15 Weeks Old

Southern turned 15 weeks old yesterday. Time sure is flying by! Fortunately, we'll be able to slow down and enjoy the summer more after this week. Dustin's last day of teaching summer school is this Thursday. Yay - we're excited to have Daddy home!

Here is a photo of Dustin and Southern during one of our late night grading marathon sessions. I definitely won't miss it!

15 lbs 11 oz

Southern has tipped the scales at 15 lbs, 11 oz. He's already almost 3 and a half months old and is growing fast. We went in for a free weight check at the hospital yesterday, and our lactation consultant was amazed. It's a good thing Dustin was with us because she didn't recognize me or Southern! The last time she saw us was when he was 4 days old. She was amazed... and so uplifting. She makes me tear up every time we see her! She's just so positive and complimentary. She kept telling me how much of an amazng gift I am giving to our son, how much weight I had lost, how good I looked, etc. I want to go visit her every day!!! haha

We had Dustin's granny visit us that day as well. We made a trip to Target with her to get some diapers and printer ink then came home so Dustin could print some pictures of Southern with his printer for her. She got to hang out with Southern and do "floor exercises" on him! haha She would lay him down and tell him to push her hand with his feet. It was so sweet watching them. I wish we lived a little closer to Yoakum so we could see family more often, but there's just no way Dustin could make as much money, we could live in as big of a house, etc. Well luckily we're not so far away to make day trips a pain. Maybe one day we'll move back - when we win the lottery!! haha Oops, guess that means we need to start buying lottery tickets!

3 Months Old

My little man is getting so big! I can hardly believe how quickly he is growing. He's already in size 3 diapers. What's next? Getting his driver's license?!? :(

Southern's been a little more drooly and fussy lately so I think teething is on the horizon. He hasn't been sucking well on his bottle lately either. He won't eat much from it. He's still eating like crazy when I breastfeed though. Now we only give a bottle when we have company or are out of the house. So maybe he just got used to breastfeeding (the milk comes out faster that way)? Or maybe teething has something to do with it? I recently bought the next size nipple so we'll try that and see how it goes.

Uh oh... I hear him waking up. I'll make this short - here's a few pics from the past couple weeks.

Southern and Mommy laying in bed.





Southern loves when his daddy gives him a bath.


He's thinking, "Alright, enough pictures already!!"

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!