Cason-Four Months!

Yes my pictures are dark, no I do not know how to work my camera, yes I will eventually blog about something other than Cason.   Life is just so busy right now with TWO kids! We are still adjusting.

Here is what little C has been up to this month:

-We’ve moved up to size 2 Pampers Swaddlers.

-As of Monday, he weighs 15 lbs 3 oz and is 25 inches long. He’s in the 50%ile for height and weight and 75%ile for his head! It must be because he is so smart!

-We started feeding him rice cereal on Saturday and he loves it! We’ve been giving him probiotics for a while now by spoon so he was already used to that. We are also still putting gripe water in his day-time bottles.

-He still enjoys a paci, but only to fall asleep with. He discovered his thumb this month and tries to suck/chew on it when he can figure out how to get it in his mouth.

-He drinks 4-6 oz of formula at a time, usually about every 2-4 hours during the day. He has slept through the night a few times!! But most of the time, he wakes up once around midnight-2am to have a bottle.

-He is sleeping in his room now. Up until about a week or two ago, we swaddled him at night. But he has started trying to roll over (he can roll onto his side) and I was worried that he would roll to his stomach in the middle of the night and not have his arms free to hold his head up, so we stopped the swaddle.

-With all the pollen that’s been floating around and us being at the ballpark a lot (Noah is playing t-ball!), I’ve had to constantly suck stuff out of his nose with the bulb syringe and saline drops. He LOVES it and thinks it’s hilarious.

-He has grown a lot in the past month and his 3 month clothes are being stretched to the limits! We are transitioning into 6 month clothes now!

-He really is such a happy baby. You can just look at him and he smiles and coo’s!

-He is still going to daycare full time and we love it!

Likes: chewing on burp clothes, his taggie puppy and taggie blanket, his car toy that he can hold, his big brother, screaming for fun, his playmat, getting Mommy soaking wet during bathtime, having his diaper changed, waking up in the mornings, having his Daddy rock him to sleep, nap time with Mommy

Dislikes: being hungry, being left alone for longer periods of time, having his arms messed with

I love that he is getting bigger and showing more personality these days! He is so sweet and loving and we just love him to pieces!

Here are some candids from this month:

Cason–Three months!

He is getting so big!! Here is what Cason’s been up to this month:

-Size 1 Pampers Swaddlers

-Loves Avent paci’s (His Daddy will disagree and say he doesn’t like paci’s at all, but Mommy knows what’s up.)

-Drinks about 4oz every 2-3 hours during the day and about 4oz every 2-4 hours at night. YES he still wakes up a LOT! Usually we put him down around 7 or 8pm and his first stretch of sleep is the longest. Most of the time, he sleeps four hours then and then will start going every two. But last night he had a SEVEN hour stretch for the first time! WOOT WOOT!

-Loves being swaddled to sleep, arms and all. If his arms are free, he swings them all over the place and bonks himself in the head and wakes up! And he also loves when we let him out of his swaddle in the mornings. He will stretch so big and smile! He’s definitely a morning person.

-We finally have his gas issues under control! I put gripe water in his school bottles (or 5 bottles of the day if it’s the weekend) AND we give him probiotics every day. PS-probiotics are expensive but they work!

-In his one month at daycare, he has had RSV and a double ear infection AT THE SAME TIME. He took it like a champ though and is all better now!

-We went to the doctor last Friday to recheck his ears and we found out that he now weighs 12 lb 14 oz!

-Still in 0-3 month clothes, along with some 3 month outfits

-He smiles ALL THE TIME. He loves to say “ooo’s”

-Likes: taking a bath in the sink (he’s starting to enjoy kicking water everywhere too!), talking to his big brother, playing on his playmat, watching cartoons with his brother, sitting in his Bumbo, being talked to, snuggling with Mommy

-Dislikes: being hungry for more than 2.5 seconds

I just LOVE being a Mommy to my two boys!

Party Time!

Since Noah’s birthday fell on Sunday this year, we decided we would let him celebrate on Friday with his friend’s at school. Brad and I took cupcakes and everyone LOVED it!

They had just woken up from nap…hence the crazy hair and sleepy eyes!

Then on Saturday, we had Noah’s big birthday party at the Tumblebus Station! It was perfect. And big enough for all of our family and friends!

I love the picture below of Noah and his bff Greyson!

Baby brother slept through the ENTIRE party, so he missed out on the family picture!

Mommy and Daddy LOVE you sweet boy! Happy 4th birthday!!

Noah’s annual birthday interview

My sweet boy turned FOUR yesterday! We had a super busy weekend celebrating his birth and I will post pictures tomorrow! But for today, his annual birthday interview! I started this tradition when Noah started talking! I love looking back at his answers!

1. What is your favorite color? blue, orange, purple and pink

2. What is your favorite toy? a helicopter dinosaur, Mac and Lightning

3. What is your favorite fruit? bananas

4. What is your favorite tv show? Sheriff Callie

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Nuffin’

6. What is your favorite outfit? Santa jammies

7. What is your favorite game? playing cars

8. What is your favorite snack? cereal bars

9. What is your favorite animal? a cow

10. What is your favorite song? Sheriff Callie (the theme song)

11. What is your favorite book? Sheriff Callie (at this point, as he was watching Sheriff Callie, he told me he could no longer answer my questions because he HAD TO WATCH SHERIFF CALLIE!!!)

12. Who is your best friend? Greyson

13. What is your favorite cereal? Lucky Charms

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? play in my backyard

15. What is your favorite drink? juice box

16. What is your favorite holiday? trick or treat because I like seeing pumpkins and getting stuff

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? my new puppy (a stuffed dog his MiMi got him)

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? chicken nuggets (he isn’t joking!)

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? cupcakes and juice

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? be bigger and a bad guy so I can help everyone find things they lost

Cason-Two months!

Like sands through the hourglass….

Here is what little C has been up to this month:

-We went to the doctor for his 2 month check up last week. He weighs 10 lb 12 oz, is 22 1/2 inches long and his head circumference is 15 1/4 inches. He’s in the 10%ile for weight and 25%ile for height! Little squirt! He also had to get FIVE shots!

-Nicknames: C, moo moo or just moo, peanut, muffin or muffie , Noah calls him ‘little guy’

-He is still in size 1 diapers and we still favor Pampers Swaddlers.

-He can no longer fit in his newborn size clothing! We are in 0-3 month right now and he can wear some 3 month clothes, too!

-He started smiling REAL smiles this month! He will always smile if you practice saying “ooooo’s” with him. I’ve heard him laugh out loud twice, once at his play mat and once at me! Melt me! He has the sweetest, gummiest grin ever.

-He is SO GASSY. We switched him from Enfamil Newborn to Enfamil Gentlease last month and that helped for a while, but lately it doesn’t seem to be helping as much. I asked his doctor if we should switch him to the super expensive colic formula and she said no because he isn’t spitting up that much. She suggested we give him Gerber’s colic soothe drops (a probiotic) once a day. That helps some. We’ve also recently started putting gripe water in his bottles and that seems to be helping a LOT!

-He started school this month! Monday actually. His teacher sends me texts and pictures pretty much every day and I LOVE her for it! The first few days were tough on him because of his gas and I guess his teachers still needed to get to know him (meaning he is ROTTEN and wants to be held all the time!), but since we started the gripe water today, his teacher said he’s been fabulous! He also went in the church nursery for the first time.

-He eats 3-4 oz every 2-3 hours and will sometimes go 4 hours at night. We are praying for longer sleep stretches!

-His hair is still brown, but it started falling out and now is growing back a little lighter brown. And I think it’s safe to say that his eyes are turning brown too! I love looking into my boys’ eyes and seeing their Daddy! It’s my favorite.

-Likes: taking a bath, playing on his play mat, sitting up in the Bumbo but only for a few minutes, watching tv with his brother, snuggling, sneaking into Mommy and Daddy’s bed at night…, saying oooo’s, being worn in a wrap on Mommy

-Dislikes: getting OUT of the bath, being alone, being covered up, not getting a bottle in his mouth the exact second he decides he’s hungry

-Noah loves him HARD! More than I ever expected. He has yet to show an ounce of jealousy and I couldn’t be prouder of big brother. He loves holding Cason, kissing him, laying beside him and talking to him.

I do miss the newborn days when he was so little, but I am also excited that he’s growing and getting a little more stable and squishy!

Mommy loves you, Cason!

Here are a few candids from this month…

Cason-One Month!

Our sweet boy turned one month old on Sunday! We celebrated by taking him to church for the first time. He did great through Sunday School, but only lasted about two songs in big church before he was done.

Here is what Cason has been up to this month:

-Weighed 7 lbs 13 oz at his two week check up and was 20 1/4 inches long

-We graduated from newborn to size 1 diapers last week. We prefer Pampers Swaddlers.

-He is the most hot-natured baby I have ever seen! He hates wearing hats or thick clothing and will almost always kick his socks off.

-He started cooing this week and ‘talking’ to his play mat.

-He LOVES to be held. It’s his favorite. I’ve learned to use my Moby Wrap at work so I can actually get things done. We have started a bad habit at night of letting him sleep with us. He will be completely knocked out and as soon as you put him down, he wakes up and cries. But if you cuddle him in the bed, he falls fast asleep. It’s the only way we are getting any sleep at this point…

-When he lets you put him down, he loves his play mat. He also likes to swing, but only for short periods of time.

-He eats anywhere from 2-3 ounces of formula every 2-3 hours during the day and 2-4 ounces every 2-4 hours at night. I was able to breastfeed for about a week, then we switched to Enfamil Newborn formula. So far, he does well with it. He is a pretty gassy baby and is hard to burp, at least for me! But gas drops and lots of patting/rubbing usually help.

-He still has a head full of brown hair, but it has lightened up a bit since he was born. I still can’t tell what color his eyes will be. Some days they look blue, other days brown or green. I have green and Brad and Noah have brown…so I’m guessing his will eventually turn brown, too.

-He loves taking a bath! It relaxes him and will always make him happy!

-He is wearing newborn size clothing and is starting to fill them out more.

-I have to cut his fingernails about every three days. They grow so fast! And he has the longest fingers and toes that I have ever seen on a baby! He got that from his Mommy!

-He loves to look out the window and at “The Catch” picture we have in our living room.

-Big brother Noah absolutely LOVES him. He asks to hold him often and LOVES when Cason’s eyes are open.

We love Cason so so so much. He is the perfect little addition to our family!