Micah's one flaw...so far

As many people who have children know, It is very tough having a perfect child, but that is just a sacrifice that some people have to live with. We constantly talk about our kids, think everything they do is brilliant, and are convinced that they are developing faster than all other kids in the world! Well I am ashamed to admit that was us....until now! Micah's proud daddy has finally found a flaw in him, and this Reyes house is seriously shaken! There are no words to describe it...so just take a look for yourself:

Micah has a freaky big toe!!! And both feet look like that. This picture hardly does the freakiness justice, but it kinda swoops up, and his toenail grows straight up...like perpendicular to his toe! We kept thinking he would grow out of it and that it will normalize, but it has not. Where he got it, nobody knows, but it seems it is here to stay! Will freaky toe stunt his growth? Will the kids at school point and laugh? Will we have to hold him back a year from Kindergarten? That remains to be seen :) Will we stop talking about how brilliant he is? Don't count on it! But we can no longer ignore his feet....ladies and gentlemen, we have freaky toes!!!

(But on a more positive note, we just had our 4 month checkup and little man is developing very well. I didn't tell the doctor I had been feeding him solid foods for a month because you aren't supposed to start that this early anymore, but he said that M was definitely ready for a vast array of solid foods so it's good to know I haven't screwed him up by feeding him. He now weighs 17lbs and is 26 inches long....HUGE! But his hugeness has slowed down to the 75th percentile instead of 97th, so he is getting more normal by the day.)

The Tongue-Off

Micah has recently discovered his tongue, and he has learned how to mimmick us when we stick ours out at him. Here is a clip from last night at happy hour with my parents where he and his Yaya have a "tongue-off." Pretty soon he will be in trouble for sticking his tongue out all the time....but for now, as a 4 month old, it's pretty cute!

Our little pumpkin

We took a family trip down to Austin last weekend, and helped my mom set up her signature Fall pumpkin display while we were there. That of course gave Leon an artistic idea for pictures and yet another way to torture Micah as it turns out. It turned out pretty cute, and here are some of the pictures of our little pumpkin..

Helping carve the pumpkin

This tastes pretty good!

Ok, I'm over it....get me outa here!

Ok Dad is still taking pictures so I better make the most out of it.

The money shot :)

 We never figured out how to put the stem piece on his head without him freaking out, so these are the best shots we could get, given his attitude at the time. We did rescue him and feed him his bottle after these, so he was all better. But he better get used to these random pictures because he has a lifetime of them ahead of him! :)

The family car

We have a new addition to the family...a Family Car! No, we did not get a minivan, thank God (no offense to all you minivan lovers out there, but it just isn't our style!)....we got a new-to-us Cadillac Escalade, and so far we love it! Don't get me wrong, the old faithful Jetta will be greatly missed, but our days of weaving in and out of traffic and getting 40 miles to the gallon are officially over. We now have the pleasure of complaining with the rest of the country about high gas prices, and more importantly, our "presence" on the road is dually noted by everyone nearby. We sit up high on the highway. We hear the roar of a powerful engine. We can comfortably fit strollers, carseats, pack and plays, and bouncy seats. We have a family car.

What's next? A "baby on board" sticker perhaps? We aren't there yet, but maybe someday when all signs of our youth fly further out the window. But for now, we can just sit back and relax and enjoy our new-found extra bit of space in our new FAMILY CAR!

Help us send Micah to college!

First and foremost....happy 4 month birthday to our cute precious baby boy! On Monday he turned 4 months old and sent his poor parents into yet another tailspin of emotions as we remembered how much he has changed in 4 short months, and how different he will be in the next 4 months of his life. It just goes by too fast!! So happy birthday precious boy!

And speaking of going by too fast, you have an opportunity to help us get Micah a scholarship for college! There is a Gerber baby contest where each month a new batch of babies competes to win a $25,000 scholarship when the baby grows up. And we would really like that to be Micah!! So we entered him in this contest using the photo above, and need your help to get some votes. Here's the deal...you can only vote one time per computer and per email address per day. So that means you can vote every day this month if you want, and if you have more than one computer and more than one email address, you can vote multiple times per day.

Just go to http://www.gerber.com/Photo/#/gallery/ and click the "Search Photos" button. Type in Micah and Dallas as the city, and you should see his mustache picture. Cast your vote, and then come back every day and do the same thing!

Let's hope we have enough support to get him into the finals! Thanks everyone :)