ole schnikees: trevor :: 9th week / 2 months

4/8/14

"daddy's little deputy"

thursday & friday we got another snow storm in the longest, snowiest, coldest winter ever. but friday was his 2 month birthday and 2 month checkup so we went into eau claire. the drive in was ok but the drive back, particularly in bloomer, was very snowy; hard to even get into our driveway.

2 months: trevor is now 11 lbs 7 oz and 24 inches long; that's a 2 pound gain and nearly 3 inches. dr sarumi said it's not very often babies grow more in length than in weight :) our long boy; no wonder he's almost too long for 3 month clothes. his head circumference has also grown an inch. dr sarumi said he's still perfect! also, she confirmed that the little spot on his back is a birth mark. she said we're lucky he's getting the 5-6 hour feeding stretch at night. trevor also got his first set of shots and was a champ and the tough guy we've known him to be. he cried for only a couple seconds but once i was able to pick him up, he stopped. and thank goodness, otherwise i would have likely cried as well.

4/4/14

he doesn't look so long in this pic with his scrunched up legs

but he was on the tired side and wasn't really into it

saturday we went up to the cities and grama got to babysit for the second time as al and i went to the annual softball beer bust for johnny's men's team. meg and the twins came to mom's just before we left for the beer bust to meet/see trevor. the beer bust was a good time with good friends as usual and the first time i had more than 1 beer. i didn't drink much and stopped drinking once the beer portion was done since i was missing my baby and wanted to be able to feed him once we got home. once we left the beer bust we went over to manda & johnny's house and played some cards against humanity, so much laughter! we were home by 10 but after leaving at 230 that was quite the long time away from my boy. momma missed him. oh how the thoughts change now that i'm a mom :)

sunday mom and i went baby shopping :) we went to savers, goodwill and once upon a child in woodbury. trevor got a couple new clothes, some sweet books and a rocking giraffe (much like the usual rocking horse). i've been itching to garage sale for months now so these stores helped feed that for now. with me not going back to work, hospital bills, and having spent so much on propane this winter, i'm trying to be very frugal and stick to our budget so that i don't stress out about money. (our one income household doesn't leave us much, if any, wiggle room in the money department)

then sunday afternoon, we all went over to shane and jodi's house so they could meet trevor and so the boys could watch wrestlemania... it was good to see them and we had good food! jodi and i went through a bunch of baby clothes. it was also good for their dogs to be around a baby for when baby L comes in july and also so we could see how tator would do with other dogs/people around the baby. they all did great. i didn't take a single picture all weekend :(

other randoms:

this week we started working on more of a sleeping schedule. i felt like i didn't know at all what he needed or wanted or when he'd sleep. so i read up on a few things and decided to start putting him down for a nap (we usually just hold him or leave him in the same, noisy room we're in to sleep) whenever he appeared tired. i also started writing down when he ate and slept in a notebook so i could start to see trends. it's working well so far. he takes 4 shorter naps during the day (although they're longer in his crib or playpen than they were in the living room) and hasn't had any issues sleeping at night (knock on wood). i still have to figure out how to get him to stick to a somewhat schedule and have good naps when we're not at home, but i'm sure that will come.

i also hit a point in the happiness project that i'm reading, that really struck home with me. and that is that time is fleeting and you have to soak in all the present moments, even the tiny ones that usually go unnoticed. that is throwing me for a bit of a loop as it makes me want to hold him every second and rock him to sleep every time and pick him up/soothe him every time he cries. but all i've read/researched kind of says the opposite. i want him to be on schedule and sleep well but i also know this time with him little will be gone before i know it. i'm trying to allow myself to do both, but i think i'm more focused on relishing in the time that i have with him as my little baby!

smiley boy!

he smiles at me just about every morning now :)