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colins 3 month letter

dear butterball,

youre 3 months old today. i cant believe it. even though i say that every month, its still hard to believe. i remember when you were just mins old, this tiny wee newborn, and now look at you, filling out your adorable cheeks!! youre just too cute for words my son.

when you were just a new bun fresh from mamas oven, you didnt do a whole lot. but now you can smile and laugh (things youve been doing for quite some time) and you still love to dance, and you talk and talk and talk now.

in fact, you love to talk. you will carry on converstions with anyone. telling them how youre days gone by and what you did. its so adorable! you even have baby babble talks with your animals. i put some stickers up near your change table, and you go on and on and on to your animals talking away no matter what mood youre in. it boggles my mind ... how do you even know to talk to them. i just dont understand, haha. can you even see what they are, how could you even know what they are. you confuse mommy. but whatever, its one of your fav things to do, and it makes diaper changes fun!

(ugh you just love those animal stickers)

some things youre doing now also consist of sleeping 10+ hrs a night. that makes mommy and daddy really happy inside, you have no idea. sometimes i even have to wake you up because when you reach that 12 hr mark, i get worried that youre just so starving ... but you never are. you wake up cooing and laughing and smiling away at me. i unwrap you, open the curtains, and take you to get changed. you talk to your animals (probably telling them about your dreams) than we go sit in the livingroom and you talk to me and laugh. than finally about 15 min later, i get you a bottle ... but you just want to talk!!

you still hate your car seat most days, but i think youre getting used to it. thats one thing i wont do again if we give you a sibling. get him/her a "bucket" style carseat ... they = a big no no. but a convertable one is a win win!! you have no troubles sitting in grandma and grandpees car seat. you funny kid.

youre still a big fan of daddy these days. :) its cute. youre definately a daddys boy. even though when you need comfort, mommy does a better job <3 but someone asked me the other day, if you recognised daddy and i said, of course you do. you know your daddy. and the proof came about 5 min later when daddy walked in ... you grinned the biggest smile ive ever seen, and the man who just asked if you knew your daddy laughed and agreed, you sure do!

you also love to be read to. you like curious george and fairy tales and love it when daddy reads your book of bible stories (although hes been forgetting most nights)

you have your first crush too. (your 2nd cousin, meagan) youre a naughty boy when cousin meagan comes around. youve already been down her shirt and unbuttoned her top on one occasion. youre for sure your fathers boy!! you give her your flirty eyes and play shy with her too. i think she may break your heart though son, be prepared, hehe ;)

i taught you how to stick your tongue out, and you will copy anyone who does it. im working on blowing raspberries and rolling over now. you have little to no interest in either.

youre just now starting to realise that "oh i gots hands, and look they do stuff" you grasp things, like certain toys and mamas shirt.

anyways my boy, im so glad youre such a happy baby. you bring so much joy to a lot of peoples lives. im so full of love and joy for you, i wish you were here years ago!!

i love you kiddo!

keep on smiling and melting mamas heart

attention new moms!

HANDS FREE SOLUTION TO HOLD PACIFIER IN BABYS MOUTH

STEP 1; suction pacifier to face



(can be suctioned anywhere on face)






STEP 2; place soothie in babys mouth, as shown in the below 2 pictures

hope this was helpful

spoiled with love

dear baby buttons

youre almost 3 months old baby bean. mama cant believe it. i should get started on your 3 month letter pretty soon.

but todays blog isnt about growing.

its about how spoiled ( i mean loved ) you are.

do you know how loved you are son.

you have a very large family to start off. and the extended family goes for miles and miles.

and im not lying when i say youre quite the celebrity. you see, mama grew up in the same town, in the same building almost her entire life. thats 25 years. but mama did live outside of the building for probably 2 years in total out of the 25 years.

because of this though, mama made a lot of friends. people have known me for years. theres some that even knew me as a baby younger than you. how neat is that. and now that youre living in the same place i grew up in, youve become quite popular.

since youre such a new baby still, everyones so excited about you. everyone wants to hold you, and play with you. and just love you.

sometimes when people love you, they spoil you with gifts.

and that my son brings me to these few photos.

the one below is some of the blankets which have been hand knit for you. where we live, theres a group of ladies we call "the knitters group". upon learning of your arrival, they began to knit for you ... and knit they did. this is just some of the beautiful blankets which were made just for you. and it didnt stop at blankets. you have outfits (which are a bit too big still) and booties and leggings (which you sport around in) oh and we cant forget about all the hats too!!



and seeing as we are on the topic of blankets. did you know you own over more than 60. thats two months worth. but mamas not complaining. youre sort of a messy boy, and go through about 4 or 5 a day somtimes ;)

your room is just spilling out with blankets and clothes. i had no idea at only 3 months old, youre wardrobe could last you an entire year ... because you seriously have that many outfits. good thing you go through 3-4 outfits a day, or else you would never even get the chance to wear some of your cute lil things.

well youre about to wake up from your evening nap. so i should end this now.

i love you baby boy.

keep on smiling hun.

(if i had 1$ for every smile you shared, i would be rich. but instead, im rich with love <3)

vaccines

dear son.

let me start off my apologising for the EVIL that had to be done yesterday. ugh, im so sorry i put you through that torture. :(

it wasnt a horrible day to start off. you were your happy lil self. cooing and talking away to strangers who just couldnt take their eyes off you.

we were sitting in the waiting room and your cuteness started up a friendly convo with a nice couple. i accused you of giving couples baby fever, but they swore to us they are done. :) anyways, when the receptionist called your name, my heart sank. it was time. time for the dreaded needles ( *shudders*) if only i could be vaccinated on your behalf. i would take 1000 needles just so you wouldnt need 1. but life doesnt go like that unfortunately.

we took all your clothes off, except diaper, cause well, you pee a lot, and on a lot of things, haha. the last place you should pee is on the dr. although you probably wanted to crap on him after what he did.

we got you weighed and measured. and things are looking great. youre now 12lbs 7oz and 24" tall. youre TWO WHOLE SUBS long. WOW!!

once that was over, we talked with the dr. about how well youre doing. you have excellent head control! but we knew that already ;)

than it was time. :( i held you tight in my arms and sang twinkle twinkle little star and my nana, your great nana talked with you over my shoulder. i nearly passed out watching the HUGE needle go in your tiny itty bitty thigh. i started shaking, and my voice started cracking hearing your screams of terror. but you got over it faster than i did. you did great. but everytime i thought about the pain you went through, i broke down. i cried pretty much all night, and into the early morn.

you though, you were awesome. until about 6:30pm you woke from cat napping and just screamed in pain at the top of your longs for an entire hour. nothing soothed you, nothing calmed you. but eventually you fell asleep in my arms, and were out until around 9:30pm when i decided it was time to wake up, have a drink and go back to bed. you did all the above, and even slept 9 hours. you woke up happy as can be, and have been in a good mood all day today.

phew. im so glad its all over with. you have no fever, or rash, or bumps or redness anywhere, so hopefully you'll continue to feel good.

i love you lil bean ... and together we will go through lifes challenges. you'll never have to do anything like this alone. mommy will always be with you by your side. whether youre sick or in pain, i will be there!

lots of love.
xx

pee pee

dear colin

when you wake up at the wee hours of 2:30 in the morn, mummy has a hard time fully awakening. the proof is on our couch!

i know you're hungry, but mummys tired dear son, but of course i wont let you starve ;)

before i feed you, i normally will change your diaper, because who wants to sit in their own pee right. well since it was 2:30am, mummy hadnt fully awakened yet, so your diaper may have gone on backwards, or upside down or even on your head, im still not too sure what happened. but i know our couch is "mad". somehow, after recieving the fresh clean oh so nice diaper, you managed to pee all the way up your back causing wetness on our poor comfy couch. once again, you thought this act was funny, and you laughed at mummy as she laughed at you.

i said i was sorry, but than i explained that if you just slept a lil while longer, giving mummy some extra Zzzz's, this incident probably could have been avoided. but than again, i am a 1st time mummy, so im sure this wont be the only time, hehe :)

i still love you son, and always will, but i cant say the same for our "couch" hes definately had better days. but, i think hes happy this time it wasnt poop!!

love you buttons!

colins two month letter

dear colin,

you're two months old. WOW! mummy cant believe it. it seems like yesterday i just met you and stared into your deep blue eyes. and now, look at you.

you've gone from a tiny itty bitty baby of only 6lbs to a whopping 11lbs (mummys just guessing).

watching you take new things in every day is so special to mama. seeing you smile and "talk" so frequently now is amazing. i will never forget these moments. & the stories you tell, haha. so cute! you especially love telling them to your most fav granty.

mummy learned this month that you LOVE to dance. i put on your special cd we bought 1 day before you were born, and you boogie on down. kicking your legs and waving or "fist pumping" your lil arms. adorable!

you just want to get up and go, but you dont know you're just too little still. you're really into trying to crawl, and it frustrates you a bit, because you just cant do it yet. you push and push your legs, but you dont get very far. soon son, im sure you'll have that down packed too (which makes mama nervous).

i cant wait until you show more interest in your toys. we have so many for you to love and play with, but you'd much rather interact with real people. toys are boring for now i guess.

so in these past few weeks, you've done quite a bit. you've met lots more new friends and family. and you've even gone to another wedding. youre only 2 months old and you've already been the youngest guest at two weddings. WOW!

recently you got to meet a lot of your cousins. such special times for you lil one, you have no idea.

you have so much fun meeting new people, especially ladies ;) youre so little still, yet youre such a ladies man. i blame youre daddy.

you're still a great sleeper, and that makes mummy and daddy very happy. you go to bed around 10pm or 11pm and sleep until 5am or 6am. than mummy gets up and feeds you, and you pass out for another 2 hours most mornings.

you pretty much still only cry when you're hungry, and thats only if mummys too slow to get to you. so thank you for being so patient son. :)

from all the "horror" stories daddy and mummy hear about babies, you've yet to treat us to any. we have no complaints about you lil buddy. you are seriously the EASIEST baby alive, EVER in existance ... and i cant express that enough. the proof is even when youre SCREAMING crying because youre just that hungry, mummy can make you laugh even than.

you have though started this new thing that mommy cant help but laugh at. you get angry with me now, which is very new and mind boggling to me. you will pout your lip at me, roll your eyes and give me the silent treatment. FOR REAL. where the heck did you even learn to do something like that. youre far too smart i think for being only 2 months old. and after you roll your eyes, you shut them with your mouth still pouted and you will just sit there in extreme silence, and mummy just laughs and laughs because its the cutest and strangest thing ive ever seen.

so much personality!!

well son, mama loves you so very much. i wish there was more of you to go around. cause i definately dont like sharing you, hehe. :P

xo

*MUAH*

explosive diaper

well boy, let me tell you i will never forget today. you gave mommy quite a shock earlier on this afternoon. you see, for awhile now you've had some issues with bowel movements. they seem somewhat painful for you and you really push to get rid of them. so when we went to see the dr. on tues, i made him aware of your little issue. he perscribed you some baby constipation relief. so this morning grampee picked you up some at the store.

after we got up for your 2nd feeding of the day, i gave you some. now when i say gave you some, i mean, mommy was very tired and i guess loopy from lack of sleep so i didnt fully read how to medicate you ... im sorry son. when i should have mixed it with water or milk, i actually just gave it to you straight. YOU SCREAMED at me for a good 10 min. i guess it was pretty nasty. ugh, mama feels horrible. but we think you ended up with a tiny bit of it, (even though you spit that stuff up for a good couple hours later) because about 40 min later, you crapped your pants like never before. i think you possibly could have lost 2 lbs, for real!

i didnt even realise you made a stinky diaper, because when i went to grab you, there IT was. sliding out of your diaper onto your blanket (from nanny cathie) and onto our couch. GROSS! never in my wildest imagination did i think you would do that one day. BUT i laughed, and sighed some relief, because i was quite happy you pooped. it had been more than a day, and you were miserable. but after exploding your pants you were back to your happy lil self that we all know and love.

even though mommy was almost gagging and laughing to tears changing you, i couldnt be happier. seeing you smile and coo because you got me back with stinky revenge is priceless.

love you son.

xo

p.s next time im saving that diaper for daddy!

funny kiddo

oh son. you are far too funny these days.

take thurs night. we got to the meeting, just you and i. daddy wasnt ready to go, and i didnt feel like waiting around forever to take him. you'd think it was you being the newborn causing us to be late everywhere, but nope, its really your father ;) but shhh! dont tell.

anywho, it was snowing. your very first snowfall. im not too sure what you thought. the flakes were landing on your tiny itty bitty face, and you just blinked in a little shock probably wondering why mama would allow such freezing cold soft white things touch you. i cleaned off the car, and off we went.

i didnt want you to have to freeze again, so i took you in leaving the car at the door. i gave you to my uncle to pass you onto aunty. i went and parked.

i knew you were hungry so i wasnt sure how you were going to react when i finally came inside. i sat down and you seemed fine. i think you were fussing a tad so i went to make a bottle for you. when i came back you were fast asleep. but i tickled your feet and woke you. i knew you wanted to eat more than sleep.

aunty passed you back to me as she wanted to share an answer. it was during your uncles part too. so he called on her and everything was going great, until you decided to let a huge wet ripper out, and it just happend to pass into the microphone projecting your fart even louder and over the speakers. OH BOY!! how embarassing. the crowd laughed and aunty lost it. she had to leave she was laughing so hard. i followed soon after because i was losing my cool too.

but it didnt end there ... we were at the water cooler when you let another one just as loudly as the first one go, making it seem like it was aunty who passed the horrid smell. hehehe.

now mama thinks shes got a little prankster on her hands. what am i to do ??

xo

case

p.s dont ever stop making mama laugh. :)

explosive

dear colin

you've been having a little bit of trouble these past few days. you're just not your happy self lately. i think you're having a hard time with stomach issues. poor thing.

but that sure changed tonight!

i was in the middle of feeding you earlier on in the evening, and you FINALLY were able to poop. it was 24 hrs since your last movement. you let out a lot of loud gas and it went on for a good 10 min. when i seen you were done, i was going to finish your feeding ... BUT you had other plans. you blew right through your diaper and poo was leaking out your onesie right onto mamas arm. you sure had me shocked son!

it took a good 5-6 wet wipes to clean you off. you had it everywhere. down your legs and on your feet. haha, what a sight to see and SMELL. you must get that from your father ;)

anyways, i decided it might be a good time to bathe you. so into the tub you went.

until next time lil man. i wonder whats in store for mama tomorrow. hmm ....

xo

mama

im one month old

first smiles

im 99% positive i got my first "real" smiles today. of course, it was during a diaper change but who says a boy cant be happy getting his junk wiped :)

i was trying to distract him with a teddy bear his grammie and grampie got him the day after he was born. its a cute white one wearing a blue t shirt that states where colin was born. super cute and soft. i was making kissing sounds and pressing it against his lips. when all of a sudden, he perked right up and smiled. *sigh* my heart swelled.

these are the moments you wait for. these are the moments that make me see past the pooped on fingers, peed on clothes and covered head to toe in vomit ;) (yes son, you definately surprised mummy when everything sitting in your belly projectile vomited all over me. good thing daddy was home to help because i sure didnt know what to do, hehe.)

so at one month old you shared your gorgeous little smile. you know the one. the one which didnt mean "haha i got gas" or "oooh crapping my pants than sitting in it sure feels so good". this was an actual, "haha, my mums funny" kind of smile. i look forward to a lifetime of those baby boy. so continue to share them with the world!

i love you darlin'

xo

mummy

colins one month letter

dear colin (a.k.a gnome, buttons, elf, lil man and the list goes on)

mummy and daddy are so happy you've joined our family son. we love you to pieces.

you've grown and changed so much in this past month, i can barely believe it. sometimes, i don't want to believe it but i have to accept that you're getting older.

you do so many new things every day it seems. you're a very alert baby aware of everyone around you. you follow voices and are now begining to follow objects with your eyes. mommy gets so excited over these little things. im so proud of you son. im proud to be your mama too.

i think pretty soon, you'll be smiling and baby laughing. i can't wait for these moments. for now, i think they just mean you're gassy or you're pooping ;) but don't tell grammie and grampie that. they think you're advanced, hehe. but mommy knows you best, and her heart will just know when you first start smiling.

you've met a lot of people in your short time being with us. you're so popular son, especially among the ladies. you're definately going to be a little heart breaker.

speaking of meeting people, you attract every stranger we pass by. they always stop and want to stare at you. no matter where we go, people want to meet you. you're just such a little cutie, we all want a piece of you.

we've done a lot of things with you so far. we try to get you out and about every now and than. you've gone to restaurants, shopping, short walks, drives and have visited with a lot of friends and family. you seem to enjoy being out and about, and have only had a handful of meltdowns.

you're really good at letting mama know what you want when you want it. you have two very distinct cries. one we've nicked named the "billy goat" which is your way of telling us "I'M STARVING, HELLO FEED ME NOW" & the other ones more of a light whine meaning, "give me attention please, im lonely" (don't know how its possible for you to ever be lonely though, you're held more than any other baby EVER ... mama has to say NO sometimes so you get used to being on your own)

so far son, you're an easy baby. you barely cry. you're just always happy, relaxed and chilled out. when somethings off with you, mummy tries her very best to figure out what it is you need or want and fix it for you immediately.

you sleep and eat like a champ! you want mummys buffet all the time it seems, but you're a hungry growing boy! you sleep pretty often, but you're awake just as much too. night time is going okay. you let us have a good 4-5 hours in a row most nights. the problem is when you get up you want to feed for hours, which is pretty hard for your mama, because i struggle to stay awake with you.

well mr. colin james, im really happy we finally got to meet you. we were all so curious to when you would make your appearance, and who you would resemble most. i think you definately got your daddys good looks ;) (but mamas tiny nose).

speaking of daddy, you're definately a daddys boy. he can have you asleep in a matter of seconds. he can calm you down and attend your needs no matter whats wrong. i think its probably because when you were born, he was the one who would take to you when you were upset or angry or just could'nt sleep. he'd run to you the moment you made a peep and he would cradle you and rock you back to your happy self. mama was laid up in bed healing from your delivery but watching you with daddy sure warms my heart.

im just so thrilled you're here. welcome to the world you beautiful lil boy who manages to bring an intense ever growing love into my heart. keep on smiling babe! i love you lil guy.

xx

love, mama

sept's here, oh baby

sept 1st already. wow. excited, nervous, overwhelmed and over come with joy are just a few emotions i feel daily.

colins birth month is HERE!

so strange to hear that out loud ... even to type it on my blog.

well, lets see, mr. colin is actually due on the 11th. thats only 10 sleeps away. 10 possible sleeps away from holding my baby bean. my lil guy. or as husband has so lovingly dubbed him as the "leach" or "parasite" stealing all his mommies ... well mommies everything. but i really dont mind. whatever baby needs, baby gets!

im so ready to look into his lil eyes and fall in love with him <3 im ready to feel his tiny fingers and nibble his baby toes. im ready for the all nighters, and dirty diapers. im ready to meet him and fill his heart with all my love.

mr. colin james vincenzo, you already have mummy wrapped around your finger.

love you, my boy.
xx