Project 365: Catch Up! (Weeks 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6!)

Finally back at the computer and linking up with Laura!  It’s obviously been way too long as you can see by how many weeks I am behind.  In order to shorten this post somewhat, I am going to list my captions for each week, and the photos will be on here below the captions as smaller images.  I have been keeping up with it, and posting my photos regularly on Facebook, which I can do from my phone, because yes – all my photos so far have been phone photos.  It’s handy for me, and allows me to post to Facebook as soon as I get the chance.  We have been pretty preoccupied with Bean here, some health issues that I will explain in another post.  So for now, onto the photo catch up!

Week 2:

Day 8: Bean's first taste of avocado. He made a sour face with every spoonful!

Day 9: Enough said. You get the idea. This day can never repeat itself.

Day 10: The calm before the storm. Happily playing in his around we go.

Day 11: Very sicky boy. Not usually such a cuddlebug, but he just wanted to be held and close all day.

Day 12: Still recouperating from his illness, he fell asleep all on his own while laying on the sofa next to me. That never happens. Poor baby.

Day 13: He still wasn't drinking much, but he certainly demanded his cereal and bananas!

Day 14: Bean did not want to nap when I tried to get him to take one, so I had him do tummy time instead. He quickly tired of that and took his nap. ;)

Week 3:

Day 15, part 1: Jasper just had to get under the blankets and get cozy...Day 15, part 2: ...he succeeded!

Day 16, part 1: We went out clothing shopping and Bean was trying to remove his hood...the wrong direction....    Day 16, part 2: ...he finally got the idea the hood doesn't go that way. So stinkin' cute!

Day 17: I finally got Bean's laundry folded! Thanks to his 1.5 hour nap, this basket finally got dealt with after sitting unfolded for a good 2-3 weeks! I just kept adding to it and taking out of it.

Day 18: Late night snack. I should be sleeping, but I was too busy eating these...

Day 19: Picked up this outfit for Bean for our professional family pictures session. It's a 6-9 month though, but it was on clearance for $15 (originally $35!), and I had been eyeing it for quite some time. The problem is he is still in 3-6/6 month clothes, so it might be huge on him!  *UPDATE – I was able to find it in 3-6, so I returned the 6-9, but now he is gaining weight well again, so I better schedule that session immediately!*

Day 20: New sweater for me! There was another one I liked better, but they didn't have my size. I really miss my off white soft cozy sweater I used to wear, so I needed to get a new one!

Day 21, part 1: Thunderbolts banquet was western theme this year. Bean wore his cow outfit and at the banquet we were given hats and we used the mustaches for something. Couldn't resist trying them on Bean! LOL   Day 21, part 2: Me and my cowboy...literally, he has a cow print onesie on and a cow face bib. Thunderbolts Banquet, Wild West Theme.

Week 4:

Day 22: I did not feel like cooking. We had a late night before with the banquet, and Bean not sleeping well, so I was tired and all I wanted was some comfort food delivered to my doorstep.

Day 23: Bean is 7 months old today! Time is flying...I feel like I need to start planning his 1st birthday already (because it takes me so long to do things these days...)!

Day 24: Bean's first real blood test. He didn't cry until the third (!) vial, and then I think he was just tired of being held still. The lab ladies were wonderful with him, singing songs and making him smile.

Day 25: Bean's new "rattle", LOL. He was having so much fun with this.

Day 26: I put Bean in his around-we-go while I ate dinner (it was a late dinner), and all of a sudden it got really quiet....this is what I found. This is what happens when he doesn't get a short evening nap.

Day 27: My aunt having some fun with Bean at my grandmother's house. She definitely always gets a smile and giggle out of him! (Sorry for the poor quality...it was dim, but my flash made them look horrible.)

Day 28: See that amount? 5 whole oz! Earlier? He drank 6 oz! The 5 oz is becoming a little more common than it used to be. Some feedings are still small, but hopefully we're getting somewhere now and he will catch up with weight gain!  *UPDATE – He hasn’t been drinking these amounts again lately, but like I said, I will do a Bean update post as soon as I can.*

Week 5:

Day 29: Finally had to change my Scentsy scent. Hazelnut Latte finally lost its strength, now melting Sticky Cinnamon Bun and I LOVE it!

Day 30: Bean's appointment with the GI specialist was today. We have to give him stronger medicine, switch to all formula and concentrate it a little more, hence the pump - I will no longer be needing it very soon, and I'm kind of happy about that because it will free up some time for me.

Day 31: A perfect demonstration of just how fat and lazy Jasper is....he can't even sit up/stand to drink his water!

Day 32: I don't know what was up with him tonight, but he had his tongue sticking out all night long!

Day 33: I guess officially this was taken on day 34, but it's my photo for this day. Someday I'll start getting to bed before this time...

Day 34: The in-laws came for the weekend and brought these donuts from Dunkin. Big mistake...now I want them all the time!

Day 35: With the in-laws here I was finally able to catch up on laundry. My linen closet hasn't been this full of clean towels in months!

And finally…week 6!:

Day 36: Our very own "Mr. Thomas". :)  (Watch Chronicles of Narnia if you don’t know what I mean…)

Day 37: Bath night for Bean! First time in his little ducky robe. :)

Day 38: Bean woke up from his nap in the swing, but was still tired, so he decided to continue his nap on me. He pretty much never naps on me anymore, so even though it's not ideal, the snuggles were nice. :)

Day 39: He was really pushing up on his arms this morning...now if we could just get the back half going, we'd have a mobile baby!

Day 40: He really wanted those socks! Launched himself forward from his daddy's lap!

Day 41: He was on his back when I left him on there to go put away a few dishes. This is what I came back to - somehow we keep missing him roll back to belly! Third time now!

Day 42: Bean, Daddy, and Grover hung out a lot today. I got some shopping done. (Really, Bean was making lip smacking faces at Hubby whenever he took a bite of his sandwich...I tried capturing that, but the little stinker wouldn't do it for the camera!)

So, now that I’m all caught up, sorry for the long post!  Hopefully I will be able to get on the computer a little more and participate in this more on a weekly basis instead of a monthly basis.  If you are here from the link up, thanks for stopping by!  Leave me a comment and let me know so I can be sure to check out your blog as well.  Also, thanks for looking at/reading the whole post!  Hope everyone has a happy Sunday and a great week ahead!

Project 365: Week 1

I decided to participate in this project this year, with a new addition to the family and the fact that Laura created this link up for it!  I figured it would give me a reason to blog at least once a week, since I have been slacking too busy to blog as much as I’d like these days.  Please forgive the quality of my photos.  I do own a nice camera, but all of these pictures were taken with my phone, because that’s what I had handy.  I will take photos with whatever I can as the year goes on.  Maybe with my camera, maybe with my phone.

Day 1:  New Years Day. I'm not ready for Christmas season to be over and to have to take this down.  (It’s still up, along with everything else.  I still don’t want to I have been too busy to deal with it.)

Day 2: This is the Man of the House.

Day 3: There was apparently some snow in our county. At my house, this was the extent of the snow we saw.

Day 4: Visit to the dermatologist. I dread going there more than the dentist now I think. At least I got this out of it to help with my eczema!  (a few applications now, and the patches aren’t gone, but they certainly feel better!  Now if only Bean could use this…his poor arms and back are all splotchy with it too…)

Day 5: I made avocado for Bean with my baby bullet. Can't wait to see the face he makes when he tries that! :)

Day 6: My first home cooked meal at least for a week. It's been crazy with the holidays and taking care of Bean with Hubby working at night too.  Cheese tortellini with three cheese pasta sauce, salad, and garlic bread.  All easy, and dinner was made as quickly as it took to boil water and cook the pasta, but a meal at home that wasn’t fast food nontheless!

Day 7: Just awake after a 1 hour and 15 minute nap. This hardly ever happens as 30 minutes is usually his nap length. He may have slept longer if my mom hadn't called and woke him up.  (He did it again today!  Just shy of a 2 hour nap today!  I don’t know if this little cold he has going is doing it or what, but this new “schedule” was nice.  I don’t expect it to stay, but one can dream, right?)

If you’re here from the link up, thanks for stopping by!  I hope you enjoy my little blog here and the posts I get to write as often as I can.  I’m looking forward to participating in this every week!

6 months old! (A little late…)

Bean is now 6 months old!  I’m late with this post, so he’s actually 6 months and 13 days today.  He hit the 6 month mark on Dec, 23rd.  We saw the pediatrician on the 26th, and these were his stats as of that visit:

Weight:  14 lb. 3 oz., 4th percentile

Length:  26 inches, 25th percentile

He has always been right around the 25th percentile for length and weight, but as you can see he has dropped off his curve.  The pediatrician guided us on how to increase his solids, and at my decision, we have started bottle feeding more and mixing my milk with formula.  He’s currently at half and half, but we will be working towards all formula over the next couple week.  Breastfeeding was never easy for me at the start, and now he needs more than what I have been able to produce.  He also has not wanted to nurse as well lately either, and while I don’t think he’s trying to wean himself, there’s definitely something going on, and feeding him is of the utmost importance, so formula is making it’s way into his diet.

I never did a 5 month post, mainly because I was very busy with him, and we didn’t have stats for him at 5 months.  We can weigh him at home on the Wii, but those measurements are way off from the pediatricians, so they’re not reliable for anything other than how much he has gained, not his current actual weight.  When he was 4 months old, we started solids.  We began with rice cereal, and he eats that no problem.  We tried oatmeal as well, but it just seems that he spits up more after eating that.  He loves squash and sweet potatoes, and will eat store bought green beans now (but gagged on the ones I made), and tolerates carrots.  We just tried bananas today, which he made faces at, and his next new food will be avocado.  I also have zucchini made for him, and I have peas waiting to be made and store bought peaches to try.  We also bought barley cereal to try at some point as well too.

Bean had his first ear infection about 2 weeks ago, and I’m wondering if he’s starting to develop one again today.  We’re not having a great day today, and I’m wondering if that’s the reason.  Hopefully he doesn’t take after his mommy!  I had a lot of ear infections when I was little.

He does not sleep through the night yet.  Or at least what I would consider sleeping through the night.  He still wakes up at least once for a feeding, sometimes twice, but there are also other wake ups in there as well when I have to go give him his pacifier or rock him back to sleep.  Bedtime is between 9:15-10pm and he usually wakes up for the day between 8:45-9:30am.  He still only naps for 30 minutes at a time, and starts to get cranky if he’s awake for much more than 2 hours at a time.  Once in a great blue moon we get a 1 hour nap from him.  Problem is, we never know when that’s going to happen, and then we don’t really take advantage of it.

We have entered the separation anxiety stage as well.  Whenever he sees one of us leave the room, he starts to wail.  My parents tried babysitting one afternoon so Hubby and I could go Christmas shopping, and apparently he was inconsolable for quite some time.  It’s sweet that he loves us so much and relies on us so much, but at the same time, it’s difficult to get anything done or leave him alone to play a few minutes or leave him with “babysitters”.

Two teeth have broken through on the bottom, but aren’t quite fully emerged yet.  The first one cut through shortly after 4 months, and the second one followed at around 5 months.  He’s been exceptionally drooly again, so I keep checking for more that might be cutting through.

He absolutely loves his taggie blankets (any tag he can find, really), his new big playmat, and his favorite new toys from Christmas seem to be the steering wheel and the bumble bee.  He likes to listen to us read to him, and tries to “help” turn the pages.

His newest things?  Growling, sticking his tongue out and blowing raspberries and kisses.  My favorite thing, of course, is the kisses.  It’s not a true kiss yet, as he just plants his mouth on your cheek or chin, but he does it after you ask him for “kisses”.  He even goes “mmm” when he does it sometimes, because I sometimes give him a big “muah” sound when I kiss his cheek.  The growling and raspberries are sometimes funny, not so much when you’re trying to feed him and he has a mouth full of food though.  He’s also able to sit up on his own for longer now.  We still are there to support him, since he sometimes topples over yet, but he’s getting so good at it!  He has finally rolled belly to back a few times, but going the other way he only makes it onto his side.  Which speaking of, he is definitely a side sleeper now.  Always rolling to his side.  I think he sleeps better that way a lot of times.  We don’t seem to be anywhere near crawling yet though, since he is still not very fond of tummy time.

Here are his 6 month photos:

(We lost the pants because he was just too interested in trying to rip off Santa’s puff ball from his hat.)

And to compare the last 6 months, here are his birth, 4 week, 8 week, 3 month, 4 month, 5 month and 6 month photos:

If you notice, he also had his first hair trim already!  And since I didn’t get to post this before, here is us celebrating New Year’s Eve:

Looking forward to what the next 6 months has to bring!

Wordless Wednesday

So sweet.