Like Mother, Like Son

People have been telling me lately that Daniel looks like me. I didn't see it until today. Today while Daniel was sleeping my mom took a picture of him and we compared it to one of me and it was a little crazy to see the resemblance. (If you couldn't guess...I'm the one in the dress ;)

What is even crazier to me is that I was only 1 week old and Daniel is almost 3 months old :) I don't think he looks like me as much when he is awake though. He sure is cute and sweet though.

Do you guys see the resemblance?

Dan's Trip to the Ocean

This last weekend we took Daniel on his first overnight trip! We went down to Charleston to visit grandma and grandpa. I was super nervous about his first trip but he did really well! He had his own bed to sleep in which was really nice. Thankfully my mom saved my brothers pack and play so now when we visit we have somewhere for Dan to sleep and play. I also have to say that the best part of visiting was that my mom got up during the night with Dan. He only gets up once but it was super nice to be able to sleep uninterrupted and Mike and I really appreciated it :) Thank you mom!

While we were there, we decided to take Dan to the beach for his first visit to the ocean! It was perfect timing because we got to walk on the beach and play in the water for a while and then as we were walking back to the car it started to sprinkle a bit and the second we were in the car it started pouring down rain so our timing was perfect :) I think Dan enjoyed his first trip to the beach. We put his feet in the water and he liked it (no surprise really...this boy loves water) however, he was sleeping and wasn't really a fan of having the sun in his face waking him up.

After the beach, we got to introduce Daniel to some of our friends down there. It was fun to show him off. I can't wait to be able to take him back to the beach when he can actually enjoy it and play!

Two Months

Daniel's stats this month were:

Weight: 11 lb 3 oz

Height: 21 inches

He is growing perfectly!

 

- He still loves bath time and has only cried during one. 

- He is such a good eater. When its time to eat he doesn't mess around. We sit down and he downs 4-5 oz in 10 minutes and we're done. He does spit up a bit though. He eats every 3 to 4 hrs during the day which is great.

- He is a loud sleeper! Luckily he sleeps in his own crib so we can sleep too but he can also sleep through just about everything (including a 4th of July fireworks show) which is nice. 

- He is getting really close to being able to hold his head up. He is our strong little boy. 

- He is still able to wear some newborn clothes and is also wearing some 0-3 month things but they are a little big on him still. 

- He really enjoys his play mat. It is probably his favorite thing to lay under it and try and hit the toys. Its my favorite thing to do with him too :)

- His sleep patterns are getting more and more consistent. For the most part he only gets up once a night. He'll sleep for 5 to 6 hours almost every night which is AWESOME! Normally he's down by 8:30 then up by 7:30 the next morning with 2 feedings in between (3 if he's having a rough night). Thankfully he's usually pretty easy to put back down at night. He is still taking 2 to 3 hour naps during the day too which is nice.

- He loves to move! Unless its time to sleep, he likes to be moving. That means that the rock and play must be rocked if he's in it and isn't in a deep sleep and he likes to be bounced or rocked in a rocking chair and if he's laying down then he is always moving his legs. Its really cute to watch him!

- He is a LOUD burper/tooter/pooper. Really. It would be embarrassing if it wasn't so funny (to me).

- He loves riding in the car. It is so easy to take him places because he enjoys the rides in the car and does really well being in stores and parks and stuff. Its so funny though because when we get in the car its seriously a few seconds and his eyes are closed and he's out. I'm so happy he likes to travel so far and I hope he continues to enjoy it because we love going places! 

- He smiles at random times (its the cutest thing in the world) and is starting to coo more often. Its so fun to see him try and talk. Sometimes we just sit and say "hi" over and over until he tries to talk.

We love you Daniel! We can't believe you've only been here two months, it feels like you've always been with us!

Daniel's Newborn Photos pt1

When Daniel was about 1 month old we were finally able to have our friend Stephanie (who took our pictures in the hospital) come and do Dan's newborn pictures. It took a few hours but Dan was a champ through it all. He was asleep at the beginning but he woke up and really didn't want to have his picture taken and he really didn't want to pose so it took awhile. He's going to have to get used to having his picture taken though since his mom loves the camera and taking pictures!

We had so much fun taking pictures in his nursery but it'll probably be a little while before we take more family pictures. Looking at these pictures makes me so sad that he has already gotten so big and I swear he has grown more in the past few weeks since these were taken.

Daniel's Newborn Photoshoot pt2

Once Daniel was awake he was happy but he is a busy boy so it took forever to get pictures of him because he didn't want to be still :) We ended up with some really cute pictures though...I had a hard time choosing because I just love them all!

Daniel has started to get all of my kisses....making Mike sad.

We had a lot fun doing these but I'm so glad we got them done now because he is getting so big. He is so sweet and cute. I could stare at that face all day!

Family Pictures

As much as I love holding Daniel, I also love to see other people hold him. Specifically, it was fun to see Dan with his Uncle Josh. Josh wears bright shirts and Dan was drawn to them. He loved to look at Josh then back to the shirt. It was sweet to see the two of them together. I think Dan really enjoyed all of the attention.

Oh and I just love Mike's Lion King moment :)

Nursery Reveal

Our little Daniel is sweet, adorable, makes funny faces, loves to talk and all kinds of other wonderful things but he is also the noisiest sleeper and eater in the world. Since he is noisy when he sleeps, it keeps me up at night. So he is sleeping for 4 hrs straight but I'm not. So because of this we moved Dan into his room and thankfully he really seems to like his crib and so we're all sleeping better :)

I love his nursery though. We really couldn't do too much since we're limited by the fact that we live in an apartment so we can't paint and I really wanted to limit the amount of stuff we hung up. I really like how it turned out though. We decided to decorate the room in blue and green with the theme being planes, trains and automobiles. Mike made a model plane and car for our little Dan. Mike got a train when his grandpa passed away and so we used it as a nice decoration in the room. We also asked Daniel's Aunt Stacey to paint a picture of a train for the nursery. It turned out beautifully and I love it!

Dan likes to look at his airplane while we change him :)

The picture Aunt Stacey painted :)