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.

13 Weeks (or 3 months old)!


It has been a really busy week for Lee. He is still eating 4-6oz. We tried to use stage 2 nipples, but he Lee just started wearing size 6-9 months in PJ's and 3-6 months in regular clothes this week also. Here are a few things he has started doing this week.


First, he is definately getting his 2 bottom teeth in. When my hands are anywhere near his head he is trying to chew on them. The past 2 days he has been fussy in the evening and when we give him teething tablets it pretty much stops. Last night he was able to fall asleep. Also, when I push down on his gums, I can feel them. It kinda stinks because he doesn't realize that he can chew on toys. I will put teething toys in his mouth and he just looks at me like "why is this in my mouth?". He does however put his hands in his mouth all the time and last Wednesday night, I caught him sucking his thumb while sleeping.


Lee loves laying on the floor now. If we put him on his tummy he will roll over onto his back so he can kick his feet up in the air. A few times he has grabbed onto them with his hands. When you change his diaper now, he will kick his feet up too. Then when he wants to go back to his tummy, he will roll over to his side and kick some more to try to get over onto his stomach. We have to help him do that though.


We have stopped wrapping him for the most part. His Grandma calls it his straight-jacket or his pappoos. Everytime she saw him in it she would try to take him out of it. When he gets really fussy, we will wrap him up in it... but it just seems like he is starting to outgrow it. Plus, with him chewing on his hands so much, I don't want to have them strapped to his side.


We have started Lee on 2 tsp of rice cereal at night in his bottle. So far I don't think he has noticed, but I wanted to start slow because the rice cereal can constipate babies, and I really am hoping not to have that effect by slowly introducing it. We will start spoon feeding next month. We got a booster/high chair seat for Lee when we do start spoon feeding. The picture above is the face he made when I first put him in there. Below is another one. He sits up really well in it, but it's a new feeling for him, so I'm not sure how he likes it.


Speaking of sitting up... whenever I put LJ on the couch to sit, he has started leaning forward on his own, which ends up with Lee face planted on the couch. Ha, ha... it's kinda funny and I laugh every time.


We have had TONS of smiles and a few giggles too!! I have even gotten a few with a my camera. He's getting so big and talking so much. He will carry on a conversation now and I have no clue what he is talking about!

Laying on his tummy!

Kicking his feet in the air!

Smiles & talking!

Happy Boy!

What?!? What I do?!?

Hand in the mouth!!

New seat... not sure if we like it yet!

As you can see a lot of new things this week... I have a ton of pictures too :) I just can't stop! Until next week...

12 Weeks Old


This weekend we went camping up in the Dells and had a blast. My Dad's side family reunion is up there every year for Labor Day. It's so much fun. I can't wait to show you the pictures of us all and that wasn't even half of us. I'll do a post on our normal blog about that. Check back there later.

Here's everything that Lee's been up to:

He is starting to get his bottom 2 teeth. I can see them under his gums. I have no idea how long it will be until he gets them in, but whenever he is fussy if I stick my finger in his mouth and he chomps away on it (along with drooling all over).

He's been very focused on us when we are eating and staring at our mouths. It's like he's studing to learn what to do.

He had a doctors appointment last Friday and he weighed in at 12lb 13oz and was 24 inches long. He was perfectly healthy and the doctor called him muscles because of his head control. He does awesome at holding up his head now.

He changed his schedule again a bit. Here is what we are doing this week, wake up 7-8am, eats usually 5-6oz, naps only half-hour to an hour about 4 times a day and then gets his last bottle at 7:30pm to be in bed by 8pm. He will then sleep to about 4am eat really quickly and right back to sleep again. He sleeps really good now.

He is not really fussy anymore in the evening either. He is doing really good with entertaining himself more. He is also talking like crazy. He coos non-stop.

Lee's been trying to roll over more too. He will get frustrated when he wants to be on his tummy or on his back but doesn't know quite how to get there. He's rolled over from tummy to back 4 times now but we have only seen him do it once. That was today :)

It's amazing how much he changes from week to week, he's growing so fast. It's cute because Steve has always taken care of Lee, but now that Lee is more interactive (smiling, cooing and following your voice) he is always so excited to get home and be with him. It's amazing for me to see. He's such a good Dad!