Recap

So we have been pretty busy here the past two weeks! Life has been pretty good! Two weekends ago, Brad's parents and grandma came up to see us. John had a great time meeting his Great Grandma Kepfer and seeing his Grandma and Grandpa! We wish they could have stayed longer!

Playing with Grandma and Grandpa

John and Grandma

The family :)

Grandpa, Brad, and John

Great Grandma and John

Four generations picture :)

This past weekend Brad went to Florida for a wedding. I really wanted to go, but it was too soon to leave John back, especially with feeding him. We survived though! We spent Friday night at my parents house and then my mom babysat on Saturday night while I went to a girlfriend's bachelorette party. I am so grateful that we live close to family. We really miss Colorado but it is so nice to be 30 minutes from my parents and 3 hours to Brad's family. I can't imagine John not seeing his grandparents that often.

This past week John has transitioned to his crib! YAY! Until now he has slept in his napper on his pack-n-play or his swing. He is getting too big for them now though! I swear, this little guy grows more and more each day. He is almost as big as Libby! He is getting to be SO much fun though. Every day he has a new noise and his little grip is getting stronger and stronger. He is so smiley too, which melts my heart.

I am so excited because I talked Brad into getting his 3 month pictures taken by my sister's wedding photographer, who does amazing work, as my birthday present. She has a package for 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year photos. I knew I wanted her to do his one year pictures, but when I saw this package and was looking at her website (ejphotos.com), I couldn't help it. So June 22nd he will get his pictures taken at our house. Fun stuff!

"My shirt should say #1 CHUNK!"

Well, I think my little man is starting to wake up. Video monitors are the greatest! Have a good week!

Good Morning!

I have been so bad about updating this blog the past week, we have been busy, busy, busy! I promise I will write more later today about our weekend with Brad's parents and Grandma, our week, and this past weekend. For now, here are some pictures from this morning...enjoy :)

2 Months Old!

"We made it Mommy!"

Crazy! When John was first born, everyone kept telling me, "it gets so much easier after the first two months." That seemed like SO long away! But it is true, time really does fly, and it DOES get easier! I wouldn't say we are living on easy street, but it has gotten much, much better. He is such a little boy now, he is the cutest thing ever. We took him for his two month appointment today, and he weighed 12 pounds, 4 ounces (60th percentile), 23 inches long (50th percentile), and his head circumference was 39.2 cm (25 percentile). The doctor was really happy with everything and assured us he was right on track and doing great! He showed off a little for her by lifting his head, grabbing at his blanket, and smiling too :)

At two months, John is really starting to show his little personality. He loves laying on his back, and his favorite is his Ocean mat. He has started to bat at the toys on the overhead bar. Every once in a while he grabs onto one of them and then won't let go. If we put a toy in his hand, he keeps it there. He is still really smiley, especially in the mornings. He is making more coos and "talking" more too. He eats about every 3-4 hours during the day with the last feeding between 11-midnight. Then he will (usually) sleep until around 5 am. He LOVES to eat...I think he would eat all day long if I let him.


He is getting good at keeping his head up. He still has a little bobble head going on when we hold him, but for the most part he can keep it up by himself. He doesn't really love tummy time, but he humors us and lays there without screaming.


He also loves having a bath and has started kicking his legs around in the water. My sister got us swim lessons at Goldfish, a swim school in Birmingham that he can start at four months, so that will be fun if he likes the water! We have come a long way in two months, and I'm sure four months will be here before we know it.

So those are the exciting two month facts! He got three shots today, so he is pretty sleepy right now and hopefully won't be too miserable tonight. We picked up some infant Tylenol on the way home if he needs it tonight. He should be back to his usual self by tomorrow. This week is flying by! This weekend Brad's parents and great grandma are coming to visit, so we are very excited! I hope everyone has a good week! Thanks for reading :)

Happy Mother's Day!

I feel very lucky today to be able to celebrate my first Mother's Day! John and Brad (and Allie too :) got me flowers and a massage, which was very sweet. My parents and Jenny, Doug, and Libby are coming over tonight for dinner so that will be great too.

Yesterday we went to Canada with my grandma and all of our aunts and uncles. My grandpa passed away one year yesterday so we put his ashed in the lake like he wanted. It was nice to be around everyone but an emotional time for my grandma. We miss you Grandpa, but know you are with us every day!

This week John turns 2 months old! We have his two month appointment on Tuesday, so he will get four shots, not fun! He is getting to be so much fun, making so many noises, batting at things, and so smiley. For Mother's Day for my mom, my sister and I took John and Libby to get their pictures taken. Not easy to try to get a 9 month and 1 month old to look at the camera and sit still at the same time. But we got some cute ones!

I hope everyone has a great Mother's Day!