Two Months Old

Today officially marks Dave's 2nd month birthday. Marking off how old dave is reminds me of how a new relationship starts. First you celebrate all the "month-iversaries" and eventually it turns into a yearly anniversary. Like his yearly birthday. But for now, we will celebrate every little milestone...you're welcome.

Onto the stats. We had his two month check-up yesterday. He is smack dab in the middle of the road. He now weighs 11 lbs 9 oz (that's a 4 pound increase from birth), which puts him in the 45th percentile. He is 23 1/2 inches long, which puts him in the 60th percentile for height. Everything else was great, and we're going to get his shots tomorrow. He is very excited. I'm sure that I'll blog about how that goes...

Dave: 2 months old.

For comparison:

Look how big he has gotten!

And finally, the single cutest picture to date...

8 weeks: Can you believe it?

Our little fella is growing up too fast! I have officially packed away all of his newborn stuff (heartbreaking) and he goes for his two month check-up on Monday. I'm all sappy.

So, to rid my mind of the terribleness that is Dave getting bigger, here is a picture of Josh's dinner on Thursday...

You may be asking, "Is that an entire pizza propped up by the heating coil in the bottom of an oven?" If so, the answer is yes. Do not fret, it actually wasn't too bad to clean up. It did ruin the pizza though.

We have been spending lots of time working on Dave's tummy time. It's definitely paying off-check out those biceps! Sometimes I really think he's going to push himself off and crawl.

And of course he practices that smile 24/7.

He also learned that he has a tongue. And he sticks it out all the time. I have had several conversations with him about this being rude, so far it's not sinking in.

Another video for your viewing pleasure--this one is of him waking up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbtvNWnVkvc

7 Weeks

We're still catching up on posts now that I'm back to work. And Josh came down with pneumonia this week-thankfully he's getting over it pretty quick. So, here are a couple of 7 week pictures and videos so I can finally catch up!







We went to visit Josh's great-grandma...making her Dave's great-great-grandma. She loves babies!















Dave loves his carseat. Or maybe he just knows it means he gets to ride in the car...























More smiles, sorry I can't get enough.










And we just used Dave to figure out what to have for dinner. We put him between two options and whichever one he turned to was the winner. Kind of a fun game. I highly recommend it if you happen to have an infant at your disposal.


Here are some links to the latest Dave videos I posted on youtube.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbdAOPL2ygw



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBjW4RDGW8Y

Visit to Evansville (6 weeks update)

I promised I would update about visiting my family down in Evansville (Newburgh really)-so here goes.

Josh and I took a week's vacation (just the end of my maternity leave) and headed down for Dave to meet lots of new people with the added bonus of relaxation. It was a great trip!

We split the time between my mom and dad's (proud grandparents all around) and with all the babysitters Josh and I got to go on a couple of dates. Very nice for new parents! Tony took us to something called Quiz Night which was super fun, even though we didn't win (good try though team).

Mom also hosted a little open house for people to come meet Dave-thanks to everyone who came...it was wonderful to see everyone.

Alright, on to pictures. My grandpa (one of the Dave's he is named after) was absolutely smitten with the little fella, as you can see-

He also got to meet his Uncle Tony. It took a little warming up for Ton to gain Dave's good graces...

Dave was a little skeptical at first.

Since we were off, Josh got to dress Dave in his favorite outfits. The poor kid was stuck in footie pjs when I was dressing him.

He is loving his jumpman sock hat.

And finally, we took a four generation picture with my mom and grandpa-pretty cool.

Well, since Dave is already 7 weeks, I have a post to catch up-so look for that here in a couple of days. Hope everyone is well!

Smiles All Around

Quick post just to mark Dave's accomplishment-I'll post more about our trip to Newburgh/Evansville in a couple of days.

Here is what Dave did right before we left last Sunday (the 3rd)












And if you go to this youtube video, you can see how far he has come in just over a week!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp9Eym7wSDo

Happy New Year...5 Weeks Old!

This video is from a couple of weeks ago-I think he was 3 weeks at the time. Dave has a daily battle with hiccups, so I felt it was only appropriate to post his struggle with them. So far, we have yet to find a cure. If you have any suggestions, comment below!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcopleb2BFs

A friend of mine from college (Liz) sent Dave this adorable outfit. His latest ambition is to be Freddie Mercury (as you can see, he's practicing in this picture)

Pooped out after all that singing practice.

Josh and I have been working on getting Dave out and about more often. Yesterday we took a trip to Walmart, Mi Pueblo (best Mexican), and later we perused the Marion mall. Dave loves his Snugli -Josh carried him around in it all afternoon and he slept the entire time. Sweet.

Well I hope everyone had a great start to the year! We're headed down to E-ville for a week to show Dave off to everyone down there. And when we get back, my maternity leave is over, wah wah wah. I am excited to get out of the apartment more often though. Kinda getting cabin fever.

After practicing some "tummy time" on the floor, I flipped Dave over to capture his super cute Mommy's All Star outfit. What is he looking at? Oh, just the IU/Michigan game on the TV. An IU fan from birth!