6 Months Old


Sorry this post is a little late. Lee is almost 7 months old, but he just had his 6month check-up today at the Dr. so I thought I would post. He weighed in at 18lb4oz. He was in the 50th percentile for weight. He was 28.5" long and his head circumference was 46.2 which were both in the 95th percentile. Lee, you are a tall, skinny, very big headed baby ;) He is eating and sleeping great, and the Dr. recommended us to start yogurt. So we will probably start that next week.


We have had a few more firsts this month. Here are a few (or as many as I can remember):

- First really bad diaper rash with blisters :( Thanks Mom for the suggestion to air out his butt, and not put a diaper on him, and thanks Chan for the lotion idea! With both those suggestions, it completely cleared up in about a day.

- First snow strom.

- First airplane ride, to Las Vegas.

- First time meeting Grandma Lil, Jim, Uncle Matt, Aunt Pat, and Grandma Betty.

- First Christmas(s), that is plural, because there were a few!

- He had peas and peaches for the first time and LOVES them both! He likes peas the best.

- Started grabbing his left ear and playing with it.

- Sat in the front of the grocery cart for the first time. He was so proud of himself, he sat up tall and hung on the whole entire time. He didn't even try to eat the cart. I'm now carrying the cart cover just in case though, because I could see him try to eat the handle bar.

- He's sitting awesome now, and can correct his balance really well. He started moving his feet back and forth really fast while sitting so now his socks have no chance what-so-ever at staying on.

- Went to Church for the first time. We went to Willow Creek for their Christmas spectacular, WOW, AMAZING, and SPECTACULAR are some words to describe the service, and those don't even come close to doing it justice. Lee didn't see any of it though, because he was in the nursery. He did really well, didn't even care that we were dropping him off... he was a little fussy when we picked him up though, so he was ready to leave.

- When standing he has started taking steps like he wants to walk. He'll take about 3 and then his legs give out. He was smiling the other night and trying to walk at the same time. He couldn't do both at the same time though. So he would take a step, then smile, then take a step, then smile. LOL.


Other than that, the only big news about Lee is he cut his bottom 2 teeth. They came in about 3 days after his horrible diaper rash. His first tooth came in on December 6th. While we were waiting at the airport, I noticed that his bottom left tooth broke through. His right bottom tooth broke through on December 11th. Can you see his toofers?



Oh, and the clunk on his head was a sitting accident. He fell over and we didn't catch him in time. Ooops...

Ho, Ho, Ho...



Visiting Santa was SO uneventful! Santa was very happy to hold Lee, but he could have cared less. He looked at him, then looked away and stared at the camera. Geesh...

5 Months Old - and then some...

Lee is 24 weeks old today! He is changing everyday, there's always something new. Right now, he's going through this, "I don't want to go to bed". I always thought that we would skip by the whole, "cry uncontrollably when going to bed" routine. Get this... since he was 3 months old, he's always wanted to fall asleep by himself. He's never really liked to be held when falling asleep. NOW, Lee is taking his naps really well, he goes right to sleep. But the second I turn down the lights to feed him at night (something we have always done) he starts screaming uncontrollably. I'm hoping this is a faize and will end soon. The last 4 nights have been rough. He's getting stronger too, so when he arches his back to throw a temper tantrum, it's almost funny, but I might drop him... it's crazy. It hits 7pm and he turns into this Dr. Jeykle/Mr. Hyde. Tonight was a very tiny bit better... I hope it keeps going that way. It's so weird...

Other than "bedtime" he's an angel. He's teething again... how many times have I said that right?!?! Well he's doing all the same stuff he was doing before. There's costant drool to where he will wear 2 - 3 bibs in a 2 hour period. We could ring them out. It's gotten to the point that I went and bought some of those waterproof ones. Even with teething though, it doesn't take much to get a smile or a laugh out of him. He's usually at his "slap happy" stage after he wakes up from his last nap. It's really cute. He laughs at just about anything you do to him :)

Here's his schedule for this week: (although he's been on this for almost a month now, maybe a little more)
7:30am - Wake up (eats 2T Oatmeal, 4oz Bottle)
9am - Nap
10:30am - Wake up (6oz Bottle)
12:30pm - Nap
2:30pm - Wake up (8oz Bottle)
4:30pm - Nap
5:30pm - Wake up (Jar of baby food, 2oz bottle)
7pm - (Lights out, 8oz bottle & scream fest)
7:30pm - Bedtime for the night
This is generally his schedule. I let him sleep in as late as he can. I usually don't wake him up in the morning. He has gone as late as 8:30pm, but that has been very far and few. I'm not complaining at all though.

Here are some things you have started in the last 4 weeks Lee:
Nov 4 - Started cereal with a spoon again. We had to stop because you were throwing it up. Dr. wanted us to wait 1 month and then start again. You are doing great! You love eating with a spoon. We are also putting rice cereal in your bottles to help with reflux. So you are getting a lot of rice cereal!!

Nov 5 - Gave you prunes for the first time. You were in a lot of pain from the rice cereal and it's not letting you poop.

Nov 6 - Prunes didn't do squat, so we had to give you a suppository :( That was not as bad as I thought it would be. You pooped in about 2 minutes and you didn't even notice a difference.

Nov 8 - You put your pacifier in your mouth for the first time! YEAH!

Nov 10 - Started you on oatmeal. Still have rice cereal in your bottles, but you have oatmeal with a spoon. You LOVED it even more than rice and gobbled it all up! All poop issues resolved!!

Nov 11 - You were laying on your belly and tucked your feet under you and lifted your bottom way off the ground. We also started giving you oatmeal in the mornings as well as in the evenings today.

Nov 12 - Started your really high pitched squealing. Daddy started calling you a mongoose. I don't think he knows what a mongoose is, but that's what he likes to call you.

Nov 13 - Started carrots at dinner time, it was only 1T and you loved them and would get so excited to eat more. You would throw your hands up and down really fast.

Nov 16 - You started sucking and biting your bottom lip. I have a picture of you, it's really funny to watch you.

Nov 20 - You had sweet potatoes for the first time. You loved these too. I think they are your favorite.

Nov 23 - You started screaming your head off at bed time. You know when it's your bedtime now, and you are not liking it at all.

Nov 26 - You had green beans for the first time. You didn't like these at first, but once we got to the bottom of the jar, you were loving them. You made some really funny faces at first though ;0)

Here are some most recent pictures:




Lee biting on his bottom lip.


Gobble, Gobble - Happy Thanksgiving!


Yummy, sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving!!



Family picture!


That's all I have for now!

5 Months Old

So tired!!!

Lee fell asleep on the couch.

20 Weeks Old!



Lee your growing up SO fast! Here are a few things you have started in the last two weeks.

You have started to grab at things. You LOVE to grab your feet. You started doing that about 2 weeks ago. The first time you grabbed your feet it was first thing in the morning. You were laying on your changing table and I had just undressed you to change your diaper. After your feet were free out of your PJ's, up they went and you just went and grabbed them both. It was SO cute. You had this smile like "hey, look what I can do". You have been doing it ever since. You will now grab your feet with socks on and pull your socks off.

Last week, you slept from 8:30pm - 7am straight through. You woke up so happy and smiley. You have been doing that pretty much ever since.

You had your 4 month check up. You weighed 16lb 6oz, 26 inches long, and head was 43.4cm. He's been having quite a bit of reflux for awhile now. So he had me stop rice cereal with a spoon and put it in the evening bottles. His reflux has completely stopped now. I'm so happy :)

Below is a picture of Lee grabbing onto Dakota. I wrote before how when he grabs Dakota she will just lay there. Below is of him starting to grab onto her fur.

Hee, heee, heeee :)

During bath time tonight. Lee found a bathtime duckie ;)

More Pictures (Still 4 Months Old)
I took a few pictures of Lee with my film camera. Here they are:

4 Months Old!



Where does the time go? Lee you are getting so big and more active everyday. We love you so much :)



Here are some new things you can do:
- Laugh when I change your diaper and give you kisses on your tummy.
- Laugh when I tell you your stinkie in your poopie diaper :)
- Roll over both ways from your back.
- You scratch different surfaces with your hand. You like scratching plastic things best I think.
- You LOVE to read books. I could read to you all day and you will just sit there and look at the pages.
- You are also jumping up and down in your bouncer chair/walker thingie. You love it! This morning you were in it for over an hour.
- You laugh when we give you kisses now.
- You started pulling Mommy's hair :/
- Your tounge is almost always out of your mouth.
- You started to reach for the puppies ears and pull on them. Kota doesn't mind it, Teal'c will growl.
- You are starting to reach for toys, but if Mommy or Daddy hold one up for you to get it, you just stare and stare. We have to put you on the floor so you can roll over and get it yourself.
- You ate your first 8oz bottle.
- You wore your first 12mo pj's.
- You will play with your bottle now. You hold onto it (or my hands) and you pull it in and out of your mouth. It drives Mommy crazy because she really wants you to eat.

Guess what Lee did...
10.5.2007



That's right, he rolled over from back to stomach. The video is like half-way through his roll, when he started to do it, I ran and got the camera. I tried to get another one on camera but everytime he saw the camera he froze and just stared at it. He must have spent a good half hour rolling, we would have to put him on his back, and then he would roll onto his tummy. He used to roll from tummy to back, but now he stops himself from rolling. You can see it in the video. He also has a cold :( Fever, vomiting, coughing and sneezing like crazy. Poor guy...

Finished Lee's birth video!
It only took me forever, lol. Here it is...

16 Weeks Old
My Little Punkin Head!!

So there have been a few firsts this week:
1) First time to a pumpkin farm.
2) First time to the park and in a swing.
3) First time giggling when tickled.

Steve and I took Lee to the park for the first time. We have a small one in our subdivision so we walked over there. We put him in the swing with his blanket behind him to hold him in there tighter. He did really good and liked it a lot. The picture on top is of LJ in the swing.

Lee has been blowing TONS of bubbles/raspberries. He is talking (cooing) a lot more too. I have a video of him talking to his bears in his swing. It's kinda hard to see him because he's buried in his blanket and I didn't want him to see the camera because then he would stop. He probably sat there 20 minutes talking to the bears before he passed out. I'll post the video a little bit later.

He still seems like he's teething, but nothing has broken through yet. I can still see them under the gums and I can feel them. Also he has been eating 6oz, sometimes even 7oz. Next week we start solids and I can't wait. We are still working on the pacifier thing. Lee's not too into it. He plays with it alot when in his mouth. He will hold onto it, take it out and then drop it, just this week I saw him take it out of his mouth completely and then put it back in so I think he's starting to get the hang of it.

I tickled LJ a few days ago and he actually giggled instead of grunting. I think he is starting to understand that it's a good thing. Sometimes he looks at you like you're growing horns on your head.

I went and visited Crystal, Emily, Frank, Madison, Steph & Malachy yesterday (Tuesday) and we had so much fun! We all went to Goebberts pumpkin farm to hang out and play. The kids had a bunch of fun! Madison and Malachy went on pony rides. Frank & Emily went into a haunted house and then right back out. It was VERY dark in there so Frank and I went and ventured through it. I screamed only twice, Frank screamed only none ;) Ha, ha. Pictures below.

The Pumpkin Farm

My little punkin head :) Crystal took this picture... I LOVE it!!

All the Kids!

How big is Lee?

Group shot! (Emily holding Madison, Frank infront of Crystal, Me holding Lee, Steph holding Malachy)

When I was a baby, my Dad used to call me punkin head. I guess I had a big head like Lee ;0)

15 Weeks Old!

He is getting more and more fun everyday. He is smiling all the time. Lee has started doing a new thing this week. I took this video early in the week (Monday), but now he can do it really well. He has started blowing bubbles (aka, spitting everywhere). It's so cute to see him do it. He did it all day today so I thought I would finally post the video. Brace yourself.. it's kinda boring if your not Lee's parents. It's 9 minutes long, but towards the end he finally does it.



You also see him kick his feet over and roll onto his side. He has been doing that for a few weeks now, I keep thinking that anyday now he's going to roll over to his tummy, but he has yet to do it by himself. He has also stopped rolling over from stomach to back. When he's on his belly he will put his head down and cry or he will start eating his hands. He hasn't rolled over for over 2 weeks now. He was getting so good at it too... oh well.

LJ really isn't grabbing toys yet, but he will grab his bib and put that in his mouth. He grabs onto things with a fierce grip and to get him to let go is hard, lol.

Lee also started spittin up a few weeks ago, which he never really did before. Then, he started vommiting everywhere, mainly all over me. Well, I was watching him drink from his bottles and he started taking in a lot of air from the sides of his mouth. I met with Chan, Carter & Elle on Tuesday and she uses/used Advent bottles with Carter and Elle. Elle had really bad reflux, so I thought I would try that type of bottle. I bought just one to try and his spitting up/vomiting has pretty much stopped. I'm so happy, I felt bad for the poor guy. His eyes would get all red and teary. I really like those bottles and wished I would have tried them sooner.

Other than that, we start cereal in two weeks! Whoo-hoo! Definately a video to come then :)

My friend Brooke came into town a few weeks ago from Las Vegas. She wanted to meet Lee and hang out for a few days. We had a lot fun. While she was here we scrapbooked a lot. She bought a bunch of baby boy scrapbook supplies for m. They are so cute! I love them so much, thank you again Brooke.

On Tuesday Lee and I went to Steph's and hung out with Steph, Malachy, Mark (for a little while), Crystal, Emily, Frank & Madison. While we were there I got to see one of Steph's scrapbooks that she is doing for Malachy! WOW! It was beautiful :) Steph, you should post some of your pages!! Crystal has posted some of her pages that she has done for her Frankie. They are amazingly beautiful as well!! Click here to see them.

I thought I would post some pictures of the few pages I have done so far. See below.

14 Weeks Old!
Not much new this week except that Lee is really teething pretty bad. He's been fussy and irritated quite a bit. We have been giving him tylynol and a wet wash cloth to chew on. If we stick any type of toy in his mouth he just stares at you. He won't chew on it. He likes fingers too :) You can see his cheeks below and how red they are, he hasn't been running a fever with a therometer but when you feel his head it's really, really warm and the cheeks are bright red. You can feel where his teeth are coming in now, it should only be HOPEFULLY just a few more weeks until he's not in pain anymore. Does anyone remember how long it is until the teeth break through? I can see them and feel them. Poor guy.

He has figured out how to stop himself from rolling over from tummy to back. He puts his arms out at his side with his feet up in the air and kinda rocks back and forth on his belly. LOL. It's funny to see. He only does it for a few seconds and then he puts his head down and cries in the blanket. It might be because he's uncomfortable or maybe that's his way of not rolling over. He will get half way and then he will pull himself back up so he's on his stomach. He still hasn't rolled over from back to stomach or even come close.

He's been fussy in the evenings again. I think he's just over tired from the day and doesn't know what else to do. I have been putting him to bed at 8pm every night and it's like he's too tired to fall asleep. He's been getting up about 8am every morning. So he's sleeping 12 hours with just one wake-up at around 3:30am -4am. It's just for a half hour and then he's back to sleep again. So he's doing really good sleeping. Oh and he's attached to his blue fuzzy blankie already. Aunt Amy got him this bears blanket that is really soft fuzzy on one side and cotton on the other side. He LOVES it to peices. We were at the grocery store and I had him in his seat with the blanket under him. He couldn't see it. He was getting tired and I pulled it out from under him and he started breathing really fast like when he gets excited, closed his eyes and went to sleep. It took him all of maybe 5 seconds... it was so funny I couldn't help but laugh. Ever since then he has slept with it!

Last thing for this week is we got him a bouncer/saucer/walker thingie. It's from the rainforest collection and it's pretty awesome. You can turn and rotate, it has lights and it bounces up and down. LJ is a little unsure about it, but we have only put him in it one time. She pictures below. I can't help but laugh... LOL.

Rosey red cheeks.

More red cheekers.

His new bouncer thingie. Not sure if we like it yet... "what is all this stuff?!?!"

"Umm... don't leave me... this is a little too weird for me!"

"Stop taking pictures and get me out of this thing!!!"

Yep, he loved it!! We'll have to work on him getting used to it. It might have been too overwhelming for him. Our house officially looks like toys-r-us. We have more stuff in the living room for Lee than we do of people furniture.