8 Weeks Old

Well, we've hit the 8 weeks mark which is almost 2 months. He's growing and growing so much. I can't believe how big he seems to me. Then I see a baby that's like 6 months old and they look enormous, Lee looks tiny. I can't imagine Lee that big. I'm trying to enjoy everyday, but it just seems to go too fast.

I put Lee through another grueling photoshoot ;) For some reason I just love photographing him. I have always loved photography, but I'm enjoying it more and more lately. I broke out my old camera that's a film camera and I took the pictures below. It was SO much fun. If you get them developed at Walmart, you can get them put on a CD for only $1.97!

Ok, here's what Lee has been up to in the last 2 weeks (since I didn't update last week). The best part (even though I didn't get a picture of it), he's started smiling a lot at me and Steve! If we tell him we love him he gets this HUGE gummy smile that's just adorable.

Steve & I have heard him start to giggle in his sleep. It's just the start, but SO adorable! He also is having bad dreams too. He will be sound asleep and then his bottom lip pouts out and he starts to cry. Then he goes right back to sleep after a couple seconds.

Lets see, what else, oh he slept last night for 8 hours straight for the very first time. He was sounds asleep by 8:30pm and didn't make a peep until 4:30am and then he screamed! He ate 3oz and went back to bed until 7am. He's still getting up at 7am almost everyday.

Lastly, he wore his first 3-6 month outfit this week. It was actually onesie PJ's for bed.

Hee, hee ;0)

This is his expression most of the time. He always looks so worried. I think he's going to be a worry-wart. Although in this picture it looks like he's shocked, his eyebrows are actually furrowed together.

6 Weeks Old

Lee is 6 weeks old and is getting SO big. He's going through one of his fun growth spurts again. He's been eating every three hours anywhere from 4-6 oz. Craziness!!

He started smiling at me today ;) I was laying on the floor next to him while he was doing one of his favorite things (staring at the windows) and he turned his head and smiled. I jumped up and started doing my little baby talk to him and he gave me this look like "what are you doing?". He kept smiling at me for like 5 minutes. It was so awesome. I just hope that he keeps doing it, that it wasn't just gas (LOL).

He drank his first 6oz. bottle this week as well. He's been chugging his bottles a lot better now. He stays awake at night to eat and is sleeping 5-6 hours straight, eats, then sleeps another 3-4 hours. He is almost always up at 7am too, wide awake.

We went for a walk last night because he's still kinda fussy during that 6-8pm block of time, so we took out the stroller and decided to give it another try. Last time we attempted it he cried the whole time. So we have put it off hoping if we waited a couple weeks he would like it next time, and guess what... he loved it! He didn't cry at all. He just sat up in his seat completely looking around enjoying the scenery. His cranky time is getting better. He's still whiney and demanding, but he's not screaming his head off the whole time anymore, just occasionally.

Let's see, anything else?? Not that I can think of... I'll post again if something new starts happening. It's amazing how everyday seems like something new is going on. I love it!!!

5 Weeks!
The cheeks just keep gettin chubby!

So last Friday (7/13) we had a Dr. appointment and I said that I would post an update with how much he weighed. It was a rough night that night and my Mom Janet came over and watched him the whole night on Friday. It was AWESOME! I got a full nights sleep (whoo-hoo, go me)! Anyways, the weekend was busy as usually so I'm just getting to posting now, sorry. Thanks again Grandma Shoes for coming and staying up with Lee all night!

LJ weighed in at 10lbs 4oz. He gained almost 3lb in 1 month. Steve guessed high 8lbz, and I guessed low 9lbz. He blew us both out of the ballpark.

We had a mini photoshoot this morning. I wanted to get some updated pictures of Lee. He was in a really good mood, so I took my chances and he ended up falling asleep. I did get some cute pictures though :)

Today I thought I would start getting LJ used to his crib, so when he fell asleep on the couch, I picked him up and carried him upstairs. He was passed out. I rocked him a couple more minutes just to make sure, he was totally gone. Out like a light. So I carefully layed him down in his crib and turned on his monitor. I checked to make sure he was still asleep and he's staring back at me, eyes wide open! So we went back and forth a couple times, falling asleep, waking up when layed down in the crib, before I just left and closed the door. It took about 15 minutes before he fell asleep. Can babies really tell between a bassinet (what he's been sleeping in up until today) and his crib?



Another thing that I noticed this week is that Lee really likes to hold onto things. He will hold my finger when I am feeding him, he will hold onto my shirt when he is being carried, rocked or falling asleep. It's so funny. I had a stuffed horse that has bells in his feet. I was dangling it infront of him and he was moving his arms all around trying to grab onto that too. He came nowhere near getting them, but I thought that was funny. He's also tracking a lot better. He will watch me walk from one side of the room to the other. He was also watching his jingle horse as I moved it from one side to the other. I think he can finally see things.

One more thing that I wanted to mention for week 5, well, it's really week 4, because that is when he did it, but anyways, LJ slept 6 hours straight for the first time on Saturday. YEAH! We all went to sleep at 9pm and when Lee started fussing later on I checked the clock (thinking it was midnight when he was usually getting up) and it was 3am!! I woke Steve up to see if he got up and I didn't hear, he said "no why?" I told him that it was 3am and Lee was just getting up for the first time. He asked if he was alright, LOL. We were so used to getting up every 2-3 hours, 6 hours is AMAZING! Last night (Sunday) Lee slept 5 1/2 hours straight.

He's getting really good at holding up his head. His head goes higher, but I missed it, and then he fell asleep.

I don't know if you can tell, but he's holding onto my shirt.

4 Weeks Old!

Lee is 4 weeks old (yesterday). We had a really busy week this week. He got to meet Aunt Amy for the first time. She was in town for 2 days, one of the days we went to Freeport to go to Sian's wedding. When she came she brought the cutest, smallest crocks I have ever seen. They are mickey mouse ones, SO cute!!

We also met Chan & Dave (along with Ellison and Carter) for brunch, I finally got to meet Carter ;) He's SO cute and so observant. You should see him look all around and just take everything in. Chan is Amy's best friend that lives here in IL. She was at my baby shower, she was the other pregnant one. Carter is exactly one month older than Lee. He was born May 11th.

The picture above was taken at Sian's wedding and this is how LJ danced the night away ;)

Here are some highlights for this week:
~ Had his first official bath, in the bathtub.
~ Drank his first 5oz. bottle.
~ Slept 4 hours and 45 minutes straight during the night.
~ Officially been nicknamed LJ by Grandma Shoes.
~ Went to his first wedding.
~ We've moved up to size one diapers. They are a tad big still, but they fit pretty good.

That's all I can think of for now. His 1 month dr. appointment is on Friday. I'll update with his new weight.