now. He's happy, healthy and thriving-- music to his mothers ears.

@ 4 months Bauer loves....

• Toys-- he's starting to really like having them in his reach. He grabs them and tries to put them in his mouth. It's so amazing to watch him learn and develop.
  
• being played rough with-- he's all boy!
• kicking and splashing in the bath
  
• Laughing more and more-- a nice reassurance for mom, maybe I am doing something right!
• looking up at mom and smiling, laughing and talking while he's suppose to be eating! (hard to resist let me tell you!)
  
• his hands...still, but also mommy and daddy's hands. He'll grab our thumbs and pinky fingers and just look and stare as we move our fingers. Cheap toy huh!?
• Laying on his back-- thank goodness because with the remodel we've been having to just put him down when we're all painted up and stuff.

@ 4 months Mommy loves...

• Making Bauer laugh and smile all day long
• just watching him figure out the world around him little by little
• singing my country favorites super loud to him while he lies on his mat and I feverishly paint the new house
  
• helping him figure out his new toys
• cuddling with him when he lays his head down on my shoulder
  
• sleeping more since he's doing a 5-7 hour stretch in the middle of the night! woohoo!
  
• loving him more than I ever though humanly possible!