Kellan is 2 months old!

The little man is now 2 months old! He had his 2 month checkup yesterday and he is a healthy boy, weighing in at 13 lbs. and 23 inches long. We got to speak with a new doctor yesterday that I really liked, and she was really helpful. She said Kellan does have a little eczema, and she prescribed a steroid cream to help clear it up. Also, I discussed with her the fact that he is sometimes fussy when drinking the milk that I had stored in the freezer and thawed, so her suggestion is to stop feeding him the breast milk and save it to add to his rice cereal in a few months. She said that he may have acid reflux or be lactose intolerant, so she gave me some samples of the Similac sensitive formula to try and see how he responds to it. It's been almost 24 hours and he has been eating GREAT without fussiness, so I'm hesitantly optimistic. The last 24 hours he's also been a little groggy after getting his first round of shots and having a dose of Tylenol, so we'll see today how he does. Sticking to formula at this point will definitely make our vacation a little easier instead of dealing with the pumping and packing up stored milk from the freezer!

Here are a few pictures of the little guy....

Big sister and her baby brother

Granddad and Kellan

Tummy time

Only 2 more days until we leave for vacation! We are leaving Thursday and heading to Isle of Palms, SC to visit with Marlon's college roommate and his family. After spending a little time there we will head up to Myrtle Beach to meet up with my family for a week of vacationing and celebrating Alex's 3rd birthday!

Howdy Partner!

Last night was family night at Alex's school, and it had a Western theme. They provided all the kids with cowboy hats and scarves, and they had a bunch of activities that centered around the western theme. Unfortunately Marlon was out of town and unable to go, but Kellan and I represented the family! He slept through the entire 2 hours, which was good!

My little cowgirl!

Sitting on her log in front of a "campfire" (notice the change in scarf color--a typical woman, indecisive)

Eating her trail mix

A self portrait of me and the kids

My little guy, who is quickly becoming not so little, is now 7 weeks old (almost 8)! No, he's not wearing makeup in the below picture, he just had a bath and has a fresh coating of lotion on. I gave up on fighting the hair that always sticks up and just went with it, just letting it stand up! I think we're having a sleeping breakthrough these days....last night he slept for 6 hours straight--unfortunately it was from about 9pm-3am, which doesn't do so much for me since I'm typically not asleep by 9 to maximize the sleeping period, so my goal is to manipulate that a bit tonight with his schedule and hope that he eats for the last time around 11pm and sleeps for another 6 hours or so (unless last night was just a fluke!). It may take a little more time but we're making progress! I've noticed over the past 2 nights that instead of waking up crying really hard to eat, he's been kind of half-waking up, as if he's not sure if he wants to keep sleeping or wake up and eat, so there has definitely been a change. He's realizing that sleep is nice!! Mommy can't wait to have a solid night's sleep-my first in almost 2 months!