Jake had his 2 month appointment this afternoon. The doctor said he is growing great, definitely getting enough to eat (this makes me happy!). The doctor did hear a slight heart murmur so we are going to make an appointment with the cardiologist (we knew this was coming at some point) and she felt a little popping in his hip so she wants him to have an ultrasound to make sure everything is good there, she thinks it is probably just loose ligaments but she wants to make sure it isn't hip dysplasia. Jake also got 3 shots in his legs and an oral vaccine. His face when they gave him the shots was so sad! Poor baby was bright red and screaming so loud. So far though, other than being a little fussy, he has tolerated the shots pretty well.
2 Month Stats:
Weight: 13 lbs 10 oz (86%)
Length: 23 1/4 inches (61%)
Head: 16 inches (66%)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
2 Months
According to that pretty little ticker at the top of the blog my son is 2 months old today. I refuse to believe that. I am just going to pretend that he is not growing so fast and that he is going to stay my little baby boy forever.
*sigh*
Ok denial over. (Sort of)
So what does two months mean for Jake?
I am sad that my baby is growing up so quickly, but I am definitely looking forward to all the new things he will learn in the next few months.
*sigh*
Ok denial over. (Sort of)
So what does two months mean for Jake?
- He is starting to get on somewhat of a schedule. Wake up, eat, smile and play with mommy for about 1-2 hours, nap in the bouncy seat for 30 minutes to an hour. Wake up and play some more. Have picture taken many times. Eat. Take another short nap. Workout with mommy. Hang out in bouncy seat some more. Play under the play gym. Eat. Take longer nap. Eat. Daddy gets home. Play with daddy. Catnap for a little while. Sit in the bouncy while mommy and daddy eat dinner. Eat. Relax or get a bath. Get in pajamas and hang out for a little while. Eat. Fall asleep. This is his general schedule although the times depend on when he wakes up in the morning.
- He is not a happy waker upper. He is grumpy when he first wakes up and takes some time to be fully awake. He gets that from mommy.
- When he is hungry, he wants his food NOW.
- When he is wet, he wants a diaper change quick! (More so in a disposible diaper than the cloth diapers)
- He pees A LOT!
- He loves the play gym and bouncy.
- He likes looking at himself in the mirror, especially the mirror above the swing.
- He is generally a happy baby and gets some huge smiles and giggles.
- He will watch mommy or daddy as they leave a room.
- When he is mad he sticks his bottom lip way out. (Still trying to get a picture of this)
- He is consistently sleeping 5-6 hours at night (and went 7 hours without eating last night but it took him an hour to go to sleep after that)
I am sad that my baby is growing up so quickly, but I am definitely looking forward to all the new things he will learn in the next few months.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Playdate!
Jake had his first playdate last Wednesday with Austin (who is two weeks older than Jake). Kathleen came over to our house with Austin and then we took the boys to the mall. The boys took turns crying and we walked around the mall for a while, ate some lunch, and walked around some more. It was nice to get out of the house during the week and have someone to talk to instead of just hanging out by myself! And it was nice to have Kathleen to talk to and share all of the stuff the boys are doing. We are planning on having lots more playdates. I can't wait until the boys are old enough to actually play with each other.
The boys were worn out!
Jake finally really enjoys his baths and just stares at himself in the mirror the whole time he is getting a bath. He really seems to like the water and he has taken a few baths with me when he got really fussy a few times. He stops crying as soon as he gets in the water. I think part of it is he likes being naked! He always starts smiling when we take his clothes off to take a bath. I hope he likes the pool as much as he likes the bath. I can't wait for Memorial Day for the pool to open, we will be headed there as soon as it is open!
In the big bath
Getting a bath with daddy
After asking constantly when she was going to get to babysit Jake we finally gave Grams the chance to watch him for a few hours on Saturday. Josh and I took Cosmo out to the dog park and went and grabbed some lunch. Nothing big but it was nice to take Cosmo out (no babies allowed in the dog park). Although I can't say it wasn't weird to not have him with us. It is easier to leave him with Josh while I go to the gym. I guess I feel like one of us should have him so when we are together without him it is odd. I know that soon I am going to have to leave him during the week with someone else so I guess I need to get used to it. Although I wouldn't be surprised if I cry when I do have to do that.
Hanging out with Grams
This is his pooping face, he decided he needed to poop as soon as Grams started holding him
SMILEY BABY!
Smiles while mommy works out with him
We finally caught some good smiles on camera so we took a lot!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Play Gym Fun
We have been putting Jake under his play gym for about a month now and just recently he has really started hitting the toys and enjoying laying under there for a while playing. He loves looking at the lights on the top and gets so excited and has his arms and legs going all at once. It is super cute!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
First Mini Road Trip
We headed to Austin this weekend to go visit the Ridenhours for Gabrielle and Emmylou's birthdays (not really until April but their party is the same weekend as Jake's baptism). We also stopped at grandpa and grandma's on the way home.
We went this weekend because it was the last weekend of Josh's spring break and we would be able to leave earlier on Friday so we could take our time getting down their. Unfortunately for us it was also the weekend of SXSW, a big music festival, and the rodeo in Austin, along with the last weekend of spring break for all the colleges in Texas. A normally 3.5-4hr drive took us almost 6.5 hrs. Traffic was absolutely horrible, stop and go most of the way down. Which also meant we had to stop more times than we had planned to change and feed Jake. Poor baby was just ready to be out of his carseat! We are really hoping that by this summer he will be entertained by some toys so he doesn't get so antsy when we drive to Michigan! Right now the things that entertain him would require him to be out of his carseat.
We had a great visit with Teresa, Brad, Gabrielle, and Emmylou. It was great to spend time with them and I hate that we don't get to see them more often. I am a bad mommy and didn't get a ton of pictures though.
We stopped to see grandpa and grandma on the way home Sunday. We hung out at their house for a while then went to meet Uncle Joey and have lunch. Jake decided that lunch was the perfect time to poop, twice. The first requiring an outfit change. Good thing Josh is great at diaper changing! After lunch we headed home, hoping that the drive home was not nearly as long as the drive down!
We had a great time this weekend and were really glad we weren't home for the lovely 6 inches of snow that fell today! I am not sure about this whole global warming thing when we have seen something like 17 inches of snow this winter! Josh and I have contemplated moving to Hawaii so we can avoid the snow!
Josh heads back to work tomorrow and I start week 7 of maternity leave, only 5 weeks left and that makes me really sad. It will be beyond hard to leave him during the day. I am glad I love my job, I am hoping that will make it a little easier.
More pictures from the last week or so!
We went this weekend because it was the last weekend of Josh's spring break and we would be able to leave earlier on Friday so we could take our time getting down their. Unfortunately for us it was also the weekend of SXSW, a big music festival, and the rodeo in Austin, along with the last weekend of spring break for all the colleges in Texas. A normally 3.5-4hr drive took us almost 6.5 hrs. Traffic was absolutely horrible, stop and go most of the way down. Which also meant we had to stop more times than we had planned to change and feed Jake. Poor baby was just ready to be out of his carseat! We are really hoping that by this summer he will be entertained by some toys so he doesn't get so antsy when we drive to Michigan! Right now the things that entertain him would require him to be out of his carseat.
We had a great visit with Teresa, Brad, Gabrielle, and Emmylou. It was great to spend time with them and I hate that we don't get to see them more often. I am a bad mommy and didn't get a ton of pictures though.
Miss Gabrielle posing
Trying to get Emmylou to stand next to Jake (she didn't know what to think of him)
You can see how petite Miss Emmylou is! She is 11 months and Jake is only 6-7 inches shorter than her!
I tried to get a picture with all three of the kids, Emmylou was not interested anymore and walked off!
We had a great time this weekend and were really glad we weren't home for the lovely 6 inches of snow that fell today! I am not sure about this whole global warming thing when we have seen something like 17 inches of snow this winter! Josh and I have contemplated moving to Hawaii so we can avoid the snow!
Josh heads back to work tomorrow and I start week 7 of maternity leave, only 5 weeks left and that makes me really sad. It will be beyond hard to leave him during the day. I am glad I love my job, I am hoping that will make it a little easier.
More pictures from the last week or so!
Hanging out under the play gym, he likes it!
He figured out how to hit the haning toys
Bath time with daddy! He loves bath time usually, but of course the day I get the camera out he decides he is not happy about it
The end of a laugh while hanging out in the bouncy seat, he (and we) loves the bouncy seat!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
6 Weeks
I cannot believe my baby is 6 weeks old already! He has grown so much already, I tell him everyday to slow down. He is awake much more now and likes to know exactly what is going on at all times. Nosey little boy.
He has had a lot more too look at lately too. We have been getting out of the house a lot more (although it takes about 5 times as long to actually get out of the house). We try to go on a walk everyday, well when it is nice out. Hopefully those days will be more frequent now and we will be able to go everyday, I like getting out of the house everday without having to pack up and get into the car!
Jake is smiling a lot more now, mostly in the mornings. He is really happy when we wake up in the mornings and will lay there and smile and laugh at me (and Josh on the weekends). He is starting to be more interested in toys and will lay under his play gym for 15-20 minutes at a time. Today he figured out how to hit the rattle on there and did that for a while. Yesterday we were at Grams house and he hung out outside with us for a while. He seems to like being outside, other than the bright sunlight. We need to get him some sunglasses!
We also visited my work this week. Everyone thought he was cute and wanted to hold him, which he slept right through! (Until he was hungry!) We are headed to Austin next weekend for his first road trip. We are hoping he sleeps most of the way down there and are going to do our best to time the driving out so we don't have to stop too much but I think no mater how much we plan it is kind of up to Jake how it goes!
Here are some more pictures that I haven't shared yet!
He has had a lot more too look at lately too. We have been getting out of the house a lot more (although it takes about 5 times as long to actually get out of the house). We try to go on a walk everyday, well when it is nice out. Hopefully those days will be more frequent now and we will be able to go everyday, I like getting out of the house everday without having to pack up and get into the car!
Jake is smiling a lot more now, mostly in the mornings. He is really happy when we wake up in the mornings and will lay there and smile and laugh at me (and Josh on the weekends). He is starting to be more interested in toys and will lay under his play gym for 15-20 minutes at a time. Today he figured out how to hit the rattle on there and did that for a while. Yesterday we were at Grams house and he hung out outside with us for a while. He seems to like being outside, other than the bright sunlight. We need to get him some sunglasses!
We also visited my work this week. Everyone thought he was cute and wanted to hold him, which he slept right through! (Until he was hungry!) We are headed to Austin next weekend for his first road trip. We are hoping he sleeps most of the way down there and are going to do our best to time the driving out so we don't have to stop too much but I think no mater how much we plan it is kind of up to Jake how it goes!
Here are some more pictures that I haven't shared yet!
Closest thing to a smile I have gotten on camera
He fell asleep in our bed while eating and I just let him sleep there
My two babies sleeping in our bed
Holding the paci in himself at Presley's party (you can see some of Presley's loot in the background)
Monday, March 8, 2010
Newborn Pictures and an Update
Not too much new stuff going on around here. Jake is growing big, he is up to 11lbs and 21.5 inches. He sleeps great, usually we get a 5-6 hour stretch of sleep at night. Although he still has a few nights here and there that he doesn't sleep great, but I will take just a few as opposed to all of them.
We have made lots of trips out of the house now. And Jake went to his first birthday party, Miss Presley turned 2. We went back to church this week and made it out alive. He slept through mass which was perfect. We had attempted to go to church the week before, but it worked out so that he would have needed to eat right as mass started so we decided to wait another week. This week we took a bottle for him but he never needed it. We also had our first trip to the mall. Other than spitting up on grams, he did great. He slept most of the time, ate once and had a diaper change. We also ate out at a resturant that same day (we got everything in all in one weekend!). I was able to fed him and everything went great. So now we have done most of our firsts as far as going out. Those first times weren't as scary as we were thinking they would be!
We are starting to get much more settled into a daily routine. Jake is starting to nap around the same time, but I am still feeding him on demand so that is always changing. We have started to see a lot more smiles from him too! Although we haven't managed to catch any on camera. He stops and gives us a pouty face the second we get the camera out. Stubborn little boy!
So we had his newborn pictures taken on Feb 20 and it took a couple of weeks to get the disc with all the pictures and get the annoucements ordered. So now that all of that is done I can share some more pictures. (The one at the top of the page is from that session)
We have made lots of trips out of the house now. And Jake went to his first birthday party, Miss Presley turned 2. We went back to church this week and made it out alive. He slept through mass which was perfect. We had attempted to go to church the week before, but it worked out so that he would have needed to eat right as mass started so we decided to wait another week. This week we took a bottle for him but he never needed it. We also had our first trip to the mall. Other than spitting up on grams, he did great. He slept most of the time, ate once and had a diaper change. We also ate out at a resturant that same day (we got everything in all in one weekend!). I was able to fed him and everything went great. So now we have done most of our firsts as far as going out. Those first times weren't as scary as we were thinking they would be!
We are starting to get much more settled into a daily routine. Jake is starting to nap around the same time, but I am still feeding him on demand so that is always changing. We have started to see a lot more smiles from him too! Although we haven't managed to catch any on camera. He stops and gives us a pouty face the second we get the camera out. Stubborn little boy!
So we had his newborn pictures taken on Feb 20 and it took a couple of weeks to get the disc with all the pictures and get the annoucements ordered. So now that all of that is done I can share some more pictures. (The one at the top of the page is from that session)
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