4 month check-up

Ok, so I'm a little late for this, it was actually a week and a half ago, but better late then never. My little man is growing so fast. He's 18 pounds, which I wasn't surprised about. :) 90th for weight and 85th for height, and his head is off the charts. Love my chunk monk. He got two more shots and seriously did not make a peep. He did so great! Much different from the last time he got shots.

I need to be writing down the things he's doing now so I don't forget, and so when I eventually get a baby book I can write it all down. :)

-He's been sitting up by himself for the past two weeks...I can't believe it

-His favorite thing to do is stand, and it's been his favorite thing since he was 2 months

-He's laughing all the time now, especially when his momma makes funny faces

-He loves to look at himself in the mirror

-He's been reaching for things for a while and is able to grab on now. :)

-He tried his first little bit of vanilla ice cream last night, courtesy of his Daddy, and surprisingly loved it.

I know there are so many other things, but I'll have to think. Love my little man so much!

AJ with his Daddy. Two peas in a pod.
AJ loves his Aunt Ni-Ni and she just might like him back. :)
He looks so big in this picture I can't get over it.

Funny Face

I know I just posted but I was taking some pictures and couldn't stop laughing at this face. I love my crazy boy!
He is getting so big.

Update

My sister was in town the last few days and we had a great time! I have a few pictures she took from bath time, but I don't have the ones with her and AJ, I'll have to post those later. Here are a few she took in the bath, and then some other from playoff weekend, and just fun home time!
He loves his Daddy so much.
Bath time is his favorite...except for when it's time to get out and dressed. Cass got a couple of pictures of him getting dressed, I'll post them later.
Sweet baby boy face.
Rep'n my team. I thought if we both wore Cassel jerseys then maybe we'd do better against the Ravens.....I was wrong.
He still looked super cute in the jersey, even if we got destroyed.
Love my baby boy! I don't have too many pics with him because I'm always the one taking them.
Fun standing time with Da-da
Having so much fun standing!
He's getting so strong! He'll be 4 months on Friday and is already sitting up on his own. Can't believe he is growing so fast!


Watching football together. Using Uncle Matty's boppy. Wish he could babysit sometime.

He was a little tired of me taking photos, but it's so hard because I love his little face!

Sorry there are so many pictures, I just had a hard time picking just a couple.

Hope you all have a great day!

A few of my favorite things...

- The way he snuggles me when he wakes up from his nap

- How he lights up whenever he hears his Daddy's voice

- How he stops eating half way through just to give me a smile

- When he whines while I'm not looking, then starts to laugh as soon as I look

- How he has discovered his hands and starting to reach for things

- How the most he ever talks to me is when I'm singing to him.

- How he smiles at anyone who smiles at him, even if he's in the middle of crying

My little man is growing so fast and I know in each new faze there will be a whole new set of things that I love...but I don't want to forget these ones.

Happy New Year!

Here is my sweet little man opening his first present. I think they were Air Jordan booties. :)
So it has been quite a while since I updated...not that there's anyone out there that really cares, but I like to pretend like I have followers. :)

The holidays were so super busy. We went to Rochester the day after Christmas to see Joe's family. AJ got to meet his Great-Grandparents. It was a sweet time, and of course I forgot my camera. I got a picture off facebook though. I love facebook.

The day after we got back from NY we had to pack to go and see my Dad, Step-mom and little bro Eli in KC. Can I just tell you that Eli is about the cutest little guy ever! Thing is I forgot my camera for this trip too. Yep, putting my nice camera to good use! Good news is we got to go to see my Chiefs! Even though it was an awful game it was still so fun being there and cheering them on. Bring on the Ravens baby!!!

So since I don't have any pictures from the trip I thought I would do a few from Christmas, and a video`. Our little man is getting so big.

Here is my little chunk monk with his Daddy. He loves his daddy so much, it's so sweet. I can't tell but it looks like he's working on a triple chin...
Me and AJ with the Christmas Tree. What a big bellied boy!
I watched my little nephew Cole-Cole a couple times a week, and he loves his little AJ. I had to get some picks.
I really liked this one a lot. What silly boys.
Cole was so excited about the snow, I had to take a few picks.
What a sweet faced little boy.
Love this smiley face! Can't believe he is almost 4 months!
Enjoy the video. Daddy is a little crazier with his boy then I would like, but he's survived so far... :) He sure does get some cute laughs out of him though.

Christmas shopping with an infant....never again

Well the day started out so nice. We were going out to finish our shopping. First, we had to run to Joe's work to pick up the stroller that was in his car. As we're leaving a dear sweet friend of mine (who works with Joe) said how jealous she was that I was going shopping, and how she wished she could come. Well come to find out, shopping with an infant is not nearly as enjoyable as Christmas shopping with friends, or even just by yourself.

The first stores we went to were Bed Bath and Beyond and Five Below. AJ did so great and slept the whole time. So I grabbed lunch and off we were to Nordstram Rack. On the way AJ woke up and was hungry. "No problem," I thought, "I will feed him in the back of my tiny Sentra when we get to Nordstram." It was a little tight, but was working out well until half way through when I heard (and felt) my little monster doing his business. It was one of those ones that you know there is no way that it stayed in the diaper. Sure enough, it shot up to his neck. No worries, I knew it was going to be a hard to change him since I didn't have much room, but I always have a change of clothes in his diaper bag....uh, where is his diaper bag? Yep, I left it at home after I finished packing it. That's helpful. Luckily he was wearing two shirts and it didn't got on the top one or on his pants. Also, I had some diaper and wipes that were already in the car. Turns out the wipes are completely frozen, I mean like frozen solid, none of those puppies were coming undone. So I spend the next 5 minutes breathing hot air to try and get at least one wipe, while my poopie son is laying on my lap. I was able to, and finally got him all changed (a lot of work, and he was just smiling the whole time) then lifted him up to have him spit up probably half of what he just ate....luckily only a little got on his shirt and the rest got on me. Once we were done, I was cleaned and he was back in his seat everything else went great, but oh what an adventure it was for that half hour.

Only online shopping from now on.

3 months today!

Wow, I can't believe it has been three months since I had this little boogs. Time really does go so much faster when you have a munchkin. I took a few pics today to commemorate his 3 month birthday. Side note: As I'm typing this my sweet little monster is letting it rip, and it smells to high heaven...like father like son? :) I wouldn't normally put Joe out there like that, but's unfortunately he's not ashamed.

This is his favorite way to sleep, no joke. I'm hoping that when he starts to roll over we'll have a lot easier time getting him to sleep at night, on his stomach.
Here is a full body shot of my growing boy. :) I remember when he was all curled up in this little chair..he's getting so big!
Sweet face.
Nice nose shot. :) Notice the hands...always in his mouth.

I love this little man so much and as it only grows as each day passes. So grateful that Joe and I have been blessed with this little man.

Well got to go, diaper duty is calling me. It's a messy job, but somebodies got to do it.