3 Months Old!

Happy 3 months Brady!!!

He's doing awesome.  The month of November was filled with a few firsts for our little guy...first Halloween (celebrated late this year due to Sandy!), first Thanksgiving, first trip to the mall...!  My favorite first though was his first belly laugh!!!  I'm not sure there's anything more adorable than the first little squeaky laughs out of a little tiny person!  I quickly discovered that "Itsy Bitsy Spider" is a huge hit, and have been obsessively singing it to him over and over just to hear his giggles!  He especially likes it when I make itsy-bitsy crawl on his head, and make the rain "come down".  Ohhh the joys of parenthood! :-)

On a less cutsey note, we successfully made the switch to milk-based formula from soy formula (the soy made for a bound-up tummy a lot of the time).  It's taken a little bit of trial and error to figure out which brand agrees with him best, but I think we've found the magic one!  Of course, nothing can be that easy though, as we've also discovered that milk aggravates his reflux more than soy, so it's back to the doctor next week to find a new magic reflux medicine to go with his magic formula! :-)  Hopefully with all of the stars aligned, we will have a perfectly comfortable, happy little guy!  (Not that he's not happy...he's pretty easygoing...but the comfort thing comes and goes!)

He's got a smile that can melt a heart, little arms and legs that never quit, and an intense, serious face that he makes when he's focusing really really hard on something!  He loves to lay in his playgym and grab onto his favorite toy...a little butterfly!  Staring at himself in the mirror is also a favorite, just like his older brother loves to do!  Can kids recognize how cute they are this young?!

 

 

I've said it before, but I have to say it again...I have NO idea how I got so lucky to have two lovable, fun, easygoing boys like Ty and Brady.  Being their mom is definitely a blast every day!

Thankful

Each year, I have come to love Thanksgiving more and more, not because of the mass amounts of food, or because it's the beginning of my favorite holiday season (which aren't bad reasons, either!), but because it's the time of year when I am faced with the question, "What are you thankful for?", and it always makes me stop and reflect on our year.  Even in the midst of sleepless nights, long days without breaks, and "grown-up" issues to deal with, there are SO many things we have to be thankful for.  Taking the time to think about each of those things is a nice way to connect to the positives in our lives, and let the stressors fall into the background for a while.

This year, most of all, I'm thankful for my family. 

I'm thankful for my new family of four, and for the most amazing three boys that I am fortunate enough to wake up to every day. 

 

 

I'm thankful for moments like these that make me smile...

 

 

 

 

...Faces like these that brighten every day...

 

 

 



 

...And for days like these that make all the exhausting ones worth it.

 



 

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you, from me and my little turkeys!!! 

 

 

Halloween in November

Thanks to hurricane Sandy, Halloween was postponed until the following weekend.  For the second year in a row, we celebrated Halloween in November...how strange is that?!  However, it was a beautiful, chilly fall night, and was the perfect night to venture out and trick-or-treat!

This year, Ty dressed up as Elmo...who else?!

 

And Brady was our little monkey...for about 3 minutes!!!

This about sums up Brady's costume experience...Ty couldn't figure out why the kid wouldn't stop screaming! 

Trick-or-treating was a blast this year!  This image of Ty walking up to his first house, all by himself, carrying his little candy bucket, is most definitely going to be one I'll never forget!

And then he ditched the candy bucket for some serious walking...

You can tell who led this trick-or-treating adventure!

And after walking by himself up a massive hill, and up and down every driveway on that street...he decided this was a much better mode of transportation!

Happy Belated Halloween, everyone!!!

Happy 2 Months To My Brady-Boo!!!

Our little sweetie-pie turned two months old yesterday!  Has it seriously been almost 9 weeks since we met him, already?!  As quickly as it's gone, Eric and I were commenting last night how it seems like he's been a part of our family forever.  It's funny how a new little person can make his way into your life, and you instantly can't even remember what life was like before he came along.  Having two little boys is such a blast, I can't imagine it any other way!

Brady's little personality has come out in full force this past month!  The second his little eyes pop open, he greets us with the biggest, most genuine smile, like seeing our faces is exactly what he was waiting for!  He "talks" up a storm ("ah-goo" is his most frequent word at the moment), and has a squeaky little giggle that can make anyone smile.  He is just such a sweetheart!

His most exciting milestone this month is sleeping through the night!!!  3 times!!!  Well, not consecutive nights, but I'll take what I can get! :-)  He is also starting to show more interest in toys, and his surroundings.  His playmat has lots of eye-catching designs that he loves to look at, and he especially enjoys staring at his cute little face in the mirror!  In the past week he has started to bat at hanging toys, and has accidentally managed to grab them a few times!  (I think everything he does is genius! haha)

The Bumbo seat has made an appearance this week also, which Brady loves!  He must feel like such a big boy in there, because that smile spreads across his face and he kicks his little legs like sitting up is exactly what he wants to be doing! 

It is such a blast watching this little guy grow, explore, and change every single day.  Happy 2 Months, my little Brady-boo!