Anders' Baptism

Anders was baptised at our church this weekend. S's sisters were out for a visit, so it was perfect timing to get him baptised. Here's a few shots of the day:

Outside of our home

Getting ready to be baptised.

Getting Baptised.

And, finally, at brunch after.

Hiding from the camera.

Sleep Part 2

An update on our new sleeping adventures.....
For the past 2 nights we have had a baby who sleeps through the night. He goes down at 7:00(ish) and gets up around 6:30.
Life is good.

2 Month Appointment

Anders had his 2 month appointment Thursday (at 10 weeks since we were out of town and he visited the doctor a TON the first month) and he is huge!

Height: 25.4 inches, putting him in the 97th percentile
Weight: 13 lbs 13 oz, putting him in the 78th percentile

At birth he was 7 lbs 8 oz and 20.5 inches long.....I think we will have a HUGE boy on our hands! Our doctor was pretty surprised at his size, especially since at his last appointment on 6/29 and he was 21 inches and 8 lb 7 oz. Our little guy can grow!

And now, S and I are off for our first baby free dinner since the Sister-in-laws are out and will be watching him. Score!

Sleep!

We moved A down to his crib (which is on the first floor of our house, the master is on the second) at 6 weeks. Instantly, we started a sleep routine to get him used to his new room and schedule. Between 6:30-7:00 we go into his room and start our bedtime ritual: first he's changed into a new diaper and a sleep gown, then S settles into the rocker with A and feeds him his pre-dinner bottle (usually 3-4 oz) and I read-this week it's Alice in Wonderland. After the food is finished and Anders is burped he goes down in his crib while he is drowsy but awake and we head out of the room. Anders will typically talk to himself for about 10-15 minutes and then he is out for the night.

At first we had feedings around 1:30 and 4:30, then Anders would be up for the day at 7. As of Sunday, Anders has finally knocked himself down to one feeding a night! We put him down around 7:00 and he wakes up at 4:15 to eat. Sometimes he is waking up at 1:00, but when he does he just talks to himself for 10 minutes then falls back asleep. S has been taking the 4:15ish feedings, since that is when he typically gets up for work, and then Anders falls back asleep until 7:30.

After having 6 weeks of 3-5 feedings/night, and then 4 weeks of 2 LONG feedings/night, this 1 feeding thing is FABULOUS! S and I have not felt this rested in a very long time, and we finally have the energy to do more around the house. Admittedly, it means I finally have the energy to start a workout plan to lose the post-baby jiggle...but I would much rather be playing in the garden!

Baby Pudge

At 10 weeks old, Anders has officially entered into the world of Pudgy Baby. We have leg and wrist rolls, which is a wonderful thing since he started out with such extreme weight issues.

We will find out how much he offically weighs on Thursday, but I'm thinking low 11's.

Also, Anders slept for 8.5 hours STRAIGHT last night! I'm not sure if it's catching up from our traveling, or a new sleep pattern, but I will take it!

Clothes

At 9 weeks we have officially packed up Anders' baby clothing! He has moved into the world of 0-3 month clothing, and I am guessing we will be in that stage until about 4ish months.

In other positive news...I also packed up the end of my maternity clothing.

Next goal, get back into my size 4 J.Crew capris...hum...that may take a while.

Anders Update

We just finished up 1.5 weeks of visitors, and it was fabulous! First, S's Mom was out for a visit and then my cousin, Judy, came out to see Anders for the first time. During the visits S and I got some much needed sleep and VERY much needed family time.

Anders has a few new tricks over the past 2 weeks, including:
-Smiling all the time, especially when S gets home from work and says "Hi Anders!"
-Giggling on occasion
-Discovering how to smack his toys with his fist. Which makes him giggle if they make noise when he does it.
-A newly developed hatred for his panda on his Bouncer
-The ability to go almost all day without a solid nap. Anders HATES to miss anything, therefore he never sleeps, ever.

And he is officially 2 Months old!

Anders also got Duck Feet from Judy

He is still unsure about them...

We also got a great shot of our poor forgotten pups, Cooper and Bogey, sharing the tiniest bed ever:

They are down to one bed since they have demolished their other 2 in the past month...