Thankful

I have many things to be thankful for, my health, my family, my husband, my friends, my job, but I am most thankful this year for the new addition to our family.  I could only dream last year about having a new baby for the holidays this year.  I am so thankful that God answered my prayers and blessed us with this sweet baby boy.  He is everything I could have dreamed of.  I just fall in love with him more everyday.  His sweet little smile just melts my heart!  I enjoy so much watching him grow and do new things everyday.  He has starting really focusing on things and studying our faces.  He smiles at us.  He "talks" to us with his sweet baby coos. He lifts his head up and looks around.  It is amazing how much he has changed in such little time. 

For Thanksgiving this year, we stayed in town and ate dinner at my grandparents' house.  Then, we went to my Dad's and visited there for a while.  Brady was such a good boy, and I think he enjoyed his first Thanksgiving.



Checking out his Great Granddad, Geno




Just chatting with GiGi




Brady and his GiGi




Cat nap on mommy




Brady and Aunt Katie!




Waldo, Uncle Duh Do, Great Grandma, and Riley of course.




Our family of three :)




He did pretty good about staying awake and visiting with everyone, but he slipped in a nap here and there. (Typical male on Thanksgiving, right?)




He loves his wubbanub! (And it is just so cute)




I am glad Brady was able to spend some more time with his Great Grandma.




Already in the Christmas spirit!




He loves to play on his changing table.

Paul and I have gotten away a couple nights to have some "adult" time.  But, we have never been gone too long. I start missing Brady the second we walk out the door.  But, I know it is important to get away and spend some time together baby free. Little things I love and want to remember: the way he looks up at me while he is nursing, the way he rubs his little feet on my arms and curls his toes while nursing, how he kicks and "talks" on his changing table, the smiles he gives me in the morning when I get him out of his crib, the many facial expressions he makes, and how he holds his wubbanub paci.  Some nights are better than others with his sleeping, but he has been in his crib all night every night (even if there are some midnight walks around the house).  He will go 5 or 6 hours sometimes, and I am definitely getting more sleep than I was, so for that I am thankful.  He is such a good, happy baby.  I love you to the moon sweet boy, and although I want to cherish every moment I can't wait to watch you grow and gain your little personality more each day.

Blog, what blog?

I am sorry that I have been very slack about updating my blog.  I have made it rather difficult on myself, because we got a new camera and some how when setting it up I told it not to sync to my computer.  Ever since then I can not get it to recognize the camera when I plug it in...err!! (If anyone has a way to fix this, please share!)  So, I can only get the pictures off the camera on Paul's computer.  This would not be an issue today since he is working, but conveniently I can not find the plug to the camera now- nice.  So, I apologize for the lack of pictures (of the cutest baby boy in the world) in this post.

It seems like ages ago that I was in the hospital meeting my baby for the first time.  I have really gotten the hang of this mommy thing, and I am loving every minute of it.  Brady is sleeping longer periods at a time at night (thank the lord!).  And, he has been sleeping in his crib every night (not in my arms).  Another, thank the lord!, because I was starting to have serious back pains from trying to lay still in the same position all night to make sure I didn't smoosh the little guy.

Our not so little boy anymore is 2 months old!  And boy has he grown!

2 months! 

He weighs a whopping 10lbs 12oz! (52nd percentile)

23.5 inches long (25th percentile)

I knew he had grown, but I had no idea he had almost doubled his birth weight!  The boy likes to eat I'll tell you that much.  The doctor actually told me that I needed to cut him off and not let him nurse so long.  He was getting fussy after eating like he had a stomach ache.  The pediatrician compared it to one of us going to a buffet and eating so much so fast then realizing that was not such a good idea.  He is also on Zantac for some reflux issues.  With those two adjustments, he is a much happier baby.

Here is just a cute picture that I never shared of Brady with Papa and his cousins, Walt, Emmie, William, and Marcus!  I promise I will have more pictures next time.  Trust me, there is no lack of photos around here :).