5 months

Where does time go?  Our precious boy is getting so big and FAST.  Sometimes I wish i could just freeze time and breathe in that baby smell and kiss those baby cheeks endlessly. Jack amazes me every single day.  He is SO much fun!  He has started to really hug us and I can tell he is showing us love in his own little way.  He will wrap his chunky little arms around my neck and plant big, open-mouth slobbery kisses on our cheeks and I just can't get enough of that. His laughs and smiles are contagious. I love this little boy so much that it literally hurts sometimes!  I am completely smitten with our precious blessing.

At 5 months...
weighed in at 18 lbs, 2 oz a day before he turned 5 months. Guess we are doing something right because this boy is GROWING :)
His eyes are officially brown, just like mama and daddy!
He loves touching faces, big hugs and slobbery kisses.
is so active!  He is constantly kicking, rolling, and moving around.  He has even started to scoot a bit when on his tummy. I am so not ready for crawling yet.  Slow down, little man!
Smiles and laughs so much.  He also babbles constantly.  He loves to "growl", we say he sounds like a baby dinosaur and he thinks it is hilarious when you mimic him.
is starting to love peekaboo... this morning while getting ready for work I kept popping my head out of the bathroom while brushing my teeth and he just giggled from our bed and waited for me to do it again.
Cereal is quickly becoming his favorite thing and he is showing so much interest in our food.  I gave him a tiny bit of ice cream on my finger last week and he LOVED it.  Can't wait to start real foods in a few weeks.
Is able to sit up for a few seconds unassisted.  We work on it every day and I am thinking it won't be long until he is doing it on his own.
He is napping much better in his crib and at daycare.  Nights are still a work in progress but I really enjoy our cuddle time in the wee hours of the morning so I can't complain. 
now that he rolls, Jack has realized he loves sleeping on his stomach.  This has helped dramatically in the napping department.

Life is very good :) Here are some recent pictures from my iPhone.  Will post more from the real camera soon.

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4 Months!

Another month has gone by and Jack is growing and changing every second!  Long gone are the days of that tiny newborn newness.  Jack is full of personality and is already keeping us on our toes :) Although he has only been in our lives for 4 months so far, I don't remember what life was like without him. He has truly made our lives so much richer and full of love.

At 4 months Jack

...weighs in at 16lbs, 10 ounces. Still topping the charts in the 80-85% for height, weight and head circumference.
...got his 2 bottom teeth!
...started eating cereal shortly after his 4 month birthday. We try and give it to him in the evenings but don't push it on him since he is still young and sometimes just not interested.  He does love it on most occasions and it is so cute to watch him eat from a spoon!
...is still wearing 6 month clothes with a little bit of room. I have stocked up on 6-12 month clothes in anticipation for the switch!
...has his hands are still constantly in his mouth and now he has discovered that he can get his feet in his mouth as well so he loves chomping on those toes :)
...ROLLING BOTH WAYS!  Back to front and front to back.  He thinks it is hilarious.
...He coos and babbles all day long. He loves when his dad babbles back to him and they go back and forth. This provides hours of entertainment for everyone in our house. 
....smiles constantly!  
...is laughing and it is the best thing ever. 
... still loves bath time. Kicks his feet and splashes.  Watches jack and I to make sure he has an audience.
...Loves his johnny jump up and we are going to start him with his exersaucer soon because he loves sitting upright and playing.
...is sleeping ok but we have hit a bit of a regression phase and I am anxiously awaiting his return to waking only once to eat.
...naps are improving every day. He is sleeping longer at daycare and at home we have been able to get him in the crib most of the time.  If he is fussing in his crib or bassinet during a nap, all I have to do is put my hand on his chest and he grabs it with both of his hands and pulls me close.  It melts my heart every. time.
...loves listening to his daddy whistle.  Laughs and smiles and will stop eating just to watch him.
...Had his first real sickness this month and it was terrible. He was sick with RSV and I felt so terrible for him.  One of the days we ended up in the ER because his breathing was erratic and making me nervous.  He was so sweet during the entire visit and smiled through his breathing treatments and all of the poking and prodding of the medical staff at the hospital.  After almost 2 weeks, he was feeling much better and is back to normal now.  It was a long road but our tough guy was happy happy happy the whole time!
...He loves his bumbo, watching tv, naps on mommy and daddy, walks in his stroller and any outings where there is a lot of activity going on.

Sick Baby

Well, we knew the day would come eventually, but never thought our little guy would get sick within his first month at daycare!  Last Tuesday morning Jack woke up coughing and had a really stuffy nose.  I took him straight to the pediatrician because I know a coughing baby is nothing to mess around with!  Turns out, little man has RSV, which is a respiratory virus.  To us adults, it would just be a cold, but it is much worse for babies. The doctor told us that we needed to keep him out of daycare for at least a week and let him get lots of rest.  Luckily, I have an amazing job that allows me to work from home, and a sleepy baby means that I had a lot of quiet time to get things done while he slept next to me.  It has been a long week of little sleep at night (partially because I was listening to him breathe and also because he has been waking up congested and coughing). We ended up at St. Mary's on Thursday because his breathing was scaring me a bit.  Turns out he was just extremely stopped up and once he got a breathing treatment he was fine.  Little man smiled through the whole thing. He is the sweetest.  He is definitely still feeling sick but getting better each day.  His smile has not left him at all. I just can't wait for him to feel 100% again.  It has to be so confusing to be sick as a baby and not understand what is happening.

Here are some pictures of our week.

Sleeping next to me on the couch while I got some work done on the day he was diagnosed.

Cuddly boy in the swing

Had to take him to work with me one of the days to get some things done. He slept in my lap for a few hours while I had a very productive afternoon of calls and emails.

Smiling before bed one evening after breathing treatments!

Rolling over and giggling :)

Breaks my heart that he has to do this but he really doesn't mind it at all. I am thinking it feels good and that is why he allows it.

Lots of sleeping happened.

More sleeping on mommy

Cuddles on his first Easter

Hanging with Aunt Jamie on Monday. She babysat and he was all smiles all day long.

3 months!

 Our little man is getting big so fast!  Last week we celebrated 3 blissful months with Jack. He has brought more love and joy into our lives than we ever thought possible.  I am completely in love with this little guy and adore watching him as he figures out life.  He is starting to get such a personality.

At 3 months Jack

...weighs in at 16lbs, 4 ounces (this was his weight yesterday fully clothed at his pediatrician appointment).  We definitely have a big boy on our hands and I love it! He is in the 85-90 percentile for height, weight and head circumference.
...is wearing 6 month clothes with a little bit of room. I have a feeling he won't be in them for more than a few weeks longer though.
...has his hands permanently in his mouth.
...rolls from stomach to back pretty regularly now.  At first it was accidental but now it is obvious that he knows what he is doing.
...loves to stand up (with us holding his fingers) and loves tummy time!
...loves to babble and COO.  This is one of my favorite things! He will literally talk and babble for an hour straight and he thinks it is hilarious when we talk back to him in his baby talk :)
....smiles constantly!  The teachers at school are always telling me that he just smiles all day long and loves to hang out with everyone.  I love when he gets really tickled with something and has to look away because it is almost like it is too much for him to handle :) 
...is slowly starting to let out some laughs.  So far they are just tiny giggles but I can't wait for the full on belly laughs!
...he has found his hands and feet and it is hilarious to watch.  He will just sit and stare at them in awe and it is so cute!
... loves bath time.  He just spreads out in his tub and kicks and coos.  He HATES when bath time is over and cries when we take him out of the warm water.
...is pretty much over the swing and bouncy seat.  He knows there are better places to hang (like mom and dad's laps!)
...is sleeping well at night.  He typically will give us one solid 6-8 hour chunk of sleep and then just wakes up to eat and quickly falls back asleep.  I am pretty sure he would sleep until 10 AM every day if we would let him.  I hate having to wake him up every morning to take him to daycare.
...naps are a challenge at home and at daycare.  He prefers to sleep in our arms during the day and I am a sucker and give in to him because I love to cuddle.  His naps at daycare are few and far between (an also very short) because he isn't used to laying in a crib during the day.
...is still in our room sleeping in his bassinet. I am just not ready to move him down the hall to his room yet because I love having him close by at night. I know we will need to transition him soon and I am not looking forward to that!


Some more pics of recent weeks!


 2 months and 3 months.  He is looking so much bigger and more grown up!

 

 

 

He is fascinated with staring at himself when I am taking an iphone picture :)

 

 

 Love that little smirk!

Meeting his great grandfather for the first time :)  Couldn't be more proud to have our baby boy named after his wonderful father and this man.  They are both incredible.

He loves snuggling with this puppy dog. 

Another picture where he could see himself on the iphone screen.

7 weeks old!

Time moves so fast.  It feels like just yesterday we were bringing home our baby boy and now he is 7 weeks old!  Our little man is getting so BIG!  We haven't been to the doctor lately but I am guessing he is somewhere around 11-12 pounds.  3 month clothes are starting to get a little snug. He is smiling and cooing more and more each day, which is the best thing ever!  We literally sit and stare at him for hours.  Last night he gave us a 5 hour stretch of sleep which was much needed and appreciated by mom and dad :)  Here are some recent pictures of our boy.