Baby Dedication

This past Sunday was the baby dedication at my church. There were quite a few born recently so it was alot of fun. Im still waiting on some more pics from a couple people, but here are a few that were taken with our camera. They came out really dark and grainy so I consulted some friends on a scrapbooking message board I post on. MANY THANKS to Apryl from Picket Fence Studios for making these look so much better :) The first one looked good in color and black and white so i couldnt pick.

Sleeping Night #2

Leonard is doing really well with his sleeping. Last night he was really crabby and I tried to keep him up to at least 9pm but he was so sleepy. Not even going outside, his favorite thing, seemed to help. We were sitting watching Jon and Kate Plus 8 all snuggly in his fuzzy blanket and I gave him his binky. I look down 3 seconds later and he is OUT. So I just sit there watching the insane people with 8 kids and cuddling (something we dont get to do alot). Finally, I laid him down in his crib. He didn't even budge. I figured he would probably wake up after an hour because he never goes to sleep before 9pm.

So I do the dishes, clean up a bit, try to scrap, watch some more insane people with 8 kids and he is STILL asleep. Well, he ended up sleeping till 3am! He woke up, had a bottle and went right back to sleep and woke up at 730am as usual.

REJOICE! We are finally getting more sleep and Leonard is getting on a schedule which is AWESOME!

Slept through the night!

Leonard has been doing VERY well with sleeping lately. The past few nights he has been going down around 9:30-10:00 and waking up once, usually around 3:30-4:30. Well last night he offically slept through the night!

He went to bed at 9:30 and woke up at 5am! That's not exactly when WE would like to wake up and of course Jeremiah just fed him a bottle and put him back down! So of course that meant that we woke up at 7:30...which is WAY too late! He slept from 5:30 till 7:30 and was in such a chipper mood while we were getting ready. He just wiggles and giggles in his crib until we get him ready to go.

So now mommy and daddy just need to learn to wake up earlier! We were just so enjoying all that sleep!

12 weeks!

Leonard is 12 weeks today and in another week he will be officially three months old! Time has gone by so quickly, it just seems like a few weeks ago that he came into this world and I became a mommy. Everyday is something new and he is just so fascinating. He has been laughing and giggling and growing bigger and bigger!

Last nite was exciting because it was the first time he has slept for over 4 hours! He slept for 6 1/2 hours and when he woke up to eat at 4:30am I felt like I had been sleeping for days :) Hopefully, this becomes a trend :)

So here are some pics of me and him (finally) and a couple others from the past week or so.

TWO MONTHS OLD!!!

Time flies when you're having fun. Leonard is now a little over two months old and its amazing how much he has grown! He had his first big round of shots and his well checkup on Wednesday and the Dr. confirmed what we all already know, he is a BIG BOY! Here are the current stats:

25 inches, 14 lbs 10oz

Healthy as can be :)

The Dr. said he is basically the average size of a 4 month old! After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I asked if he was maybe TOO big and the Dr. said not to worry, his weight is perfect for his height, he is just REALLY tall. Its so amazing to watch him grow everyday and learn new things. He is smiling and becoming so aware of everything around him. He especially loves being outside and going for walks through Riverside.

Here are some photos of our growing boy!

Almost two months old!

Leonard will officially be two months old in a little over a week and its amazing how quickly the time has gone by. He is growing up so fast (I think ive said that 100 times).

He is getting really expressive and I caught a pic of him smiling with my cell phone the other day and while the quality isnt great, im so glad I captured it on some sort of film. Photo is below

Monday was my first day back at work and while I miss him like crazy during the day, im doing better than I thought I would. He is with my mom and that makes me feel so much better about being away from him all day. Makes the evenings even more special (even though he can be pretty fussy in the evenings). We are learning how to make it work and while I wouldn't choose to work full-time, its what I have to do right now so I know that God is giving me the grace to do it. I am just praying that maybe I can work part time at some point to have a little more time with him.

So here are more great photos of the butterbean and some funny ones of Alexa. She is getting too grown up for me!!!! It makes me sad she isnt a little girl anymore...but she makes a great big sister. Its a big adjustment but she is doing great. One of our neighbors brought over the little car and while Leonard has a while before he can use it, Alexa figured it looked like tons of fun! Such a goofball!

5 Weeks

Leonard turned 5 weeks old yesterday and its amazing how much he has grown. I try to take pics everyday since he seems to change from day to day.

He is starting to sleep a bit more at nite. We are only waking up twice to feed him now. So im not a as sleepy all the time anymore, or maybe im just used to getting no sleep now.

So of course we have TONS of pics...enjoy! I may be biased...but he really is the cutest kid ever!