Clayton's First Bath

We gave Clayton his first full bath last week. Yes, at over 8 weeks old can you believe it? You are supposed to wait until their belly button falls off. Clayton just loved me so much he didn't want to let go :) , and his belly button didn't fall off until we walked into the pediatrician appointment at 8 weeks old. The doctor said that is the longest he had ever seen one stay on. His little belly button is perfect!

He loved the bath. The first few seconds he fussed but after that he was cooing and smiling and loving it. Afterwards we wrapped him in his "Clayton" towel and his crazy hair got even crazier with wild curls.

Taking Clayton's 2 Month Old photos

Big Baby!

He is 8 weeks old and the pediatrician says we are growing a very big boy. He is 24.5 inches long, 13lbs 2 oz, and 13 inch head which puts him in the 95th percentile for height, 90th for weight, and 75th for head circum. He did catch a cold of some sort over Thanksgiving and still has it. The doctor thinks it is a sinus infection and prescribed antibiotics. Due to him being sick, he did not get any shots today and the doctor wants him to come back when he feels better to get the vaccinations. I hope he feels better soon. He has had this darn cold for 8 days now.

Turning 30!

I'm 30 years old this week. Yes, the black doom and gloom ballons say it all - well, not really, because my 30's are great so far. My friends sent me this giant pointsetta and balloons on my birthday. It was a huge surprise. I had a great birthday hanging out with my 2 favorite guys having a low key night. Here's to my next 30 years...

Where there is a baby bear, there is a...

MAMA BEAR! so be careful! Yes, this is my little baby bear but watch out because I am mama bear and definitely have felt like motherhood makes me feel like an animal watching out for my young. I have this strange animal instinct to take care of him and protect him and I can't control it sometimes. I can't help but guard him and keep a constant eye on him when someone wants to hold him. It takes me awhile to feel comfortable enough to be able to leave the room when someone else is holding him. I feel like he always needs to be in my line of sight.

Baby bear is 7.5 weeks old. I can't believe how quickly it is going by and how fast he is growing. I'm worried about having to go back to work after the new year and leave baby bear with someone else, but I am sure I will survive.

Hiding in Camo

Here's Clayton testing out a toddler camoflauge chair at Cabella's. Matt thinks it's fun to let Clayton sit there by himself. I think it's dangerous since he falls over. He sat there for a few seconds before toppling over though. With his cam outfit you almost can't see him!

Matt playing with Clayton

Here's Matt's idea of entertaining Clayton. My personal opinion is that it was a bit of over stimulation that the baby books say could make a baby cry, but Clayton did seem to be having fun and didn't cry. He was in a vibrating chair, inside of the pack n play that was also vibrating and playing music while tugging on the toys in the entertaining chair.

One Month Old Statistics

Here's a pic we took at Forest Park last week. I think he looks exactly like Matt and in this pic he almost looks like a toy doll!

We went to the pediatrician for his 1 month appt yesterday and he is growing very fast. Here are his stats:

Weight - 10lbs 15oz in the 75th percentile
Height - 23.5 inches in the 90th percentile.
Head Circumference - 15 inches in the 50th percentile

So he is a very tall guy compared to other 1 month old babies, of course we expect that to even out. The doctor was impressed with how alert he was and that he was already smiling back at us. He did say the baby acne Clayton has is from the estrogen in my breastmilk and probably won't go away until he is about 3 months old. Next month he will get shots for vaccines - yikes!

Here is his one month old (Nov 12) photo with all his camo gear. He is getting ready to help his dad get a big buck to hang on the wall of his nursery.

4 weeks old

I can't believe he's already 4 weeks old. Crystal and Kelly came to visit him. He welcomed the girls properly with the largest poop I've ever seen. It blew out is diaper and up the back of his shirt. I wasn't sure if the poo would come out of the white onesie that he was wearing but luckily we got it out. We mostly just hung out all weekend. He was good and impressed them with his pooping and eating abilities.

I forgot to take a picture of Kelly before she left, but did get this pic of Crystal and Clayton as we got ready to take her to the airport.

Matt testing out the stroller.

Here's Clayton's first stroller ride. Yes, I am surprised that he survived it. I am sure that Matt will be testing the limits on the stroller when we are able to actually go jogging with it.

Of course, I'm the cautious mommy!

Clayton didn't seem to mind either method of riding.