Remember this kid...

We're still around. I suck at blogging but I just wanted to say hai! 

Guess who is 4 months old!

Four months! I can't believe it. Every parent says this but it is so amazing how fast time flies and how quickly the baby changes. 

Jordan weighed 12 lb, 11 oz at his 4 month checkup and was 24 1/4 inches long. He's so close to doubling his birth weight and has grown over 8 inches. That's crazy to me. 

Night time is going really well and I hope the 4 month sleep regression doesn't hurt us. He sleeps anywhere from 10-12 hours a night and naps 3-4 times a day. The naps range from 35 minutes to 2.5 hours. He wakes up everytime at 35 minutes and if he can go back to sleep then he's in for the long haul nap. 

Laughing and smiling are an everyday occurance and we do any stupid silly thing to make him laugh. He's starting to roll over. He's done it once or twice but today I watched him in the crib while he should have been falling asleep he was rolling 95% of the way onto his stomach and then flipping back over. Moving that arm from underneath him would have made him stay on his tummy but he couldn't figure that out. 

I'm back to work and it stinks but it's not as bad as what I imagined. I at least get to see and play with him for several hours before my shift starts at 11 a.m. 

Without further delay, here are the pictures. Which is, let's face it, what you guys come here for. :) 

14 weeks!

Time really does fly when you're having fun. And wow, is life getting funner and funner. 

Those first couple weeks of Mommyhood aren't rainbows and roses. It's tough. It's no joke when people say all you do is go into survivor mode. But now, life is getting back to a new normal. Jordan is doing great. 

He's sleeping through the night and has technically been doing this consistently since around 7 weeks if you believe in that whole nonsense of "5 hours is STTN." Uh whatever. I've never thought 5 hours was STTN. I've taken naps that are 5 hours. But since then he's been slowly but surely sleeping longer stretches and is now going 10-12 hours a night. I'm dreading the 4 month sleep regression because I'm loving this sleep now. 

His routine is waking up around 8 am, nursing, play time for about an hour or a little longer and then down for a nap. Typically he takes a 35 minute nap. It's like his little internal alarm is set for no more than 35 min. This cycle repeats all day and usually he will take a longer nap in the late afternoon which may last 1.5-3 hours. 

Bedtime starts around 7:30 with some books, bath, boob and then bed. We did a little modified sleep training to get to this point but now were able to lay him down awake and he goes to sleep on his own with minimal fussing. Since I'm going back to work soon we needed to get him used to not nursing to sleep or rocking and cuddling since DH won't have help to put him to bed while I'm at work. It was taking an hour or more of feeding and rocking and walking between the two of us but now he lays down without swaddling and goes to sleep after a little fussing and talking to himself. 

I haven't weighed him lately but he's at least over 12.5 pounds. He's starting to grow out of some 3 mo clothes which makes me incredibly sad.

Jordan is grabbing toys purposely now and talks back to us all the time. He is laughing a little more and were always doing something to get him to smile or laugh. He's such a serious baby and doesn't crack a smile unless we work for it. 

Snorting like a pig is how I got him to laugh at me for the first time. Although, technically DH earned the first laugh while just talking to him on the changing table. 

Jordan can't decide which is better -- sucking his thumb or sucking his fingers. It is nice though because he can self soothe. 

Because who doesn't love cute baby pics.

I'm Batman. Yes, those are capes on my shoes.

After milk. 

This is his before milk face. EVERYTIME! He has zero patience for Mommy to get her bra unhooked. "Give me dem boobies!"

Tiny baby in a big stroller. I can't wait for him to get bigger so we can use the jogging stroller. I got it for $45 at a thrift store. I'm so excited to be able to use it soon. 

Let's take a selfie! 

::smacks myself for this last caption because I'm not 13 years old::

Happy anniversary to us!

DH and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary last week. A decade! I can't believe it.

I swear it was just yesterday that we were getting married. And it was just the day before that when we started dating in high school. We've been together for 15 years, nearly almost half of our lives. But we even go back farther than that. At the ripe old age of 10, we met at vacation bible school at my church. DH came with my cousin to vbs and I introduced myself with the most romantic gesture ever portrayed by a 10 year old. 

I hit him with a water balloon. 

He promptly made fun of my name, saying, "It just doesn't sound right." 

Needless to say, we've given each other crap almost daily since then. It's the key to a happy relationship. Or at least it works for us. We even had a few classes together in high school. One of which included lessons on parliamentary procedure in which I banged my gavel and told him to shut up. I'm pretty sure that was proper procedure, parliamentary speaking. 

It's been a decade filled with lots of bad and good times, but we've endured. It seemed like the bad times of IF would never end the way we wanted but we got our wish. And to celebrate we took Jordan on our anniversary trip this weekend. We walked along the touristy streets and shops and planned for the years ahead, dreaming of the days when he will be old enough to enjoy the zoo, aquarium and go kart tracks. 

The last 10 years have been fun, but I can't wait for the next 10. 

Crying baby to happy baby

How babies feel about shots. 

Luckily all is well a couple days later especially when the tiny human is milk drunk. 

8 weeks old!

I'm sorry about the lack of posting. A newborn really does take a shit ton of time to take care of, especially when said newborn has his first shots and WILL NOT let go of mommy. 

He did pretty well with getting the shots and has been very clingy and whiny since the appointment. Overall, the appointment went great. 

Jordan is now at 10 lb, 15 oz and is 23 inches long. His head is at 15.2 inches and he's right at 50th percentile for weight and height. 

He's still nursing like a pro and sleep is getting better. We've even had a few nights where he's slept 8-9 hours! 

Smiles are common in the morning and the colic is easing up in the evening. Car seats are the devil lately and his best friend is a moose.

Without further delay, here's the big guy.