3 months...

Sooooo I wrote a really long post about how awesome he was at 3 months and I come back to find out it never posted...so this is a slightly abridged version of all of his 3 month awesomeness

Height: 23"
Weight: 13lbs 10 oz!
Sleeping patterns: you started out your 3rd month sleeping through the night. As in sleeping from 9pm-7am. I was ecstatic as I'd JUST started back to work and the next day you were sleeping through. Simply amazing. However! This must have just been a growth spurt thing because you went back to waking every 3-4 hours to eat a few days later. *sigh* But you've always gone right back to sleep so I didn't mind as much. Work in progress...

Eating: still nursing...now I'm pumping...There were grand plans to pump at work and nurse at home but gosh it's hard pumping and working as a resident of a small residency. It was just hard to keep up every 3 hours. So we started supplementing with formula toward the end of the month... You took this well, though I didn't as much. I refused to be the one feeding you a bottle of formula and nursed you as much as I could when at home.

New discoveries: your hands/especially your thumb...I think that was the source of those few nights of long sleep. You'd fuss a little then pop you thumb in your mouth and then ::silence::  =)

Accomplishments: reaching for things/holding toys

Places: You started staying with a babysitter this month. I was nervous about the whole thing...but even more nervous about daycare so we decided to have a sitter, at least until summer time.

New friends: your big cousins - Reed, Sanaa and Kam. Pastor Cowart - who came for a visit one day [one of the greatest feelings was having Pastor Coward pray for you the night before he left. It was a such a blessing to hear those words spoken over you. You are a much loved child]. Babysitter Cassandra and her kids Dylan and Courtney

Xavier's Photo Book

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Weeks 9-12 - first mail, first flight, first sleep though the night!

He's growing so so fast, we just can't keep up!
He's become so vocal, having "conversations" with us, usually in the morning or evening before bed. I'm sure he's gonna be a talker as soon as he get his words together.

After we got the birth announcements in, I sent one to the White House...and we got a card back! His first piece of mail! I heard about this from a college friend and it worked. It's gonna go in a book for him somewhere as a keepsake.

Xavier still doesn't care so much for Nate...sometimes he looks at him, most of the time he ignores him. And same goes for Nate. I'm okay with this relationship...

At 10 weeks I took him on his first plane ride with me to Alabama to visit the fam. I was kinda nervous flying with him. I didn't want to be one of "those" parents with the screeching infant. I read lots of websites and tried to be prepared...which meant I had enough diapers and clothes in case I got stranded somewhere random with him. As a result it was somewhat difficult loading up. Baby + full diaper bag + purse = full hands. I didn't want to carry a stroller so I just held him. I had the mei tai too which was fine for walking through the airport but I quickly learned it was not best for sitting on the plane. But gratefully he slept well on each flight  with few peeps. I did learn that next time I'm carrying the carseat...it was hard to hold him and sleep at the same time :P                                                    

12 weeks...what a cutie he is!
Great smile...still working on getting that laugh out though. He knows where his hands are and are alllllways sucking on them whether he's hungry or not.
I started back to work this week and he started with the sitter. I wasn't as upset about it as I thought I'd be, though the idea of being away from him for over 24 hours was a little overwhelming. But the day was busy and we all survived (Xavi at the sitter's, J overnight with him (1st time), and me at work without my family).
Shouting from the rooftop: 04/25/13 - he slept through the night! I woke up Friday morning and my emotions went from surprise, to disbelief that it actually happened (maybe I'd slept through a feeding, I thought), to surprise that you actually did it! He slept from 10:00-6:45 when I woke him up to eat before dropping him off. I was hesitant to share it with others, but hey, I figured what God has for us is for us, and nothing will "jinx" it. It happened again the next night...I'm hoping this is a new trend and not just a "for a time" thing.

8 weeks/ 2 months/ Easter

8 weeks/2 months
Xavier has really grown so much! It already feels that he's grown out of the newborn stage and is now full -on baby. He so happy first thing in the morning (especially after he eats) and will sit and "chat" with me for a few minutes before letting me know he wants to be picked up. Even his cry has changed from a nonspecific baby cry to one of different pitches depending on how he's feeling (frustrated vs tired vs hurt). Sometimes it's almost like he's yelling at me which at the moment I find amusing. He's overall more enjoyable, especially in the evenings. He's gone from being fussy for no reason to just chilling and chatting it up with us.
2 months also equals first set of shots but he did very well during and after.

Easter
We celebrated his first Easter last weekend. We got that little button down for him (no need for a suit, right?) He was ridiculously cute. J was out of town but I got brave and ventured to church with the babe.  My dilemma: go before nap time or during. (these are my new problems) I decided to go during, and though he didn't sleep, He was very well-behaved, sitting quietly through the service. and slept through lunch time (thanks baby!) No need for an Easter basket either right?

We still have him in the co-sleeper next to me (meaning he's not in his crib yet). He now wakes every  2.5-3 hours in the night to eat (but he thankfully goes right back to sleep), though he nurses every 2 hours during the day. Yup! Still nursing, which I'm grateful for but I'm hoping this spaces out soon and I can keep up with nursing/pumping when I go back to work!

We want more we want more

He got this hat from one of J's coworkers. It'll be a minute before it fits but he's still got that swag (and he knows it!)

So my blogging here is sporadic, I know, but if you want more pics, check out the flickr account.  Literally all of my pics of Xavi go there.

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Tootle-loo!

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Mama's boy?

              

I took this pic of Xavi last week. My mama said he looks like my pic from when I was about 4 months.

What do you think?

Happy 6 weeks to you today, baby boy :) Mama loves you to pieces.

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1 month

Well we've survived our first month...and in my opinion not too much worse for wear.

-eats every 1-2 hours, but can go up to 4 hours between feeds. We're working on this... Prefers boob over bottle, go figure (and thank goodness)

-has slept up to 4 hours at night...but usually wakes every 2

- weighs 9 lbs now! Meaning you've gained over 2 pounds in 4 weeks...wow.

I look at him and my heart skips a beat. Beautiful brown eyes, perfect little lips, crazy man hair, sweet fingers and toes...I am completely in awe that God created and blessed us with such an amazing gift. We have such a huge task ahead of us, raising a son into a Godly man, but I know that He has given and will continue to give us everything that we need.