Best Friends

Sweet little Collin is just nine days older than Mr. Shiloh.  His Mommy & I have already decided that they're going to be best friends forever!  Whether they like it or not.

My Boys -1

I had to share this picture that I took of Sammy & Shiloh this morning.  I was in the process of getting Shiloh dressed when Sammy woke up and came into my room.  He wanted to lay with Shiloh and talk to him so I went to get breakfast ready.  I turned around and there were two of my boys looking so stinking adorable that I had to snap some pics.  I just love Sammy's grin in this picture!!  He's such a sweet, handsome, little boy and he's growing too fast for this Mommy.  

And just look at how fat Shiloh is getting!!  His little legs are like loaves of squishy bread :-)

Three

Mr. Shiloh Jordan is three months old and has already changed and grown so much.

Our sporadic sleeper has finally settled into a good pattern.  He lays day around 8:00pm -8:30pm and normally wakes around 3:00am -3:30am.  He'll nurse and go back to sleep until around 7:00am - 7:30am.  Lately he's been shifting to 5 or 5:30 am and then waking again at 8 or 8:30am.  I like knowing when I lay down about what time he'll be waking instead of trying to guess about how much sleep I'll be getting.  Since he's settled down at night he's become a sporadic napper during the day.  Some days he may take a good three hour nap and then another smaller nap later on.  But normally he cat naps and isn't very consistent.  This is annoying when I'm trying to get school work done with the kids but good if we have errands to run since he doesn't need to be in his crib to sleep.

Shiloh is smiling more and more and is very happy first thing in the morning - just like Amos.  I get the best smiles at 7:30 in the morning.  He's laughed out loud twice.  And it's been a job to get him to laugh those two times.

I believe he & I will both be glad when he finally learns to sit unassisted.  He's constantly straining to sit straight up if I'm holding him in a reclining position.  I guess there's just so much going on that he doesn't want to miss anything.

He's moved out of 0-3 month clothes and into 3-6 month.  I can't believe how much he's grown in these three short months.  I was nursing him the other day and looking at how much he's filled out.  He's exciting and fun but sad all at the same time.  I look forward to the days when he's more independent but it'll be sad that he's not a little bitty baby too.

The kids still adore him and hold him every chance they get.  Now they join us in working to make him smile or laugh.  Even Amos will sit and talk to him if he's starting to get fussy.

Other milestones have included finding his hands and soothing himself to sleep w/o a pacifier.  He will suck on his fist with one hand and rub the back of his head with the other hand to comfort himself.  I really need to get a video of him doing it b/c it's just too cute!

There are a ridiculous amount of pictures, but when there's this much cuteness and everyone is willing to pose it's hard to not take pictures!

Bittersweet

Upward is over until November.  It's very bittersweet.  I love that Sammy gets exercise, that he gets to participate in something he loves, that he makes new friends and most of all that he gets to spend extra time with Bobby (since he coaches Sammy's team.)  But we don't miss two trips down the mountain each week and half a Saturday spent at the games (since Bobby coached two teams.)  At least we're moving towards summer!

Snow 2015

We ended up with about 7 inches.  And sadly, most of it came down during the night.  It wasn't the best for sledding but it was most excellent for building snowmen.

Amos feeding the birds our leftover cornbread.

Crash

One minute you're like this...

And the next minute you're like this...

2 Months

Sweet baby Shiloh celebrated his two month birthday by bundling up and heading out into the snow for his well visit.  I was almost tempted to cancel his appointment due to the weather but our pediatric office delayed opening until 1:30 and his appointment was at 1:40.  I reasoned that we would get a fresh clean room that a dozen sick kids hadn't spread germs all over yet.  So we went.  It was actually fun to get out and drive around in the snow.  And Shiloh certainly didn't seem to mind since he was all comfy and warm with the Cosy Cover on his car seat.