An Afternoon With Gammy

I attended a professional development workshop this afternoon while my mom watched Carter. He must have had a great time because he was ALL SMILES for her!

Fortunately, she kept him happy enough to share a few smiles with me when I got home.  Thanks, Gammy!

12-Week Favorites

So, Carter is now 12 weeks old and has a few new favorites...

Fists

 Oscar the Octopus (pardon the mess...)

 And spit bubbles! He is all boy!

My First Laugh!

So, Carter has been on the verge of laughing for a few days now, and completely by accident, we got his first real giggle/laugh on camera this morning! My intention was just to get the smiles and cooing, but the laugh was an extra bonus. We are so blessed to have such a happy baby!

2-Month Shots

We went to our 2-month doctor visit today, and we have a growing boy!! He has jumped from 8 lbs, 12 oz (25th percentile) at 1-month to a whopping 13 lbs, 2 oz (80th percentile...whoa!) at 2 months! He is also measuring in the 80th percentile for length (23.5 inches) and head size, so our baby boy is nothing if not consistent!


The 2-month shots were...let me think of the right word...rough. Because babies have to be naked for doctor's appointments and Carter does NOT enjoy being naked or cold, he screamed bloody murder the entire time, forcing the doctor to literally shout over the screaming as we discussed things like sleep and teething and then...dun, dun, dun, the needles began. Between screams, the nurse forced him to drink some sort of medicine that looked nasty and then stuck his poor little legs twice. He wailed like nothing I've ever seen and has been pretty pitiful all afternoon and evening.

Thankfully, he took a 2.5 hour nap once we got home and is now down for the night. I am so glad we have another 2 months until anymore of those! Poor thing. :(

July 4, 2011

We took our second family trip to the lake over the July 4th holiday, and we all had a great time! (Can't you see it in Carter's face?!?)

Carter went swimming for the first time and he LOVED being in the water!

The second swim wasn't timed so well and he ended up sleeping at the pool, but that's okay. :)

Check out my patriotic swim suit!

 Like father, like son.

 He also finally fit into his life jacket and loved riding on the boat!

He sported patriotic attire all weekend long...:)

Even at bedtime!

The night we got home, we tried the Bumbo chair out and he loved it. He discovered the chandelier pretty quickly and had some fun making faces at Daddy.

All in all, it was a great trip and we can't wait to go back at Labor Day! It was so nice to have some help with feedings and such (thanks, Gammy and Doc!) and we loved that Carter could actually start participating in some of the fun!

6 Hours!!!

Well, last night was a first for the Ezell family. Carter went to bed around 9:30pm and didn't wake up for a bottle until nearly 3:30! He slept almost 6 hours straight! He then went back to sleep and woke up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for the day around 7am. We were thrilled! These pictures are from this morning while he played harder than I've ever seen him play. It's amazing what 6 hours of sleep can do for a baby...and his parents! :)

A (blurry) swinging smile.

Loving my play mat.

Let's keep this new trend going, C!

2 Months Old!

Well, sweet boy, you are officially 2 months old! What an amazing and somewhat challenging last month we have had. When the month started, you were fussy and feisty for most of the afternoon and evening, sleeping only 2-3 hour stretches at a time, dealing with some pretty nasty acid reflux, never smiling, and weighed just over 8 pounds. Mommy and Daddy weren't too sure we would survive at that point and occasionally had moments of, "What did we do?!?" (Don't worry - we still loved you even then!) Flash forward to today, and you are smiling, laughing/giggling (as of the past two days), sleeping 5-hour stretches, and weigh over 12 pounds! What a difference a month makes!

This month we discovered the Bumbo chair, the Moby, and finally started taking the pacifier. You also fell in love with the bath and your swing thanks to your brilliant Aunt Sarah! Who would've known you wanted to swing so fast?!? You took your second trip to the lake (pictures to come in the next post) and went swimming for the first time! You LOVE the water! You typically go to bed sometime between 8:30 and 9:30, and you are still waking up two times to eat at night (typically at 2am with daddy and at 5:30 with mommy). We don't mind at all though and are so thankful for the 9pm - 2am stretch! :) We are hopeful that you will continue to stretch this time period out over this next month, so we'll wait and see! We sure do love you, baby boy!