13 months!

Oh my curious little boy!! Happy 13 months! You are so fun and make us laugh all the time.
(Yes these are late - bear with me!)

Here is what you are doing this month:

- You are great at walking now. You started a couple of weeks before you turned one and now that is all you want to do. At your sister's dance recital, we had to take you out into the foyer so you could walk up and down and up and down. Non stop.

- You will throw your hands up over your head and then make a half circle down to the side when we sing Walking on Sunshine. It was part of your sister's tap dance and you saw her practice it enough that you can do the hand motions too. So so funny and cute!

- You love to flip book pages and really love your touch and feel books. The monkey one is your favorite right now.

- You now like to say "Boo" or growl when you hear thunder. You will point outside when you hear it and then make the noise.

- You've started this new thing where you will stuff a whole bunch of your food in your mouth at meal times, chew it for a bit and then spew it all out all over yourself. Then you just continue eating other things on your tray like nothing happened. Silly boy.

- You got a Cozy Coupe car for your birthday and you love it! You like climbing in and out of it and like riding in it as we push you around in it.

- You wave bye and night, night, and can sign milk really well.

- You love to bring me things to show them to me so I can tell you what it is. You will also bring me things you are holding when I ask you.

- You will eat boiled eggs except for the yolk part. You aren't a fan of that right now.

- You love to give high fives to your family. Strangers it is a hit or miss.

- You are now sleeping in your crib for small increments! It's a work in progress. Naps are another story.

- You still nurse twice in the middle of the night but are down one nursing session during the day.

- You mimic car noises when you drive little cars around on the floor. It is so adorable.

- You are carrying around play phones and then put it to your ear to talk for a second but instead of your ear it goes more behind your head. Ha! You will carry phones around for forever. It's one of your favorite things to play with.

- You got to sit on a carousel horse for the first time this month and loved it!

- You are in your picky stage of eating. You don't want to eat a lot of meat, You eat some veggies but the only thing consistently that you will eat is fruit!

- You start dancing when you hear music but a lot of times you want to dance with me more =).

- You LOVE to shut doors. If a door is open, you shut it. Sometimes when I don't want you to just yet =)

- You like to help put clothes in the dryer but you also like to stick other things in there. I have found one of Elyanah's shoes in there and a couple of toys. Ha!

- You make motions with patty cake patty cake. You will clap your hands and pat your stomach or legs. It is really cute.

- You are trying to run but aren't quite there yet.

- You like to help put Lucye in her kennel when we leave the house. You will follow me as I put her in the kennel and then you like to come and close the kennel door after she gets in.

- You like to poke mommy and daddy's eyes and when we ask where your eye is you will grab our hands and make us poke you in the eye.

- You can climb on to the dishwasher door when it is down.

(Also taking these pictures was a piece of work, you have no desire to sit down. You have no desire to look at the camera. Getting you to smile on command is never happening. Haha. Love you sweet bear)

You are such a joy sweet boy!! Looking forward to the next month!!

12 months!

Dear J,

And just like that you turned one! Oh my sweet boy! My heart can not handle that you are technically not a baby anymore.  We are so thankful that God chose you for our family. We can't imagine it without you. God knew we needed you here. We never knew if we would be blessed with another baby, and God gave you to us. Your name means "praise" and we named you that because we will always give praise to the One who gave us this surprise blessing. My prayer for you is that you will always sing God's praises. That you will know that he is a God who is faithful and who fights for you always.  You are so so loved my sweet boy. You are precious blessing to us. A wonderful gift. We can't wait to see how you grow this next year.

You are so joyful and full of laughter. You find something to laugh at everyday (usually something your sister does).  Your personality is sweet tempered. You only get upset when you are hungry or tired. You easily go with the flow and are happy to play by yourself for a few minutes before happily checking in with us. You love to cuddle and to follow your sister around. You love to be outside. You are so curious and just want to figure stuff out.

You are a walker now!!! You started walking about 2 weeks before you turned one. You are still wobbly which I think is super adorable. You fall down and get yourself right back up and keep going. I'm sure you will be running before I know it. You love to push the kitchen chairs across the kitchen floor. You get down from eating and start moving them around. So funny! Walking has helped you move faster so you can follow your sister around easier =).  You still love to play at the dishwasher.

You are a mouther of everything! I am constantly having to swipe your mouth to see what little thing you have put in it. I keep small things out of your reach,  and I vacuum but you somehow manage to find the one thing that I miss! You keep me on my toes for sure! You love to eat finger foods now and love to feed yourself. You don't really like me feeding you at all.  You tried cantaloupe and watermelon this month. You know LOVE spaghetti and eat so much of it when we have it. Although you aren't much of a meat eater right now and prefer your fruit and veggies more.  You now have seven teeth! Two more popped up this month but they didn't seem to bother you much.

Your favorite toys this month: Big sister's hot wheel cars, balls and blocks. You love to shut the doors in the house. If there is a door open, you feel like it was meant for you to shut it. You still LOVE patty cake and will start clapping with me when I say it. You love to take things in and out of containers and in and out of the safe cabinet in the kitchen. You love touch and feel books - the That's not my tractor and That's not my monkey books and the farm animals book. You love to flip the pages of books too.

Cute things you are doing:
- When you are nursing, you like to stick your fingers in my mouth and then flick my teeth. Ha!
- You like to make noises (like an Indian war cry) by sticking your fist against your mouth and then moving it back and forth
- You love to stand at the window and point to everything outside. You get so excited as I tell you all the names of everything out there.
- You love your wagon rides and get so mad when it stops moving.
- You like to poke my eye and then take my hand so that I can poke your eye too. Ha!
- You will say "ma, ma" and pull on my shirt sometimes when you are hungry.
- You like to shake your head (sometimes when dancing) and love it when we mimic you. This can go back and forth for quite some time.

You weigh 20 pounds 11 ounces and are 29 inches tall. You wear 9-12 month and 12 month clothes. You wear a size 4 shoe.

Oh J, we are so so thankful for you. This past year has flown by so quickly with you and we have enjoyed every minute. We all adore you including your sister. We love you and can't wait to see what this next year has in store for you.

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

10 months!!!

(It's only a month late! 11 months will be up later this week!)

J,
You are 10 months. Your personality is shining bright this month. You are a joy,  sweet boy!

Let's go ahead and say your sleeping habits are the same and you don't want them to change =). I've tried laying you down on the bed and I lay next to you and within a few minutes you awake. Silly boy. You wake up to nurse about twice a night and are nursing about 5-6 times a day. You are SO distracted when you nurse. It is a constant battle to keep you focused to eat. I know you are hungry but you just think there are way more important things to do than eat. You eat solids at lunch and dinner with us as well. You love food - there are only a few things that you make faces at, but we keep trying them to see if you will get used to them. (Ex. carrots). New foods you have tried this month: peas, spinach, mango, and tomato soup. We have introduced more finger foods this month and you can eat blueberries and strawberries chopped pretty well and you can eat puffs like its your job =). You can even get the puffs out of your snack cup all by yourself. You get very impatient at meal times and you refuse to wear a bib. You pull it off any time I try to put one on you. Blueberries are one of your favorite foods and you gobble them up. You are cutting your 4th tooth now. You had #2 and #3 show up earlier this month, and just a few days ago started cutting your 4th one.

You crawl everywhere and are pulling up on everything. You can cruise the furniture now and between surfaces. You love to pull up to the windows and reach for the blinds and you like to reach for the plugs too. (Don't worry I put a stop to those two things quickly) The day you turned 10 months, you started walking with a push walker or anything that moves consistently and think that is really fun. You have been getting that pointer finger out by itself and use it to poke at things and touch things. You have started doing this thing with your tongue that I can only describe as "rolling the R's". It is hilarious and I like to say that you are just practicing to learn Spanish. Ha! You LOVE to take things out of any box or container. You leave a mess wherever you go because you haven't learned to clean up yet. You have discovered the safe cabinet in the kitchen and love open and close the door and to take my mixing bowls out of the cabinet. You then push them around the kitchen floor. I think you like the noise they make.

You can now move the baby gates that I have that block the hallways. They aren't connected to the wall so we can move them quickly to go to the rooms. You have discovered you can move them too and so now I can't keep you contained in the living room anymore. You basically think if I have blocked it off, it is a challenge for you to get through. You signed "dog" this month and say "da" when you look at the dog. You LOVE Lucye. Love her. You also are trying to say "done" when we are at the table and you are done with your food. You are still a momma's boy.  You get so upset if I leave the room and know that I'm still somewhere in the house. You will cry and scream until I come back even if Daddy is here =). You also have discovered my red mole on my chest, and you love to play with it. It is rather quite funny.

Favorite toys this month: Fabric blocks that we stack so that you can knock them over; the toy drum, and anything that your sister is playing with. You also started liking Mickey Mouse because its the only thing that keeps you still long enough for me to stretch your neck. You started clapping a bit this month too and you love to wave at yourself in the mirror. 

You are wearing 9 month clothing still. No official stats of weight and height but I would guess 20 pounds.

8 and 9 months!

*second child problems*
I have all this stuff written down in my calendar it's just finding time to write it on here for safe keeping. Ugh. Sorry J, hope you can forgive mommy. Hopefully your 10 month will be up soon before you turn 11 months.

J,
8 months!! You are a joy to our family. This has been a good month for you! Lots of big things for you! You are so much fun and we love to see you grow.

Nothing new to report about your sleeping habits. Ha! You still nurse about 1-2 times in the middle of the night. You like human contact to sleep. You wake up between 6:30 and 7 most days. You are down to two naps during the day. One in the morning that lasts about 30-45 minutes and then your afternoon nap lasts about 2 hours. You eat every 3 hours except in the afternoon when you eat about every 2 before dinner. You had solid foods for the first time this month!! You had your first food of butternut squash on January 2. You mainly just played with it on your tray. Some of it got in your mouth. You gagged and then threw up a lot on food this month but I know you are just trying to figure it out. Other foods you tried this month: pumpkin, carrots, sweet potatoes, applesauce, pears, banana, and peaches. Favorites of the group: applesauce and peaches, not so favorites: carrots and bananas. You will push the food away when you are done or you will grab the spoon from me and throw it on the ground. You are cutting a tooth but luckily you have an amber necklace and that seems to be taking the edge off as it comes through.

YOU ARE CRAWLING!!! You started crawling a couple of feet at a time on January 7 and then you took off on January 11.  You have been into everything ever since. You think the dog bowls are really fun to play with and poor Lucye now has to move away from you. You love that dog and just think she is so fun. Now that you can crawl, you can get to Lucye anytime anywhere. You can now bang two objects together in your hands. You aren't really wanting to clap your hands together. You love patty cake with Mommy but don't want to clap yourself. You also started pulling up onto surfaces this month too. This has opened up a whole new world, and you can reach things you couldn't. Your sister isn't too thrilled with this development but she will get over it.

You have become a mommy's boy this month. You want mommy if I am in the room and cry if I am not holding you at nap or bed times. Or any time really =).  You smile at anyone especially if they are girls. You are very popular at your sister's dance class. All the siblings surround you and want to play and talk with you, and you just eat it up. You are teething but have no teeth yet. There are days though that you are extra fussy and you chew on anything that you can get your hands on. I know a tooth is coming soon. Toys you loved playing with this month: Your piano that you could pull up on, small cars, blocks, stuffed animals that you can chew on, and your monkey chew toy. You love to play peek a boo. You will put a shirt or a blanket to cover your face and then when we ask where Judah is you will pull it off and smile. You love that game. It can go on forever. =) So precious. You stick your tongue out when you are pulling up or climbing on things.

You are wearing 6-9 and 9 month clothes. No other official stats this month but we will get them at your next appointment.

We love you!
Mommy and Daddy


J,
9 Months! Only 3 months until you are one! My mommy heart can not handle this. Each day we see more and more of your personality come out.

You are a very happy content happy baby. Most of the time you are happy unless you really want your mommy or you aren't feeling well. Other than that, you go with the flow as we cart you around to all of our things.

Sleeping habits are still the same and you still wake up about 1-2 times a night to nurse. You definitely still need to nurse at night because any other time you wake up at night, I can get you back to sleep but then are times that you will not have that and go right back to sleep after you have a little bit of milk. You still nurse every 3 hours or so during the day except the afternoons. You eat solids for lunch and dinner time with us. New foods you have tried this month: avocados, blueberries, puffs, and yogurt. You have one tooth that is fully through and two more that are coming in! Your little tooth grin is so precious!

You are a master at crawling now and can get to everything. You pull up on everything but have no desire to cruise and get really mad when I try to help you do it. However, you move between two surfaces really well!! You love to stand at tables and see what you can reach and pull off. You will take a few steps if I hold your hands but prefer crawling. You think banging objects together is the coolest thing ever and do it all the time =). You are getting good at waving to people although it looks like a slap on your leg - it's really cute. You will wave at yourself in the mirror and get really excited when you see yourself. You will also give yourself kisses when you can get close to your reflection. You like to blow raspberries when you place your mouth on my arm or on the couch. You think it's hilarious. You LOVE to play at the dishwasher. You will take the bottom drawer and push it back and forth, back and forth. You like to play with the lid to the dish soap. You have attempted to crawl on the door of the dishwasher too.

You are talking and babbling a lot this month. You said "da, da" for the first time and looked right at your Daddy when you said it. It's not always consistent but you do say it. You had your first swing time in the backyard and in the park this month. You loved it. You discovered knocking over blocks and other tall things is the greatest thing ever and now do it all the time - sometimes with things of your sister's and she isn't too happy about it. You still adore your sister. You have a special relationship with her. She can get to you laugh when no else can and you always want to be around her.

You are still a mommy's boy through and through and want me to hold you all the time and follow me everywhere. You are wearing 6-9 month and 9 month clothing. You are 27 1/2 inches and 19 pounds.

We look forward to seeing how you grow this next month sweet boy!!

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

7 months!

I seem to be putting these out about 2 weeks afterwards - at least its consistent.

Dear J,
You are 7 months old now! You are closer to one! I can't even begin to tell you how sad this makes me but it's been so fun to see you grow this month.

Oh J - you are a high maintenance sleeper -haha! You need human contact to sleep. One of us holds you on the couch all night long and we usually take shifts. We try to put you in your bed and you wake up within 30 minutes. We are going to try to break you of this habit but for now we know it is just a season. You still wake up between 6:30 and 7 in the morning most days. Naps are still the same,  but your last nap is very rarely happening now even though you still need it. You fight it with every breath in you =) You still eat every 3 hours during the day and then eat 1-2 times at night. You haven't had solid foods yet. We will probably try them next month.

You are a very happy baby! You have started to get upset if I am not within a 5 foot radius of you or leave the room. It's so sad so you've been spending more time in the boba with me if E can't distract you. You still LOVE your sister. You will stop fussing when she talks or sings to you. It's so sweet. You are great sitter. You will sit for a very long time and play with your toys. You can reach for toys way out of your base of support and then push yourself back up into sitting. You can even get yourself back into sitting from hand and knees and are starting to be able to do it from your back. You are SO CLOSE to crawling on your hands and knees. You get up on your hands and knees and will rock back and forth and move your hands forward and then either do like a frog hop or get on your belly and drag yourself forward with your hands. It's pretty cute. You play well with your hands and everything goes in your mouth. You still love your lion blankie/lovie. Other favorite toys: triangular manipulative toy, ball with a rattle in it, chew toys, and any toys that play music. You love Lucye the dog. You watch her as she walks around and you are really interested in her. You reach and touch her when she gets close. You love it when I sing Jesus Loves Me to you and you like Patty Cake too. You have said "Mama" a lot this month but I don't know if it's purposeful or more so just practicing your sounds. I pretend that it's real for my mama heart.

You got your Doc Band off on December 23rd!! We thought we were going to have to have a 2nd band, but they took pictures and measurements and said that you looked great and no second band was needed! We were so excited! You celebrated your first Christmas this month. You enjoyed eating the wrapping paper than the actual presents. Ha! You met Santa for the first time, went to Ice at the Gaylord and your first Christmas parade. You also got sick for the first time. As in, throw up and diarrhea sick. It went through me and your sister first and I was hoping it would bypass you but it didn't. After about 2 days, you were feeling better.

You wear 6 month and 6-9 month clothes mainly but there are some 9 month clothes you can wear too. You are 27 inches tall and 17 pounds 11 ounces (both in 37% percentile)

We love you sweet boy!!

Love, 

Mommy and Daddy 

5 and 6 months!

It's a double up post again. Mom fail. Especially considering he turns 7 months tomorrow. (At least the pics are on time) *I've had this written for awhile but I just haven't had time to download the pics from my camera on to my computer* Guess what my new year resolution is this year?!

Dear J,
You are 5 months old! You are so much fun and such a joy! We love you so much!

You wake up around 6:45 and 7 each morning and still wake up twice a night to feed. Your nap schedule is still the same: 1-2 small naps in the morning, a long nap while E rests, and then sometimes a small nap before dinner. You only nap in the Boba (my carrier) during the day except during the long nap when you just lie on my chest. We have tried putting you in your bed and you will immediately wake up. You eat 2 1/2-3 hours during the day from mommy. Your reflux is getting better but you still like to be held a majority of the night. You will sleep maybe 1-2 hours in your bed in our room.

You love to laugh! You think E is still so funny,  and you love to laugh at the silly things she does, and she happily obliges! You also love to happy scream. It's how you talk right now and we all think it is so cute and funny. You are pushing way up on those arms in tummy time,  and you are rolling everywhere!! I can put you on a blanket in the middle of the living room, and you will be across the room before I know it. You are so very curious about the things around you and use your new rolling status to go exploring. You are holding things well in your hands, and shaking rattles or other toys. You will sit with support against back and will tolerate sitting in the bebo seat for about 5 minutes. You can sit with just your hands supporting you for a few seconds before you topple over.

You are tolerating your car seat a lot better and only have major scream out tantrums every so often. You still love your lion toy and love a little key plastic set that you chew on a lot. You visited your first pumpkin patch  and visited my alma mater this month.

Your biggest change this month was getting your Doc Band. I noticed that your head shape was off about a week after you were born, and at 2 months I took you to cranial technologies. They took pictures and recommended a Doc Band to help correct your head shape, but we had to wait until you turned 4 months.  You have had it on for about 2 weeks and you are starting to get used to it! I hope you don't have to wear it for long.

You wear 3-6 month with some 6 months thrown in there sometimes. You wear size 2 diapers or cloth diapers. No official weight or height this month but I bet you are around 16 pounds.

We love you sweet boy. You are such a blessing!


Love,
Mommy and Daddy


Dear J,

Happy HALF BIRTHDAY sweet boy!! I can't believe you have been here a half a year already. Time is flying.

You still wake up around the same time of 6:45-7. You still wake up two times a night to feed usually between 1-2 and then at 5. You  will nap maybe once in the morning for 30-45 minutes and then one long nap in the afternoon while E's napping and then sometimes a short nap around 4:30or 5 for about 30 minutes. You will only sleep in the boba or if I'm holding you during the day. You also sleep in your pack and play in our room for only about an 1-2 hours a night. The rest of the night me or your daddy holds you on the couch in the living room. Oh sweet boy - you just need contact with one of us to sleep. One day I hope that you will sleep in your bed a lot more but for now we get our sleep together. =) You are eating about every 3 hours during the day. You are starting to reach and grab things out of mommy's hands when I'm trying to drink or eat. You are probably ready for foods but it is taking me a little longer to be ready!

You are a charmer!  You will talk and smile at almost anybody. You are pretty go with the flow and have only gotten upset a couple of times when I hand you off to people that you don't know well. Stranger danger is starting to appear but it's not full blown just yet. You still think your sister is the funniest person ever! It is so precious and sweet to see you guys together. You are trying to get up on your hands and knees. You stick your head on the floor and then push your knees up and stick your bottom up in the air and then fling forward! You roll everywhere and are pretty mobile with just that. The day you turned 6 months (November 27) you decided that you could sit all by yourself without hand support and play and not fall over for several minutes. Before that day, you would sit for a few seconds and then be done because rolling was way more important.  You grab things and hold things well with your hands. You love to play patty cake with mommy while I do the motions. Your favorite toys are still your lion that you like to chew on, a chew toy with lots of rubber and wooden parts to it, and you like the Baby Einstein piano/activity toy.

You are tolerating your Doc Band well but you had to be out of it for two weeks because of a bug bite that turned into staph. You kind of think you are indestructible with that helmet on though and during your hour off time each day you always end up bumping your head on something and you get so upset because your helmet wasn't there to protect you! You had your first Halloween and your first Thanksgiving this month. We enjoyed celebrating them with you. We didn't dress you up for Halloween this year because I like you to pick out your own. I can't wait to see what you decide to pick out next year! You also are now sitting up in your high chair at the table with us. I think you like being able to see us all while we eat together. You will play with toys and talk to us while you are up there. I'm sure you will be eating food up there soon!

You wear 6 month clothing and size 2 diapers or cloth diapers. You were weighed in early November and were 16 pounds 5 ounces. I'm sure you have added to that by now.

We love you our little charmer!

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

3 months!

Dear J,
You are 3 months old!! You are such a bright light to our family and we are so thankful for you!


You still make your own schedule every day. You will wake up between 6:30-7:30 in the morning and go to bed between 7-8 each night. You will get at least one nap in the morning, a long nap while E is sleeping, and then maybe a short nap before dinner but usually that one is hit or miss. I have figured out that you will take a good nap in the morning if you are worn in my wrap. I put you in it and within 5 minutes you are out! I love my snuggle time with you and I think you enjoy it too. =). You eat 2 1/2 -3 hours during the day and will wake up most of the time 2 times each night for feedings. At least 3-4 days a week, you think that after the 2nd feeding that its talk time and will start cooing and smiling at me. I try to tell you that its bedtime but you just smile back. It's a good thing you're cute. You'll eventually go back to sleep after about 30-45 minutes on those nights. Your reflux is still bad at night so we still hold you for the majority of the night.

You love to be outside and you love to be held. Although sometimes you will want to have some time by yourself and will get fussy when being held and if I put you down on the floor you will be content for a few a bit. That is completely different from the way your sister was. You LOVE your sister. You give her the biggest smiles and watch and follow her when she is in the room.

You give the cutest biggest smiles. You are quite the charmer. You almost lunge forward when I'm holding you, and you are smiling at someone (especially girls) you little flirt you. You do these really big open smiles that are almost a silent laugh and it is so cute. You "talk" all the time. You want your voice to be heard. You will coo and hum back and forth with your sister and it is so precious. You also have this high pitched scream that you do also with your talking. It is a happy scream and you do it a lot when you are playing on the floor. You always have your hands in your mouth and are starting to put large objects like blankets and stuffed animals in your mouth. You can grab the toys on your play gym really well by yourself. You are not a big fan of the car seat still and pretty much scream the whole time you are in it.

You weigh unofficially about 13 1/2 pounds per our scale. You wear size 1 diapers. You are still a little small for our cloth diapers because of your skinny legs but hoping we can start using them soon. You wear some 0-3 but mostly 3 month size clothes.

You are such a sweet happy boy my little one. We love you so much.

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

One month and two months

Doubling up...sigh..2nd child syndrome..

Dear J,
You are one month old today!! How can one month have already come and gone? The days go by so quickly and I'm trying to soak them up as much as possible. You fit right in to our little family and we are so excited that you are here with us.

You don't really have a schedule. You hate to nap during the day. Hate it. I'm lucky if I can get you to nap for an hour during the day. For the most part though, you are happy so at least you are a happy tired baby =). You eat every 1 to 2 1/2 hours during the day and every 3-4 hours during the night. You have acid reflux just like your sister. I have taken out dairy from your diet, and so I am hoping that will help. However, the reflux is pretty bad at night so your daddy and I take turns holding you at night. You will fuss a little bit during the day because we can tell that your tummy is hurting but honestly you are pretty happy. For the most part you are a content little baby except for the whole not taking naps thing. If you nap, you sleep for maybe 20-30 minutes at a time.

You had your tongue tie fixed at 5 days old. We went to an ENT who did it and you started breastfeeding so much better! It was pretty painful for mommy up until then but then once you had it cut, it was so much better for both of us. You only eat from one side for most feedings just like your sister. You really like to gum me though so that kind of hurts. We are trying to work through that.

You tolerate tummy time pretty well. You came out of the womb lifting your head up so well so you can already hold your head up when on your tummy and you are getting your arms underneath you pretty well. You are strong, little boy. When we hold you up at our shoulders, you will pop that head up and try to look at us. It makes my heart melt. You love to be outside. If you get fussy we just take you outside and you immediately calm down. We have spent several nights at bedtime walking you up and down the sidewalk in front of our house to calm you down and eventually you will fall asleep. We even have done it in them middle of the night too.

You have had several visitors this month. Nana (my mom) stayed with us for 2 weeks after you were born to help out and you loved being held by her. Nana and Papa (Jason's dad and stepmom)  were also here for your birth and you got to meet them. My dad, your papa, also came down with your Uncle John one weekend as well to meet you. You've met our next door neighbors Margaret and Trey and their two kids. Lots of people want to see you!!







Firsts include: first bath, first doctor's visit, first grocery trip with your sister, first Target trip, and first church service. You had your very first outing at 3 days old because your sister had a dance recital. You slept the entire time in your ring sling except for a feeding. You are about 10 pounds and about 21-22 inches long. You were size newborn diapers. We haven't started cloth diapers yet because your bottom area is so tiny that the diapers are just too big! You were newborn size clothes. I have put in some 0-3 month clothes but some are still baggy.

Your sister just adores you. She wants to hold you all the time and you enjoy her as well. I can't wait to see how your relationship grows.

We love you so much J.


Love, Mommy and Daddy

Dear J,
You are 2 months old!! We are so thankful for you sweet boy!

You still don't have much of a schedule. You will wake up between 6-7:30 in the morning and then sometimes will take naps in the morning. If you do they are about 30 minutes long. I can get a longer nap from you during E's nap as long as I am holding you. You are still a happy baby for the most part. You still feed every 1-2 1/2 hours during the day and 3-4 hours at night although sometimes we can get a good 6 hour stretch between 7 and 1AM some nights. We still have to hold you at night because of your reflux.  You feed really well when we are out and about and don't fuss when underneath the cover to feed which helps us during outings (thanks so much for that). Your reflux is still pretty bad at night but during the day doesn't seem to bother you much. You have seen a chiropractor a couple of times and dairy has been out of your diet so that has been helpful.

You still love being outside and enjoy being out when its not too hot. You love your sister and will calm down when she talks to you. It is so cute. In fact, you will only take a pacifier from her. You spit  it out for me every time. Ha! You had your first bottle this month since Mommy had to have an emergency appendectomy and couldn't feed you for 30 hours. You took it like a champ and was kind of mad to have to feed from me after the 30 hours was up but we settled back into our routine just fine.

You started smiling at us at 5-6 weeks. We love it. You smile with your whole face and it just brightens our day. E loves it when you smile at her and you give them to her all the time. You can roll from your tummy to back pretty consistently. You are great at tummy time, and you can hold your head up really well and push up on your arms. You are starting to bat at objects. You really like the toys that are on the play mat gym and will stare at them forever and try to reach for them. You have found your hands and like to put them in your mouth. You have started to coo and make sounds at us and will "talk" all the time. You have a lot to say. =) You are a pretty happy baby but when you get mad, you will start out fussy and if I don't get to you in a proper amount of time you will do this scream/cough that is pretty dramatic.

You weigh 12 pounds and are 23 inches long. You still can wear some newborn outfits but are in 0-3 months and 3 month clothing. You are pretty long so you need bigger clothing to fit and button on your bottom. Speaking of bottom, you don't really have one so I have a difficult time putting shorts on you because they just fall off. Haha!So you wear a lot of onesies and rompers. You wear size 1 diapers. 

You had some more firsts and some more visitors this month. Your great grandmother and Jason's mom (MawMaw) came to visit you over 4th of July weekend. You met your great Aunt Holyn and Uncle Guy too. You had your first road trip to visit family in Colorado. You met your great Aunt Barbara and your great Aunt Julia plus some cousins. You did pretty well in the 12+ hours we were in the car. You absolutely HATE the car seat and make it well known that you hate it,  but we survived the road trip.

 We are so thankful for you sweet boy. So glad you are a part of our family.

Love, Mommy and Daddy