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!

Too Cute!

We had a mini photo shoot here this morning...John was being so smiley and such a little ham for the camera. My brother-in-law, Greg's, parents got John this adorable onesie and "baby legs" aka leg warmers that are SO cute! Thanks Martyn and Kathleen! He loves them! Here are the pics from our morning...enjoy :)

Feeling Better

We are all feeling much better around here. Brad had a cold all last week, which John caught. Then I started to feel sick, but thankfully it never escalated. Thank you Vitamin C! So we laid low this past weekend and caught up on some much needed rest. John even slept in his crib for some of his naps! We got the video monitor hooked up, so we watched him on that :)

John is doing great, he is getting so big!!! I took him to the doctor on Friday just to check out his cold, and he weighed 10 pounds, 9 ounces! WOW! His face is getting so round and chubby, I just love kissing his little cheeks! And, he is definately starting to smile, which makes me SO happy :)

This week we are not doing too much, just trying to make it a goal to get out of the house more! We are going to go to Somerset, which is a big mall in Troy, today to meet my sister and Libby to walk and have some lunch. The weather is supposed to start being nice again, so more walks will be nice too.

Well, here are a few pictures from this morning:


There's a smile!


"Playing on my mat! I love reaching for my toys!"


"Please no more tummy time Mommy...I'm tired!"

For Grandma...

Today is Brad's mom's birthday...Happy Birthday! We had so much fun celebrating with you last weekend!

John is 6 weeks old today! Crazy! I had to go to work today to sign John up for daycare...so sad. I don't even want to think about it yet. He had his first little cold yesterday. It was so pathetic. His little eyes were watery and his nose was all stuffed up. Luckily he still slept, and today he seems a lot more like his spunky self. His nose is still stuffy, but not nearly as bad. I was so sad for him yesterday.

He is getting so big! I swear, every day he seems bigger and bigger to me. His 0-3 month clothes fit him great, I think he will be moving along to 3-6 month clothes before 3 months! Here is another picture of him from today, he was so sleepy and would not wake up! He is so cute!

First Trip to Indiana!

Well, we made it! John did great in the car and we had a wonderful time introducing John to the Monhaut family! Thanks everyone! Here are a couple of pictures...I'll add more later...

Happy Baby

Today is a beautiful day! It was 84 degrees here, not too humid, sunny, perfect! John and I had a great day! We started off the day with sleeping until 8:30...yay! We have been letting him sleep on his own at night until he wakes up, and this week he has done great. He has been sleeping for 3 1/2- 4 1/2 hour stretches after a night feeding, which seems like a long time after 2-3 hour stretches! After he ate, we had some play time where he flashed this at me:



Looks like a smile to me! I am going to pretend he meant to do it anyways! He has been more smiley lately which is fun. Jenny and Libby came over today and we went out to lunch at Panera and then John had his first Target shopping experience. He slept the entire time. Then we fed them again, and went on a long walk in this great weather. So we had a great day!


"Let's get this show on the road already!"

John's one month appointment went really well. He weighs 9 pounds, 1 ounce already! Crazy! He was 22 inches long too, so he is growing! At least that is encouraging when it comes to breastfeeding.

We are off to Indiana tomorrow. I am going to get going to finish some laundry before he wakes up. Have a great weekend and we can't wait to see everyone in Indiana!

One Month Old!

I can't believe our baby is one month old! In some ways it feels like he has been here forever, but in other ways we can't believe it has already been a month. We have our one month appointment tomorrow, so we will see how much he has grown. He is so strong! He holds his little head up and pushes against us to see. He is making so many more little noises and getting so many more expressions. No real smiles yet, but I think they are coming :)

Here are a few pictures from this weekend. I ordered these cute stickers for each month...I don't think he really cares though.







John and I ventured out last night and spent the night at my parents house. We let Brad stay home and get caught up on some sleep. John did great, he slept in my mom's pack-and-play, although he moved around all night! Thanks Mom and Dad for taking care of us! It felt great to have a change of scenery and get out of the house for a night!

We are heading to Indiana next weekend to meet the Monhaut's! We are excited, but nervous for the car ride down. Hopefully he sleeps most of the way. Otherwise we will plan on stopping to feed him and get him settled back in. We'll make it one way or another...we are excited to see everyone and introduce John to everyone!

Brad is feeding John a bottle right now, so I am going to take advantage and lay down for an hour. Have a good week everyone!