Rolling Over Part 2

Breaking news...the boy is now rolling over from his back to his tummy! Yes, these are the things we get super excited about in our household. Here's the video proof:


It's just so amazing (at least to us!) how much he's changed in these few months. I weighed him today at the Baby and Me group - he's now tipping the scales at 14 lbs 2 oz! I think he's around 24 inches long. It's pretty funny because he gets weighed and measured each time we go to the doctor (and we've been 7 times already in his short life!) and his length has gone from 21 inches to 23 inches to 24.5 inches back to 23 inches...meaning it's near impossible to accurately measure a squirmy baby or else he's shrinking!

okay - I'll try to post some pictures tomorrow. I'm off to bed and hoping that the boy might decide to get a long sleep tonight!

Check out my shades!

It was sunny on our run today so mom put these on me. I didn't love them so much!

First Run With The Boy...

We went for about 40 min and who knows how far...certainly not as far as I would have liked but I guess when you haven't really ran for about six months and you've had a baby any amount should be good! It's just a far cry from my marathon in october 06! The thing is back in November when Kellen was still four weeks from joining us I thought it would be a good idea to sign up for a half marathon in May...so here I am 2 months from that race and nowhere near in shape enough to run a half. But I have 8 weeks so I'll give it my best! The boy liked it! I think he was lulled to sleep by my huffing and puffing!

Kellen's Room

I thought I'd post some pics of Kellen's room for all to see - Grandma Jan just brought us a ceramic wall hanging of his name that she made for him - it's SO cool! I wouldn't say that we were going for any specific theme in his room - just wanted it bright and cheery. Most of the pictures we found on Etsy. There are so many great things to be found there! We scored on the three animal pictures above his crib - those we won in a drawing at Good Night Room!! Far and away the best purchase in my mind was the chair - it reclines, rocks and swivels! We spend a ton of time in that chair between nursing, reading books and just talking. Early on we spent a few nights trying to sleep in that chair and we've also taken plenty of naps there, too! Kellen's favorite place is the changing table! It's amazing how happy he is lying on that table! He smiles, laughs and thinks it's party time on the changing table.

Public Declaration and Challenge

Here it is...our household is giving up sugar for a month - starting today March 6th. This means sugary sweets (chocolate, ice cream, cookies, etc.), not everything with sugar in it - that would be near impossible I think! Anyone care to join??

I love these boys!!

1 Down - ? To Go...

Not sure if anyone is still with us...we were wiped out with the cold/flu bug for about 11 days! They say that within the first year of a baby's life they will acquire between 6 - 10 colds. Well, after what we've been through, I don't know that I can handle another!!! It's been a tough week and a half, but we made it (knock on wood)! Kellen and I both came down with the same cold last Wednesday and Aaron just caught a bit of it. He seems to be faring a bit better than we did. It's heartbreaking seeing your baby get sick - Aa and I both agreed that if we could, we would physically suck the snot out of his nose so he could breathe better - yes, we mean stick our mouths to his nose and suck it out. It didn't get to that extreme, but that is what I call true love! We did figure out rather quickly how to use the snot sucker - it helps to use it along the saline nose spray. Our boy HATED both - we had to hold him down and that was just not fun! I found myself constantly trying to sterilize everything he touched - pacifiers, toys, burp clothes, etc. In my sterilizing frenzy, I tried to sterilize the snot sucker in these cool Medela Quick Clean Microwave bags I have and here is what I ended up with:

We also had to figure out taking the temperature in the butt - that was awfully fun. Last Saturday was the peak of the illness - the boy had a 101.6 degree temp and we found ourselves on the phone with the doctor. So stressful, but the doctor walked us through everything and we were able to get the fever down quickly with a little tylenol.

In other news...the boy is getting so big. Everyday we notice new things that he can do - he's now grabbing and holding onto his toys. They all go right into his mouth (hence my sterilizing frenzy during the sickness!).

Here are some pictures:

1 week old/12 weeks old:

1 week old:

12 weeks old:

Someone's checking out his toes!