16 Weeks!

Well G is 16 weeks old now!  Getting bigger by the day and so much fun too!  His little giggle is so infectious.  I've been taking videos of him playing with new toys then playing the videos back for him to watch.  He is enthralled by them!  Watching himself play and hearing himself giggle just send him into more giggling fits.  I find myself laughing right along with him most of the time.  It's amazing just how happy one tiny little person can make me :o)

Even on days like today, when he decided to begin his day at 4:45am (on a Saturday no less) as frustrated as I was to be awake at that time, the grin on his face when I would walk up to his crib and pick him up was the greatest thing I've seen in a long time.  There is nothing quite like seeing the happiness and excitement in your child's face just because they see you. 

Just a few more weeks and school is out for the summer.  I absolutely cannot wait for the year to be over so I can spend all day with my little sweetie.  I don't have a lot of new things to report so this post will be short compared to the others.  Of course though, I cannot post without a picture or two!

My silly boy at 16 weeks old

Captain Chubby Cheeks and his mommy :o)

Playing with my activity table.  It's so much fun!

15 Weeks!

I'm such a slacker!  Little man turned 15 weeks on Thursday.  Being back at work and having a baby just drains me, so I don't even begin to think about the newest blog posts until the weekend.  I guess late is better than never! 

G's first week back at the sitter post spring break went pretty well.  His naps got better each day.  He was very out of his nap routine from the week before.  I don't know if he's afraid of missing mommy/daddy time when we're home or what, but he doesn't nap well at our house any more.  We bought black out curtains for his room, which have helped some.  His room was always very bright during the day before the curtains.  Hopefully it will only take a few days once I'm home for summer, for him to get into his good nap routine at home as well. 

He has started holding and shaking a ball, grasping and swatting at the animals hanging above him on the bouncy seat, he pushes the "piano" keys on his activity table to make the music play, and absolutely LOOOOOOVES to lie on his activity mat and stare at his reflection in the mirror.  The mirror will keep him entertained for half an hour sometimes!  He still hates tummy time, so he's not making many moves to try and roll over yet, but we do practice rolling from our back to tummy and vice versa.  That only happens a couple of times before he gets mad though.  The biggest "new" thing he's doing is responding to his name!  It's not every time, but honestly I have kindergarteners at school (and a husband at home) who don't respond to their name every time!  He has started to look at Matthew and I when we look at him and say his name.  It was so exciting the first time, but I wasn't sure if it was real or a coincidence that he happened to look at me after I said Griffin.  I tried again a few seconds later and he did it again!  We've been practicing all weekend, and he's getting better and better :o)  I'm amazed at how proud I can feel and how full my heart is when he does something as little as respond to his name.  As adult it may seem little, but for him it's a huge step! 

He's starting to make more consonant sounds when he talks, too.  For several weeks now he's been stuck on the /m/ sound and "maaaaa maaaaaammm" noises.  I jokingly tell Matthew that our son is a genius and can say Mom already!  He's started to add the /b/, /n/, and some schwa sounds occassionally.  Even though I don't exactly care for the middle of the night babbling he is doing right now, it is incredibly cute to hear him lying in his room just talking away.  Every once in a while he'll make a very forceful "mam!" noise that I like to think is his way of yelling for mommy :o) 

And now for the best part...your reward for making it through all my rambling and gushing about the cutest kid on the planet (hehe) pictures! 

Rockin my Iowa Hawkeyes gear from Daddy's boss!

Mommy is playing with her phone app again :o)

Thank goodness for the self-portrait option on my phone.  Pics of G and I can be more frequent now!

This kid has the greatest expressions!

Just chillin in the Bumbo!

14 Weeks and Happy Easter!

Another week down.  Seems so crazy!  Last week was my spring break from school and I was SO happy it was finally here!  I absolutely couldn't wait to spend every day with my little guy!  We had so much fun.  Ran errands together, met friends for lunch, and got ready for a holiday weekend away.  G also had his 3 month pics taken last week!  The one sneak peek pic we got looks so great!  I can't wait to see the rest.  I'm sure they will be wonderful!  How could they not be, she had such a good subject to shoot :o) 

We went to visit my family for Easter weekend.  Matthew took Thursday and Monday off of work, so we'd have a nice long weekend together.  G did so great in the car.  It was a very long 6 hr drive to get where we were going, but he was a champ!  Everyone enjoyed seeing him again, and he was eating up every bit of the attention too! 

Thursday he turned 14 weeks old.  It just really doesn't seem possible.  I also can't believe I've been back at work for a whole month now!  Hopefully the rest of the year goes quickly.  Now that I had that little taste of being home with G again, I really can't wait for summer to be here so that we can stay home together all day. 

He's doing so many amazing things.  He keeps trying to sit up on his own.  He does his little baby crunches to try and get himself upright.  It's pretty funny and cute to watch :o)  He also LOOOOOOVES to stand.  He's getting so good at it!  He was just holding onto my hands the other day, I didn't have to hold him around the middle at all, and he was able to stay up for quite a while. 

Well onto the best part of the blog posts.  Pictures!  :o)  Here's my happy little guy at 14 weeks!

Playing with the bouncy seat at Great Aunt Brenda's house!

The sneak peek of G's 3 month pics!

Happy little guy on my first day back at the babysitter :o)

I can hold my ball all by myself!