video wednesday

Jamey splashing in the tub. He loves his bath time!

3 months old!

My little man is three months old today!

James Peter,

• You weight 15lbs and are 25in long.
• You have completely outgrown all of your newborn clothes and most of your 0-3 months
• You are still wearing size one diapers, but I just bought a new pack of size 2!
• You still love to eat! You take 5-8oz at a time, or you will eat for 45 minutes!
• You are super smiley and giggly, but once the smiles are done, the crabbies start
• You are starting to not like being swaddled at night, but you wont sleep unless you are
• You have really started to suck on your hands. You even are beginning to prefer them over your pacifier
• You go to daycare 3 days a week when mommy is at work, and I think you are starting to enjoy being around all the noise and other kids a little more :)
• You love to snuggle, and will fall asleep almost instantly when snuggled up to mom or dad
• You are not rolling over yet, but I am hoping soon! your muscles seem to be strengthening, but you just don't have a lot of interest in moving yet
• You still like playing on your activity mat on the floor
• You LOVE your baths at night
• You are the most perfect baby, and I think about you whenever I am not around you. You are my world, and my life isn't complete without you in it.

Momma and her boy :)

Daddy and his boy

Smiling Baby, Sad Mommy

I Can't believe my baby is 12 weeks old already! I feel that I say this every week that goes by, but I truly am amazed at how fast Jamey is Growing. As you can tell from this picture, James has started to really start laughing and smiling. He especially loves when he catches a glimpse of his feet. I usually put colored socks on him, so when he sees them moving around, he gets really excited!

Jamey also really enjoys his activity center. He could just sit and play under this for hours. He has started to become more curious and he gets really excited when he hits one of the animals and it moves. He also discovered that when he kicks his feet really hard the music plays. As soon as the music stops, he legs start going like crazy to try and get the music to start again.

This is how I found James one morning. He had kicked off his blanket and punched through his Halo. He must have decided to leave his arm up in victory. I thought he looked pretty ridiculous. He has started to outgrow his halo, but he wont stay asleep unless he is swaddled. I may have to look into some bigger ones with stronger velcro. He has started sleeping better through the night. One night he slept from 10pm until 6am! This of course, was for Nate while I was at work. He also seems to know when I'm home, because when I am, he gets up at least every 4hrs during the night to eat.

Going back to work has been quite an adjustment for me. I really miss being home with James all day. I miss seeing the sweet smile on his face when I woke him up from his naps. He does really well at daycare, and I think it is good for him, but I miss him SOOO much when I am away from him. Three days a week doesn't sound like much, but to a new mom, it's torture!

Nate is still subbing for 8th Grade Tech Ed. and is still really enjoying it. We are excited that he should be able to stay at this job for a while. Hopefully a position will open up in English for him next year :)

Well Its time for me to catch up on some sleep. Hopefully James will let me get a little tonight :)

11 week Chunky Monkey

WOW! I can't believe James is 11 weeks old already! As you can tell from the picture he is really starting to chunk up. I haven't weighed him lately, but I'm sure he is over 12 pounds. I had to put all of his newborn clothes away this last week, as they were just ridiculously too small for him. I washed up all of his 3-6 month stuff and realized that he probably wont fit in them for very long. It is just crazy how fast they grow!

I officially finished my first full week back at work. It went pretty well. The weekend was really slow, so that was a nice transition back to work. Last night however, was quite eventful. I had my first delivery, which went pretty smoothly (I did almost miss it though, because I was pumping when it was time for delivery). Then, at 6am a patient came in and delivered a 9lb 11oz baby on a pillow on the floor. She refused to get in to the bed so one of my co-workers delivered the baby with the patient crouched over the bed. It was quite an experience!

James has been doing pretty well at daycare. He seems to take the bottle ok, which is good. I think he is still trying to figure out how to take his naps when his mom isn't there to cuddle him to sleep though. I should give credit to Nate, who also survived my first week back to work. He did great getting up with Jamey during the night, getting him ready for daycare in the morning, and then picking him up from daycare after school.

Well it's time to make dinner and put James down for the night. Hopefully week two of work will go just as smoothly!