Two Months!

Gavin Thomas is two months old! We celebrated this milestone last friday, Nov 21st, at my mom's group Thanksgiving party. Mommy got ready for the real T-day by eating a full potluck style lunch complete with homemade turkey. Gavin slept through almost the whole party but woke up right when mommy had finally made a plate of food to eat. Thankfully, a nice friend offered to hold Gavin and mommy ate a peaceful lunch for the first time in...2 months!


Ahhh...real life!

Dylan has discovered the difference between boys and girls and was sitting next to a pretty 9 month old at the party. He would very sweetly pat her back while making goo-goo eyes at her
(I think he learned that from daddy) and say to me "Mom, that's a girl (pronouned gill like on a fish)."


Today we went to the doctor and Gavin weighs 12.5 pounds. Now I know why those 3-6 month clothes seem to fit a lot better than the newborn ones. Gavin is smiling and cooing more and more frequently (though I haven't seemed to be able to capture that on film yet) and of course those moments make the screaming fits worthwhile. I undressed him and put him on the exam table for the length check today and he screamed bloody murder. The nurse said she had never seen a baby cry like that...yikes! Guess she never met baby Dylan either.

Today Dylan saw the letter D and said "D, Dylan, D - y - l" and stopped there. I praised him and then spelled it out for him "D - y - l - a - n" to which Dylan responded "Great! That's great mom!" So nice to be affirmed in my spelling abilities :)

He is well into the "Dylan do it" stage. One thing he really enjoys is making his own favorite lunch, a peanut butter (no jelly!) sandwich. Don't be fooled by the underwear in this photo - he is definitely not potty trained. It's a little slow going on my end now that my hands are full with the new baby. I almost prefer to have him in diapers at this point...and speaking of underwear / diapers, Jason and I have noticed that in about 99% of the photos we take of Dylan at home, he is not wearing pants. We're working on getting some pictures of him fully dressed at home, but it sure is easier to work on potty training and change diapers when you don't have to remove pants first!

Mom's Group

I am really enjoying the mom's group that I joined. It's a great way for me to get out of the house and there are always new activities to try. We went to a park we had never been to before this week and Dylan loved the water features.

Fall Fun

Daddy took a couple days off to spend time with us this week. Here are a couple pictures of our family time. Dylan watched some guys playing pool at Bru's room and when they would miss the shot, he would say "Almost!" and when one gentleman scratched Dylan told him "Nice try!" which cracked me up since the white ball did go in the pocket - how did he know it was the wrong ball? I'm sure that the guys enjoyed the commentary from a 2 year old.

Gavin is doing great, though sleep hasn't seemed to be his priority at night. Should I be worried that the outfit he is wearing in this photo says "6-9mo" on the tag??

Naked shot

I'm a new woman!

Last night Gavin slept from 12pm to 3:30 and then again until 7am with no fussing in between! Combined with a nap yesterday and another one today (thanks to daddy!), I feel very regenerated. Now I'm just hoping this trend continues...

Zzzzz....

Off to Church!