golf

As the boys and I were eating lunch today, the phone rang. Remington, who was munching on some corn on the cob at the time, looked up and said, "Daddy!". I got up to check the phone, and sure enough, it was Daddy calling. Dustin was calling because he forgot his camera at home, and he was hosting the boys fall golf tournament today. So a quick drive into Seguin was added to our day's plans. We got there just as the last few boys were finishing up their round.

 

We soon made our way to the covered pavilion where the awards ceremony was to take place. Dustin was super excited because not only did his team place first in the tournament, there was a tie for first and second medalist - and both boys were on his team!

 

 

After the winners were announced and photos were taken, Southern, Remington, Baylor, and I hopped onto Dustin's golf cart with him and headed over to Hole 1 to watch the sudden death playoff for first place medalist. Remington was a little too excited and yelled "weeee" just as the first player was teeing off. Oops! Luckily, it did not affect his swing, and that player went on to win the playoff.

And the boys enjoyed spending their afternoon with Daddy!

3 months old

Baylor turned 3 months old today!

At 3 months old, Baylor

- wears size 2 diapers
- still fits into some size 3 month clothes, wears some size 6 month clothes and even some size 9 and 12 month clothes
- still breastfeeds around the clock but has a few longer stretches without eating during the day
- is almost sleeping through the night (yay!)
- has successfully spent the past two nights out of Mommy and Daddy's room (bittersweet)
- gives smiles more often
- has gone back and visited his NICU nurse at the hospital - she was super excited to see him!
- still loves being held and doesn't like being on his own too often during the day
- has started spitting up often
- is going to experience his first major holiday this month

BOO

Southern's handprint spider

Remington's footprint ghost

Baylor's footprint ghost

Costume Parade

I am a part of KinderMoms of New Braunfels. It's a club for moms and kids that groups the kids by kindergarten age. For example, Southern will start kindergarten in August of 2014, so he's a K14. (Remington's a K16 and Baylor's a K18.) I love meeting and hanging out with kids that may be in his class one day. And it will be so fun to show them pictures of them together as babies when they are in high school! 

With KinderMoms, each mom organizes at least one playdate every 3 months. And you can make it for just your age group or for all ages. Southern had the idea to do a costume parade with his friends back in September. What a fun idea! I thought about where to do a parade and decided that a nursing home would be a great place. So I contacted the activities director of a local nursing home and pitched our idea. They loved it. We did our little parade with them this past Friday. It was a hit! Southern was Spiderman, Remington was Elmo, and Baylor was a chili pepper. So cute!!

There were about 13 other moms there with 1-3 children each, so we had a good turnout. One of the moms brought suckers for all of the kids to hand out to the residents which they enjoyed doing. The residents also had some candy for our kids along with balloons and snacks. It was great to see so many excited faces (young and old alike). 

I got a ton of compliments on the little pepper I was carrying around. One sweet lady walked up to us, leaned over Baylor, and said, "Oooh a little chili pepper. Pobrecito." That made me smile as my grandma says that often. (It means "poor little thing" in Spanish.)

And one man had his birthday that day, so we all sang "Happy Birthday" to him. What a wonderful feeling.

playing

Our days are filled with playing. Southern and Remington play with their toys in the house, they play video games, they play outside, we go on playdates, and they play in the bathtub. Little Baylor has decided he doesn't want to be left out...

2 months old

At 2 months old, Baylor

- wears size 3 mo clothes
- kicks most of his socks off
- is outgrowing his size 1 diapers
- likes to take a bath with his big brothers
- likes to hold Southern's hand in the car
- can hold his head up during tummy time for short stretches of time
- will smile when Mommy tickles his cheek with her hair or when Grammy plays games with him
- has dark brown hair and dark blue eyes
- sleeps in his little bed in Mommy and Daddy's room
- breastfeeds around the clock
- still loves a good stretch and grunts to let you know how he feels
- is quickly calmed by holding him and bouncing on the exercise ball
- enjoys listening to Daddy sing "Baylor Blue"

8 weeks old

Baylor is 8 weeks old today! We've had a busy week with playdates, but we had to cut the one we were at this morning short to head over to the doctor's office.

Yesterday I had noticed that Baylor's belly button had swollen up larger than normal. And then last night, there was some dried blood at the bottom of it. I had Dustin clean it with an alcohol wipe, and there was a bit of blood on the wipe. I was a little worried about that, so I asked Dustin if I should take him into the doctor in the morning. He did some research online and found that Baylor probably had an umbilical hernia. It said that they correct themselves by 1-3 years old.

So on our way to our playdate this morning, I called the doctor's office just to double check. I explained what we saw and that we thought it was an umbilical hernia and asked if we should bring him in for them to look at it or just wait until his 2 month appointment in a couple weeks. The receptionist said that she would run it by a nurse and call me back.

Well, we met our friends at Chick-fil-a, and I had just ordered when I got the call back. I told the story again to the nurse, and she said it's most likely not anything to be concerned about but it is possible that it's an emergency. So she told us just to come over to the doctor's office as soon as we could and they would squeeze us in.

We scarfed down our food, and Southern and Remington got in a few minutes on the playground while Baylor finished eating. Then we headed on over to the doctor's. They were not busy at all. There was only one other mom/kid couple in the waiting room. I've never seen it that empty! And since they were so relaxed at that time, we actually got to see our doctor instead of a nurse like I was expecting.

He looked Baylor over and confirmed Dustin's diagnosis of an umbilical hernia. He said the blood was probably just from Baylor straining it when he cried and that we did the right thing. He said if/when it happens again to wipe it with alcohol like we did. That disinfects the area as well as helps constrict it. He said that when Baylor starts walking, it should correct itself. He also said it was only 1/2 a finger tip deep (apparently that means it's a minor hernia). So we have nothing to worry about.

I'm glad we went in just for peace of mind. Dr S enjoyed seeing the boys, and he got some snuggle time in with Baylor. And we got the added bonus of a weight check. Baylor is up to 12 lbs, 5 oz (fully dressed and with a wet diaper)!