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Friday, October 30, 2009

3 Months Old

This month Brighton has grown and changed in a lot of ways.

He is consistently wearing 6 month clothes now. (mostly because of his diaper) They are a tiny bit too big, but better than wearing clothes that are too small.
He weighed 14 lbs 12 oz. a couple days after his birthday.
He smiles at me all the time at Jere and I and is now talking to me a whole lot more as well.
He has been sleeping through the night since he was 10.5 weeks old. His pattern has been to sleep from about 11pm till somewhere between 7:45-9am. He usually sleeps for a couples hours in the morning, afternoon and evening as well.
A little before he turned 3 months old, I offered him a Nuk pacifier and he seems to like it better than the soothie pacifier he's sucked since he was born. It reminds me of when my little brother Jamie used to suck the same kind.
I bought him some rings to hang from his car seat handle about a month ago and he immediately grabbed them to hit and hang onto them.
He holds his head very well and is pushing himself up so he can look around while on his belly.
He's losing hair on the sides of his head A LOT, I think from sleeping on his tummy. He's also had a strip of hair missing on the back of his head for while. Probably from laying on his back during the day and being in the car seat.
He celebrated his first Halloween the day after his three month birthday. He was dressed up as a "Pea in a Pod".
I bought him an excersaucer and his feet don't touch the platform yet but he'll sit in there for short amounts of time and look around.
He is spitting up significantly less now. So significantly less that when he spits up a large amount, I wonder what's wrong.
He is getting his first tooth! I saw a little white bud in his mouth when he was almost 13 weeks old (just a few days before his official 3 month birthday). Monday and Tuesday he was acting weird and not sleeping well during the day. Wednesday was better but in the afternoon he was having some trouble and I noticed the white dot in his mouth. It all sort of came together then, when I realized what was happening
I think he likes to sleep with his socks off. It's a strange thing but when he's laying down and I take his socks off, he stops making noise and falls asleep...
When he's nursing he seems to be a lot more social. Instead of focusing, he'll stop to look at me. I'll look down and realize he's been smiling at me for a while.
He still loves bathes. The other day I had the ducky in the bath with him and was making quacking noises while moving the duck in front of him. Every time I did it, he would laugh and make a "he he" noise. After his bath (which I usually take with him)he sits in his tub while I finish taking a shower and waits SO patiently.
Lately if he's tired, he'll start acting like it so I try to cuddle him. But sometimes it seems like whatever arm he's laying on, he wants the other arm and calms down once I switch him.
He is continuing to be strong while standing up in my lap and looking around as well as sitting in my lap.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

2 Months Old

Today Brighton turned two months old. I could have taken his picture at 4:33am this morning (the time he was born) but I thought my eyes should probably be open to take his pic, instead of closed...

He is 50% in head size, height and weight.
His schedule is to sleep, eat/poop, stay awake for a little bit and sleep again. Just like a normal baby!
This pic was taken in a 6-9 month wunzie - his diapers take up a lot of trunk space, he really has such a little booty.
He took his first family weekend trip with us over Labor Day weekend to Wichita, KS where he met both sets of great-grand-parents on Jere's side.
He spits up several times after he eats and if I'm not careful it'll get down my whole body.
Just recently I tried laying him on his belly to sleep and he seems to like it.
At 8 weeks old he weighed 12.02 lbs.
I spike his hair into a little faux hawk and everyone loves it.
He is okay with tummy time now but does make little noises in protest.
He's been eating about every three hours recently although today he seems to be eating every TWO hours!
Most people tell me he looks like Jere and that might be true but we're still not really sure. He has a lot of the same features as Jere - One being a little cleft in his chin.
He holds his head up really well now. I keep my hand behind it just in case he loses control but overall he can hold it up and look at us.
He likes to stand up so I will hold his belly while he's in front of me and he looks so grown up standing on my lap bouncing his knees and holding his head so well.
His little wrists have this defined area where his arm fat meets his hand and it's so cute. It almost looks a little painful but it's proof that he's chubbing up.
He coos and smiles at and the sound he makes the most sounds something like "agoo".
He's becoming more social and smiles at me quite a bit - especially when he's about to eat.
We are using cloth diapers and wipes exclusively now. He hasn't had a diaper rash and I hope he never does.
Whenever I change his diaper I lift his butt up using my left hand to lift his right leg and when I put the wet wipe on his butt he makes these little noises like "ohh that's cold" and kind of grunts too.
He still doesn't seem to be upset if he has a dirty diaper - only for gas, hunger and tiredness. Of course I change him whenever he eats so it might not ever be an issue...
He's still having trouble with gas after he eats as well as spitting up. A lot of times I will put him to bed because he is sleepy only to have to pick him up and burp him because I can tell he's uncomfortable. Most times he doesn't cry, it's just that he moves around so much making little noises, I can tell he's not sleeping and that he's having trouble.
I try to send a picture everyday to family members who can receive pictures on their phones and they love it. Uncle Jamie says "it helps me with the ladies" and Grandpa Charlie says "where's my pic today?" if I haven't sent one yet. Aunt Rachel always has a nice comment about the pictures I send and she loves little Brighton a lot.
He still loves baths and I love washing him and putting sweet smelling lotion on him when it's done.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Happy Birthday!

Today is my Mother's Birthday. I'll tell you how old she would say she is...29.

Happy Birthday MOM!

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Today is my birthday. Jer took me out for breakfast this morning! I thought it was so sweet that he would surprise me and wake up at 6am to take me out for my birthday. He had this whole thing worked out where Shawna would cancel on me to go running so that he could surprise me instead. So he took me to Panera and we sat, ate breakfast and looked at houses online - awww how sweet :)

When I lived in Florida and worked for Disney, I turned 20. I had just finished my first year of college and had never lived away from my family before. I didn't know what to do for my birthday but didn't want to mope around if no one knew it was my birthday and didn't do anything FOR ME. That's when my step-mom gave me this good piece of advice.

Do something for yourself. Don't mope around. Don't feel sorry for yourself.

So I set about planning to buy myself a cake to celebrate with my new friends and roommates. I did all this only to be completely surprised when they showed up bearing a cake and card. We ordered Chinese food and had an awesome time!

Ever since then I've realized that birthdays aren't about giving gifts or being cheesy and singing "happy birthday". (although that's fun too) To me, it means that you need to celebrate that person, who they are and what they bring into your life. I am the only person I'll ever get to be and that's pretty important!

So today, I plan to celebrate myself. I have an appointment to get my hair done as well as a massage!

Here are some photos from the party my family had for me on Sunday. :)