The Adventures of Blake, Duck, & Goose...

B & I like to read a lot and one of our favorite stories is Duck & Goose... A book about, you guessed it, a duck and a goose. So for Christmas Blake got Duck & Goose stuffed animals and they turned out to be his favorites. If you hold them in front of him he will smile and giggle, and he always seems to hold them and hug them. Plus, I think they are easy for him to grasp and cuddle. He also likes to put their beaks in his mouth! Since he has had them we have brought them everywhere with us... These are the adventures of Blake, Duck, & Goose...

(Introducing, Duck & Goose.)

(Snuggling with Duck on the way home from Grandma's... Daddy left Goose at home... Bad Daddy!)

(Watching Toy Story with Duck & Goose...)

(All of them napping in his crib for the second time ever! Nap time in the crib was way more successful this time than last time!!!)

That's all for now folks... Stay tuned for more adventures from the trio soon!!!! =)

Blake David's Very First Christmas...

First off, I hope everyone had a Very, Merry Christmas! We had a phenomenal Christmas and between Santa, Grandma Teresa, and Grandma Kay, B walked away with major swag! It was a long day but well worth it, plus it was fun hanging out with the family & Blake's cousins! Here is our day in pictures:

(Blake's very first wrapped Christmas Present that he opened on Christmas Eve...)

(Yay... Not-so-Christmas-y, Christmas Pajamas... If you are wondering why they are not actual Christmas Pajamas it's because B already has every single pair of Christmas pajamas made!)

(Santa Came!!!)

(On Christmas morning, patiently waiting for his morning milk... His facial expression is saying; "MOM! Hurry up, I have presents to open... SANTA CAME!!!")

(Blake, Mommy, & Lily opening our Christmas Stockings. You can kind of see Blake's favorite present peeking out of his stocking... It's Duck!)

Here is the run-down of B's Christmas Score from everyone:
Duck & Goose
Penquin Mittens
LOTS of Books
A Plush Rocking Dog
A Plush Dog Chair
Little People Noah's Ark & Animals
LOTS of Clothes
A story telling dog named, Jingle
My Pal Scout
A crawling Snail toy
A night-time crib soothing, glowing seahorse
A baby monitor
Plushy soft crib sheet


As you can tell he is pretty spoiled! We had a very fun, blessed Christmas. We hope everyone else did as well! =)

3 Months....

(Little B getting ready to go to Grandma Duckett's Christmas Party.)

Can you believe 3 months have already passed??? I can't!!! It's true when i'm told that the time just flies by, I had to officially pack away all of B's newborn sized clothes and I was so sad. But Blake is so super cute! Now, at 3 months old, he is starting to 'play' with his toys, and Mortimer the Moose & Adrian the Alien are his favorites right now. He 'talks' so much more now, he talks to his reflection, to me, and to the wall! ha ha!

(Mortimer & Adrian)

He is totally amazed by his hands still! He will hold his arm straight out and stare at his hands and open and close his hands! So between Mortimer, Adrian, & his hand, he keeps himself very entertained!!! B also started to 'laugh'! It is sooooooo cute!!! We will be having a 'conversation' and i'll start laughing then he gets this huge open-mouthed smile on his face and he mimics my laugh. It totally cracks me up! He is definitely good company!!!

(B, mid-laugh!)

He is starting to recognize 'strangers' and will cry if he is held by someone he doesn't know. He is a shy little guy and buries his face in our chests if someone he doesn't recognize says hi to him. Another thing he loves though, is the Christmas tree and lights. He could stare forever and ever at the tree. He loves when I read him books, we have been reading almost everyday and our favorites right now are Duck & Goose and Llama Llama Misses His Mama. He loves the TV though we don't let him watch it. He always tries to stretch and crane his neck to watch! Every once in a while we will turn on Blues Clues or Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and let him watch, he is just so mesmerized by the TV! You should see him when we walk down the TV aisle at Target or Best Buy. He thinks it's the best thing ever.

I don't have any updated stats on Blake as he doesn't have another appointment until his 4 month next month, but he still feels lighter than Lily, which would put him at the 13 pound mark. He still gets filled up on 5-6 ounces and sleeps through out the night! He is the best little guy ever and I love him more and more every day!!!

It's The Most Wonderful Time...

Blake had his first picture with Santa this week! We did it last minute while we were at the mall (thank goodness I had him dressed in his Christmas Snoopy shirt!). Of course, B made it not so easy! We jumped in line while there was only two people in line. As it was almost our turn I picked B out of his car seat and in true Blake fashion, he had a poo-splosion all over the back of his pants. We jumped out of line and I dug through his diaper bag but all he had was pajamas. We went and bought new jeans (luckily his shirt was salvaged!). By the time we got back the line was significantly longer but we had nothing else to do so we waited. We waited for EVER! But this cute picture was the outcome:

Here is Blake and Lily tonight! I swear B has enough Christmas Jammies to wear a different one every night until Christmas!!!

Here are some oldies! =)

(My First Christmas. )

(Our first family Christmas, 1983.)

(My Brother & I, 1986.)

When Life (or Grandma) Hands You Lemons....

(Fresh up from his nap!)

Grandma Frederito has a great citrus trellis in her backyard and always gives us fruit. So when Grandma and Grandpa came over one of the last few times they brought us a box of lemons.

(My happy little helper...)

So I squeezed them with the help of Baby B to freeze and use for all sorts of lemon-y treats! We have 6 cups of fresh squeezed lemon juice in our freezer and of course I couldn't resist to make some fresh squeezed lemonade!

(and the finished product!)

Oooohhhhh Christmas Tree...

(Blake in his 'Paul Bunyan' outfit...)

Thanksgiving is done and over with and black friday is behind us, so naturally the next thing to do is get a Christmas tree! I LOVE christmas trees and being the expert shopper that I am I tend to be very picky about my tree. I like buying my Christmas tree from the same place we always do, which happens to be a tree lot ran by the Linda District Firefighters, and I like Charlie Brown Christmas trees. So we go back to the firefighter tree lot and I go to pick out a Charlie Brown tree but Noah wants a different tree, I was hesitant at first but decide that it would be cheaper... After all this Christmas is about Blake. So we pick out this 7 1/2 foot beauty!!!

Blake LOVES the lights on the tree and the dogs love the Christmas tree as well!

(Lily was my Christmas present 4 years ago... Now she is a total Christmas dog!)

I am so excited for the next 10 Christmases when I get to see what Christmas is like through the eyes of a child! My dad always gave us the best Christmases and I can't wait to do that for Blake!

Oh, Poop.

(Blake loves his mommy!.. We are having a conversation in this photo)

Well, the title should say it all. This blog is about poop. So, if you are of the faint at heart continue reading at your own risk...

Baby B has been declared a state of emergency. I have been up to my eyeballs in poop this week. He is known to have his occasional blow out every now and again but this is ridiculous!

Sunday: We had Frederito Family Thanksgiving Part 1 at Great Grandma Frederito's. He lasted the whole day and then had a blow out all over new his new shirt and jeans. I honestly didn't think anything of it because it has happened a few times in the past.

Monday: We had Frederito Family Thanksgiving Part 2 at Grandma Kay's. B takes a poo while Uncle Gabe is holding him... Daddy changes him and of course in that two seconds in between swapping out the dirty diaper for the new one he poops all over the changing pad. Needless to say Noah calls me over for the clean-up process.

Tuesday: This day was a double poo day! First of all I had thrown on the cardigan that I was wearing on Sunday because it was comfortable and I was doing some quick Christmas shopping for B's cousins. As I am driving down the street I notice that I had poo on my sleeve... Seriously. I had left the house wearing a pooed-on sweater. Then on the way back home B has another blow-out all over his over-alls.

(This would be the poo on my sweater...)

Wednesday: A No-Poo Holiday. Thankfully.

Thursday: It's Thanksgiving. This time at Grandma Teresa's, he spent the whole entire day crying, not even taking a break to nap. I have been sick with a cold so naturally it seems as if Blake is getting the on-set of a cold. So not only is the poor baby getting sick and tired, he is also constipated. We get home and I lie him on the couch because he seems to have an easier time pooing while lying down. He poos like 7 times, making strained faces and all. When he is done, I pick him up and I see that his clothes have seemed to escape poo-suicide. I take him into his room to change him and I notice some seepage. I take off his pajamas and he has pooed up the front of his diaper. I have NO idea how I am going to get his onesie off of him without getting poo all over his face and hair. We had to cut off his onesie, it was not even salvage-able. He had poo on his belly, back, arms, & legs... It was a total mess. Luckily, afterwards he was back to his normal happy, smiley, self.

Friday: That would be today. I am still super sick, and as I write this Blake sounds sick and he is making grunting noises and that strained face expression. Looks like today is going to be a poo-ey day too. I knew mommyhood was going to be hard and not-so-glamorous... But who would of thought it would be so messy?!? Especially coming from a 12-pound lovebug!!!

Happy 2 Months Blakey!

Blake is two months old today!

He had his two month check up and he is growing like a weed! He weighs 12 pounds, 14.8 ounces which is in the 80th percentile for babies, he is 24 inches long which is the 87th percentile, and his head is 15.51 inches which is the 37th percentile. He is long and lean just like his Uncle David! So since he was born he weighs roughly 4 pounds more, is 2 3/4 inches longer, and his head is 2 1/2 inches bigger!

(Who could be frown-y wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt???)

Unfortunately, along with the two month mark comes his first round of vaccinations. =( Fortunately he was a total trooper, unlike his mommy. He took his oral vaccination without spitting it out but when the nurse held his legs down he knew something was up! The second the first needle went in his face turned bright red and he let out a scream. I thought I was going to be okay with him getting shots but I was wrong, at least I was able to hold it together until the nurse walked out of the room. Then I started crying. But B is a tough little guy, he only cried for about two minutes then was totally over it. I, on the other hand, was still crying! He drank his bottle and went to sleep for a morning nap. It has been about 2 hours since his shots and so far so good! He hasn't been super fussy and he's not running a fever, he is happily napping in his swing! I love my little, growing buddy!!!

A Very Productive Day!

B's new sleep schedule (he did it again last night!), means that his day schedule has also changed... So now he naps in the morning, but is awake from about 2-3 until bedtime. He really doesn't understand the idea of his toys and though he LOVES his swing to death, he gets tired of his swing after about an hour or so. I was left thinking of ways to keep him entertained, so I decided to bust out the jumperoo that has been hiding in his closet until he was old enough to use it.

So, while Mommy assembled the jumperoo, B sat in his Bumbo (also a first...), and watched.

When he got tired of the Bumbo he hung out with Lily.

And here he is in the finished product!

Okay, so he is still way tooooooo small to actually use it, but he likes the lights and music while Mommy bounces him! He is just way too cute! =)

YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

First of all let me say Happy (belated) Veterans Day! B got all dressed up yesterday in honor of his Daddy and Grandpa Mark. We made a nice steak dinner for Noah because it was his day. Little B was so comfy in his baby fatigues he slept in them last night... Which brings me to the title of this blog.

B slept through the WHOLE night last night!!!

He was super duper fussy last night, so I bathed him at 8 and fed him a super warm bottle afterwards. He fell asleep eating and only drank 3 of the 5 ounces, I tried feeding him the rest but he was so pooped. So I got up to put him in his crib for the night. Unfortunately, the second I put him down he started screaming. Noah came and picked him up, he burped a few times and was back out. Needless to say, since he only drank 3 ounces I was sure it was going to be a sleepless night. He proved me wrong! Noah got up at 6:20-ish for work and B started to wake up. I was dreaming that I asked Noah what time B got up and he said 2AM. Noah woke me up and said "Blake slept through the night." As excited as I am, I know it will be a while before this is consistent but I am excited never the less!

That Mom.....

(^This picture is from yesterday but not from the baby shower...

I thought he was super cute all bundled up with his dog hat... Which is super big still and is newborn sized! Thank God he had/has a small head!!!)

I totally turned into that mom... You know the one with the screaming kid that you roll your eyes about and shoot a dirty look at, while making some comment like, "control your kid..." basically implying that you are a bad mom. Yup, I was her yesterday.

So, B and I had gone to a baby shower earlier that morning, in which I am proud to say he was a total good sport all morning. He stayed awake the whole time and prior to leaving I fed him the last 2 ounces that he didn't drink out of his bottle, changed his diaper so he was clean on the car ride home, and he dozed off in his car seat. I figured that since he was so sleepy and it had been since before he was born that I had my eyebrows waxed and I was looking like Bert from Sesame Street, I could squeak in a trip to Ulta to get waxed. Apparently I was wrong.

(^Me, yesterday...)

The second the car stopped he woke up. Started fussing, so I held him as I waited for my turn. Then the second I put him into his carseat so I can get waxed he started screaming. And I mean SCREAMING! Like bright red, catching/holding his breath screaming. Some of the employees came over and asked if they could hold him... I politely declined since I really don't want strangers holding my un-vaccinated baby. He cried the whole ten minutes or so it took to wax my eyebrows... I was briefly embarrased but then quickily got over it because it happens. Anyone who is a mom knows it happens and those who aren't, who might be someday, will learn! But needless to say I briefly became that mom... The one I always told myself I would never be!

Baby B's First Halloween!

First off let me say Happy Halloween! This has always been one of my most favorite holidays and even more so now that B is around! He has been in costume all day long... Can you believe it!?! A six-week old has been in just ONE outfit all day long! Thank you Huggies Little Snugglers for that poo-catching panel in the back of your diapers... You saved B's Halloween costume from Poo-Suicide more than once today!!! (If you are a mommy, you know exactly what I am talking about!)

Anyhoo... I had a house full of three skeletons tonight and my littlest skeleton has been a trooper all day long, he stayed up all day long with the exception of a small cat nap this afternoon and only fussed once during the mommy-paparazzi fest. (I had to take a thousand pictures of B's 1st Halloween, poor kid is probably blind from the flash!) He greeted all of the kids at the door tonight and even visited his girlfriend, Lilah, down the street. Needless to say he was out like a light by 8:20, leaving mommy some much needed down time! I was sad when I took off his halloween costume and tossed it into the laundry basket... This time next year my little skeleton is going to be a big skeleton!

Break Out the Cute Sweaters & Jackets...

Because my absolute favorite time of year is here...

We took B on his first trip to the pumpkin patch. If you haven't gone to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm in Wheatland, I highly recommend it! It was so much fun plus they have lots of food, plenty of homemade desserts, and a Apple Cider Press where you can buy fresh apple cider. Needless to say, B wasn't quite old enough to fully enjoy the surroundings but mommy and daddy did!

Little B is growing up...

Well I guess not as fast as I seem to think! I caught a few pictures of him first thing in the morning when he is super happy. I am pretty sure this is the first smile I have caught on camera!

Lately we have noticed that when we put B in the stroller but use the car seat he get super mad and gets really fussy. So for our walk around the block this morning we decided to use just the stroller and he LOVED it. He would look around and 'talk' and coo to himself. He is such a little man!

Chunky Monkey's Mini Photo Shoot

So, a good friend of mine and Noah's came over to see Blake shortly after he was born and took a few pictures. They turned out awesome so I just have to share! His website is www.barrympeterson.com... You won't be disappointed, I promise! =)

A Two Week Check-in with Baby B...

Blake is 2 weeks and one day old today. It has definitely been a transition, I, no longer, get 11 hour nights of sleep and my body is in shambles but B is a super duper good baby and I love him so much that it is absolutely worth it!

The first night he was home he cried the whole night. I thought that I was going to die if this what was in store for us for the next few months. But then the following night he would have slept through the entire night if I hadn't of woke him up to eat. At his first doctors appointment he had lost about 7% of his body weight. (10% is when they get worried.) So he had to go back two more times for weight checks plus the doctor was having us feed him every two hours. Luckily he gained 3 ounces by the second check up and we decided that he would let us know when he wanted to eat as opposed to us forcing food down the poor little guy's throat. Now he feeds about every three hours during the day and about four hours at night and he is pretty on schedule for the most part.

B's hair is getting lighter, it is about the same color as his daddy's and his eyes are getting bluer. He loves his lamb swings and making funny facial expressions, he even smiles every now and again. He is perfect in the car seat and didn't make a peep when we take him out and about. He is a total cuddle bug and I love the times when he nuzzles into my neck after a full tummy of food...

Speaking of food, breastfeeding has been a total nightmare! He doesn't latch and when we finally got him to he wouldn't eat. I have been completely frazzled about the whole situation because I do not want to give him formula. Not that I have anything against formula or those who choose to give their babies formula but I tend to side with the "breast is best" logic. But we are in a pumping-bottle feeding routine that seems to work for both him and I, and we are both happy and able to get some rest!

I never thought I could possible love someone so much but I do. Blake is one of the best things to happen to us and I am super excited to see him grow. In fact I was just telling Noah that I can't wait until B learns to hug back and give slobbery kisses!