Two Months

This second month has flown by. I am sad to say my maternity leave is coming to an end this week. We have decided to pass on daycare and have hired a really sweet girl named Michelle to come to the house and nanny for us. Hopefully this will make the transition a little easier for me. I am not worried at all about Wills! 

This last month has been so fun. Our little guy is getting a personality. He smiles and chats quite a bit. He also has very manly burps. I swear you would think they were coming from a grown man! He has also become really good at blowing bubbles. Cute, but messy. Being outside is one of his favorite things, he loves going on walks or just laying on a blanket in the shade.

Two Month Stats:

Weight: 11 lbs, 6 oz (50th percentile)

Length: 23 1/2 inches (75th percentile)

Clothing Size: Newborns are officially gone. We are now in the 0-3 months, some fit great and some are still a little loose

Nicknames: Buddy, Buster, Snorty, Mr. Bubbles 

Must haves: Still using the moby wrap like crazy as well as the miracle swaddle blanket

Milestones:
August 25 First smile
August 29 Started cooing
September 2 First trip to Arkansas
September 3 First time at a restaurant
September 4 First time at church
September 10 First Birthday party (For cousin Ethan)
September 20 First yoga class

Play Date at Starbucks

We met Blaine, Stella, and their mommies today at Starbucks. Aunt Janice came too. She was nice enough to get some photos of Wills with his friends.

   

 

We had a great time today hanging out with our friends. I am looking forward to the day they actually start interacting with one another!

Wills' Weekly Photos

So instead of doing a full post every week just for pictures, there is now a page in the side bar. I will update it every week, it just won't show up on the main home page. Be sure to click over there regularly to see how fast our little guy is growing! Week 6 is up now.

Sip and See

This weekend we made our way to Arkansas for the first time since Wills arrived. He did great in the car and adjusted to all the big changes easily.

On Saturday, my sister threw Wills a party so that all our Arkansas friends and family could come out and meet him.

Family photo

rocking the "Hug Magnet" shirt

with cousin Vanessa 

our newest friend, baby Drake who was a week old that day

with Ms. Sue

 

cousin Ethan

 

with Rachel, who will be providing another little boy to play with in late October

 side by side comparison with Barrett, who is 4 months old (we have some catching up to do!)

 

with Ms. Autry

We had such a great time catching up with everyone. Thanks so much to Aunt Sara for throwing the party for us. It was amazing!

Just because

Since he is changing so fast, I though doing some just because photos might be nice. I will try to do this every week. Here are just a couple favorites from the last week.

One Month

Nothing could have prepared us for this first month of being parents. We were so blessed by Charles' schedule that he was able to be around so much for the first two weeks of Wills' life. I was so blessed that my mom came to stay with us for the third week! The fourth week of his life flying solo wasn't too bad either.

Sleep has definitely become a commodity around here (for me). My friend Erin told me to be prepared that a baby's cry is the first thing a woman will wake up to and like the 75th thing a man will wake up to. This is definitely true. There have been nights where Wills' is screaming his head off while getting his diaper changed (does that ever stop?) and I will ask Charles the next day if we woke him up. Needless to say, the answer is no.

Some struggles we have encountered this month have mainly been with breast feeding. My milk didn't come in as abundantly as it should have, so we had some weight gain issues with Wills and had to start supplementing. I started the fun task of nursing, then pumping, then feeding Wills a bottle eight to nine times a day to help boost my supply. I also started taking some fenugreek, an herbal supplement that makes me smell like pancakes and Reglan, a prescription of GI stuff that randomly helps boost milk supply. Thankfully, over this last weekend we confirmed I was officially making enough to feed our son and we no longer have to supplement! I am so glad. My mom contributes this to my stubborness. I say I was just determined! 

Some awesomness this month have been that he is awake more often so we get to see his pretty eyes. He is still a snuggle bug, which I love. Just this week he has started to follow you with his eyes. We read that tracking is a stepping stone for good hand eye cooridination. As Charles would say, "this is important for his future as an elite athlete".

One Month Stats:

Weight: 8 lbs, 9 oz

Length: 22 1/4

Clothing Size: Newborn stuff is getting snug, but 0 to 3 months is still a little loose

Nicknames: Buddy, Buster, Buttercup (we like "B's" I guess)

Must haves: Moby Wrap, Sakura Sling, Miracle Blanket Swaddler, Rumparooz Diaper Covers, Bac Out

Milestones: 

July 26th: home from the hospital, met big sister Holly for the first time. Neither of them is too impressed with the other just yet.

July 29th: first doctor's appt and first trip to Target

August 1st: belly button stump fell off
August 3rd: first photo shoot

August 4th: first date with baby Blaine

August 11th: back to birth weight

August 17th: finally gaining weight appropriately!8LBS, 3OZ

August 21st: following mommy, daddy, and keys with his eyes

                                                                                   

This month has truly been the most amazing, exhausting, and wonderful month of our lives. I can't wait to see what next month brings!

Newborn Pictures

When Wills was 10 days old, we headed to Edmond to see Kristi of Twice Blessed Photography. We were having our newborn pictures taken!

Wills did amazing. We got up early that morning and ate, then we took a bath, and then we ate again, and then we headed to Edmond. Wills fell asleep in the car on the drive and proceeded to sleep for the next two and half hours. He woke up at the very end of the session ready to eat again!

To see some highlights from his photo session, you can check out my facebook page. 

To see the rest, you can go to the Twice Blessed Photography client proofing page and enter wills831 as the password. You will need to hurry though, because it will only be up for 14 days!

We were so pleased with Kristi and how the pictures turned out. We will be seeing her again in late October/early November for our 3 month photos!