Winston is 2 Months

Winston is now 2 months old.

I took him in last week to his 2 month well check visit.

Here are his stats:

Age: 2 months and 4 days

Date: 10-25-12

Weight: 10 pounds 15 ounces   27%

Length: 23.5 inches   67%

Head Circ: 39.5 cm   34%

He is a healthy, little boy

His pediatrician said Winston is growing great and it right on track for his development.

He did mention to try to get Winston to 'stand up' on our lap to try to gain some muscle on his little, itty, bitty, skinny legs.

It's funny to see the difference between Winston and Lincoln. At 2 months Lincoln was 13 pounds and was mr. chubby buddy.  And now, mr. Winston is mr. skinny winny.

I'm not complaining though, I absolutely love that Winston is still so small.

At the appointment Winston got his first round of shots.

3 pokes and one oral.

Winston was not a fan of the shots. He cried all day long. It was so sad. He would be sleeping but then suddenly he would wake up and just start crying.the.saddest.cry.

It broke my heart.

I held him all day. I even canceled my plans I had for that evening just so I could stay with him.

Luckily he is doing much better now.

(The first case of RSV has hit Utah County-which means we will need to be extra careful with our little guy. So if you have colds or are sick - we would love to see you when you are all better :)  )

He of course loved his bath to help his owies

 

Winston is such a great baby.

We are seriously truly spoiled.

Winston goes to bed around 10:00PM

Wakes up around 4 to eat

Then sleeps til 8:30ish

Then he will have awake time then sleep some more.

Winston laughed for the first time on October 10th.

We were in at my parents house, sitting around the table when he started laughing.

It is the sweetest little sound.

He will still laugh and coo constantly throughout the day.

He is so quick to smile

He loves to stick his tongue out and loves to have his mouth open

(his obsession with having his mouth open has been present since the day he was born)

He coos and gagas 

We just upgraded him to size 1 diaper.

He was still fitting into his newborn size diapers, but I didn't know if we could use up the whole box of diapers before I needed to upgrade them. So, the are nice and big right now, but I'm not complaining because they can hold A TON!

Winston eats around 4 ounces every 3 or 4 hours.

After his long after noon nap he'll eat around 6 ounces.

He is now on size 2 bottle nipple.

Feedings are going to be lots faster now!

He does not like it when his bottle is warmed up in the microwave, he'll throw it up.

He likes warm milk from the tap.

He needs to burn after he eats so his tummy doesn't hurt

Winston is on Formula and is doing great on it!

We can Winston: Winston, WinstonS, Winst, Win and Win Man. Along with baby, brother and bugaboo

Winston has the cutest dimples!!

The one on his right cheek is really deep and you can see it even when he smiles slightly

and the one on his left cheek can be seen with a big smile.

Seriously, so stinking cute.

He's hair is finally starting to grow back on top.

bye bye old man look.

Winston has big, beautiful eyes. And long, dark eyelashes.

He's getting stronger at holding his head up

Winston is still wearing his newborn clothes and some 0-3 months clothes

He loves to swing in his swing

Winston is a big fan of his daddy

and of his big brother...just as long as he isn't smothering him too much

When Winston is tired he fights going to sleep.

He'll get fussy and spit his binky out and almost start thrashing.

It takes him a few minutes to settle down and once he does, he's out

We are still working on tummy time

(I need to be better at it)

Winston loves to play with his play mat that has toys that hang down so he can bat at them

Lincoln loves it too

All in all, Winston is growing up too fast for me

But at the same time I am loving it.

I love that he can interact with us these days.

Ah, I just love him.

 

We Love our beautiful baby boy!

Pumpkin Patch

My little family has a tradition of visiting our favorite pumpkin patch each October.

This patch is in Riverton and we absolutely LOVE IT!

They have rows and rows and rows of pumkins

Free Tractor hay rides

Free corn mazes

and lots of photo opportunities.

So last week for Family Night we went to the Pumpkin Patch.

The weather was cold

but we are so glad we went, even if was only for 45 minutes.

 James was serious about getting the perfect pumpkins

 ...and Lincoln may have been more interested in the Rocks than the Pumpkins

Happy Fall!

I had a birthday

This was a big year for me. I turned 25 on the 8th of October. 25...wow. As my brother-law put it so nicely...I'm closer to 30 now than 20. Thanks Nick :)

I did have a great birthday though. I was pretty nervous that I would be very disappointed though. This was my first birthday (well, technically second) birthday that my mom was around for. She is such a great party planner. See knows how much I enjoy my birthday and she always makes it special. I had emailed my sweet cousin, Tara on Oct. 1st saying we only had one more week til our birthdays (we share the same birthday) and she so nicely said this: "...You need me to make a list for him(James)  or I will! 1. Birthday balloons on your mailbox 2. Delish breakfast 3. Take all the girls out to lunch for your birthday 4. Fab presents!! And that's just the list of what to be done to make up for Becky! Don't even get me started on his list! Lol"  Needless to say, James had big shoes to fill :)

I gave James a great list of things I wanted. Usually he will give me money and say, "happy birthday, go get whatever you want." This year I told him I want to physically open a present and I want it to be a surprise. Well he surly did surprise me...

On the morning of my birthday, James got up with the boys and let me sleep in. He told me before he left for work that he was going to get up early and go buy me flowers, but Winston woke up (at 6 AM) and he figured I would enjoy sleep vs flowers. Ding ding ding! I married a great guy!

When Lincoln got up, James went into his room and I could hear James reminding Lincoln how to sing happy birthday. Next thing I knew they were standing in front of me singing "Happy To Me". I love my sweet boys.

Throughout the whole day he kept calling to tell me Happy Birthday and sent me sweet text messages.

Me and the boys went to go visit James' sisters, Megans grave. We share the same birthday as well. I feel lucky to share a birthday with her. I just wish I could have met her. This was also Winston's first time visiting Megan. I think Megan appreciated it. 

 We also stopped to see Great Grandpa Wright. Linc was graciously sharing grass with him :)

The rest of my day was spent with the boys, running errands and packing because we were leaving for North Carolina the next day!

James got home from work and we went and took the kids to Kelli's house and James surprised me with dinner. He didn't tell me where we were going, he just said reservations were at 6:00. I was soo excited! We haven't had a date night in such a long time. I was so excited for just one adult, one on one time!

Before we left, James handed me a box. Inside this box was a jewelry box and inside that box was a beautiful necklace.  James had surprised me with a necklace that had 2 pendants, one with an L for Lincoln and a W for Winston. I had always worn a necklace with an L on it since Linc was born and since Winston was born, my necklace was outdated.  James so so sweet to pick out a new necklace for me with both of my boys initials. I love love love it!

James ended up taking me to Tuscany. I have never been there before so it was extra awesome! We enjoyed a great evening together and of course enjoyed delish food!

Even though 25 is a big year and I am getting older, this year I had more gratitude than ever! I am so  lucky that I have such a great husband who loves me and our boys, who is such a hard worker, who would do anything for our family. I'm so lucky to be a mom of 2 amazing boys! And most recently, I'm so grateful for my degree! Even though I hope and pray I wont have to work or use that degree, I am so grateful that i have it and i have accomplished my schooling. 

All in all, I had a fabulous birthday! And to top it off, I got to see my parents the next day!!
(be prepared...NC blogging will be happening soon. I took over 1000 pictures :) ) 
 

St. George

On October 6th James had the St. George Marathon, which means we were able to have a little family get away!

James had to work in Vegas earlier that week until Thursday so on Thursday I drove me and the boys to St. George where we met up with James. The boys did surprising well. We had to make an emergercy (not so emergency, but it was very needed) stop in Scipo. I was so grateful for that exit. Lincoln was freaking out because his 'animal' movie was over, and Winston was beyond hungry. So we took a 30 minute pit stop so I could get the boys happy for the rest of our road trip.

I was so happy when I picked James up at the St. George airport (he flew in from Vegas). It was so nice to have another adult in the car. I was so tired of nursery songs and counting songs.

We were able to stay at our Sister in Laws family condo. It was fun to stay with them for the weekend and have a relaxing (for me at least) weekend.

After we got settled in the condo we took the boys to the St. George Temple. I have been trying to teach Lincoln about Temples so I wanted him to see a temple up close. As soon as we pulled up he pointed and yelled, TEMPLE! I love that he can recognize a Temple. (he actually thinks all big, pretty buildings are Temples :) )

I loved being able to talk to Lincoln about the Temple and Jesus while we were there.

 

Later that night we took Linc swimming. It took him a little bit to warm up to the water, but once he did, he was a dare devil. Which of course, is never a good thing while swimming. Needless to say I had about 50 heart attacks watching him try to swim by himself.

The next day we went up Snow Canyon and played at the sand dunes. Linc was in heaven.
These first 3 pictures KILL ME! Linc was running down the hill and fell. I caught it perfectly! :) 

 Linc with his cousin Rock

 Winston enjoyed the shade with daddy

The next morning was the Marathon. James, Taylor, John and Sam all ran it. Lisa and I tried to get up to Snow Canyon to see the boys at mile 13. We encountered some major traffic and missed the boys. Luckily enough we made it to the finish line to see John, Sam and James finish. We weren't lucky enough to see Taylor though, he was flying! He finished 2 minutes before we got to the finish.

The boys all did so good. James ran 3:20. It wasn't his best race, but he knew going into the race that he would get around that time so he was pleased.

 Here comes daddy

After the race the boys showered and we all headed home. It was a quick little trip but so much fun! Congrats all you runners (James, it looks like you're gonna kill John)