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| Cute little bear - always asleep! |
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| He LOVES his legs all folded up all the time! If you pull them straight - they rubberband right back . ;) |
He's becoming much more alert and as of late is trying really hard to focus and make eye contact. I LOVE when we finally get to the eyes focusing and smiling stage - I cannot WAIT for it. We had his two week appointment and had packed on a whopping 10 oz, hitting 7 lbs! I still can't believe he hasn't even touched Ross or Ruby's birth weights. He HAS grown an inch though - 20 1/2 inches long. We're working our way up.
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| Actually awake! |
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| He's got the cutest little wrinkly forehead - and receding hairline. ;) |
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| Brother and sis wanting to play. :) |
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| This is how you play with Rowland currently - lay on your back and look around. |
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| Or coach on some tummy time. |
My doctor told me since he's had plenty of wet and dirty diapers and he's growing, it would be fine to let him go 4, 5, even 6 hours at night. I decided I really liked her when she told me this. My other pediatricians always stress me out with the "don't let them sleep too long" at night stuff. Of course, when I've attempted to let Rowland catch as many zzz's as he wants in the night - he's decided 4 hours is the longest he'll go at the moment. I'm not complaining though - he's great at going right back to sleep. Beautiful boy. :)
Ross and Ruby both had caught colds a couple weeks ago, and poor Rowly has gotten it too. I think his little stuffy nose is what wakes him up in the night more than the need to eat. He doesn't really enjoy having his nose sucked out, but likes being able to breathe afterwards though.
His umbilical cord hung on for QUITE a while. It finally fell off on his 2 week birthday, and we gave him a nice bath, which he didn't mind for the most part. Though for his second one, he reminded me how untrustworthy little boys our with their little pee fountains when they are naked and peed all over me right before his bath. BOO.
He also has got me stumped with how he managed to have his pee leak up his back. I didn't know pee could go that direction.
We thoroughly enjoyed my mom being here and were so sad to see her go. They kept asking where Grammy Joanne was. Ruby says her name SO stinkin' cute. It's Gwammy Jo - en - and sounds hilarious when she's mad and demanding Grammy to fix the problem - such as being put down for a nap. They sure kept Grammy busy playing trains, hide and seek, playing outside, going on walks - the works! We also got on a Planes Fire and Rescue kick. Grammy gave in to Ross's cuteness and outfitted him with a whole slew of planes and characters from the movie to play with.
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| "Saw it. Liked it. Asked Grandma. Got it!" Who can say no to that face? Seriously. |
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| Swingin' outside in some of our crazy Colorado weather - it was nice and toasty that day! |
We were also very excited to get Grandma Claudia to come. She brought a magical fairy door with her that Ross especially loved - mostly because of the surprises every morning. :) They've also been busy making fruit loop necklaces, swinging outside, playing hide and seek, playing with play dough, and more. Mommy's been especially glad to get lots of naps in and some dates with Daddy thanks to Grammy Joanne and Grandma Claudia. :)
I am very proud to say I even have already taken all three kids out by myself (I know - WOW - seriously). I took the kids to Romp Around since it correlated perfect with feeding Rowland - he just slept the whole time. Though it goes from 9-11 and we didn't get there until 10:15. :) The point is - we got there - and I even got to play more with my kids than I have in the last month! It took it out of me for the rest of the day though. It was when Steve was dropping my mom off at the airport and picking up Claudia - so I corralled the kids by myself that day.
Rowland:
- Continues to melt all of our hearts.
- He has the sweetest face
- He's becoming more observant when he's awake.
- He also still is loving to be snuggled.
- He still folds his little legs up in a little ball and makes himself nice and comfortable on you while you hold him.
- He likes to have his arms up by his head - which has made for a problem when swaddling - but he WILL like swaddling eventually - for sleeping's sake.
- He loves to be sung to.
- Ross is his best buddy. Ross is always wondering how "my baby" is doing and wants to hold him. You can tell Ross has so much love in his heart for his new little brother.
- He's started a growth spurt - wanting to eat more.
- He's sporting what he'll look like when he's an old man - with losing some hair on top resulting in a major receding hairline.
- Likes to sneak attack mom or dad or whoever is changing him with pee or poo - shooting either one out like a firehose shoots water.
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| Trying for family pictures is getting more and more difficult! |
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| Fail! |
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| This is the closest to a win we could get. :) I think it's pretty good - we're all smiling (the ones who know how to) and Rowland isn't screaming. :) |
