two months

Troy is two months old!  He:

-weighed 10lb 12.8oz at his 2 month Dr checkup, and was 21 inches long.

-got his 2 month vaccinations – his little scream was so sad but only lasted for a few seconds – his face just got all scrunched up, and as soon as I started nursing him he just looked so relieved

-gets a lot more Daddy time now that Dusty defended his dissertation a couple weeks ago!  I know Dusty isn’t “officially” done yet (he keeps telling me) but every day just feels like Saturday now that he’s home more and can actually relax.  It’s wonderful.

-is cooing a lot and smiling at us more every day, which I love!  I usually can get him to smile if I say his full name to him, Troy David Williams – it’s adorable

-likes when I read Harry Potter out loud to him, or at least is usually not fussy when we’re reading out loud so I think he likes it…he also coos a lot when I read to him like he is talking to me

-is sleeping for 5-6 hour stretches at night – it’s heavenly!

-went to Rainbow springs yesterday and Dusty dipped his feet in the water – he didn’t scream and looked pretty happy so we think he liked that too, haha!

 

 

“families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts”

Troy got to meet two aunties and two cousins last weekend – what a lucky and loved boy!  And of course, he got to see Memere again – very lucky indeed.  It was so much fun to have my Mom, sister, Lia, and my nieces here for the weekend.  Troy was loving all the excitement.  P and Piper were SO cute with him – I think he smiled more at them over the weekend than he’s ever smiled at me!  He’s started making a lot of noises while he’s sleeping like he’s dreaming wild dreams, I think he is re-living the weekend with Piper around.  We went strawberry picking and picked 22.7 pounds of strawberries on Thursday – and are now loving strawberries with/on every meal until we move!  We swam, ate, played, went to the Museum of Natural History, talked, ate some more (we ate really well – thanks to Lia, Mish and Mom), and just loved baby Troy.  It was perfect.

 

 

 

 

 

Auntie Mish!  And cute smooshy sleeping face.

Auntie Lia  :)

  Just napping in the sun…hey we live in Florida!  After spending the weekend with these girls I don’t think I take as much advantage of it as I should…

  I think she is really an angel…I love this girl

I love my family.  I can’t wait to spend 5 (or 6?) whole weeks with them this summer!

One Month!

Has it already been a whole month??  Crazy.  I can already picture myself next year, saying, “Has it already been a year??”  Time flies! 

For memory’s sake (since mine is not so good), here is what Troy is up to:

-he is a wiggle worm.  Even while nursing, unless he’s falling asleep, which makes it a little more difficult than a couple weeks ago…

-he nurses like a maniac, and requires my full attention nowadays (because he is squirming so much)

-still sleeps a lot, but only if he’s being held during the day – or sometimes, like right now, he’ll sleep in his swing.  He also sleeps in his carseat and during walks – this makes it hard to do the whole “sleep when your baby sleeps” thing (he’s better at night, thank goodness!).  I’m getting pretty good at doing everything with one hand.  When he is awake he is super alert and wants to be eating.

-the last couple of nights he’s slept for 3hr stretches!  Lets hope that keeps up…

-poops a lot, but only during the day, which is weird (I think, maybe it’s not)

-likes being outside.  Usually if he is fussy and rooting and he just ate for like an hour, if I walk a lap around the house outside he’ll calm down.

-is 8lb 13oz as of Tuesday!

-according to the “1 month care” sheet I got from his Dr. on Tuesday, I’m supposed to be reading him lots of colorful books (who knew?  He’s a newborn!), so I read him Dr. Seuss this morning – he seemed to like it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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weekend adventure

Judge us if you will, but this past weekend we took Troy down Silver River – his first kayaking trip!  It was 3 miles, all downstream so I didn’t take a paddle- Dusty was our guide for the day.. I’d say the trip was a great success!  Saw some alligators, some monkeys, lots of birds, lots of turtles, and most importantly – got out of the house! 

Troy mostly slept in his Moby (thanks Auntie Jenean and Uncle Matt!) which was good.  Didn’t want to attract any mama alligators or scary biting monkeys.

Troy!

 

Ok, I am finally going to get down to blogging post-baby!  I’ll spare you all the gory details of labor – I’ll just say that it was THE hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life (way harder than a marathon, I don’t know who came up with THAT comparison…), I was induced a week past my due date, no epidural – but nubain was wonderful, and this beautiful baby boy took 9 hours to get here…well, plus the 41 weeks in utero.  I’ll admit, one of the first thoughts I had after going through labor was that it’s a miracle anyone ever has more than one kid…but after 3 weeks of getting to hold, snuggle, and just look at this sweet baby boy, EVEN while sleep deprived, cranky, hurting, and hungry – I’m starting to get it.

This was just after he was born, 7lbs 6oz.One day old.  Everyone at the hospital was amazing.  This wasn’t something I expected, as all I heard were horror stories ending with c-section about Shands delivery, but my doctor, the nurses, the residents – everyone was SO good.  I never once felt pressured to do anything I didn’t want to, they were straightforward and told me my options, knew what they were talking about (or at least seemed like they did!) and made it a great experience!Two days old – we took him home and he cried most of the way, which is surprising because now as soon as he gets in the car he falls asleep.

About a week old – we took him to his namesake – Troy Springs!  And this little boy loves being outside – he (usually) will stop crying as soon as we step out the door  Good thing we live in a warm climate right now!  Although this morning was muggy as all get-out, and he was over it by about 15 minutes of walking.About 2 weeks old – how is he already getting so big???  Oh that’s right, he eats like a maniac…ALL the time!  He nurses like a champ, I’m glad for that.  He latched on about 5 minutes after he was born and I swear he was nursing until about midnight – man was I exhausted.

Tummy time!  He rarely shows off his skills for the camera, but he is pretty much a pro at lifting his head.  So athletic.

   We are a happy family!

 

 

 

2.2.2012

Troy David Williams

7 lbs, 6 ozs

born 2.2.12 at 4:19pm

we already can’t get enough of him!

any day now…

my time is a-ticking.  Although, I have a feeling this little one is going to take after his mom (wouldn’t want to be early and have to wait around, right?)….I can only hope that by posting this I will change his mind…

classic Crystalyn-inspired belly picture :) 

(I hope you don’t mind that I copy most of everything you do, Crystalyn.  I just think you are pretty much the coolest person I know and want to be just like you.)