A Little Break

Ahhhh! I have a little break from the chunky monkey! So I thought that I would blog a bit. Mace is doing really well. He is as I just said a chunky monkey and getting more and more chunky everyday.

He is super active and super fun to interact with except for when he is screaming. He has more of a schedule, but only at night. His days are still a little wonky and never the same. He likes to go to bed and be asleep by 8:30 or heaven help us. Wakes up around 4am for a middle of the night snack and is back asleep until 8am. Yes, I am very lucky and very happy that he does sleep. His day schedule is not normal, except for the evening tantrum he likes to do around 5pm. We have a night routine down now. Matt pre-recorded some stories for Mace on a recorder and we listen to Matt reading to him every night. Then we say our prayers and say good-night to Daddy's picture and off to bed. Mace sits still during the reading time and looks at the pictures in the book. It is very cute!

Mace is so much more animated and loves to smile and giggle now. He loves to look at Daddy's pictures on the wall behind the couch and does his best to find them where ever we are sitting downstairs. He loves to just look around and look at everything. He loves to watch Archer and his gaze will follow Archer as he walks around or away from Mace.

I am doing well. I get a great amount of sleep at night, as seen above. I have decided to take some long term time off from teaching piano. And will only continue to teach horn. It has been a difficult decision for me to make but my needs have changed with having Mason around. I am enjoying the time I spend with Mason.

Matt is doing well too. He is super busy. Just working and sleeping. That is what he does.  If you were planning on sending him a package please contact me ASAP as the post office there will be closing by the end of the month.

I have also added pictures of Mason around our house. I love seeing the cute pictures of him all the time all over my house. Here are the pictures of the new frames I hung and also some super cute pix of Mace.

~Mason's Room~

~Family Room~

~Play Time~

My Allegiances

GO Arizona State Sun Devils! Need I say more...

Chunky Monkey

My little man is HUGE!!!! Well, what I think is big and has made a huge change since last month. He had his 2 month checkup yesterday  and is weighing in at a whopping 12 lbs 14 ounces. I guessed at the office that he would be 12 1/2 lbs but nope he is almost 13 lbs. His length also changed by 3 inches and he is now 22 1/4 inches long. His head is 39 cm. He is just growing so big. I knew he had a growth spurt a couple of weeks ago because overnight he couldn't fit in his 0-3 month sized clothing anymore.

He also had his first shots EVER yesterday! He did not like them at all. A church member invited us for dinner last night and he cried, no not cried he screamed, all 2 hours we were there. They took turns holding him for me because they knew I would have a long night ahead of me. Which I did, a long night of SLEEP!!!! Thank you Tylenol. I picked up some on the way home from the members home and in about 45 min he was out. Woke up at midnight and ate a little then was out cold until 7am, missing his 3am and 5am feeding that he has loved doing for the past 2 weeks! I haven't had that much sleep since before Mace arrived! He is asleep again now, but woke up at 7 a very, very happy baby full of smiles and giggles.

I did submit a photo to the cutest baby contest with Kathie Lee and Hoda on the Today show so we shall see what comes of it. Here is the shot I used:

Hope all is well with everyone, and I will enjoy my morning of calmness before the afternoon of colic! 

Cutest Baby Contest

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Tummy Time

For the past few weeks I have been having Mace do a tummy time routine at the same time that we have play time. Last night Mace did the best yet. He held his head up the longest and actually had more fun with it than in the past. He does tummy time when cuddling with the momma but we have tried to do more on the ground. I am concerned that he is going to start becoming active very soon as he is already showing signs of coordination. It will happen when it happens regardless if I am ready for it or not. We shall see how long it takes but I am enjoying this cuddling phase we are going thru right now. Here are some cute pix of him in his trial and error of holding his head up.

~So focused~

~I'm Tired~

~Try Again~

~I'm Done~

~Mace cuddling with Milo~

2 Months

Our little guy is 8 weeks old today! So weird. Things he does on a regular basis.

~He loves to smile, but not very much in front of the camera.

~He loves to look at the pix of Mommy and Daddy and smile at them, because I think they are always smiling at him. He loves looking at the pix though.

~He is cooing a lot more than he did last month, and will coo back and forth with me when it his is play time.

~He loves to watch the moving lights in his little play gym we have and to listen to the music, well he loves any music.

~He loves to cuddle with Mommy and to be held by here all the time, well that hasn't really changed since last month, but he will go in the swing now and sleep.

~He loves to watch Daddy on the computer when we skype. Matt has this uncanny ability to calm him down over the computer. It is really cute and I love seeing Mace know his dad.

~Archer has finally let Mace touch him, and even today let Mace cuddle with him without freaking out and running away. I think Archer is finally getting used to the little guy.

~He has grown out of 0-3 month clothing and is in 3-6 month clothing because of his length. So sad to see the smaller sizes go and they were super cute but now we have more cute clothing to dress him in.

Life for me is a lot harder than I thought it would be. I love it and love watching him grow and even learn a little, but the lack of sleep and hands free time is a little difficult. I have relied on my neighbors and church family to help me out which they have and I am so thankful for their help. It has helped strengthen my bond with them and allowed me to learn from them.

It was amazing to see him learn to recognize me and to learn how to smile. He is taking in all the sights and sounds around him but gets overstimulated easily. It is such a blessing to have him in my life and I really am enjoying it. I know that with the coming months it will become easier, everyone has told me that the first 3 months are the hardest, and I am almost done with that. We miss daddy so very much and wish he was here but we are surviving without him together. We get to talk to him almost everyday and we are so thankful for the technology that we have to have this chance for Matt to see him grow.

Well here are some cute pix of Mace at 8 weeks old! These are not all back to back pix either, I was very lucky to get some great smiling pix!

9/11/11

I love this country and how strong we are and how much stronger we have become since this terrible act. This has changed so many things in everyone's life including the war that is still being fought overseas. Please be safe Matt on this day and everyday that you are away. Thank you for standing up to the bad guys! Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those lost on this day and in the military since.