16 weeks

trying cereal for the first time, not a big fan! 

Hey Dad!

little grin

So cute in his high chair

Big boy watching Yo Gabba Gabba at 16 weeks

stretching his legs, he is about to out grow this frog seat

Sitting with Daddy

Playing with Westin

Westin was trying to figure Mack out!

Sweet baby in his Puma swimsuit 

Sitting with Amy and Susan

Summer time is finally here and Mack is 16 weeks old! He is not officially 4 months because February is a short month but he is close. He has started eating 5 ounces most feedings now and he is actually drinking his juice instead of just playing with the bottle. He likes white grape juice the most! We tried to give him cereal for the first time and it was so funny. He did not like it at all. He spit pretty much all of it out. I guess he is not quite ready for cereal. He did get to try a few real things, all of which when Mommy wasn’t around! He tried chocolate milk shake and Pops store with Bet Bet and Diane, and he tried cheese sauce from mac-n-cheese and mashed potatoes with Nana. I don’t really care that much, just a little taste won’t hurt him. All of those women have raised their kids and they know what they are doing! Kim, Nana, said that Shon was eating mashed potatoes when he was Mack’s age and he turned out just fine. I won’t be giving him real food all the time yet but just trying stuff will be ok. His Nana said that he really liked the cheese and mashed potatoes and that he wanted more!

He is so animated now. He recognizes the people he knows and almost always greets them with a smile. Sometimes he even smiles at people he doesn’t know! He is really a happy baby. I am still so thankful for his chiropractor, Dr. John Alan Smith, he really did make Mack much happier. The only times he cries now is if he is hungry or sleepy, like a normal baby should! No more endless hours of crying! He has started paying more attention to the TV and he loves the show Yo Gabba Gabba! I think it is terrible and crazy but he actually grins at the TV when he watches it! He will watch it for about 15 or 20 minutes and then he is ready for more play time.

He wants to sit up or stand up all the time, and he does both really well with some help of course. He is very independent and curious about what is going on around him. He gets in these moods sometimes where he looks like he is “high” but we have decided that he is just a deep thinker. He will just look around with no expression and check things out. It really is funny to watch him take everything in around him. No matter what we do in front of him he is just calm and relaxed when he is in one of those moods. He makes noises all the time, he ooos and ahhhs and grunts and screams, it is so precious! I think if he could he would be walking around and talking right now.

We took him to see Rodney and Denise Willoughby at the campground and he got to play with their grandson, Weston Sipe. Weston is Uncle Gabe’s nephew. He sat in the pool with Weston while Weston splashed around and crawled everywhere and he loved it. He just looked around and watched; even when he got slashed with water it didn’t bother him.

We also went to Amy and Denny Lulfs house to cook out one night too. We watched the big boys play baseball in the back yard and he sat with Ms. Susan and Ms. Amy until he got sleepy and was ready to go home.

Shon and I are so blessed to have such a wonderful baby boy! He is growing way too fast but we are enjoying every minute of it.

13, 14, 15 Weeks--Time is going by so fast!

Watching cartoons in the morning

Hanging out with mommy while she does grad school homework.

Trying out the exercauser 

Rocking with daddy

The boys watching golf!

Playing in the bumbo while mommy scrapbooks

Johnny Jump Up

Chewing on it!

He really likes it!

Sick Baby :(

Mommy and Mack at Grannas Pool

Passed out at Grannas after a long day of pool time and Jesslyn's Birthday party

Mommy Love

This post had to combine 13, 14, and 15 weeks because the time is just going by so fast, I cant keep up! Mack is getting so big and he is just so much fun. He has started grabbing his toys even more and he loves to talk! He is holding his head up great, and he doesn't like to lay back he wants to see what is going on around him! I think if he could he would get up and run away! He wants to move all the time. He still hasn't laughed again, he did one night it the bathtub about 3 weeks ago and we haven't heard it since. Shon and I try so hard to make him laugh but he always just smiles really big and kind of squeals! He is sleeping better and has slept through the night twice so far, I am ready for that to become a regular thing. When he does wake up during the night it is usually just once and he takes his bottle and goes back to sleep so its not too bad. He is waking up now between 5:30 and 6:00 and he likes to watch cartoons in our bed for about 20 minutes. During that time he really doesn't want anyone to talk to him, he is in the "chill zone." If you try to talk to him he will cut his eyes away so he doesn't have to look at you! It takes him a while to wake up, just like his Daddy! Once we gets awake good he is so playful and talkative. He usually goes back down for his morning nap around 9:00 or 10:00. He doesn't sleep much during the day anymore, usually just little 30 minute cat naps here and there. He is still loving his bath time and he is always ready for it by 7:30, if he doesn't get it he gets fussy fussy! He loves to hang out with his Daddy, rocking and watching golf and playing of course. Shon says that they are best friends. :)
He had his first stomach bug this past week. It was so sad! He went to Granna and Pop's after what we thought what Pop had was food poisoning but obviously it was a virus. We took him to the doctor and he had already grown 2 more inches in less than 6 weeks but he hadn't gained a pound! He is now 26 inches long! His stomach bug was only really bad for one day, on that day he had 8 poopy diapers! Its hard to get him to go once a day usually so to have 8 was rough! Besides that day he was pretty normal you could just tell that his tummy was hurting and he really wanted to be held and loved on. While he was sick we got his Johnny Jump Up from Kim Reese and even though he was sick he really enjoyed it the first time we put him in it. He loves to stand up so it was just perfect. He is not jumping in it yet but he can straighten his legs out and move around pretty good. Of course he likes to eat it too.
We went to our first birthday party this week too! Mommy's friend Brittanee's little girl Jesslyn turned 2 and we went to her Minnie Mouse Party! He did pretty good, but he was definitely the youngest one there. He is still loving the pool and the water and being outside. I think that he would live outside if we would let him. He likes to sit in his frog seat with a fan on him and play! We love him more and more every day! Cant believe he will be 4 months next week!

First Time in the Pool

Lounging in his new float!

Mack is 13 weeks and we took him to the pool for the first time this week and he loved it! We bought him a new float and coated him down with sunscreen and he did great! I definitely think he is a water baby!

Memorial Day Weekend 2011

The pack-n-play set up!

Just as happy as can be!

Snoozing by the water

And asleep again in his frog seat!

Erah Kate came by the lake for a little visit too!

His first experience with the life jacket! Not so good!

Hanging out with his shades on with Payton Lee

Taking a nap on mommy!

Playing by the water

On the boat with all the girls! Always the center of attention!

With Aunt Kenzie! His shirt says "My Aunt is the Greatest" but we just couldn't get it in the picture!

Brittanee and Jesslyn stopped by too!

Second experience with the life jacket- A little better this time.

We had a great time at the lake on Memorial Day weekend! Mack did so good! We were a little worried about how he would do being outside all day but we were so proud! He loved the lake and all the people around! Shon and I pretty much brought the whole house to the lake so he would have plenty of things to do. We brought his play mat, his frog seat, his bumbo seat, an extra pack-n-play, his backpack with toys, his diaper bag, his swim bag, and a box fan! We looked so funny walking down to the boathouse with all that stuff but it was worth it! He played in his pack-n-play on his mat and he sat in his frog seat some. He had tons of attention from everybody there so he really liked that! He was just fine as long as the fan was on him and he was in the shade so he wasn’t getting too hot! The only thing he wasn’t crazy about was his life jacket! We kind of expected this since most babies don’t like them but it was really kind of funny! His life jacket is just way too big right now! The first time Shon and I took him on the boat was not that fun! He wasn’t screaming but I could just tell that he was pretty miserable! The second time was a little better, Shon didn’t have to drive the boat so he was able to hold him and Mack could feel the air better. He did better the second time but the ride still didn’t last very long. I think he would much rather be at the boathouse then on the boat! Overall it was a great weekend on the lake! I look forward to many many more with out Mack Attack! 

3 Months!

3 month photo shoot, talking to daddy!

Dad you sure do look funny!

Best Buds

He wants to sit up all the time now!

Getting ready for his bath!

Cutest little butt ever!

Playing on his play mat

close up

Kinda blurry but this is the first time he grabbed his toy really good! We were at Taylor's
ball game and I took the pic with my phone! I was so proud! 

In his Woombie!

My little man is getting so big! At 3 months he weighs about 15 pounds already! He is doing new things every day. He is talking more and more and really watching everything we do. He is starting to follow us around the room with his eyes instead of us having to get right in front of him. He is still only drinking 4 ounces at a time and the time in between feedings just varies? Sometimes it could be 3 hours and then sometimes it could be 5, but when he is hungry he is hungry! He doesn’t have a small cry; he goes from nothing to screaming like he is just starving!  He still loves his bath time and has to have it between 7:00 and 8:00 every night or he gets really fussy! That is about the only thing we do that is really scheduled! He is really starting to like his toys! He is grabbing them now and actually holding onto them. He doesn’t hold them long and he always tries to get them to his mouth but he usually drops them before they get there.

He spent the night with my parents, Granna & Pop, one night and my mom said that she wrapped him in his blanket and he seemed to like it so I borrowed a woombie from a friend of mine to see how he would like it. When he was born he hated to be swaddled or wrapped up! But I tried it again and he actually liked it so I ordered him his own woombie and he is getting very used to it now. He usually falls asleep pretty quickly when I put it on and he is sleeping for about 7 hours at a time! I cannot get him to stay up late though! I would really like for him to stay up until about 11 and then have his night time bottle, but he is usually so sleepy around 8:45 that I just can’t keep him awake. So he goes to sleep around 8:45 and usually wakes up around 3 has a bottle and goes back to sleep until 6:00 or 6:30. This is a huge improvement compared to what we went through in the beginning! I don’t mind getting up that one time a night, especially since he goes right back to sleep.

He really likes to go to Pops store and play with Bet Bet and Diane! They just love him to death and give him so much attention that he just eats it up! I can already tell he is going to be spending a lot of time up there when he gets older!