3 Months

My little baby is no longer in his 4th trimester! He is now a real baby and not a newborn (sad face). At his two month appointment he weighed 11 pounds 8 ounces (finally more than his dad at birth) which was in the 25- 50 percentile and he was 21 inches long, which is only in the 5th percentile or lower. 

When I told David this he kept mentioning it so I finally asked him if it bugged him. He said "yes, he's like a midget" haha so kind. I'm ok with it because the kid is a crazy man about his food and keeps me plenty busy feeding him so I am most definitely not worried. He grew out of his newborn diapers at about a month old and he is now in size one. If you check out his little rolls on his fingers and his chubby little face I'm pretty sure you will agree that the boy is just fine in the growth department.

Every body loves his hair, including myself. The only thing I don't like is how everybody calls it a faux hawk and I guess it kind of is but it reminds me more of a Kewpie doll. The faux hawk may be stylish but the Kewpie doll is much more baby appropriate. 

What is there to say about Davie? He is a super happy boy in the morning. When I finally manage to wake up and I really look into his bassinet to get him out he is all smiles, just grinning ear to ear. This is also the best time to hear his little squeals and cooing. The boy loves to coo and it is music to my ears. I am not a morning person but if he keeps this up I will be. 

Along with his cooing and squeals he loves to flail his arms around and kick his feet. I love the little rustling sound his bassinet makes while he does it. The other day while I was doing my hair I could hear him talking to himself and making the bassinet wiggle while he kicked his legs. He has decided he doesn't really care for tummy time anymore. I think it's because he tries to keep his head up the entire time and refuses to rest it, which is ironic because he likes to sleep on his tummy. 

I've thought a lot about how many pictures we take of him lately and to be honest my main thought is how sad I am going to be when we start having more kids and I can't take as many of them.

My only regret is that we don't have the money to take him to a real photographer. We did go to one that didn't have a sitting fee and he did ok but I wasn't impressed enough to use him again.

Something I like about babies in general but most especially about Davie is that little diaper crinkling noise you can hear when they move, I have always thought that was so cute.

Every once in a while when I have the camera going he will stare at it really good and in this picture it looks like he is actually pointing at it.

Some of us together

Davie still loves his bath. Something that makes me giggle about it though is he always seems to just lay there on his bath sponge and not just when he is tired. He never seems to get excited or kick and splash. Apparently bath time is a very serious affair. 

I like this one and I love it when he smiles at me. He has recently gotten much better at night time but has become a little more fussy during the day but I am hoping its just a precursor to teething.

He still gets called a girl fairly often. I try my best to dress him in boy clothes but I have decided (and people have mentioned it) if people think Davie is a girl it's much better than someone thinking a girl is a boy. The other day we went to dinner for date night and our waitress just starting going on and on about how she doesn't really like babies and that she finds them kind of creepy sometimes but Davie was so cute she couldn't even believe it. We tipped her well.

He's starting to suck on his bottom lip, just like I did when I was a baby and just like Colin. It's something that only started just this last week but now that he has discovered it he really likes it.

Ahhh, I stare at him all the time! The only time of day that is still a bit of a struggle is bedtime. I do it to myself because I hold and play with him too much all day long. Then when dinner time rolls around and I need to have him be good by himself he is already crabby because he is getting tired and he doesn't want to be alone. 

What's Up?

I should be writing two papers right now. David and David are both in bed and true to my usual self I am not sleepy enough to go to sleep myself. I might say this several times in this post but I seriously cannot wait to get this school semester over with! Like cannot wait. At. ALLLLLLLL! I don't know why I keep getting so stressed out, I am only behind in ONE of my three classes and the two that I am ok in I am pretty sure I am getting an A. Its the Religion class that I am SUPER behind in that gives me anxiety all day long, not enough to get work done (although its not purely due to lack of trying). I think I have a low B in that class right now, but seeing as how the teacher has had almost no communication with me even after I have written him several times and asked when would be a good time for me to go in and speak with him I'm not even sure how REAL that B is. So of course I'm blogging. I would however like to point out that I have signed out of Facebook for the week. I just wish that really was where all my wasted time was being wasted. I seriously doubt not getting on Facebook this week is going to help me catch up in my class. 

On to other subjects. The weather here has been pretty mild lately except for yesterday, it was more windy than I have ever experienced here in Toledo before. David has been studying like crazy for his next organ system test in hopes of getting a 93% or higher on the last test. If he manages to get that 93% he will have gotten honors in the entire class, which is impressive since organ systems represents his class time from about November until now. It is a good class to get honors in. I'm glad he works so hard but man I have not enjoyed being home alone all day. Yes Davie is there but he isn't very good at conversation; its a little one-sided if you know what I mean. 

Which brings me to the next thing that has been on my mind lately. It is official as of about last week I MISS Idaho. It has taken me almost 2 years but I am now officially homesick. I miss being able to simply call up friends or cousins or even just my Mom or David's and be able to go chill out with them. I also miss not having to worry about whether or not I am really "friends" with people... that sounds so pubescent I'm not even sure what to do with myself! But truly I feel like I am in junior high again. I'm sure you all remember those days of constant awkwardness and anxiety about making and keeping new friends. That is how I feel. I'm embarrassed to even admit it. David has started insisting that I go to at least one social shindig a week in order to cut down on my anxiety and to get out of the house. How sad is that? David (the infamous homebody) is telling me (the social one of our duo) to be social haha, bleh! I just miss being able to KNOW I fit in, I forgot how horribly awkward I can be sometimes. Anyways I decided that if I was going to be on the internet this week I needed to blog not waste time on Facebook, hopefully I will catch up a little. 

I am in love with this pose, puppy bum and all

I hope you enjoy the pictures of Davie. I had to put something interesting up for this post. Also I'm sad to even say this but my baby is going to be 3 months old tomorrow. I love that little boy so much!

What a chubby stud

A Date Night

David and I have not had a planned date in a while. We have eaten out randomly since Davie was born but we decided we wanted to have an "official" date night. I got a $5 off coupon to Red Robin on Facebook so that was where we decided to eat. This is how Davie felt about it.

As usual once the car got moving he was out.

A car picture, we hadn't done one of those in a while either.

Smiles!

Look at that double chin!! It's pretty amazing

It looks better under his smile. He got more compliments from our waitress who announced that she normally thinks babies are kind of creepy and doesn't really like them. Then she said he was one of the cutest ones she had ever seen. And she is right! We tipped her well.

David the "thinker"

Myself and the Davie. The last couple of times I have been to Red Robin I have REALLYYYY wanted some of their mudpie and haven't had the chance but with our coupon we were able to. 

Also (this is for David's mother) David and I devised a way that we can share a burger!!! It's true we COMPROMISED on food! And the angels of heaven sang. Basically we asked to have everything put on the side except for a cheese that was previously agreed upon (in writing) by both David and myself. I still don't understand how a man that loves cheese as much as David can struggle so much with the thought of it being on a hamburger... crazy man. All the same it was a good evening, happy date night!

Reading the Instructions

When you get a new toy, appliance or piece of furniture it is important to read the instructions. Davie understands this and is constantly checking to make sure I put his bassinet together correctly. 

Sometimes he will start talking and waiving his hand while he reads.

He must be getting to the exciting part about how to keep the baby safe.

Hmmm, I think she did that part right.

However we recently rotated the bassinet so that we could use the changing table and he still looks at it but there are no longer any instructions or warning labels, just the paisley design. Maybe he misses it?

It's From Just Eat it!

That is what one of the little nursery girls said, rather forcefully I might add, to David as she passed him a plastic carrot after he told he didn't like carrots that were from China (the carrot said made in China). This little girl will probably never remember being with us in Nursery but that little story will live on in our minds forever, really it was hilarious. I'm pretty sure she had heard her Mommy say that at least once.

Speaking of carrots, if any of you remember my post from WAY back about nutrition you will know that I don't particularly care for vegetables, at all. I love most dairy, fruits are tasty, bread is great, meat... ahh so good and of course my favorite part that little triangle at the top SWEETS!! But not so much with the vegetables. I like salad, artichokes, asparagus, carrots and broccoli (in that order) they are all pretty good, but I have been trying to add more. Eating mexican food is probably when I do my best with vegetables because I like the salsa and onions in my food.

One of the vegetables I have decided to give a chance was Kale. Its used at restaurants as garnish so I never realized people actually ate it. Turns out it is pretty darn tasty. We eat it as Kale chips.

This is how I do it- 

wash & cut it up 

(I cut out the middle stems because they are chewy and kind of gross)

toss it in olive oil

add some salt (I prefer garlic salt)

bake at 350 for about 10-15 min

Enjoy! If you do it right they have a pretty great crispy texture.

Well now that I am nursing and trying to lose some weight I have been attempting to change my ways. I started counting calories about a week ago and thus far have had some wOnDeRfUl results. The tough part for me is adding vegetables and protein that doesn't' have too much fat. Like cheese, I love cheese but it has so much darn fat in it and it is pretty high in calories too. 

Some other friends to my counting calories is flavored sparkling water and diet soda. I have found that if I drink one 33.8 oz sparkling water along with one nalgene bottle of water together they put me at 65 oz a day. My question for all of you is what is your favorite random vegetable? Also if you have a favorite salsa recipe PLEASE share, we like ours but I am dying for a new one. Lastly I asked everyone on Facebook if they had any good bean eating ideas (besides eating them with tacos) and I didn't get very many replies so if you have a couple of good recipes that you like please share. Basically share your ideas