Week 10 & 11

Age: 10 Weeks (Monday, May 20th, 2013) & 11 Weeks (Monday, May 27th, 2013)

Weight & Height:  I had a pediatrician appointment on Monday, May 20, 2013.  I weighed 12lb 4oz.  I was 22.8in long! I am growing like a weed! My mom and Mimi weighed me on Memorial Day, my 11 week birthday, and I weighed 13 pounds!  My mom was so excited.  She gets very happy when I gain weight because I am just drinking breast milk and she feels very accomplished!

Things I enjoy: I love my activity mat.  I lay on it and look at the snow leopard that plays music and flashes it's lights for 20-30 minutes!  My mom puts me on the activity mat right outside of the bathroom door when she takes showers.  I am kept occupied most of that time.  Sometimes I get a little bored and yell and scream while she is in the shower so she hurries up, hops out, and scoops me up off the ground and feeds me.  I have loved having my mom home from work.  We have been doing a lot of activities together.  These last two weeks we have gone on a hike on Thursday morning's with the Bambino Brigade at Radnor Lake.  I get to ride in the ERGObaby carrier while my mom hikes.  It has been a lot of fun.  After we hike we go over to Aunt Chandra and Lincoln's house and hang out for a little while.  We have gone to lunch and then to the zoo with Whitney and Palmer Kay.  It has been so much fun.  I hope that we do this every Thursday!

Tough Times: On Tuesday, May 28th I was so constipated.  My Mom was so upset.  She was really glad that she was at Chandra's house while I was crying so hard.  We had all gone on a little walk and when we got back to their house I was in pain and my tummy hurt so bad.  I hadn't pooped in 2 whole days.  Mom called Dad at work and he left work early and met us at Chandra's house and took me home.  When we got home Mom and Dad had to stick a thermometer in my bottom.  It didn't hurt.  Mom gave me a Coconut Oil massage that I love so much and then I took a warm bath in the sink to help me poop.  Finally after a few hours, I let it all out.  Mom and Dad were so happy and I felt so much better!

Exciting Events: Mimi and Pop Pop came up to visit for Memorial Day weekend!  Mimi and Mom and I all went shopping on Sunday and Pop Pop and Dad went golfing. On Sunday night we went to BrickTops again! It is my favorite restaurant! Then, on Monday, Mom and Dad had a party for Memorial Day and all of our neighbors and Aunt Jill, Uncle Russ, Addison, and Daron came over! It was a lot of fun.  On Monday, May 27th I slept in my crib for the first time!!  I did a really good job and Daddy watched me on the video monitor every second!  Mom slept like a log the entire night!

sleeping in my crib like a big boy!

Everyone loves sitting in Mimi's lap!

Kivett family! (Linus thought we were all outside in the back yard to play with him so he wouldn't take a picture with us.

I kept telling Mom and Dad that I didn't want to take any more pictures but they wouldn't listen!

Pop Pop, Mom, and me!

12 pounds 4 ounces!

At the pediatrician waiting to get my shots.

I'm not a fan of my Bumbo seat just yet!

Dragon Park with Addison and Mom.

My first pair of jeans!

naps with Mommy!

Pop Pop and me ready for BrickTops!

all dressed up for the Memorial Day party!

Looking forward to: I am so excited to go home to Mimi and Pop Pop's house in Atlanta and meet a bunch of family!  I even get to meet my new friend Colton John Mullen while I'm there.  He was born on May 30th!  I am so excited to have a bunch of friend-boys.  All of my Mommy's friends have boys and she is SO EXCITED for me to grow up with all of them!

Week 9

Age: 9 Weeks Old! May 13, 2013.

Weight & Height:Dad weighed me on the scale at our house and according to Mom and Dad's math, I weigh 12.2 pounds.  They keep saying that they think I am much taller.  I go see my pediatrician on Monday when I am 10 weeks old. 

Things I enjoy: Smiling; laughing; riding in the ERGO carrier with my Mom; snugging on Dad's chest; laying on my changing pad; looking at the fan; sleeping in my bassinet!

Tough Times: Last Saturday night I went to a cookout across the street.  There was a bonfire and it was a little chilly.  My Mom and Dad had me all bundled up, but I think that is where I got a stuffy nose.  They had to use the craziest  aspirator on me, the Snot Sucker.  I did NOT like it.  Dad was awake with me a lot of the night.  I slept in my car seat most of the night but then I wasn't very comfortable and just wanted to be held.  My cold cleared up pretty quickly. 

Exciting Events: This was an exciting week. 
On Sunday we celebrated Mother's Day.  My Dad bought Mommy flowers, balloons, candy (her favorite), and a beautiful necklace that I get to play with while nursing!  He said it was all from me, how sweet! On Sunday we went to church and Mommy nursed me in the back room and Dad changed my diaper.  I don't think that Mom and Dad got to concentrate on the message as much as they were hoping but it was pretty successful! After church I was so sleepy from eating so much  that Mom and Dad went to brunch at BrickTops! Two trips to BrickTops in less than a week.  After brunch we came home and Dad put the TV in the bedroom and we changed into our pajamas.  The 4 of us snuggled in bed and watched movies and took naps all day.  Mom ate all of her candy that Dad bought her and drank coffee in bed.  She was so happy!  We all took a trip to the grocery store that evening and he made Mom her favorite meal, tacos!  Yummy!

#reallifemother'sday

Happy Mother's Day Mom!

Trying to get a good pic of a 9 week old baby and a 1 year old puppy is hard work!

This is how I spent most of Mother's Day.  It was wonderful!

On Monday I got to meet my Mom's students!  Dad took care of me in the morning and then brought me to school.  They were so excited to see me.  I slept the whole time.  Mom said that they were being so quiet while I was in the room! On Tuesday and Wednesday, my neighbor Marianne took care of me!  I was pretty good for her and took some good naps.  She sent my mom this picture of me being the happy baby! It made my Mom feel so good that I was being a good boy while she was at work.

On Thursday (my Mom's last day of work until school starts back in the Fall), Aunt Jill and cousin Addison took care of me.  I was a good boy and took lots of naps and played with Addison.  He is such a good cousin.  He is teaching me how to suck my thumb and he even fed me my bottle!  I think that we are going to be best buds growing up together. 

Addison showing me how to suck my thumb!

Addison is feeding me my bottle!

On Thursday afternoon, Aunt Jill brought me to my Mom's school.  I was so hungry.  She tried to feed me using the Medela nipple shield but I wanted nothing to do with it.  She tried without it and what do you know, I latched on just fine, like I had been eating this way since birth.  She was so excited.  The next two days we didn't use the nipple shield at all.  She is just keeping track of her supply and making sure it doesn't decrease.  She is worried about my latch and wondering if it is just right.  I guess no matter what, Mom will be worried about something!
 
I have loved standing up these past couple of weeks.  My neck is getting stronger so Mom and Dad decided to get out the bouncer that my Mom's friend Chandra let us borrow.  I LOVED it!  My feet don't reach the ground quite yet so they put books under my feet so I could stand on my own and feel like a big boy!

 

Looking forward to: I am so excited that Mom is finished with work.  We get to be with each other all Summer.  I think that she may do some babysitting, but I get to go with her if she does!  Mom and Dad are excited about my appointment tomorrow to see how much I weight.  They are not looking forward to some of the shots that I will have to get.  I can't believe that tomorrow I will be 10 weeks old!

Look at my little bottom!

Loving the baths in the kitchen sink!

Warming up with Mommy!

Week 8

Age: 8 Weeks Old.  May 6, 2013.  

Weight & Height: I still haven't been weighed again so we are sticking with the 11.8 pounds. 

Things I enjoy: I still like my changing pad the most.  I love my activity mat, and smiling at my Mom and Dad.  I love when my Dad bounces me on the exercise ball (sometimes I make him bounce me for almost 3 hours at night time).  I like my swing now and will even take one hour naps in there.  This is helpful to the people who have been watching me (Pop Pop and Nana). 

Skills I've mastered: Smiling and laughing.  I copy faces.  I can hold a rattle.  I move my legs like I'm riding a bicycle.

Tough Times:  This week has been pretty sensational.  I gave my mom a run for her money when she went to Calypso Cafe with some friends.  I was just crying and crying and she tried everything until she realized that all she needed to do was change my wet diaper!

Exciting Events: I got to meet my Great Nana!  This is my Pop Pop's mom.  It was so much fun! 

meeting my great nana for the 1st time!

My mom and dad talk about her all of the time.  My mom sent her a weekly update of her growing belly the whole time she was pregnant and all of the weekly pictures since I was a week old so I was so excited to meet her!  Great Nana and Pop Pop took care of me for 4 days while my Mom went to work.  I was really good.  They got me on a pretty good schedule!  I would take a nap for about 2 hours and eat a huge bottle.  My Pop Pop would have me stand on his legs and do "squats" and "exercise" each day.  I loved it!  He said that my Mom was just like that when she was little and loved standing up on his legs too!  Great Nana and Pop Pop and my Mom gave me my 1st bath in the kitchen sink!  Nana said that my 1st bath in the kitchen sink was at her house in Cape May, New Jersey! I loved the bath so much. 

My Mom liked the sink much more than the tub because it didn't hurt her back at all! On Wednesday night we all went to BrickTops!!  I was such a good boy!  I slept for a long time and then just sat in my Mom's lap. 

I was so sad when Pop Pop and Great Nana left. 

Looking forward to: I can't wait for my Mom to be finished at work.  She just has 4 more days left and then I get to spend the whole summer with her! In a few weeks, we are going to go to Atlanta for Father's Day weekend.  I get to meet so many new family members!

i love my cloth diapers!

morning snuggles with my mom

napping with my mom when she got home from work

tummy time!

holding my great nana's hands!

4 generations!

soooo big!

i can hold a rattle!