Dustin's First Father's Day

Yay! Happy Father's Day to first-time dad Dustin!!

What a happy day! We had my dad over and all went out to eat and did a little shopping. Dustin also got the gift he had been hinting at Southern to get him for months - a TaylorMade Burner driver. But the best part of the day - Dustin got to sleep in late, and around 11am I got Southern and took him to our bed. I laid him down right by Dustin's head, and he started squirming and goo-ing which woke Dustin up. He was so happy and started 'talking' and smiling at Dustin right away. After a few minutes of that, Dracky decided to get in the action too. So kitty jumped up on the bed and climbed up on Dustin and laid down. We had the whole family in the bed :) What a great start to the day!

Southern's First Trip to Port A

I've finally gotten a chance to upload the pics from Port A a few weeks ago. Dustin, Southern, and I had a really fun time spending a weekend at the beach with Carly and Parker. Can't wait to do it again!Uncle Parker and Southern really got a chance to bond during this trip :)Dustin took Southern out into the waves and stuck his feet in the water. Southern didn't like it very much at first but got used to it after a little while.Southern was able to stand in the sand for the first time as well.

6-4-09 Another Milestone

For the first time, Southern has made music play on his own. He has an activity gym that has two toys hanging down for him to swat and play with. He has never been able to hit the toys until tonight. And he figured out one of the toys makes music when you spin the ball. Way to go, Southern! He was "working out" in his gym for almost 20 mins tonight.

2 Month Check-up

Southern had his 2 month check-up on Monday. He weighed 14 lbs 2 oz (with a full diaper) which made him in the 93rd percentile. He measured 24 inches long (85 percentile), and his head circumference was 15 3/4 inches (50 percentile). The doctor said yes, he's a big baby but he was born big so not to worry. He said that Southern's body was very proportionate and not too chunky like some babies he sees.

We asked the doctor about giving Southern some cereal in his milk at night since everyone we talk to has done that with their babies after they are a month or so old. Dr. Statler said that he definitely recommends not doing that. He said that babies don't need anything more than breast milk until they start teething. He said God has the perfect plan, and we should take our cues from Him. When He thinks Southern needs to start on solids, He'll give him teeth. Makes sense, huh? ;)

I absolutely love our doctor. He's so nice and smart, and I've noticed that he brought up God in every conversation we've ever had with him. Pretty cool, especially in our PC concerned world nowadays. So he said not to change anything we're doing - Southern is growing big and healthy with my breast milk. We still give him a little formula (about 1 bottle every two or three days) to use up the amount we still have in the pantry but won't need to buy any more once that runs out.

Southern was a little trouper with the shots. (I couldn't watch!) They gave him three, two in one leg and one in the other. He didn't make a sound with the first one, started fussing with the second, and started crying with the third. But the nurse gave him to me as soon as she was through, and he calmed down right away. Poor baby! He was fussy that night but we gave him some infant Tylenol and he was able to sleep well - so well that he slept 8.5 hours!! (It was awesome!!!) But he got back at me by only sleeping 3.5 hours last night... that tricky boy!