colins 4 month letter

hey wee man.



youre 4 months old now. youre still very new, but i miss my lil newborn squishims.



youre becoming such a person these days.



laughing and talking. learning new things. you just started smacking your tongue a few days ago. its cute. i have no idea where you picked that up from though. maybe its a first sign of being ready to eat soon. you show us your interested in our food now. your still too little to try things, but soon my son, soon. we cant wait for you to start trying food.



you hold your own head up now. nobody has to help you. you love sitting. and standing is your new fav thing to do. although we dont do it too much. your bones are still too soft to hold your own weight.



you try to feed yourself. you can do it for a little while, but than your hands go "crazy" because you dont have great control over them yet. you still do rapid movements which tell me youre not quite at that stage yet.



you still have no interest in rolling. but thats just fine. i do pressure you into trying though. its probably my fault. most days i forget to even give you tummy time. although lately, youre more tolerable to be on your tummy.



you love sitting in your bumbo seat. now that you can hold your own head up with the least bit of wobbles, you get to be in it more frequently.



this past month, you went on your first away from home vacation. we went to sudbury. where you were born. we visited all our friends and some family. you transitioned very well. considering you didnt have your bed, you did excellent. you still slept through the night, but for a shorter time. 7-8 hrs instead of your normal 10-12hrs.



youre back on tract now that we're home. :)



this month was a sad month for you. you have a really bad case of dry skin. the dr. called it winter skin rash. he put you on 3 creams. they dont seem to bother you. cept the first time i was rubbing it on your head you stuck your fist into the jar and got it everywhere, haha.



you still a little comedic. always laughing and smiling. you tell stories, and you love to hear gurgling sounds.



you like to be tickled and kissed all over your face. you laugh and coo.



you did something funny to mama this month. i will never forget it. you were sleeping on me and we were sitting in the lobby to our building. theres cameras there, so whoever was watching saw this in action. as you slept on me, i felt a warm gush ... you peed all over me. even though you had a diaper on, i was soaked. mom grabbed you and changed you, and i just sat there drentched in pee. i laughed and laughed. after mom changed you i went to get you to take you home, so i could change, and you puked down the side of me, shoulder to toe. oh boy was i laughing now.

its the begining of a new year. i wonder what 2011 will bring? you will accomplish many things. crawling, walking, eating and the list goes on. some days i have to tell myself to slow down, not to feel rushed, because i want to enjoy every waking min with you. but im just so excited i can hardly contain it.

who would have ever thought, YOU baby boy could make my entire world wonderful. youre a joy to be around and everyone wants a piece of you to savour forever.

i love you baby. more and more each day.

xoxo

i can laugh

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!