Cuter by the minute

I'm sure every mother has the "oh, my gosh, he's sooo stinkin' cute!" moments. I had several today. For the first time, he waved "bye bye" to his grandma. My mom has been teaching him to wave every time she leaves and today he mimiced her motion and tried to even wiggle his fingers. CUTE! Luke had him in the baby bjorn for the first time and it was so cute to see father and son together. Now, if I could get Luke to wear it for nine months, he may have some more sympathy for my pregnancy.... ;) He was great, though. Can't believe my baby has grown so much, one of these days I'll be sitting front row to his wedding...*sob* My baby!!

3 month update

It is hard to believe that Seth is already 12 weeks old! He has grown so much, and it's been fun getting to know his personality. He has the "super baby" smile now, which I love. Yesterday I took him to get his pictures done at Kiddie Kandids and at JCPenny Portraits. They turned out really cute. Seth has now added "hello" and "kitty" to his vocabulary. I can also tell he has pretty good comprehension because I will ask him "Seth, where is the kitty?" and he will look around and when he sees it (painted on the wall), he gets a big smile. This morning he actually cooed "kitty" (more like "ki - e"). Super cute.

Seth's Visit to the Doctor

Poor little Sethy was really fussy this past week. He was clawing at his face (self mutilating), and had tons of tiny bloody streaks everywhere from his little nails. His cheeks were red and bumpy and he had extremely dry skin. He also had puss in his left ear and it had a foul odor. After looking online I saw this indicated an ear infection, though it's rare for a baby this young to get it. So, I took him in and after some poking and prodding from the doctor (and some blood curdling screams from Seth), he said Seth did indeed have an ear infection. He also said that baby had eczema and told me to put hydrocortisone and lotion on it twice a day (which is why he was itching his face). So, after giving him his antibiotic and rubbing him down with lotions this morning I notice a drastic difference. His eyes aren't as swollen, there is less puss in his ear, and his cheeks are almost baby soft again! Praise the Lord! I guess it is true that baby's this young don't cry for no reason, we just though he was being feisty - turns out he was in pain. Poor baby!

Seth's First Video!

Here is a video that Luke made of little Sethy.

Sethy from Luke Erickson on Vimeo.

Belly Picts

38 weeks
36 weeks
33 weeks
30 weeks
15 weeks
10 weeks
5 weeks
I know these are SUPER late, but I thought some of you may have wanted to see my belly progression for my pregnancy.

Weekly Photos

Week 8
Week 7
Week 6
Week 5

My Baby is 8 Weeks Old!

Hard to believe two months has already flown by. Our little chunker sure has grown fast! He definitely has more of a personality now, cooing and smiling, grumpy face and grunting, and stealing our hearts every minute of the day. This month has been a lot easier than last, as there is finally some "reward" to the hard work. I have been garage saleing up a storm and have found some great deals on toys and outfits as well as a free power wheels dump truck (that he can't use quite yet...). Progress I've seen in month two:
1) Seth can hold his head up a lot better
2) Seth's personality has become quite a bit more noticible (my guess is that he is a meloncholy/phlagmatic as he loves to take naps, gets grumpy if fussed over, and likes his space)
3) Seth sleeps almost through the night - cluster feeding until about 8pm then out until 2am, feeding, then sleeps until about 6am
4) Diaper explosions are a lot less frequent - either mommy and daddy are getting the hang of it, or baby is taking it easy on us
5) Major growth spurt - I officially packed up 80% of his 0-3 month clothes and have moved on to 3-6 month range. The shocker was that the first time he wore his 3-6 month clothes, my friend commented that it didn't look like it would be fitting for that much longer!
P.S. For you doubters on the last blog - I'm going to have Luke video him saying (screaming) "hungy" one of these nights while I change his diaper and then I'll post it. There is no doubt about it! The other words are a little ify and haven't been consistent, but he definitely knows the word that gets him more food (his little swollen belly is proof of that)!