3 Months Old

Dane is growing up so fast, he is now 3 months old. The last couple of weeks he has started sucking / chewing on his fists and giggling out loud. I will do just about anything to get him to laugh. I can't describe the feeling that wells up inside you when you head them laugh out loud. Being a mom is so wonderful. I feel so blessed to be able to stay home and be so involved in his everyday life. We are working on getting Dane on more of a schedule. I am understanding him more and more as he gets older. This week I have been able to lay him down fully awake and he will go to sleep on his own without any fussing. This has been our goal since day one and it feels amazing to see it actually coming into fruition. Now that we are getting his naps and sleep schedule in order he is a much happier baby. It seems like he is content and happy more frequently. The last 2 weeks he has been sleeping through the night. He goes to bed around 10:30 and gets up for the day around 9am. He may or may not get up between 4 and 6 for another feeding. I have been lucky a few times where he just slept through. I am pretty much going to bed right when he does because those who know me know I LOVE my sleep. I could sleep 12 hours a day easily. I thought I was going to die the first month when he wasn't sleeping.

Dane sure loves his daddy, Jacob is back to work so when he leaves at 2pm we do not see him again until the next morning. When Jacob gets up in the morning and starts talking Dane will just light up and immediately start smiling and talking to Jacob. It is so sweet to see him get so happy. Jacob just eats it up too let me tell you.

Next week we have an appointment at the Urologist to discuss his surgery he will have in a few months to circumcise him. Other than that we do not have another doctor appointment until next month. I wish we had another one sooner because I am curious how much he weighs. My best guess is about 14lbs. I put him on the scale with my sister to get an estimate. Last week I quit breastfeeding him completely so I won't be taking him to the group anymore. It was not an easy decision because for some reason there is so much guilt attached to nursing but I finally just decided to stop. Now the hard part is finding a formula that doesn't make him gassy and spit up all the time. I am happy that I could do it for the 3 months that I did. I know that he benefited from it at least that long.

2009 Christmas at Aunt Beths house

Danes enjoyed his first Christmas at Aunt Beths house this year. Below you see him relaxing after enjoying way too much egg nog. His wardrobe is compliments of his Aunt Pam (Thank you). We had a great time in Nebraska but luckily we went last weekend before all this crazy snow came. Dane received some really cute outfits, a blanket, some nice lotions and oils for a long baby massage and a really cool sound machine from Graco. That has to be one of the coolest things so far. The sound machine has a night light, an mp3 player jack, nature sounds, music, and white noise. Now what more does he need to sleep...................

Here is Dane having a good conversation with his grandpa.

Work Begins on the Basement

Well Brion (our friend) and I have begun working on fixing up the basement. We have the framing all done, electrical ran and insulation in. Work is coming along at a fast pace and all the things I just mentioned were done in two days with about a total of 10-12 hours of work. When it's all done we will have a large room to entertain, watch movies, play games and room for Dane to run around. Tonya and I decided to fix the basement after we realized that on top of the fact that we have no room to entertain in our house babies toys take up a lot of room. When it's all done I will post some pictures.

As a side note Lowe's offers a 10% military discount so to all my military friends get on it.

-Jake

2 months old

Well Dane is now 2 months old. Times seems to drag along when you are not getting any sleep but then all the sudden you turn around time is flying by. I am already getting sad at the idea that he is growing up on me. He is talking more and more these days. He is also starting to get on a better schedule. Last night he slept from 10pm till 7am. I feel so blessed to be getting that amount of sleep already. Dane is also starting to nap better. The schedule is really helping. I have started putting him down awake and usually only have to comfort him a couple times before he goes to sleep.

A couple days ago we went and got a family photo and his two month pictures. I have posted some of them below.

Dane smiles and his cute hat.

Hangin with daddy

Sorry we haven't posted anything recently but we have been busy. As you can see Dane has been having a great time with dad.

Hardcore training on the xbox.........
Jammin to music and looking cute......
Then we exercised......

Then daddy was tired.



All in a hard days work.

6 Week Check Up

Well today was Dane's 6 week check up. He received 3 shots and he was a trooper. More than that, I was a trooper. I just knew I was going to cry my eyes out but I didn't shed 1 tear. Yeah for me! Dane is in the 95th percentile in the weight category. He is weighing in at a whopping 12 lbs and 6 ozs. I just don't know how much longer I will be able to tote him around in his carrier. At the rate he is gaining we are going to need a new carrier in a few months. I am trying to get around to getting his pictures done this week but not sure if that is going to happen or not. Jacob is working days this week so I am not sure I am up for the challenge alone.

This last week Dane has really been smiling a lot. It is the best thing ever when he smiles at you. I just want to squeeze him to pieces. He is also really good at holding his head up. Now if he would just start sleeping for longer stretches in the night I would be ecstatic. There have been a few occasions where he has slept 4+ hours in a row but not enough to brag about. The doctor said that he should start sleeping for longer since he weighs 12 lbs and eats about 4-5 ounces at each feeding.

Also this last week Jacob had to go back to work. It was so nice having him home for 6 weeks. This week he is in training so he is working M-F 8-5 but next week he will return to his normal schedule of 3pm to 1am. It is nice having him home during the day because if Dane doesn't sleep at night I have him here to give me a nap before he goes to work. The down side is that Dane is much happier during the day then he is at night. I guess it is common for babies to be fussy at night but it is a little difficult since Jacob is at work at night. I just have to get everything I need to get done during the day because Dane wants me to just sit on the couch with him at night. Well laundry is calling......