One Month

Weston was one month on the 22nd! He’s beyond precious, growing so fast and we can’t imagine life without him!

I had his one month ‘photo shoot’ a few days later and managed to capture some sweet images of our precious boy!

He’s getting to be a chunk! He weighed 10 pounds 13 ounces at his one month check up! {He was 6 pounds 14 ounces at birth so he gained nearly 4 pounds in just one month…wow!}

He’s quite the serious little man!

Milestones from newborn to one month:

• Nursing every two hours
• Growing out of newborn size clothes and into 0-3 months
• Wearing bumGenius diapers on the smallest setting with a regular insert {he’s a heavy wetter!}
• Holding up his head for a minute at a time and sometimes even longer
• Weighs 10 pounds 13 ounces and is 22 inches long
• In the 90th percentile for height and weight
• Loves staring at large shapes {he loves the star over our bed and the gallery wall in the living room}
• Still waking every 2-3 hours at night to nurse

Sweet chubby cheeks

Brothers in their bumGenius diapers! Cloth diapering two is going pretty good, I feel like I’m doing laundry all the time but we’re saving lots of money though {and lots of trash!}

I love this picture, the boys have several of the same features! Their eyes are shaped the same, their noses are just alike and their top lips have a similar shape! And Weston weighs just 2 ounces more than Paxton did at one month and he’s built just like Paxton as an infant {long torso and short legs!}

Firsts for Weston

Weston was 1 month on Sunday and to celebrate, he wore jeans and shoes for the first time!! He wears cotton pants all the time {because they are much more comfy} but these baby jeans are just downright precious so I had to put him in them!! They are hand me downs from Paxton and they’re so adorable! These are soft soled shoes that look just like big brothers shoes so again, just too cute to resist!

Starting to get a personality!

Look at that chub! {And he looks incredibly fat but he’s really not…it’s the cloth diapers, he’s in bumGenius with the regular insert now and they’re quite bulky on him! We put him in a ‘sposie yesterday to go to the doctor and he felt so skinny!}

Sweet little Weston looking stylish like big brother!

This is not his first bath but it is his first tub bath! The infant tub we had with Paxton is much harder to use in our bathroom and there’s nowhere to store it so we decided to give tub bathing a try and it’s actually so much easier! There were no tears, he loves the bath, he only cried when I got him out!!

Using a Spoon

Paxton has gotten pretty good feeding himself with a fork but using a spoon is a little tricky…mainly because most things you eat with spoons are soft and runny foods.

Lately, when I give him applesauce or yogurt I let him feed it to himself. This particular day, he was using 2 spoons!

Feeding himself yummy yogurt…such a big boy!

Love this little face!!

He’s getting so big…
And apparently he prefers the yellow spoon…I suppose the orange one is just a backup!!

I was quite surprised that he didn’t make a huge mess feeding himself! The hardest part for him is just scooping the yogurt onto the spoon from the bowl.

18 Months

{Running to his daddy!}

Dear Paxton,

You are 18 months old! A year and a half! On one hand it’s hard to believe that you’re this old already but then again it’s hard to believe that you’re still this young! Since you’re so tall and smart, we often think of you as a 2-year-old! You’re just as tall as most of the 2-year-olds that we know and almost everybody thinks you’re already 2! And Daddy and I feel like we’ve had you in our family forever!

You are so full of life and personality! From your love of music {specifically guitars and drums}, to your love of technology {you make Daddy proud} to your love for people, we are always entertained and have full hearts! Like any 18-month-old you do have your tantrums and moments that make us tired but most of the time you are so happy and joyful and this makes us want many more kids!!

You love to eat, I never would have guessed that somebody so small could eat so much. At some meals you eat about as much as we do! You recently started saying eat, which sounds more like “eee”! We hear this word quite frequently throughout the day! Another favorite word is water, pronounced “wawa” by you!

More words we hear quite frequently are guitar, paa (iPad), baby, doe (shoe), side (outside), go, eese (cheese), moo, meow, dog and several more! You love to talk! Oh, and you say Daddy and Mama all the time!

You love people. You let anybody hold you and you love to high five and fist bump! It’s precious!

One of your favorite places right now is at church on stage since your daddy lets you play on the drums there! It’s like your playground! And you adore being in daddy’s truck listening to music! You also love going out to the garage and playing there.

At your 18 month check up you weighed 26 pounds 4 ounces! You were in the 55th percentile for both weight and height. The doctor was quite impressed with your vocabulary and your high five!

We are pretty certain that you are going to be an amazing big brother! You love babies! You have a natural gentleness around them and you do so well loving your babies (your doll and teddy bear). Lately if mama or daddy is napping, you are sure to tell the other parent ‘shh’, letting us know that we need to be quiet! We are hoping this habit remains once Weston arrives!

We love you!!

And here are several pictures taken on October 16, the day he was 18 months: 

Getting daddy’s keys! A boy needs keys to drive his 4-wheeler {which was salvaged from in front of a dumpster…thought I’d share that bit of frugality!}

Our big driver!

Getting some love from mama!

I told him “I need a hug” and he came running! I love the sweetness!

And time for kisses! Paxton loves to kiss!

Smooch!!

Getting some loving from daddy!

Daddy always makes him smile, giggle and laugh louder than anybody else!

Having fun with daddy! Our precious 18-month-old boy!

Eating Chili

The other night, we had chili for dinner and I fed Paxton. He was hungry and was eating it but between bites he was crying and the only thing we could figure was that he wanted to feed himself. However, I did not want my 17-month-old to feed himself chili…can you say mess?

Well, the next day at lunch, I decided to give him a chance and see how he’d do. I stripped him down to his diaper and socks and gave him his own bowl and spoon.

The results were what I expected, although I was surprised at his ability to eat chili with his hands. {He’s pretty good with a fork since he can stab things but not so good with a spoon!}

He was quite proud that he was feeding himself and I knew it was nothing a nice spraying down followed by a bath couldn’t take care of!One more step towards independence! Although, he’ll only be eating chili by himself at home with no clothes on…