This ones for you Amy :)

As requested here are some photos:
:D

he is like a little tree frog :D

Checkin' out his little brother

does Hunter look huge, or does Keegan look small?

I love his smile :)

for more, check out my facebook album :)

Life as I know it

It seems like forever since I have updated, although it has been only a week and a half since my last post. Hunter is growing more and more each day, I love watching his little personality come out. He is so full of energy and such a little goof! I have been trying to get him to widen his vocabulary a little bit and encourage talking more. he will make the "ph" sound (as in fish) when he wants goldfish crackers while signing for more. so cute. :) and last night we had tacos, so I asked him if he could say "taco." after only a little more prodding, he says "gaco." lol. I love it!

Keegan is already a month old!! how did that happen? and growing so fast. at our appointment last week he measured up at 7lb 14oz and 21.5 inches. he is more alert and is sleeping a little bit better through the night, also better muscle control than that first week!
the best part: he grinned at me the other day! So precious!

Ryan is busy with work and his EMT class, and classes begin for me on monday :(
The good news is that in 8 weeks i am done with my two online classes!

i will have to cut this a little short, baby keegan is crying... dinner time!

Regressing...just a little

We have decided that Hunter is not quite ready for a toddler bed yet. He was doing okay with taking his morning naps and eventually would go to sleep at night, but he was not sleeping at all during his afternoon nap. Plus it is just too hard for me right now to try to make sure he stays in bed when most of the time I would put him down for a nap then have to feed the baby. So after a weekend of trying to get him used to a new bed, we decided it was best to wait a bit longer.
:)

Love Love xoxo

Hunter loves to give Keegan hugs and kisses :)
all these pictures are in my facebook photo albums, but here are a few of the best ones...

His New Bed

Hunter has gotten much better at going to sleep in his bed, it only took a half hour today for him to go down for his nap! :) and not nearly as much crying this time! mostly just him doing his usual babbling himself to sleep mixed with trying to sneak out of his room. hehe.

Here is a picture of him sleeping in his new bed during his first time taking a nap in it.

My Big Boy

Hunter has officially been moved into his new toddler bed! :)
After an hour and a half (of talking, and getting out of bed and banging on the wall), he fell asleep in his new bed for his morning nap, and after an hour and 15 min of talking to himself I let him get up from his afternoon nap. and tonight after a mere 15 minutes of fighting sleep, he is peacefully sleeping in his new bed! :) yeay!
My little man is growing up!
And it is oh so cute!
That is all.

Incisors & Molars

When Hunter finally got his first tooth it was the two bottom middle ones (central incisors). In the months to follow he has gotten 6 more teeth, all on the top gum. Both central and lateral incisors, and just last week his first molars on both the left and right side (his teeth always seem to come through in pairs).
Well today I noticed two more teeth coming through, ON THE BOTTOM this time!! Yay!
Hunter is finally cutting his bottom two lateral incisors.
So total tooth count for Hunter is 10! Wow.
Now we wait for some bottom molars and few cuspids ;)
hehe.

Pictures!

I have been trying to take a few pictures of Keegan everyday since they change so much the first month, here are a few of them and links to the facebook albums so you can check 'em all out (if you so desire ;) ).

Keegan:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2021032&l=96668&id=178200794

some of Hunter:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2023185&l=c9942&id=178200794





I have also Added the links to the list in the right hand column -------->

WHAT!?!?!?

60 minutes tonight was about motherhood. they talked about surrogates, and birthing options, nursing -the usual things associated with having a baby.
But then, there was a story about Reborns. Baby dolls that are made to look like real babies. People pay anywhere from $500 to $2,000 for these dolls!
Here comes the crazy part: some people who buy these dress them up and take them to the park and on walks in strollers and act as though they are real babies!
Weird.
What made me really sad about it though was the interview with one of these women who pretend like they are real babies. This lady said they were so great because you had all of the good things about babies with none of the bad. no changing diapers, no crying, and they stay babies forever.
I just thought to myself, is she crazy? The best part of having babies is being able to comfort them when they cry, seeing them smile and laugh and watching them grow. Sure changing diapers isnt all that great, but everything else makes up for that. Babies are so wonderful in all that they do how could anyone think that a life like doll could be better than the real thing?
Sad. Really.

One last thing, they had a story about nursing which i'm all for, but please people, do not nurse your children until they are 8 or 9 years old! Don't you think that is a little too old?

okay, enough rambling for tonight....

Another Mini Ryan?

I have been looking back at baby pictures of Hunter to see how much Hunter and Keegan look alike. Ryan has said from the first day that Keegan looks more like me. I thought so at first too, but looking back at Hunter's baby pictures i'm not so sure. So you decide, does Ryan have another mini me, or does Keegan look a little bit more like his mommy?

Hunter and Keegan the first day in the hospital

Hunter at about 2 months


What do you think?