Two Months

Our little Mad Man is two months old!

I'm doing my best to make time slow down, but nothing is working! Madden is growing way too fast, but everyday he does something new that melts my heart and that makes it ok. I just packed away all of his newborn outfits and can't believe he was ever that small! When I hold his tiny one-pieces up to him they are now capris.

 

 

These past two months have been the best! I'm still working on getting fully dressed everyday. It's not so much an issue of lazy housewifeness, but baby boy is still working on his spit up problem and I'm tired of washing some of my "never wash" shirts. Jeff has been staying home as much as he can and it's been so fun having my little family together all day long. Jeff will take little breaks throughout the day and come in to play with Madden and it's so cute watching them become little buddies. No one can make Mad smile like Jeff, he really loves his dad.

In just one month, Madden has changed so much! Here's some of his newest tricks...

1. On March 21, Madden weighed in at a healthy 11lbs. 1 oz. and measured 22 1/4 inches! 61st percentile in both. Proof of his growth? We moved to size 1 diapers on March 17th and I'm very grateful for the extra coverage. He's also officially grown out of his newborn clothes...0-3 month cuteness here we come!

2. Favorite thing of all time: Madden lays his head down on my shoulder every time I hold him. He is such a little snuggler, and he'll lay on me for forever even when he's awake.

3. Madden is starting to discover his legs! He kicks those chubby little legs all the time and it's the cutest, especially in the bath.

4. He's has also discovered that Mom has long hair, and he holds onto it with all his might!

5. Jeff and I have some black and tan artwork above our bed that Mad loves to stare at. We spend lots of time snuggling in my bed, and he's constantly staring up at it. He must love the contrast.

6. We still have a little noisemaker! Dolphin noises mainly. And he's still the worlds best grunter. He's even started making a little chuckling noise when he smiles, and the mom in me is convinced it is a little laugh.

7. Madden wakes up consistently about twice per night. 2 am and 5 am. Not so bad! Although every once in a while he give me a treat and sleep five hours straight! And....last night he even slept six hours! Happy two months to me!

8. Bath time is our favorite! He is too long to bathe in the kitchen sink now so we've moved him upstairs to the bath tub. Without fail, as soon as he touches the water his eyes get huge and he flails his arms and legs. But after a couple seconds, he calms down and starts kicking his little legs and LOVES the bath. We get a lots of smiles out of him in the bath tub, and we're convinced he's going to be a water lover. I'm also convinced that I'm going to use the lavendar baby lotion on him til he's 18.

9. Madden went to church for the first time on Easter and he was a champ during sacrament meeting!

10. Everyone says he's starting to look more like me, which I kind of love. But don't say that in front of Jeff or he might slap you.

11. April 4 has gone down in the books as the day I MADE Madden smile for the first time. It took some tickling and kissy faces, but I'm pretty sure I nailed it.

12. Also going down in the books is April 10 which was the first day Madden laughed. I know for sure it was a laugh because he was on a smiling rampage and he just couldn't hold it in.

13. Probably the most consistent thing about Madden's schedule lately is that he gets fussy every night around 7:30. Not sure why, but whatever it is it makes him sleep pretty well when he finally calms down.

14. We are slowly introducing Madden to the world. We've had a few nice spring days and we've tried taking advantage of them by going on walks. He's a little unsure about the sun, and its kind of funny because he scrunches up his face and refuses to open his eyes even when the sun isn't out. I'm still trying to figure out how to take him with me on errands. I've been doing my weekly grocery shopping at 5:30 on Saturday mornings after I feed him, that way I know I'll be back before he wakes up. Not sure how long I'll want to keep that up. I just don't like putting him in his carseat, I feel bad locking him up in there and he just looks so uncomfy! Ya I know, I need to get over it.

15. And yes I've created a little monster. Mad still doesn't like to sleep in his crip during the day. He does fine in his crib at night, but during the day if he's not on my bed or on me, forget about that nap it's so not happening. I love my little snuggle bunny, I think the time I spend with him sleeping on me will be some of my best memories of this stage. Lets just say if he's still doing it when he's 10, then we'll have a problem. Maybe.

We love you baby boy, you've made us so happy and we love every day we get to be your mom and dad! xoxo

Here's some of my favorite pictures of this sweet guy from the last month....