2 Months Old - News...

Yesterday was Collin's 2 month birthday. We woke up at 8:30 had a bottle then went back to sleep till 10am. We got him dressed and out the door we went. We went to Hall Lighting and picked up some presents for Nana and Alberta then we went across the street to Shop the World, love that store, it has really pretty Christmas stuff. Then it was time for us to meet Nana and Alberta for Lunch. It was their birthdays too. Collin slept through the shopping part, but of course as soon as we got to eat, he wanted to eat. This always happens. I think he smells the food and gets hungry. We had a great time at lunch, then it was time to go see his Daddy. We went by his work and Collin got to see all of his co workers. They all think he looks like Josh, but I still see a little bit of me. While walking around Josh's work I guess Collin needed to burp again and I did not have a burp cloth on me, so he got me good. I was covered in baby puke. Lovely... Now it was time to go home and I only had to rock him for just a little while and he was ready to take a nap. (so was this mommy) We slept from 3:30 to 5:30. Whoo Hoo. I needed that. The rest of the night went really well. He was a little fussy from 10 to 12:30 but not too bad.

He is still sleeping at night 3 to 4 hours at a time. Sometimes I get 5 hours but not often. During the day he takes 2 hour naps. He is still drinking 4oz bottles about every 3 hours. He is wearing 3 mons clothes. He is very long and can even sometimes fit in 6 mons clothes. Collin still does not like bath time at ALL.. He screams until you wrap in back in a towel, maybe one day he will like it. He loves to stand when you are holding him. And he is getting very strong. When he is on his tummy, he is able to use his elbows and push himself up. Also he has learned to scoot when he is on his tummy. You can put him on one end of the blanket and before you know it, he can make it to the other side. The doctor had to push back his 2 month apt to the 12 of December and then it is time for his shots. I really hope it goes well.

Big weekend a head of us, going to Goliad for the Christmas Parade and then Christmas at the square on Saturday here in Victoria. Going to take lots of pictures, Collin is dressing up as an elf... :-)

Collin Standing

 Collin taking a nap on mommy

 Happy Baby - just changed his diaper

 fell asleep getting ready to go to lunch

 Collin and Nana

 Collin and Alberta

 Very full after a bottle.



A big boy!!

So we have really been working on this sleeping thing. Most nights he would just end up in bed with us. And I know most people are against it. However, I don't mind I just don't want him to get used to it. Plus I don't sleep very good when he is with us. So... I have been trying to put him down on his own, in his own bed and last night it worked!!! 5 hours in his bed. Had a bottle then went back down again. Yay!! Then this morning from 6 to 8 he wanted to play. So I did, I was just so happy he slept in his bed at night. Going to try for round two tonight.

His play time is changing alot. He is more alert each day. He loves for you to hold him so he can stand. If you make him sit, he sticks out the bottom lip and fusses. Too cute. Make him stand again and he is happy. Plus we are starting to get grins out of him. No big smiles yet, but you can tell when he is happy.

I can't believe he is almost 2 months old. Time goes by so fast.

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving.

6 Weeks Old and some FUN.

We have been busy lately. Josh had his 30th birthday this past weekend. We went to Houston for the night. My first night away from Collin. I did okay, I cried twice on the way to Houston, I missed him so much. But once we got there things got better. We went to St Arnold's Brewery, 300 Bowling Alley, The Galleria, Chili's, Rajin Cajun, and then we ended at Little Woodrow's. It was a blast and Josh had a great time. We stayed the night at the Doubletree Hotel at the Galleria.  Overall great weekend.

Collin did really good with my mom for Saturday night. She said that he had one rough hour, from 8 to 9pm but otherwise a good baby. A big thanks to my mom for keeping him over night.

Some new things about Collin. Still GROWING UP TOO FAST for this mommy.. :-)

He had his 6 week check up last Thursday.

He weighs 10lbs 13oz and is 22 inches long.

He is still eating 3 to 4 oz every 2 1/2 hours.

Enfamil Newborn Formula. (he likes it)

As of yesterday, I have stopped breastfeeding. It took about a week, but I just slowly stopped. Reducing each day the amount of times I fed him. He seems happy though. I think it was a good transition.

Collin has also found his tongue. It is so cute, he will sit there for a good 30 mins sticking his tongue in and out and plays. He will also suck on his pacifier for longer periods of time. Before it would last about 5 mins max, now he can suck on the pacifier until he is ready to spit it out. 

He is still only sleeping 2 to 3 hours at a time. Some nights it is just 2 hours each time, but every once in a while we get 3 hours. AND last night we got 3 and half hours twice. So he only woke up twice through the night. YAY.

We are also getting more and more smiles when he is sleeping. I really hope he smiles soon when he is awake. I can't wait.

Going to post some of the pictures from the past week.

Day to Day - 5 Weeks today

The last time I posted, Collin and I both had a cold. Well I feel a lot better and Collin is getting better too. He is still a little congested when he wakes up in the morning, but throughout the day he sounds a lot better. We had a great Halloween. Collin was dressed up as a little monster and we had a ton of trick or treaters come to the house. The costumes this year were so cute. Something I did notice though, was that families were dressing up together. We had a family that were all the characters of Toy Story 3, Wizard of OZ and even a ship full of pirates. I can't wait to be able to do that with Collin. I just hope that Josh is up for the challenge. Next week is a big week. Josh is turning 30 on Friday. We are going to Houston for the weekend, and Collin is staying with Grandma and Grandpa. First time to be away overnight. A little nervous, but I have a week to get ready. :-)

1 Month Old!!

Our little man turned 1 month old today. He is growing so fast, every day I see something new or he is trying something different. It has been a rough 5 days though. Wednesday I started to feel bad. I had a runny nose and felt like I had a little bit of fever. Then Wednesday night Collin got really fussy. We stayed up all night trying to keep him happy and calm. All he wanted to do was sleep on our chest. I thought he had a fever too, and of course this first time mommy had no idea what to do. I ran to Walgreens to get medicine. But then when I go home he calmed down and didn't have a fever. But he sounded so congested, I felt so bad for him. So then on Thursday my mom came to help me. We took Collin to the doctor and she said he had some kind of virus. That he probably got it from me. She wanted to put him on Amoxicillin and to make sure we kept him propped up not to let him lay flat. They also weighed him and he is 10lbs 2oz. He has gained 2lbs in four weeks. So as soon as we got his medicine then it was time for me to go to the Dr. And sure enough I had a upper respiratory infection. My doctor put me on amoxicillin too and some nasal spray. Thursday night was a lot better and Friday we both seemed to be doing better the medicine seems to be doing the trick. I still feel bad for him you can hear how congested he still is. I hate sucking all the mucus out of his nose. He cries so hard. But each day is better.

So now for today we had a great morning and this afternoon we went to Sears to take 1 month old pictures. They did a great job there with him. The pictures are cute, we just don't get them until Nov 11th. On Monday they said they will send me a link so at least you can view them on the web. We dressed him in a little baseball outfit.

So we are still breastfeeding and supplementing with a bottle. He is drinking 3oz with the bottle and we are feeding about every 2 and half hours. And at night every 3 hours. He is sleeping about every 3 hours too.

That's our update for the week, hope everyone has a great weekend and a Happy Halloween. Cant wait to see all the pics of the little ones in their costumes. Here are some photos from the week.

Getting ready for bath time

 His little fingers

 Grandma and Collin

 More Bath Time

 This is how I sleep best!

 More Bath Time

 Look at this hair

 Hanging out on the couch

3 Weeks and 3 Days old - plus a visit from Friends

Great weekend this weekend. David and Jennifer came down to see Collin from Houston. Saturday afternoon we went to Bootfest, Collin, David and my mom, for the afternoon. Collin did so good we were able to walk around for about an hour and half before he started to get fussy and it was time to go home. Then Saturday night, grandma stayed home with Collin and Josh and I got to go back out to bootfest with Jen and David and watch a band and fireworks until 10. That's the latest I have stayed out. Boy was I tired. But we had a really great time. Today we were able to spend the afternoon out in the country with my family. Everyone got to pass around the baby and take lots of pictures. He is very loved.

Collin is growing so fast. He seems to be getting bigger by the minute. We are about to go to 1 size diapers as soon as we finish the box we have. We have been using Pampers Swaddlers. They work really well. Collin has been spitting up more and more lately though. And seems to be fussier. I think it is gas pains. We had to start using some drops. They seem to be doing the trick, but when he does get fussy, he starts crying so hard, and I feel so bad I wish I could help and make the pain go away faster. We are starting to have naps that last 3 hours now. More 3 hour naps than 2 hour naps. Hoping this is a good sign of things to come. We are still breastfeeding two feedings and then a bottle feeding on the third. Although, breastfeeding is becoming kinda hard for this mommy, and I think soon we will probably switch to just a bottle. But I am going to try and hang in there as long as I can.

Here are some pictures from this weekend.

2 Weeks and 3 days old - A great weekend!

This past Thursday we both had our doctor appointments.

Collin's appointment was in the morning. He did so good. He measured at 19 1/2 inches  - we grew one and half inches.

He weighed 8lb 12oz - from the day we left the hospital he gained 1lb 2oz. (We are doing good in the feeding dept)

The rest of his doctor's appointment went really well. The doctor said he was a very health boy.
Then it was time for my doctor's appointment, that too went really well. My incision looks good and she wants me to come back in four weeks. So Collin and I both had a clean slate.

He is still eating every 2 hours. We are adding 30 mins here and there to each nap. He still has only slept for 3 hours just twice, but we are getting there. We are still supplementing every third feeding. And it seems to be working well. I wish he would go to sleep better during the night feedings. I think he still may have his days and nights mixed up. Last night we even brought his swing into the bedroom and at 2am he slept for 2 hours in it. So it worked!

Thursday night, Josh's parents came down from Oklahoma. Collin got to see his grandparents! We had a great weekend. Collin did so good, not too fussy at all. Only one really rough night of sleep, the other nights were not too bad. Friday night we went out to eat and Nana came to babysit. This was my first time to be away from Collin. (It wasn't too bad.) Saturday we went to the Pumpkin patch to go take pictures. He did such a good job. After the pumpkin patch we went to lunch and then to Sam's to buy more diapers. We are going through about 10 diapers a day. And you can never have enough diapers. Overall it was a fantastic weekend, Josh and I were so happy that his parents got to come and see Collin.

Here are some pictures from the weekend.