"BEEBAH"

At about 12 months old Shaw started calling baths "Beebah"s. We have no idea where this came from but it has stuck. This past weekend, the boys got to take their first beebah together. It was hilarious and so cute! Shaw wanted to help, like he always does, and Sutton just looked at him the whole time like he was crazy. It made it quite easier on me to have them both in the tub at the same time. It will be even easier when Sutton can sit up well by himself but for now I will take putting his baby tub in the big tub. What fun times we have ahead :).

 

Brother, what are you doing?! :)

 

Such a good helper

 

He was happy to be clean!

 

And for my memory's sake. Sutton's first "beebah" at home. What a difference two months makes!

 

Sutton at 2 months

Holy smokes!! Everyone told me that the second one always goes by faster and I didn't believe them. Well, they were right. I feel like it was just yesterday that we were walking out of the hospital with this little guy and he turned two months yesterday. It just doesn't seem possible!

Here are some fun facts about our Sutton McCrae:

• We weighed him the day before he turned 2 months and he was 12 lbs. 11 oz. He has gained almost 5 lbs his first two months!
• I think he is around 23-24" long
• He is now in all 3-6 months and 3 months clothes. His Ganna made me put all his 0-3 months stuff up over the weekend when he was busting out of a sleeper I had on him.
• We are just waiting to go through the last pack of opened size 1 diapers then we will go to 2s.
• He most definitely has red hair. His eyebrows are even red. His eye lashes were blonde but over the last two weeks they have turned darker. They are still blonde on the tips and getting super long.
• His eyes are very light already, much lighter blue than Shaw's ever were.
• Has very bad seasonal allergies. We have found that out over the last two weeks. The poor baby has stayed sick and is finally not congested and feeling good. Then, I noticed a runny nose this afternoon :(
• His eyes and face have cleared up and stayed clear over the last few weeks.
• He was sleeping 6-7 hours until he got sick. Now we are back to 3-5 hours. He goes to bed at 8 and usually wakes up between 1-2 and then 4-5. He is easy to get back to sleep after he eats.
• He is still nursing every 3 hours during the day and on the same schedule.
• He started staying with his Aunt Carly 3 days a week this past week and is doing great.
• He still hates tummy time and rolls over after only about 30 seconds and gets VERY mad when made to stay. He is very strong and can already put weight on his forearms for about 30-45 seconds at a time.
• He loves to smile and talk.
• Still loves his play mat and will smile at himself in the mirror even though I know he can't see himself very well.
• His tummy issues have subsided a lot. Me eliminating most dairy must be working. He spits up very little but I still believe he has some silent reflux going on because he will just be plain uncomfortable sometimes.
• He usually only cries when he overly tired or hungry
• His brother has started scaring him with how loud he is. Shaw will scream (while playing and/or a tantrum) and Sutton will get the biggest pouty lip and then start to cry.
• Still loves to be swaddled and loves to cuddle.
• Still not a huge fan of the paci. We have tried about 4 different kinds and the soothie is his favorite.
• We moved him to his crib this past weekend in hopes he would return to his good sleeping habits. Here's to hoping it helps
• He has already acquired several nick names. His Pops calls him Gus due to him being named after Augustus McCrae, and Josh and I call him Bug and Buggers.
• Big brother is still obsessed with him and adores him SO much!

Rice and Gween Beans

I think I've said it before but Shaw is one of those toddlers that doesn't play well by himself. Actually, he all out refuses. As you can imagine days get long with keeping him entertained plus feeding a newborn (who is still sick) every three hours and keeping him happy as well. So, this morning I decided to try a little OT activity out and it worked great! I put rice and dried beans in a bowl, put it on the kitchen floor, and told him to "have at it". He immediately called it "rice and gween beans" even though I believe they were great northerns :). I then decided to put his magnetic letters in the mix and he thought that was great. He would find them and go stick them on the fridge! He ended up making a huge mess but what better way to work on his fine motor skills than to pick up beans off the floor? It ended up entertaining him for about 45 minutes and he had a blast! I think we will do a little food coloring next time with what I kept to make it a little more colorful!

Phone Pictures

I am SO excited that I discovered the Blogger phone app. It will make it a lot easier to share stories and pictures from my phone, which is my main way of taking pictures since it is usually convenient. Here are some of my favorites since Easter that I haven't shared on Facebook!

ER Visit

Our first one to be exact. As most of you know Arkansas is covered in a thin, not so pretty, blanket of pollen right now and every member of our family feels like crud. I always welcome spring with open arms but not the sickness that comes with it! Little Sutton decided to start getting sick on Sunday and has steadily gotten worse. The poor baby has yellow snot, a terrible sounding cough, and just feels plain terrible. This morning I took his temperature and it was 100.1. I called the pediatrician and the nurse told me with how young he was and with that high of a temp to go ahead and go to the ER at our children's hospital. What?!!! I immediately started crying because well, I wasn't really expecting for them to tell me to take my little, brand new baby to the ER. Due to his age, they immediately put us in a room which was nice! He still had a temp but the Dr. thought the same thing I thought all along, upper respiratory infection. She said with young babies they can get sick SO fast and that it was good we went ahead and brought him. Now, we just have to make sure his temp doesn't get any higher and he doesn't have any respiratory distress. Here are some pictures I had taken earlier this morning of our sweet peas. He is even smiling in some in these...aren't they just sweeter than pie?! :) Hoping our littlest little gets to feeling better soon!

Easter 2013

Easter is my absolute favorite holiday. Not only is it the most important holiday for all of mankind but I love all the festivities and family time. If it wasn't for Easter and Jesus dying on the cross, we would have no hope. That one single event in history gives us all a chance to spend eternity with Him, and that means EVERYTHING. Thank you, Jesus, for dying for me and every single sin filled human, and for taking our shame and sin upon yourself. We had a super busy weekend celebrating the cross and empty tomb, and spent lots of fun time with family and friends. The weekend before Easter, Mimi's neighborhood had an Easter egg hunt and we had our Easter meal there afterwards. In Arkansas, we never know how the weather is going to be this time of year and of course it was wet, cold, and windy that day. Shaw didn't much like the cold and wind but had a great time at his first egg hunt to participate in. Easter weekend was super busy with another egg hunt, lots of church activities, and lunch at Nanna's. Thankfully it rained some more that weekend but ended up being a beautiful Easter Sunday. The Easter bunny also came to visit our house which was really fun this year!

 

His first time to hunt eggs. I was inside with Sutton because it was too cold for us but Josh said he had a great time.



 

He thought he was supposed to put rocks in his bucket at first :)

 

 

Church egg hunt and festivities. Coloring an Easter picture.

 

 

This little guy thought something was funny!

 

 

Eggs, eggs, eggs!

 

 

He wasn't too sure what to think of her....

 

 

 The Easter bunny came to drop a few things off at our house. He knew there were two little boys that needed to get ready for the beach, plus one that was getting ready to potty train!

 

 

Sweet babies all dressed for church.

 

 

Playing at Nanna's after Easter lunch with family.

 

 

By the third egg hunt he wasn't interested AT ALL. He decided to give mommy kisses instead :)

 

 

Great grandchildren hunting for eggs.

 

 

Unlike the eggs, he was very interested in the huge magnolia tree in front of Nanna's house.

 

 

Pops and Sutton

 

 

Everyone counting their eggs.

 

 

So blessed with such a big loving family!

 

 

"But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our inequities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed" Isaiah 53:5