Monday, December 26, 2011

3 MONTHS



On the 23rd Lincoln turned 3 months old. Let me tell you a little more about him: He is a "good baby". As you might know people ask about that all the time. "Is he a good baby?" or they will say "He seems like a good baby." It's funny because sometimes I think "What's a bad baby like?" but overall I say he is a GREAT baby! He hardly ever cries and when he does he makes these little moaning sounds like he's just sad or tired or frusterated. Rarely do we ever hear him cry so hard it seems like he's not breathing. That's only happened a few times namely when we got his shots. He's not dramatic at all.

He probably weighs about 14 pounds now. He has grown out of most of his 3 month clothes and I've started putting him in 6 month things. He has started doing a lot better sleeping at night. Once he falls asleep, which is usually about 8 give or take, he will sleep for about 5 hours. After that he will wake up every 3 hours to eat just a little bit. He's always super drowsy though and he isn't even awake when it's time to be burped. This is leaps and bounds above what it was like when he was tiny. I'm surviving very well. Once he wakes up he is all smiles. He loves us to hold him so he can stand up on our laps. He'll smile, squeal and do this little stomp with his left foot that's kinda funny.

He loves ceiling fans. It's funny. He loves to stare at our fan in the kitchen. On Christmas Eve I was changing him into his jammies on Sean's parents bed and they have a dark wood fan on the ceiling in the room. It was turning slowly and he was going crazy kicking all over. He is completely enamored by them. Also, when something catches his attention you can never steal it. You can be holding him up in front of you making all sorts of noise and he will just keep looking around at whats interesting. It always makes me laugh.

He is also quite a cuddle bug. We have a California king size bed that all three of us sleep in. Sean and I sleep on either size with regular size pillows and he sleeps right in the middle all sprawled out. Luckily neither Sean and I really move much in our sleep so it works out for us. Usually in the early mornings when I go to work Sean snuggles up with him and he loves it. He goes right back to sleep when he gets startled as soon as he feels us pull him in close. Sometimes when he's tired or not feeling as energetic he'll just let me cradle him even when he's awake and he'll just look around behind me or wherever.

It's so amazing to be a parent for the following reason: here we have this little tiny human that can't even talk let alone pick up an object that's been handed to him and I feel like I know him so well. I can tell whats bothering him. Different cries mean different things. We know what makes him happy and sad. And thats all he really needs right now is parents to take care of him and love him. We love it. It's an incredible blessing in our lives right now.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Not All Fun and Games

The truth is. . . sometimes being new parents is really hard. So far there are two main reasons why: the first one is no surprise and can basically be summed up by saying that you get a severe case of sleep deprivation and there is no turning back. There are a lot of ways life can be crazy when you're sleep deprived. The second is more complicated, but can also be summed up in a few short words: Sean and I have not been on a date since Lincoln was about 2 weeks old. Did I think this would happen? No. I actually thought that I would be more dedicated to us trying to find more time to spend together, but I haven't had time. :) Since we both work and no one else is ever home with Lincoln we spend roughly 50 to 60 hours a week apart from eachother. Add the time Sean goes to school. Then add the fact that the majority of the time when we are in the house at the same time is when we're both asleep. That makes for very little leftover time. The past several weeks we've initiated "Family Night". . . sort of FHE, but it mostly just means that we decide to spend the evening together doing whatever we want. Half of these nights we've ended up falling asleep watching TV together. So its basically family nap night. :)

But, all of this is about to change next week when we are hoping to get a night out for Christmastime! I'm very much looking forward to it! Could I be more proactive about making this happen more often? Of course . . . I know I have several people who would love to babysit! It just takes energy to make it happen. As much as I'm looking forward to going out this next week, I keep wondering what the heck I'm gonna wear! In case anyone wants to know: my normal clothes still don't fit! :( Just ignore the fact that I'm still wearing my maternity jeans and trying to pretend that I'm not. Maybe exercising will be the next thing I'll try to add to my life! :)

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL


I'm not a 16 year old love-struck fan, but David Archuleta sure does make me love this Christmas song! :)

Monday, December 12, 2011

Lincoln's First Bad Day

Today was a hard day for our little Mr. Lincoln. He went to his two month check-up and you guessed it: he got shots! The pain of the shot suprised him and hurt him so much that when he screamed he started to shake a bit and no sound came out of his mouth. It broke my heart when for the first time in his whole life I saw his eyes fill up with tears. He did fine for a few hours, but then late this afternoon he started to get a fever. He was miserable, burning up and not feeling well. He never cries for no reason, but he was really upset this afternoon. Finally we got some Tylonol to help with that and he is sound asleep and much cooler.

Good news though: He weighs a few ounces short of 13 pounds! and he's grown almost 4 inches in the last 2 months!

Thanksgiving!





We spent Thanksgiving in Richfield this year at my grandparents house with some of my extended family. We had a great time eating and hanging out. We went bowling, shooting, black friday shopping, and cruising around. I bought a Christmas tree, which made my day! We also got new pots and pans thanks to my wonderful dad who loves to spoil us! And Lincoln got a new fun toy that he will get to play with when he's a little bigger called the Wonderbug! :) It was a great weekend! I hadn't been down to Richfield since right after Sean and I got engaged, so it felt great to be down there again and reminisce. We also took several photos!