Colton's normal!

It's so good to be home and to have Colton back on his routine. Chaz, Colton and I went Orlando to visit Chaz's family for Thanksgiving. It was great seeing everyone and everyone got to meet Colton. We got home on Monday and on Wednesday we flew out to Vegas for a Ford trip Chaz won. Colton was a champ on all of the plane rides, he did so great.

Colton and I went to a Gastro- Intestinal doctor this morning to see what we could do about the excessive amount of throw up Colton has. My Pediatrician recommended him and come to find out he is perfectly fine! I had a feeling that he was but a few were convinced there was something wrong. Thankfully he is fine he just has a strong stomach and likes to puke! It should get better with time and should stop altogether in 8 months, so bare with him and I apologize in advance if he pukes on you the next time you hold him!

On a positive note he is gaining weight, he weighed in at 16.9 lbs this morning!

A few weeks ago we went to the Arboretum and took some pictures for our Christmas cards, here are a few of my favorites!

Enjoy

I am so Thankful!

In honor of Thanksgiving I thought I would share a few things I am thankful for!

1. For my beautiful, healthy and happy baby boy.
2. My wonderful husband who makes me laugh everyday and who works his booty off to provide for Colton and I
3. All of my wonderful parents, siblings and friends who are all so helpful with Colton
4. Caffeine
5. Being 90% done with my Christmas shopping
6. YOU!

Colton was 3 months old yesterday. I found these awesome stickers that you peel off and can put on a onesie, I love them. Here a couple of pictures from yesterday.

 hanging around the house

these are the stickers, I love them!

here's the video!

Thumb sucker!

Colton loves his pacifier, in fact I never leave home with out at least one. He uses the soothie pacifiers and I found some that have stuffed animals attached to them, he has a frog, bear, duck, puppy... they are called wubbanubs!  They are great because he learned how to hold on to the animal and I could tuck the animal into his car seat or prop it up under neath a blanket. Colton has always been very fond of his hands, he hated to have them swaddled and every time you look they are in little fists up by his face. Recently he has been trying to suck on his hand when a pacifier wasn't around and that helped to soothe him. A few days ago I saw him sucking his thumb, I am partial but I think it is so adorable. The last few nights he has been sleeping upstairs in his crib, i have a video monitor and have watched his pacifier fall out and in goes the thumb! I love it, it has saved me a ton of trips up the stairs.

So Proud!

Colton is getting so big!! 1st things 1st my baby boy is sleeping through the night... let the angels sing Hallelujah Hallelujah!!! It happened the night of the 11th, my lactating breast woke me up around 5 and I started to panic. I ran into the guest bedroom to make sure he was still breathing and there he was sleeping like a little angel! I couldn't believe it! After reading 3 different books about sleeping and following what they said our hard work and many of Colton's tears, it paid off! He now goes to bed around 9 and either wakes up at 7 and is up for good or wakes up at 6 I feed him and then he sleeps til 9! I love those morning!

Above is a video of him from yesterday he has starting kicking and swinging his arms a ton. Also he has started cooing a lot, which I absolutely love! His little voice is so precious. Hope you enjoy the video!

I know mom's say this all of the time but for some reason I was a little emotional yesterday and while I was reading to him "I'll love you forever" before I put him to bed I started to cry. Looking down at this little boy we created I now understand the meaning of unconditional love and I now understand what it means when my mom said she would walk through fire for my sister or I, because I would do the same for Colton, I love him so much he brings such joy to my life every day.

He just pooped all over the place, lovely ending to my story... gotta go!

Colton's Baptism

Colton was Baptized this past Sunday at Prince of Peace Catholic Church, it was a beautiful ceremony and he was a champ! It was extra special because Ft. Tom, the priest who married Chaz and I, was able to baptize Colton. We had a luncheon afterwards and it was a great turn out. Thanks to all of our friends and family who were able to make it out and support our little Booger!

My sweet little family!

Godparents and Ft. Tom

Baby Wise begins today!!!!

After not sleeping well the last month of my pregnancy and now having Colton in my life for 7 weeks, I have slept no more then 4 hours in a row.
I knew I had to do something about it when Brandy called on Monday and asked how I was doing and I started to cry... I am exhausted! It didn't help any that I went to volleyball yesterday and a friend of mine who had her son 3 days after Colton was there, I asked her how she and the baby were and she replied, "great he slept for 9 hours in a row last night" I wanted to throw the volleyball at her!
I had heard about Baby Wise when I was pregnant but didn't read it until last night. I read half of the book and needless to say the new routine started today. So far so good.
I also posted a comment on Facebook about it and got a ton of positive comments and messages about how it has worked for other peoples kids.
I have nothing to lose at this point and I am beyond determined to get him sleeping at night! Wish me luck, I'll keep you posted!

Here he is at 7 weeks, our Chunky Booger!