James' Baby Blessing

We blessed our darling baby boy on May 1, 2016. For various reasons we decided to have the blessing at home. One of those reasons was that we felt it was more intimate and special than having it at church. And it definitely was!

I'm so grateful for a wonderful husband who is worthy to hold the priesthood. I know that the blessing he gave James was the same blessing that Christ would give to him. This is such a special knowledge and it brings great comfort to me and will continue to bless my family for eternity!

We had both my family and Brendan's family come and it was so great to see how loved this little boy is by so many people. He cried the entire time he was being blessed right up until they said "Amen" then he was fine. Crazy kid! I think he got a little bit nervous with all the men gathered around him. He sure looked cute in his little outfit though! He looked like a little Newsie! He also cried during pictures with us so here are just some pictures of him! Enjoy the cuteness!

Four Months

James is 4 months old! I can't believe how fast it has gone! At the same time I can hardly remember life without him!

Size

James weighs 12 lbs 15 oz (10%). He is 25 1/2 inches long (70%). His head is 16 inches (10%). So he's still just itty bitty in weight and head, but still very long. He wears 3-6 month clothes. I can't believe he can fit in 6 month clothes. It totally freaks me out. He's supposed to be my little newborn! He is in size 2 diaper, but he is almost ready for size 3 just because of his length.

Sleeping

James hates to sleep unless he's being held. He takes a few naps during the day that range from 10 minutes to 1 hour depending on if he's being held or not. He has started waking up about once at night to eat. He wakes up a few times and just wants his binky. So nights are getting a little bit better, but still not as great as mom would like. James is still in with mom and dad at night. Mommy doesn't like the idea of having him in the other room... Especially because of the whole needing the binky thing at night.

Eating

James eats a ton. It's amazing he's not fatter... We're still breastfeeding, but if he's still hungry we'll give him formula as well. I think he's almost ready to try rice cereal, but I'm going to put it off as long as I can. I love breastfeeding my sweet little boy because we love to cuddle!

Likes

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and The ABC's (calms him down right away!)

Playing Spidey James

Laughing and playing

His Binky

Rolling around

Standing up

Being up higher than mommy and daddy

Eating everything he can get his hands on

Playing with his toes

Food!

Walks

Dislikes

Baths (Still!!)

Being alone (seriously can't even leave him for 2 seconds! grrr...)

Napping on his own

Miscellaneous

James knows how to roll over from his tummy to his back, but doesn't know that he knows how. He just does it by accident occasionally. But he loves to roll around from his back to his tummy. 

James loves going for walks at night with mommy and daddy. With the warm weather we have been going almost every single day! 

Mommy took James alone in the car for the first time this month. It went pretty well except for the screaming baby... We've gone in the car alone 3 times so far! Wahoo!

James has officially been to BYU twice. Future Cougar right here!!

James did not like being at the doctor for his 4 month check up. He was crying almost from the moment we walked in. Poor baby! But he did pretty well with his shots. Not as fussy as last time so that's good! Just a little bit of a fever.
James also went to the grocery store for the first time this month! He just looks around at everything. It's pretty darn cute!
James took his first road trip to Burley, Idaho. Post to follow.

We love James so much! He is so much fun and has the cutest little personality. He is a goofball just like his daddy and kinda shy just like his mommy. People can't decide who he looks like so I guess that means he's a good mix. We just love laughing and playing with this little fella. 

Picture overload:

Cutest 4 month old!

Super cute sleeper in a super cute jacket

 Surprise!

Attempt at a family picture

 Sticking my finger in my binky!

 Monkey ears!

 Being silly with my mommy!

Cuddles with Daddy!

 Silly Family Pic!

We love selfies!

 Helping mommy and daddy grocery shop

Big boy in the Bumbo!

Two/Three Month Update

I'm totally awful and forgot to do James' two month update so this is his official two/three month update!

Size

At his 2 month check up James weighed 11 lbs 0 oz (15%). He was 25.5 inches long (95%). His head was 15 inches (15%). He's my tall skinny boy! I wonder where he gets it from?? I don't know what his measurements are now though... I'm guessing he's around 12 lbs now. And I swear he gets taller every single day. He is wearing 0-3 month and 3 month clothes. The onesies are starting to get small on him, but the pants all look huge!! Silly boy! He is officially in size 2 diapers. He's getting so big!

Sleeping

Sleep is still a struggle, but it's getting better very slowly. He will sleep anywhere between 2-5 hours of continuous sleep at night. Then he either attacks his face with his hands and wakes himself up or wants his binkie so I have to either hold his hands down or keep putting his binkie in. If I'm lucky he'll go 10-30 minutes in between these little wake up sessions. This lasts for a couple of hours and then he wants to be held. So I take him upstairs and we cuddle on the couch and I attempt to sleep. Luckily he's not eating at night anymore so I can get a little more sleep than I was before. He takes 4-5 naps a day and they usually last 30 minutes. I am trying to teach him to take 2 longer naps during the day, but it's a work in progress. He takes naps in his crib, but still sleeps with mommy and daddy in his cradle at night. This won't last much longer though because he's getting too big for his cradle!

Eating

James loves to eat! When he gets hungry you know it immediately because he starts screaming and snorting. He's mommy's little piggy! He eats about every 3 hours during the day. Sometimes less and sometimes more. I love that bonding time with my baby! Now that I'm done with school, I let him take as long as he wants to eat unless I have somewhere to be. So feeding sessions sometimes take an hour. I'm ok with it though because I love the cuddle time! He will eat formula if I'm gone or if we are somewhere where I can't feed him.

Likes

He used to love rolling from his back to his tummy, but doesn't do it so much anymore.

Cuddling!

Standing up

Being up by our shoulder

Licking his hands

His bumbo and the word bumbo

Playing and laughing with us

Dislikes

Laying down. He is constantly trying to sit up. Even when he's sitting up he tries to sit forward even more!

Bath time! He screams bloody murder almost every single time! 

Being left alone even for a second

Miscellaneous

James officially rolled over on March 30th just before he was 2 months old. He rolled from his back to his tummy, but can't figure out how to roll back over. He has pretty much stopped rolling though. I think he is saying "Been there, done that. Time to move on to walking!"

He was so good during his 2 month shots. He screamed while getting them which of course broke mommy's heart, but stopped as soon as I picked him up. He was fussy that night and had a fever for a couple of days, but that's it! YAY!

James drools constantly and is always soaking wet. We've started putting bibs on him to help keep him dry. I call him the drool monster! 

We blessed him on May 1st. Another post to follow about that!

We love this little angel baby so much! I seriously believe he is the cutest baby in the whole wide 

world! I can't imagine my life without him!

I have a billion of pictures of this cutie so I'll try to not overwhelm this post with too many of them!

3 Months!

Deep Thinker

Sitting in the bumbo!

Riding in the laundry basket

2 Months!

Sleeping in the car!

Rolling over!

Silly Smiles

Burp!

Today I was feeding James and he burped while he was latched on. His little cheeks puffed out and then his eyes got really wide. It was so cute and so funny! I want to remember these little moments forever!

My Incredible Husband

Four years ago today I met my amazing husband. We got set up on a blind date and went out to lunch at Subway. I was so giddy after meeting him and couldn't wait to get to know him better and eventually marry him. Yes, I was one of those love at first sight people... but if you know Brendan at all then you can understand why. He is the most loving and kind people that I know. He is so unselfish and is always ready to serve not only me, but everyone around us. He is so supportive and is always there for me even when it's really hard. Most of all he is so close to our Savior. This man loves God and Christ more than anything. You can feel the Spirit just by being around Brendan. I love listening to him talk and bare testimony of the things that he knows. His quiet strength has gotten us through many hard times. He was and is everything that I could ever want in a husband and father for my children. I am so glad he decided to take a chance on me 4 years ago.

Nighttime Scare

So funny story...Last week I was having a nighttime feeding session with James like we do every night and I decided to watch one of the new episodes of the X-Files (yeah I'm a nerd, but how can you not love Mulder and Scully??). So in this episode there is this monster thing that comes and kills people and when he's coming the lights turn off. Well this is happening on the tv and right then the lights in our house turn off. Scared me half to death! Don't worry though, no monster was trying to kill me, my dad just has the lights on a timer to save electricity. However, that show got turned off very quickly and replaced with The Princess Bride. Just one of those really funny moments that I want to remember.

One Month Update

James is one month old today! I can't believe it! Here are some of the things we have learned about him so far:

Size

When we went to the doctor last week he weighed 9 lbs 0 oz (50%). He was 21.5 inches long (75%). His head was 14 inches (25%). He's tall and skinny with a little head, just like his daddy! He can still squeeze into newborn clothes, but they are definitely getting too small, but most of the 0-3 month clothes are too big. Same with diaper size, newborns are getting too small and size 1 are big. He's just in the awkward in between stage.

Sleeping

He loves to sleep during the day! But... not so much at night... He pretty much only falls asleep if he's being snuggled unless he's completely exhausted. We're working on getting him to sleep at night. Last night he slept for about 5 hours although mommy did not because she had to hold him in order for him to sleep that long. It's a work in progress...

Eating

He is a great eater! We are totally getting the hang of this breastfeeding thing. He only eats formula if mommy is away for longer than 3 hours (it's only happened a few times). Mommy's favorite thing in the world is the cute noises he makes when he eats. Mommy's least favorite thing is that she's the only one who can feed him... can't someone else take a turn every now and then?? Oh well... We really do love the bonding time.

Likes

Cuddling!!!

His binkie

The fan...Seriously! He will be fussing and fussing and then see the fan and immediately relax.

Bouncing...which is killing mommy and daddy's backs and arms!

Dislikes

Bath time

His car seat

We sure do love this little baby of ours! He makes us laugh every single day with his funny faces (his pooping face is the funnies thing in the entire world) and with his cute noises. We love seeing him grow and watching his sweet personality. We have the best baby (seriously, he hardly ever cries) and we are so in love with him!