Saturday, May 18, 2013

Two Months Old


Nicholas is two months old.  Here are his stats:

Weight: 11 lbs 6 oz (65%)
Length: 23 3/4 (70%)
Head: 15 1/2 (50%)

Nicholas is growing well.  He is generally a very calm baby.

Favorite activities:
watching his surroundings
looking at faces
laying on his back in his baby gym/activity center
grabbing at toys (sometimes)

Eating:
Nicholas eats about every three hours.  He loves to eat!  He has his daddy's appetite.  I am still nursing.

Sleep:
Nicholas is a good sleeper.  He started giving us 5 hour stretches almost every night when he was one month.  Now he sleeps on average 6-7 hour stretches at night.  His record is 9 hours.  He did that after his first day with Mariel, our babysitter.  He spent two days with her while Mike was in the hospital so that I could be there with him during the day.  He goes down at night around 9, wakes between 3 and 4, then is down until 6:30 or 7.  He takes a longer nap (1-3 hours) midday (11am) and 2-3 other catnaps of 30 to 45 minutes throughout the day.

Language:
No, he doesn't talk yet, but he is starting to coo and make sounds.  He loves to smile at people and opens his mouth wide as though he's trying to figure out the talking thing.  It's pretty cute.

Now that you have endured all my notes....



 
Mikaela wore this same onesie when she was 8 months old.


When life is just hard.....

Love that smile!





Outtakes/extras of his two month photo:







photo bombed by Mikaela

Blogging Backlog

Mike had back surgery on May 9th so things have been a little busy around our house.  He's recovering well,  and his post op appointment went well.  He still has pain medication to help him manage it, but his restrictions are "If it hurts, don't do it."  He goes back in 5 weeks and perhaps after that he'll be able to run again.  Or at least work out.

Here are some pictures that have been taken recently:
both kids playing at the babysitter's

precious piggies



Graempa took a nap with Mikaela.  She fell asleep with her hands over her ears because Graempa was snoring.
 Here are photos taken on Mother's Day.  We all went to church together (except Mike) and had take out from Joe's Pasta/Pizza/Subs for lunch at our house since Mike had only gotten home from the hospital the day before.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Movie Star Mikaela





Bluebonnet Pictures

We never ventured out for bluebonnet pictures this year because Nicholas was so tiny, so we improvised.



Nicholas Achievements

Today Nicholas:
1) smiled several times at Mommy
2) intentionally kicked the sea horse on his bouncy seat
3) intentionally kicked Daddy's hand
4) grasped a ring toy from the tray on his swing

Unfortunately, none of this was successfully captured on film, but here are some pictures anyway.

not so thrilled with picture time with Sister






Must I have a pink swing?  

Friday, May 3, 2013

Technology Jargon

How the jargon has changed:  I still say I will "tape" things and watch videos.  Mikaela corrected me today saying we were watching DVDs.