Four Months

Paxton is now 4 months old! We’ve had our precious bundle of joy for 1/3 of a year! Wow!

This month’s milestones:

• Talking, talking and more talking!
• He’s starting to play! He really loves his bunny rattle, stuffed puppy rattle and his US Navy teddy bear (from his Great Uncle Ray who is in the Navy!)
• Laughing! Oh my goodness, talk about melting a mama’s heart! I could listen to him laughing all day long!

• Still wearing his Bum Genius diapers on the smallest setting!
• When he wears disposables, he’s in a size 2!
• He’s 26 inches long and weighs 16 pounds 3 ounces! (He’s only grown 1 inch since his 2 month check-up!)
• Still wearing mostly 6-9 month onesies and rompers (since he’s only grown an inch in two months!) but is also wearing some 12 month onesies which have plenty of room to grow! As far as pants go, he’s still in 3-6!

• He’s drooling…a lot! He goes through bibs and onesies like crazy because they’re all wet!
• He’s still sleeping all night long! He typically goes to bed around 9:00 and sleeps until 7:30 or 8:00! Yesterday, which was daddy’s day off, he slept until 9:00!! We’re thinking he likes to sleep like his mommy & daddy!
• He traveled a lot as a 3-month-old! He went to visit his Nana and Papaw Cobble and then went to Virginia to meet his Great Grandmother and Grandpa Clark and all of the Clark family and also went to Jonesborough! He’s a wonderful little traveler!

• He loves daddy! Especially when daddy flies him in the air (of course he almost always drools on daddy!)
• He loves his play mat! He now plays with all of the toys on it and even is moving around on it!
• Enjoys sitting in his Bumbo!
• Still enjoys bath time but hates having his neck washed!

• He loves his mama! Mainly because I’m the one who feeds him! I’m still breastfeeding him exclusively and he’s doing just wonderful!
• We’re enjoying our Peanut Shell sling, it’s perfect for the grocery store! I can have my sweet babe close to me and have plenty of room in the cart! Today he slept the entire time I was grocery shopping!
• We love taking a walk out to the mail box with him in the Moby Wrap almost every day!

• He does not like to be cradled unless he is nursing or very, very sleepy!
• He looks at John David and me when we’re walking around!
• We’re enjoying meals as a family now! We sit Paxton in his high chair while we eat dinner and he does so good!
• He still loves his swing but he’s really outgrowing it!

• His feet are absolutely precious to me! They are growing, he outgrew his adorable baby tennis shoes but is growing into some of his others (although he rarely wears shoes because he doesn’t really like them and it is so hot!)
• He loves being read to! He listens and reaches for the pictures!
• He is so serious when he is in new surroundings or interacting with people he isn’t around much.
• He’s not reaching for anybody just yet.
• No signs of separation anxiety…we’ve made conscious efforts to pass him around at church so he (hopefully) doesn’t become too clingy (especially since I stay home with him!)

• We think he is so handsome/beautiful/precious!
• God has blessed us with the sweet baby boy! “Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him.” -Psalms 127:3 NIV (And are hoping that we’ll be “rewarded” with several more children!)
• It’s amazing how fast time is flying with this little guy! I often find myself getting sad that he’s growing up but I try to tell myself daily that he’s supposed to grow up and that he’ll never be as little as he is today so cherish him just like he is!

Paxton’s pictures from past months:

Three Months

Two Months

One Month

When Daddy Dresses Me

When Daddy Dresses Me

by: Paxton

When Daddy dresses me, I look like a man! I wear cool tractor shirts, blue jeans and even get to wear my camo bib (much better than the baby blue cottony stuff mama prefers, although I do admit it is very comfortable!)

When dressed like a man, one must act like a man…no grinning for your silly mama!

Until she says pretty please and reminds me that she is the one who feeds me!

Don’t laugh…I know my grin is cheesy but I’m cute and no, I’m not watching what I eat nor am I exercising. I do think I need to start moving around more, people are beginning to refer to me as chunky and pudgy and solid!

She caught me off guard here, thus the silly face!

Laughing for mama! (I think she really likes it!)

[I really cannot believe how much he is changing and growing and how chunky he's getting...he has rolls on his legs and arms! And I really do love the laughs, I think I could listen to him laughing all day long!]

First Father’s Day

John David had a nice (but busy) first Father’s Day! After church we went out to lunch at Taco Express! He loves it and we haven’t ate there together in months…plus it was not crowded because everybody else took their dad’s to nicer places! We enjoyed a relaxing afternoon before heading back to church to get ready for VBS!

We took some pictures after church just like we did on Mother’s Day! (It is amazing how much he’s changed since then!)

I wrote John David a letter and Paxton and I gave him some money! We appreciate all he does for us! Daddy works hard to take care of us, he takes his lunch every day to help save money, he wants mama to stay home with Paxton and most importantly he loves us very much so he needs a little spending money!!

My love and my little love!!

Snapshots of Our Day

Our son has found his thumb…this is how I found him this morning! The past 3 days he’s been sucking his thumb…it is very cute but we are trying our best to discourage it! Any recommendations other than taking his thumb out of his mouth and offering him his paci?

We had a good day today! I did a little bit of work and had fun with my 2-month-old! I can’t believe we’ve had him 2 months already! He is becoming so much fun, I love talking to him, especially when he talks back!!

Isn’t he handsome in his plaid shorts and shoes? He went to the nursery again tonight (he went for the first time on Sunday!) He did fabulous (or so I was told)! (We decided that putting him in the nursery early was the best thing, we really don’t want him to have separation anxiety and he really needs to be away from me some since I am with him all day at home!)

We snapped a few 2 month pictures this evening!

Two handsome men!! (Both with heads full of hair!!)

My Little Love!! (John David is Love and Paxton is Little Love!

The Past Few Days

It’s been a few days since I posted last! We’ve been busy, taking care of a baby and managing a household is hard work but I’m adjusting! (Just forgive the piles of laundry and cluttered living room if you drop in!)

Sunday after church I changed Paxton into this little romper:

I love these rompers! They honestly make dressing my baby boy fun!

Once he was dressed in his cooler clothes, I put his adorable camo sunhat on him and we walked outside to see daddy who was at our neighbors. He enjoyed the walk but not the hat (it was a little big, but it was cute!) We stayed outside (in the shade) about 20 minutes before he got hungry and we came home!

After he ate, we took a nap and had a leisurely Sunday evening!

He’s learned a new trick: blowing bubbles!

And I smiled when I found this picture John David took!! Aren’t my two men handsome?

I have no pictures for Monday and Tuesday! Monday was John David’s day off, we slept in and then he cut the grass while I did some housework and laundry (the laundry seems to be never ending these days!) Monday afternoon we went grocery shopping!

Tuesday was another day of housework and laundry and a little bit of Co-op work for me! I stayed busy all day! Around 6 we had a few of our neighbors over for wings and pizza! John David grilled amazing hot wings and bbq wings and I made a chicken alfredo pizza and a pepperoni pizza! Everything was delicious! After they left we watched the season finale of Chuck and House (which both left us in awe and ready for the fall!)

So, that’s a brief recap of the past few days around here!