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! =)