Tis The Season

I love my little boy.  Oh so much!  He's started cereal per the doctors instructions and is doing rather well with it.  For over a month, maybe even longer, he has been sleeping for 7-9 hour stretches at night then wakes for a feeding then goes back down for 2-3 hours.  I can lay him in his crib just slightly drowsy and he falls asleep on his own.  We have always gone to him when he cries and I recently saw a saying that hit home..........
"Teach your child trust.  Go to them when they cry."  I do think this is what we did from the get go.  I guess there is also a method/book out there that teaches that too?  I can't remember what it's called.  Either way, bedtime is always a breeze unless he is overly exhausted.  Even getting up with him for his 4:30 or 5:30 am feeding is a breeze.  Even if he's awake I can lay him back in his crib and he will put himself to sleep when he is ready.  He very seldom cries and if he does it's because he is hungry, needs to burp or needs to be changed.  He is such a great baby.  I am also in love with my Angel monitor system.  It has a sensor pad that even senses the slightest movement such as him breathing.  I recently read a post on babycenter about a baby Ryne's age that passed away from SIDS so I decided it was time to get that puppy out and hooked up!!  After ten seconds of no movement an alarm goes off.  We have tested it several times.  So far I've been lucky in always remembering to switch the alarm off before taking him out.  Daddy, not so much.  LOL  I think it's just because Momma does it more.  I don't think I ever posted any of our pictures we had made so I'll try to do that.  He was 3 months old in them.  His Santa pictures he is 4 months old in.  I'm gonna let this do for now.  I need to tend to laundry, supper dishes, finish wrapping a few presents and then try and shower and relax!  Not to mention bath for baby boy, feeding and then putting him to bed.  Did I mention............breastfeeding is one of the best decisions I could have ever made!!!!!!
If I don't make it back before the 25th..........Merry Christmas!!

 

Four Months

My little guy is 4 months old today.  Of course I have a photo bomb blog but I'm just not ready to do it right yet.  Along with all the e-mails I need to catch up on.  Sigh, tis the season!  Sickness on my part hasn't helped either.  Thankfully we think it's just a virus but I sure wish it would move on from my body!  5 days is long enough!  Just trying to keep from getting dehydrated at this point.  My boy needs his food!
Ryne had his four month check-up yesterday and the doctor said he's "perfect".  I'm sure that's far from the truth but in his books he's doing great!  Of course, I think he's just perfect.  Any mom would of their own child.  He did great with his shots, only cried for about 3 seconds then was done.  He was such a good boy.  He's been fussy here lately and getting super, duper drooly so I know what that means.  He's so much fun right now though.  He does not want to be horizontal anymore.  He wants to stand all the time and let's you know it!  I love having conversations with him, having smiling matches and making him giggle.  Such a wonderful time in our lives right now!  So, until I get a moment to upload photos and such, this will have to do.  Here's to a busy few weekends ahead.  Let the rat race begin!

Thanksgiving 2011

3 Months

My baby boy turned three months old today.  We celebrated with lunch with Gramma.  I *think* he has a tooth coming in on top.  I feel a little sharp point and he's been kinda fussy and drooling but I could completely be wrong too.  :o)  I am NEW at this after all.  I think we are past our growth spurt as he slept through the night again last night.  I was shocked when I woke up this morning feeling refreshed and finding out it was already 6:30!!  Way to go Ryne!

Here's a few pics and then I'm off to bed!

My brother saw this picture and said "Holy Crap!!  He looks two years old!"  He does and it scares me!  Cliche but...............he's growing up too fast!!!

We had pictures made for his 3 months and here is one of them.  He was not very cooperative and was hot and hungry.  I'm hoping at least ONE of the three of us turned out!  I LOVE this one below and there's a few more that are amazing but they'll just have to wait.  Gotta keep y'all coming back ya know??

Too In Love To Post :o)

Yes, I apparently am too in love with my baby boy to find time to post.  If he's awake and active all I want to do is look at him or hold him and play.  I am due for a post though so as he rocks away in his little swing and sleeps so soundly I will post!
He must have recently gone through a growth spurt because he was sleeping through the night and this past week has been getting me up twice.  Last night was just once so he might be getting back on track.  He's also eating for less time but every hour or so during the day, cluster feeding I suppose.  Either way, it's not as bad now that I have had a while to get used to less sleep.  In the beginning it was so tough.  I will NEVER forget how exhausted I was that first night and week!!
So, I have some pictures to upload.  Halloween of course.  I made Ryne's costume for his first Halloween.  It turned out pretty cute!  He went to see his Uncle Tommy and Aunt Tammy then to his Pawpaw's and Grammie's then to his Nana's house.  With four sets of grandparents it's tough!  We have 2 Nana's; a Grammie; a Gramma; a Pepaw; a Gramps; and a Pawpaw.  Phew!
He got the cutest little Halloween "gift" from his Uncle Tommy and Aunt Tammy.  A little start for his savings account.

Here is my little football.  This was at Nana and Pepaw's in Eureka Springs, Arkansas the weekend before Halloween.  They got him that cute little Snoopy, two bibs, and a couple of Halloween outfits.  I'm gonna say that the Twix and Snickers in his bucket were for us! 

For many years I have had two scarecrows I put out along with other decorations.  This year I got to add a "little" scarecrow to our display!

Visiting Pawpaw and Grammie.

Ryne's little pumpkin.  My marker wasn't working real good! 

Here's a cute little picture I did up and sent with Halloween cards to a couple of friends and family.  It was too fun!

Now to come up with something creative for Thanksgiving!