Month Two: Grunts McGee

And, just like that, Tasso is TWO months old! Jesh... stop growing up little man!

These past few weeks have been a bit more "memorable" because I haven't been in as much of a sleep haze as the first few weeks, thankfully, but they've still flown by in the blink of an eye.

2 months old!

Hanging by teddy

Rolls on rolls... not amused by mamarazzi

Tasso Thomas, you are seriously the CUTEST little baby ever. EVER! I know I'm biased because I'm your mommy... but that face... ah! It just melts my heart :) You are such a sweet baby. And, you've been making mommy and daddy's journey into parenthood pretty darn easy!

You have started getting more of a personality these past few weeks, and it's so much fun to watch you observe and grow each day. You are quite inquisitive and alert (you've been such an alert baby since day 1)! You like to look at your surroundings and take everything in... you especially love staring at ceiling fans, people's faces and your new mobile in your crib.

Sweetest little face :)

You love your activity mat

Mesmerized by your new mobile!

You are also very NOISY! Ha. You make so many sounds. As soon as you turned 4 weeks old, you started grunting. All of the time! Grunt, grunt, grunt. Happy grunts, hungry grunts, sleepy grunts... it is pretty darn cute :)  Those grunts have subsided into coos and you've been "talking" up a storm! We just love listening to you! And, we love to "talk" back to you... we have our own little conversation of "ohhs" and "ahhs" all day long.

And, you are such an active little guy.... ALL the time! When you dream... you flail your arms around and kick your legs and move your head back and forth... when we hold you, you like to squirm, squirm, squirm... when you lay on your back, you like to kick those little legs of yours... I can just tell that you want to move, move, move... and I get a glimpse of what my future has in store... ha :)

You also try to stand up when we hold you and launch off us... you are SO strong, it's unbelieveable that you're only 2 months old! You also like to roll onto your side or kick your legs up in the air, so I have a feeling you'll be rolling over soon! Watch out :)

2 MONTH OVERVIEW

MILESTONES

• Smiling - this happened around 4 weeks, and you're such a smiley little guy. We just love it when you smile (and when you smile in your sleep!)
• Cooing - you found your voice and you love to talk, talk, talk! It the sweetest little sound. EVER!
• Holding your head up (you've had pretty good head control for a while now) but you're pretty darn good and holding up that melon of yours

We had our first trip back to Madison

You had your 40-day blessing at church

We spent our first overnight in the city for mommy and daddy's 3rd anniversary celebration

LIKES

• Eating (duh!) just take a look at those rolls... 

• Looking around "observing" everything - you especially love looking at ceiling fans, your new mobile and people's faces

• Smiling and making faces - you have the sweetest little smile EVER! and you love to smile at daddy and mommy!

• Your bouncer - you moved on from your swing and you really like lounging and snoozing in your little bouncer

Sweetest smile!

I love all your little faces!

Snoozin' in your bouncer

Little lamb!

DISLIKES

• Sleeping in your crib (for more than 45 minutes) we're working on this one and hopefully you'll be snoozing in there in no time!

• Taking naps... you especially don't like to nap around other people as you're afraid you're going to miss you (what people like to call FOMO)

• Tummy time... you're still not the biggest fan of being on your belly for long periods of time, but you're getting really good at lifting

Hair: You lost your baby hair on top and your "new" hair is growing in... it's definitely darker and looks brown. We'll see what the final color will be :) 

Eyes: Your eyes are really dark, they look like they're bluish-brown, but I think they're turning brown.

Weight:

• Birth: 8lbs 4oz
• 1 week: 9lbs
• 1 month (5 weeks): 12lbs 11oz
• 2 months (9 weeks): 15lbs 1oz

Length:

• Birth: 20 1/4" (they told us you were 22 inches, which was false, as your official "record of birth" states otherwise!)
• 1 week: 21 1/4"
• 1 month (5 weeks): 23 1/4" 
• 2 months (9 weeks): 24 1/2"

Head:

• Birth: 34.5 cm
• 1 week: 37 cm
• 1 month (5 weeks): 39 cm
• 2 months (9 weeks) 41 cm

You're in the 92% for weight, 95% for height and 91% for your head. Our big, healthy boy!

Eating: you still eat every 2-3 hours during the day (sometimes more) and 4-6 hours at night. Bottom line, you just love to eat! We introduced a bottle around 4-5 weeks and you took it like a champ. We need to get better about feeding you a bottle more regularly (mommy hates the process of pumping, so we don't do it as often as we should...) but you drink about 2-3.5 oz when you do.

Sleep: you've gotten on a pretty good sleep routine of one stretch of 4.5 -6 hours and then another 3 hour stretch. You generally go to sleep between 7:30-8:30pm and you wake up for the day between 6:30-7:30am. The amount of time you sleep in between varies, but we're working on sleeping for longer periods of time (hopefully soon!). You still sleep in our room in your rock 'n play at night, but you either sleep in your crib or in your bouncer (or stroller or car seat) for naps. You still take quite a few "cat" naps during the day... usually 2 naps in the morning about 45 minutes to an hour each and 2 naps in the afternoon before bed... you usually don't sleep for more than 45 minutes to an hour (sometimes you'll do a longer stretch here and there) or stay awake longer than 2-3 hours at a time. We're working on transitioning you into your crib, so that's a work in progress!

Overall, you are such a happy, mellow little man. You are SO good around company and you are very mild mannered. The only time you get upset and/or cranky is when you get overtired and/or we don't feed you fast enough (just like daddy!). You have found your little voice though, so we hear your little "wahh" from time to time, but you make the cutest little cry face! Fortunately, we don't see it too often. You are such a joy and we just love you to pieces!

Here are a few pics of life lately...

Mom and dad's 3 year anniversary dinner!

Our sweet little fam 

Your 40 day blessing celebration with Papa Tom!

Your first trip to the city at the Lincoln Park Zoo

Mommy and Tasso

Daddy and Tasso

Chillin'

Look at those chins!

Little Tass-o-saurus Rex!

We love you SO much our little Tasso bean! Life with you just keeps getting better and better!

Month One: Tasso Thomas, Our Little Eating Machine

I can't believe our baby boy is ONE month old!?!

Such a big boy!

That face!

Honestly, where did the time go? I know everyone tells you that time goes by fast, but man, does it go by quick!

I've been trying to write this post for the past week or so, but, as I've learned, trying to get a solid chunk of time to doing anything these days is nearly impossible! Let's just say that the past few weeks have been a bit of a blur as days blend together... and nights blend into days, considering I'm up around the clock! The term "time" has lost a bit of it's meaning on me, since 3am or 3pm, it's Tasso time! Needless to say, we've been busy adjusting to life with our little Tasso bean, and we just love him so :)

Every day has been a new adventure, and I've been learning and adapting to life as a mommy. It's been completely amazing and utterly exhausting (in the best possible way)! I have SO much to say... but I'll save that for another post.

Tasso T, I just love being your mommy! You are the sweetest little love bug, I (we) love you SO much and we can't imagine our lives with you. You are such a content, mellow little baby and I could literally stare at your sweet little face all day... and sometimes I do... as I can't believe that you're ours... that we created you. You're our sweet little angel and you make us SO incredibly happy :)

That face...

Our beautiful boy

Not to say that you haven't given us a run for our money... those sleepless nights sure do take a toll! You were giving us a good 4-5 hour stretch of sleep at night, which was amazing, but once you hit 4 weeks, you reverted back to waking up every 2-3 hours (or more) to eat. You hungry little man! You're like clockwork and eat basically every 2 hours during the day, you're quite predictable, which I appreciate :)

Mommy is a bit "type A" and likes routines and planning and scheduling and getting things accomplished... and having YOU has really me realize that's not quite possible now. Ha! I'm on YOUR schedule now. We are both adjusting to our new life together, and we are settling into our own little routine. I love spending my days with you and watching you grow... it's pretty amazing to see how much you've already changed in a few short weeks.

I could gush and gush about how much we love you... but I wanted to share a quick recap of your first month of life.

As I look back to recount what we've done the past few weeks, I have to say, we haven't done a whole lot! There have been lots of snuggle sessions and spending time at home, visits from family and friends, long walks in the stroller, dinner outings and a few shopping trips! I don't know where the the time has gone, as this month has flown by in the blink of an eye.

Here are a few pics of life over the past few weeks ...

Snuggle time with mommy

Daddy/Tasso time

Snoozin' in your swing

Passed out in the car seat. Those cheeks!

Visits with Mimi and poppy!

Cousin Blake loves you!

So adorable! You and cousin Brayden. 

YiaYia and her Tasso!

Aunt K holding you for the first time. So in love!

1 MONTH OVERVIEW

Likes

• EATING! You're a non-stop eating machine :) I think you would eat 24/7 if I let you, our little chunky monkey.

• Naps with Daddy... especially when you snuggle down into the horizontal stomach position, it's so precious :)

• Your changing table... you love to be on your changing table! Maybe it's the fact that you're SO happy after you take a poop (and you poop about 20 times a day!) or that you love being sans diaper, but we love to talk to you and make faces while we change you, and you love laying there looking up at us... it's so sweet! 

• Bathtime (Daddy says, he's not sure if Tasso or mommy likes bathtime more, ha!) but you love sitting in your little tub as we wash you. Who wouldn't love it!?

• Stroller rides with Mommy... you love to be in your stroller (when it's moving!) and you fall asleep almost instantly when we go for our daily walks. 

Your favorite position

So sweet...

You were so alert, right from birth

Pooh bear after bath time!

Dislikes

• Falling asleep... it's like a battle sometimes to get you to go down for a nap... you fight sleep and try and keep those eyes open as long as possible... but when you finally go down, you sleep pretty well :)

• Tummy time - you don't really like being on your tummy yet, but I think that's pretty common at this stage. You're getting so good at lifting that big noggin' of yours, though!

• Being swaddled with your arms in... you love to flail those long arms, and you don't like being constricted when you sleep, so we moved to the sleep sack right away and that seems to work

• Warm weather. You're not a fan of this heat, especially when you're stuck in your car seat! But, who would blame you? I don't like it either!

Swing snoozin'

Sleeping in your rock n' play

Nicknames: Tasso T, Tasso Bean, Taco (my family loves to call you this!), Muffin Man

Hair: Auburn (you've starting losing your hair on top, you're our little balding baby!)

Eyes: Bluish gray

Weight:

• Birth: 8lbs 4oz
• 1 week: 9lbs
• 1 month (5 weeks): 12lbs 11oz

Length:

• Birth: 20 1/4" (they told us you were 22 inches, which was false, as your official "record of birth" states otherwise!)
• 1 week: 21 1/4"
• 1 month (5 weeks): 23 1/4" inches

Head:

• Birth: 34.5 cm
• 1 week: 37 cm
• 1 month (5 weeks): 39 cm

Eating: every 2-3 hours (or less) during the day, every 2-5 hours during the night

Sleep: you were giving us one 4-5 hour stretch at night for a few weeks, but as you've gotten older, that has turned back to 2-3 hours

As you can see, you've been growing like a weed! Slow down, buddy. You were only able to wear your newborn clothes for a week or 2, and I was sad when I had to put them away... you're not my tiny baby anymore! But, I'm so so happy that you're thriving and such a happy and healthy little guy. You make mommy and daddy so proud, Tasso! We can't wait to see what the next month has in store for us :)

And, here are a few more pics...

Car ride home from the hospital

Sleeping in mommy's arms. So tiny!

Snoozin' in the stroller 

Snuggles with Mommy

Cuddlin' with Daddy

Our first dinner out at Gibson's to celebrate YiaYia's birthday!

Okay, I could go on and on, but I'll stop here :)

Cheers to your first month of life, Tasso Thomas! You bring us such joy. We love you!