So, today BudBud is 6 months old. We took some pictures of him so hopefully we'll get them online this weekend.
We cannot believe that it's been 6 months since we first held him. It's been the quickest 6 months of our lives. I'm sure in 6 years we will look back and say it's been a quick 6 years.
He's almost sitting up on his own. He's rolling over at will and when we go up to get him in the morning, he's on his belly. He's still sleeping through the night. There are times we wake up and can hear him on the baby monitor cooing and gabbering to himself. We wait a little bit and he soon falls back to sleep. We figure if he was hungry or something, he'd let us know. He can go from happy and giggling to "I'm starving and I'll die in 1 minute if I don't have a bottle". When he's in this stage, there is NO giving him food; only a bottle will do.
A new milestone is in the works. BudBud is spending the night at Grandma and Grandpa's house. This will be the first time mom has been away from the little guy. Going to be VERY interesting.
That's it for now.
God is Good,
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Yellow and Orange Foods (Mar 8)
Jonathan started eating yellow and orange vegetables this evening. Based on Connie's recommendation, his first vegetable for us to try with him was sweet potatoes. He wasn't too sure of the sweet potatoes in the first couple of bites, but then he decided that he liked the flavor and texture and was all albout getting more of them. Here is the link to the first of the eight pictures of his first experience eating vegetables. (picture) He did make a little bit of a mess, but what can you expect for a 6 month old.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Drama at Daycare (Feb 19th)
We had our first "incident" at school today.
One of the older children, Jeremiah, was reading a book to BudBud and showing him the pictures when the book fell and hit BudBud in the face. When the book fell, he ended up with a little bruise on the left side of his mouth and a couple of superficial scratches under the lower left side of his mouth (link to picture) BudBud was fine and was just smiling and looking around, but Jeremiah was so upset that he had hurt BudBud that he threw the book in the trash. Connie, the teacher, said that it took about an hour and a half for Jeremiah to calm down from the incident. It probably did not help that Drew got mad at Jeremiah because he thought that he hurt BudBud on purpose and would not talk to him for awhile. Drew is 4 1/2 years old and loves BudBud and is so excited when he sees him.
Luckily Connie was able to rescue the book that had been the cause of all of this drama.
One of the older children, Jeremiah, was reading a book to BudBud and showing him the pictures when the book fell and hit BudBud in the face. When the book fell, he ended up with a little bruise on the left side of his mouth and a couple of superficial scratches under the lower left side of his mouth (link to picture) BudBud was fine and was just smiling and looking around, but Jeremiah was so upset that he had hurt BudBud that he threw the book in the trash. Connie, the teacher, said that it took about an hour and a half for Jeremiah to calm down from the incident. It probably did not help that Drew got mad at Jeremiah because he thought that he hurt BudBud on purpose and would not talk to him for awhile. Drew is 4 1/2 years old and loves BudBud and is so excited when he sees him.
Luckily Connie was able to rescue the book that had been the cause of all of this drama.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Parents are not as much fun as Pre-Schoolers
BudBud has been going to 'school' (our word for his daycare) for three weeks now and we could not be more pleased. There are nine other children at the school, one of the nine is another baby and the other eight are under kindergarten age.
Since he has been going to school, it seems that mom and dad are not energetic enough to keep him entertained throughout the day on the weekend and the recent holidays. I guess that two forty plus year olds do not provide the visual and mental stimulation that eight children between the ages of one to six do.
The children love enteracting with the babies. The primary teacher allows the kids to help feed the babies once the baby is over five months old and she has a sign-up sheet for the children to sign-up to take turns helping feed the babies. From the reports we have been given, they are patiently waiting till BudBud turns five months so they can help feed him, but they have another month and a half to wait.
He is learning 'Baby Sign' at school so we are getting the same books for home so we can work with him also and reinforce what he is learning there and so we will understand what he is 'saying' when he signs to us when he gets a little older. He also enjoys sitting with the other children during art and singing circles and really likes listening signing by the teachers and the other children.
We consider ourselves truly blessed to have found his school.
God is good.
Since he has been going to school, it seems that mom and dad are not energetic enough to keep him entertained throughout the day on the weekend and the recent holidays. I guess that two forty plus year olds do not provide the visual and mental stimulation that eight children between the ages of one to six do.
The children love enteracting with the babies. The primary teacher allows the kids to help feed the babies once the baby is over five months old and she has a sign-up sheet for the children to sign-up to take turns helping feed the babies. From the reports we have been given, they are patiently waiting till BudBud turns five months so they can help feed him, but they have another month and a half to wait.
He is learning 'Baby Sign' at school so we are getting the same books for home so we can work with him also and reinforce what he is learning there and so we will understand what he is 'saying' when he signs to us when he gets a little older. He also enjoys sitting with the other children during art and singing circles and really likes listening signing by the teachers and the other children.
We consider ourselves truly blessed to have found his school.
God is good.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
First Christmas
Last week, we took BudBud to the mall and had his pictures taken with Santa. He did very good and did not cry when we sat him on Santa's lap. Of course, he is too small to tell Santa what he wants for Christmas but it was one of those things that mom wanted done.
Throughout this week, mom dressed him in all of the somewhat mandatory "baby's first Christmas" clothes. The logic was that he had to get them worn this week because he would never have his first Christmas again. There will be pictures posted in all of his various outfits. He looked very cute in all of his outfits but I think he got a little tired of modeling for us.
We had a wonderful first Christmas with BudBud. We know that he won't remember his first Christmas when he grows up, but we enjoyed making the memories that we will be able to tell him about when he gets older.
BudBud gave daddy a small scrapbook that he made (with a little help from mom). The scrapbook had "Father" as a cut out for the cover and it contained pictures of daddy and baby, a couple of three generation photos of baby, daddy and grandpa and then some pictures of BudBud. Daddy was very touched with the gift.
Over the years I have notice that it is funny how gifts that require assembly or have to be untangled from all of the packing that them come in, automatically go to dad after getting opened for dad's "magic touch" to make them available for the child to play with. Daddy got this privlege this year to assemble the jumperoo, and to unpack the toys that BudBud received.
No matter what we received under the tree, the best gift we received this year is the blessing that God gave us in this wonderful child. We have truly been blessed with him becoming part of our lives and look forward to many more years and many more Christmas' with him.
God is good.
Throughout this week, mom dressed him in all of the somewhat mandatory "baby's first Christmas" clothes. The logic was that he had to get them worn this week because he would never have his first Christmas again. There will be pictures posted in all of his various outfits. He looked very cute in all of his outfits but I think he got a little tired of modeling for us.
We had a wonderful first Christmas with BudBud. We know that he won't remember his first Christmas when he grows up, but we enjoyed making the memories that we will be able to tell him about when he gets older.
BudBud gave daddy a small scrapbook that he made (with a little help from mom). The scrapbook had "Father" as a cut out for the cover and it contained pictures of daddy and baby, a couple of three generation photos of baby, daddy and grandpa and then some pictures of BudBud. Daddy was very touched with the gift.
Over the years I have notice that it is funny how gifts that require assembly or have to be untangled from all of the packing that them come in, automatically go to dad after getting opened for dad's "magic touch" to make them available for the child to play with. Daddy got this privlege this year to assemble the jumperoo, and to unpack the toys that BudBud received.
No matter what we received under the tree, the best gift we received this year is the blessing that God gave us in this wonderful child. We have truly been blessed with him becoming part of our lives and look forward to many more years and many more Christmas' with him.
God is good.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
3 Months Old Today
Well, it's been a while since I've added anything to this blog. There has been quite a few things happen.
The most recent is that BudBud is exactly 3 months old today. We cannot believe it. Mom had a little breakdown this morning because she wanted to spend today with him. We both have to work, so that was out of the question. She survived.
He's slept through the night 3 out of the last 4 nights. It was very nice. We try to get him into bed about 8, but it ends up being somewhere around 9. He starts making little cooing noises about 5am. We don't jump up and grab him, we let him coo for a while. When he can't stand it anymore, he'll start crying. Dad gets up and changes him while mom prepares to nurse. I hand him off to mom and I jump in the shower. We're getting a routine going.
The other milestone we had this past was that mom went back to work. It was a rough Wednesday last week. We found a wonderful daycare that is more than just a daycare. It's a Montessori type of daycare. The lady has 10 kids that her and her husband take care of. There are only 2 babies and the others are up to Kindergarten age. She's been doing it for 29 years and she has children of children that she's taken care of. We are truly blessed to find her.
I need to post more pictures and I hope to have them up before the week is up.
'Til then,
God is Good.
The most recent is that BudBud is exactly 3 months old today. We cannot believe it. Mom had a little breakdown this morning because she wanted to spend today with him. We both have to work, so that was out of the question. She survived.
He's slept through the night 3 out of the last 4 nights. It was very nice. We try to get him into bed about 8, but it ends up being somewhere around 9. He starts making little cooing noises about 5am. We don't jump up and grab him, we let him coo for a while. When he can't stand it anymore, he'll start crying. Dad gets up and changes him while mom prepares to nurse. I hand him off to mom and I jump in the shower. We're getting a routine going.
The other milestone we had this past was that mom went back to work. It was a rough Wednesday last week. We found a wonderful daycare that is more than just a daycare. It's a Montessori type of daycare. The lady has 10 kids that her and her husband take care of. There are only 2 babies and the others are up to Kindergarten age. She's been doing it for 29 years and she has children of children that she's taken care of. We are truly blessed to find her.
I need to post more pictures and I hope to have them up before the week is up.
'Til then,
God is Good.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Two Months old today.
We cannot believe it’s been two months since our little bundle of joy was born. We cannot believe the way he’s changed, how he’s grown and the personality that is starting to emerge. He rolled over a few weeks ago (November 1, 2008, to be exact). He’s smiling at mom and dad. He smiled at me yesterday when I was tickling his feet.
Speaking of yesterday, I’ve learned we (mom and dad) need to keep an extra set of clothes for ourselves in the truck along with Bud-Bud’s extra clothes. It’s amazing how much that little guy can expel when he has a mind to it.
Since it’s his 2-month birthday, we need to get some more shots of him. We want to have one of those picture frames that have the 12 cutouts. Normally, it’s used for school pictures, but I want one for each month of his first year. Then we’ll do the whole school picture thing. Which makes me wonder; is there something that has 19 or 20 openings? From Birth to Graduation?? Hmm… Maybe I’ll make one. :)
God is Good,
Speaking of yesterday, I’ve learned we (mom and dad) need to keep an extra set of clothes for ourselves in the truck along with Bud-Bud’s extra clothes. It’s amazing how much that little guy can expel when he has a mind to it.
Since it’s his 2-month birthday, we need to get some more shots of him. We want to have one of those picture frames that have the 12 cutouts. Normally, it’s used for school pictures, but I want one for each month of his first year. Then we’ll do the whole school picture thing. Which makes me wonder; is there something that has 19 or 20 openings? From Birth to Graduation?? Hmm… Maybe I’ll make one. :)
God is Good,
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