3 Months Old!

I am SO in love with this little guy, and he is a Mommy's boy for sure. I'll admit, when we found out we were having a boy I was just a teeny, tiny little bit disappointed, I know that sounds terrible. What was I thinking?! I am overwhelmed with love for my sweet boy. I think I'll baby him forever! :) I am just so happy, and also so thankful that I don't have any post partum depression this time around.

The first two months were rough, he wanted to eat non-stop, and was really fussy, especially in the evenings. I refused to accept the term colic, I felt like if he was crying and fussy there had to be some reason for it. I went off of dairy, but it didn't seem to help. We finally realized he was overtired! It sounds crazy, but that was all the problem was. We were keeping him up too late, giving him his bath late (around 8:00), which caused him to be overstimulated and overtired, which in turn caused him to not be able to settle himself down to get to sleep no matter what we tried. As soon as we started putting him to bed early, he became such a content, happy baby. He goes to bed every night at 5:30, then sleeps 12 hours until 5:30 in the morning, when he eats and goes back to sleep until about 6:30 or 7:00. During the day he can't be awake for more than about an hour at a time before he needs a nap, he sleeps A LOT! He's on a good routine now, and goes about 3 hours during the day between eating (I'm so glad the round the clock eating is over!). He goes to bed so early, it's kind of nice to have the evening free to spend a couple of hours of special time with Isabella, and then some time to ourselves after she's in bed.

He still likes to be swaddled. Question to fellow swaddlers - when did you stop swaddling?? Do I just keep doing it until he starts trying to "break free"?

He's all smiles for big sister! She's getting better with him, I really want to take the time sometime to blog about her adjustment, it wasn't going so well for awhile there . . .

There was a time when I thought he'd be attached to me in the Bjorn forever (and I'd then be in a wheelchair with a broken back!). But alas he really enjoys being put down and playing now. He loves this play gym and also his bouncy seat with the toy bar on it.

Hanging out on my bed, watching me pack for our weekend trip to Monte's parents.

I love fall!

Even though we've had our first snowfall, it melted fast, and it's still fall around here . . . for now.

Birthday Girl

November 2nd marked Isabella's 4th birthday, I can't believe my sweet baby girl is 4! She's had a couple of birthday celebrations, with one more yet to come with my family.

Here's my attempt at a Dora cake.

Celebrating with Monte's family.

This is what she saw first thing on her birthday morning - a Dora tablecloth, Dora balloon, Dora plate and cup, and presents waiting for her!

She's been REALLY wanting a coffee maker for her kitchen for the last year, she was thrilled to finally get one.

Magnetic wooden dolls, today's version of old fashioned paper dolls.

My mom came out to spend a couple of days with us, she offered to stay home with Jaymes while we did something special with Isabella on her birthday. She wanted to go the park and the zoo, and Applebees to eat. We made it to the park at the zoo, but unfortunately the zoo was just closing when we got there because they're on winter hours now. Thankfully, she didn't seem to mind.

Ending the day with a DQ ice cream cake brought by grandma!

Daddy's Girl

She is SO in love with him . . .

Trick or Treat

Old Pictures

Starting with the most recent ones-

Such a sleepy boy, he even sleeps through some of his baths.

My friend Kelley had a baby girl (after having 4 boys!) exactly one week after Jaymes was born, and our Bible Study group threw us an awesome shower, it was such a fun night. This was about 5 weeks ago.

I thought this diaper cake was such a cute and creative present!

The guests of honor.

Can't leave this sweet thing out!

Twins Game!

The bank my brother works for owns season tickets that the bank officers get to use. My brother (and his bank) was nice enough to let Monte and I use the tickets a couple of weeks ago. It was quite a ways a way for us, we spent about 7 hours on the road that day, but it was so worth it! It was awesome to see their brand new stadium! We weren't even thinking about going, my mom just called us, said she had tickets for us, and that she was making the trip out to our house to babysit. I had a good supply of milk in the fridge and freezer for Jaymes, and he takes a bottle really well, so it worked out great.

The tickets were right behind home plate, and were Legends Club tickets (VIP apparently). We sat right by all the press, and had our own special area with VIP treatment!

It was a great day, although it ended terribly, that was the night Jaymes quit breathing. Also, Isabella got really sick while we were gone, and really wanted us. I don't remember the last time she was sick, but of course she would get sick when there's a new baby in the house! Thankfully he never got it. We did have to take her in to the doctor, and she had her first ear infection, and was on antibiotic for the first time ever. Hopefully that's not a start to how our winter will go, I hope she stays as healthy as she normally does, but time will tell . . .