Saturday, February 20, 2010

My new way of sleeping!

Michael started this about 2 weeks ago, loves to have something over his face. The first night I noticed, he pulled a blanket completely over his face, so that was the end of the blankets! Next I gave him a small little blanket with lots of holes in it, and he got all his fingers wrapped around in not a very comfortable way, so that blanket is out. Here he has his burp cloth...which has been working, but now I just give him a small bib and he loves it! I always think he is cold, but I guess if he was, he would let me know!

As for sleeping, he has been going to sleep about 8:30 pm, sleeping till 2ish, eating and back to sleep to 7ish. I finally moved him from his little rocking chair at the foot of our bed to the bassinett, but he is a little too long for it, so he will be moving to the crib in the next few nights. I finally bought a monitor last night....now just have to get it going!

New things he is doing: grabbing toys with both hands, sometimes at the same time.

He LOVES his toy octopus and holds it everytime he sees it. He has been holding his bottle a little more frequently without us prepping him. He loves to stand up and look around and his legs seem to be really strong. He smiles when he sees me, which is so sweet! I can now pull him up to sitting and he is able to hold his head up and not let it flop back...on his 3 month checkup, the dr. pulled him to sit and his poor head just hung backwards...


He absolutely loves his mobile and will watch it and play and coo, or will fall asleep to it when he is tired.


He is just the cutest thing and we love him to peices!!!!!

Michael's new toy!

I'm finally big enough to be in my new bouncer!

Oh, look at these toys I can play with


My feet almost touch the floor!

maybe 1 more month and I'll be there


Playing with mommy!!!!

This is one of my most favorite outfits...so cute!hmmm, my hand tastes so good!



cute buns! Baby legs!


tummy time, not too crazy about this!


Maybe not so bad for a minute!


Let's Play!!!!


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

LP goes to AZ!

Our family flew to Arizona last week for a week in the sun! We flew in on Superbowl Sunday, met up with our friends and had a great night watching the game. LP was great on the flight there, but was fussy on the way home. Also, on the way there, delta lost all our luggage...but this time we actually had our carseat, so we were able to leave the airport without waiting for a new carseat. Ralph had to work most the week, so LP and I had some good bonding time!


We went on a tour of Taliesin west, Frank Lloyd Wright school of Architecture in Scottsdale, AZ.

What an amazing place!



We took LP to the Phoenix Zoo with our friends Steve and Nichole and their 2 boys, Josh and Jake


mommy, daddy and Michael






Could be a post card!





Jake




a little chilly in the morning!






The Carbajal's! Jake, Nichole, Josh and Steve



Both so cute!


We hiked Camelback Mountain in Scottsdale- Took about 2 hours round trip! Our first hike with LP, we definitely needed the fresh air, warm sun and exercise!





View from the midpoint!
LP is quite the little traveler...oh, where will we go next?????

Friday, February 5, 2010

New pics of our little guy

Jill from a nearby photo studio came over and took some professional pics of Michael and us. He was about 8 weeks old. We had a great time!




one of my favorites


another favorite




my little thinker!

already training....

Finally got this to upload!!!


3 month check-up

Today was Michael's 3 month check up! He now weighs 12 lbs, 3 oz and is 24 in long. Everything checked out! He only got one shot today, cried a little, then fell asleep...which I was so happy for, as I forgot to bring his bottle...Oops!
This past week, little pea has been sleeping like a champ. This is the 6th night he has fallen asleep between 8-8:30 and slept thru to 7-8:00 ish. Every night he has only gotten up once to eat about 4-5am, for about 20 minutes. I finally have my routine down with all the bottles ready for when he stirs! My goal is 7pm-7am without waking up, so we will see if I can get there!
He is cooing a lot and yesterday we transferred a ring from the right hand to the left hand...although he didn't realize he did it, it was still cool to see. He is just growing and growing, and things are changing faster and faster.


Getting ready to see Dr. Desanto!

I love playing with my hands!

finding daddy's face


oh, so sweet! (and prickly)