Wyatt is 3 months old today!!!

Wyatt is three months old today! He is really changing and getting such a personality. He is a social butterfly and smiles at most people he meets! He thinks Mommy and Daddy are funny sometimes and will laugh at us. His head control continues to improve, as evidenced by the video. On Friday he will have a weight check, so we will see how much he has grown!

That's my boy!

Tonight we have on the Iowa/Penn State game on, and Wyatt is very interested! He seems to be liking his bouncy seat, and really liking the football game! :) He was not facing the TV initially, but he was totally stretching his neck to turn around to see what was going on! Very funny... Definitely the son of my husband. :) Go Hawks!

Playing with Daddy...

Wyatt continues to change and pick up new skills... This video is so cute because he is start to respond to us playing with him! He and I had a very good day - I read to him for the first time, and he really seemed to like it. We have a book with all kinds of trucks in it, and his eyes got really wide when we were on the fire truck page! :)



Anyway, tonight Aaron and I had a date night which was a lot of fun. It was nice to spend the day with Wyatt, but then also get some grown up time with Aaron. Now Wyatt has gone to bed, so I need to get to bed soon too! Maybe he will bless me with 5-6 hours straight of sleep... :)

I'm ready for the weekend!

Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday - I am ready for a break! Last night Wyatt didn't sleep the best, therefore I did not sleep the best. It makes the day feel a little longer when I start out tired. Being back to school has been different than I expected it would be - I can remember when I was pregnant and I thought that by the time Wyatt was two months old he would be sleeping through the night! Ha! I didn't know how I would feel about being apart from him every Monday-Friday, and honestly, I still don't have a complete handle on it yet. When I'm at school I am able to completely focus on what I am doing, but when I have down-time, I miss seeing him. Today I didn't get started with my last patient until 3:45, so I didn't get done until 5:30. That is frustrating for me because I want to get home to see my little boy and my hubby!!! But... I still love what I do at school. And I really love my son... As much as I would like to just be a full-time mommy, I know I need to be doing what I'm doing to stay a happy mommy.

Anyway... the cloth diapers are still working out great. I am so happy with how they have held up, and (knock on wood) we have yet to have a "blowout." We do have leaks every now and again, but I attribute that many times to me not changing him frequently enough or needing to put in a doubler (additional absorbent layer). Or, if the diaper isn't put on correctly it can definitely leak. I highly recommend the BumGenius 3.0 cloth diapers to anybody who has a little one in diapers! I'll keep you updated on how it goes once the diapers get a little more interesting with solid food.

And finally, Wyatt is starting to chub up now! Hurray! He has been eating a ton at daycare - to put it in perspective, I pumped about 45 ounces before I went back to school so I would have a back up supply for daycare. Yesterday he ate 17 ounces, and today he ate 18 ounces! I think I sent 10 ounces today, which is a lot for me when I only get one or two times at school to pump. SO... we are going to have to start supplementing him with formula. I'm not thrilled with the idea, but I'm okay with it as long as I keep on pumping at school so he has atleast SOME breastmilk during the day. Right now when I get home from school, I become his human pacifier. It's like he sees me and thinks,"FOOD!!!" lol And, I'm sure that it's the easiest way he knows how to reconnect again. It's very sweet... I'll be sad when it ends!

Wyatt's 2 month pictures

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So these are a little bit belated... but he had on such a cute outfit today, we had to do a little photo shoot. :) I'm going to upload these to my Walmart photo account, so Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, etc. let me know by leaving a comment if you want some pictures and I will print them for you. Just tell me what number and what size (4x6, 5x7, etc.). Isn't he cute! :)

Go Hawks!

It's been a lazy Saturday morning for Wyatt and me. He slept last night from about 9 to 3, then 4 to 6:30. I went bed around 9:30, so I got to sleep for 5 1/2 hours straight! Woohoo! Anyway, the rest of this morning I have basically been a human pacifier. Wyatt eats a little, then sleeps a little, eats a little, sleeps a little... I think he is trying to build my milk supply back up, since I'm sure it's decreased some since I've gone back to school. So, it's a good excuse to sit on the couch and watch the Hawkeyes game! Beat State!

Anyway, the week back to school was good for the most part. It's still tough to leave Wyatt in the morning, and my sleep deficit continues to grow almost as quickly as the US goes into debt. But, I really enjoy what I'm doing at school, and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Right now I'm scheduled to see four patients a day (last year was only two a day), and it pushes me to be efficient. I was afraid that I would forget how to do things after 10 weeks on maternity leave, but it's all coming back!

Pray for Elijah

Our friends from church are going through a tough time right now. Their 13-month old was hospitalized yesterday with a collapsed lung and is now dependent on a machine to breath for him. You can read the full story on Courtney's blog here . Please pray for his complete healing so this sweet little boy can go home!

My first day back to school...

Today I started my five week extramural in Special Care (Geriatric Dentistry), and it was Wyatt's first day to go to the babysitter. There are two other kids there - a 14 month old boy, and a 7 month old girl. This picture is Wyatt and the little girl holding hands today (I shamelessly stole this picture from our babysitter's blog - I figured this one I could post because you can't see the little girl's face... and it is a super cute picture :) ). Anyway, there were a few tears for me this morning, but once I got in the car I was fine.
Anyway, I will post more later - Wyatt is waking up from his nap, and I want to see him!!! :)

Attachment parenting

Two months old, and Wyatt still loves the sling. He definitely fills it up more now, and I bet in a month or two he will want to sit up in it and not lay down!

I was reading in The Baby Book by Dr. Sears about getting babies to sleep better at night, and one of the suggestions is to try to wear the baby in a sling for atleast four hours a day. When we were in Canada, Wyatt probably spent atleast four hours a day in a sling, and he did some of his best sleeping then. Since then, he hasn't spent as much time in the sling,but maybe I should try it again for my last few days before I go back to school!

Today we are headed to Guttenberg to spend the long weekend. Hopefully it will be a restful time for us, and one last hurrah before I go back to school!

Mommy's Little Stinker

Just in case you thought Wyatt was always a happy and content baby... :) This fussy face is because Mommy wanted to take his picture in his new onesie, and apparently today is a Paparazzi-free day. Or, he was just ready to take a nap. :)

I thought this picture was really funny - Wyatt is helping Daddy play a game on the computer. :)