3 Months!

 

Ellis at 3 Months:

- About 24 inches & 13 pounds

- Loves being held & rocked 

- Starting to really coo & talk

- Smiles a lot & giggles some too

- Love his long pretty eyelashes

- Likes looking at himself in the mirror

- Plays longer amounts of time on his play mat

- Hits at toys & grabs things

- He is a little wiggle worm & loves to kick
- Still loves his paci, only uses mam
- Brings hands to mouth now & sucks on them

- He is very vocal & lets you know when he needs something
- Likes his swing

- Still nursing about the same, every 2-3 hours, except for one  5 hour stretch at night

- Hates his car seat, but does okay as long as we're moving

- Started making a clicking noise, with his mouth, and sometimes copies us if we do it

- Holding his head up pretty well

- Very expressive & makes the cutest & funniest faces
- Doesn't do very well anymore, when we take him out to lunch or something & usually ends up crying and wants to be held 
- Still sleeping in rock & play, by our bed

Some pictures of our sweet boy:

You bring us pure joy!  We are truly blessed! 

2 Months!

Ellis was 2 months old on July 15!  

I can't believe my sweet baby is getting so big!

Poor baby had to get 3 shots and he did not like it!  

All about Ellis at 2 Months!

- 22 1/4 inches

- Weighs 11 lbs 15 oz

- 28% height, 40% weight & 48% head

- Starting to coo & baby talk

- Stares at faces, open and closes hands, kicks feet

- Has rolled from tummy to back a few times

- Smiles a lot

- Pretty spoiled, likes to be held and rocked ALL the time

- Nurses every 2 to 3 hours most of the time, but has been going on one 5 hour stretch during the night

- Starting to play more & enjoys laying on play mat & hitting toys 

- Likes his paci, but constantly spits it out & we have to help him put it back in his mouth 

- Sleeps in his rock & play during the night, next to our bed

- Doesn't like to lay still in pack-n-play, has to be in a swing, bouncer or rocker moving 

- Does pretty well when I take him out to eat or shopping, but sometimes gets fussy

Some pictures of Ellis from month 2:

We love you so much sweet boy!  You have stolen our hearts and we can't imagine life without you!

Father's Day

This was a special Father's Day, because it was Karson's first Father's Day!  It was also our dads' first Father's Day to be grandparents! We all got together at my parent's house and had a good time talking, eating, and loving on sweet Ellis!

 Auntie 

Papaw

 

Our family of 3

Pops

Mamaw

Honey