LSU and others...

Here's the big LSU post for the Houstonites (and any other LSU fans). (FYI Denver's relatives from Houston sent him this LSU outfit with instructions to wear it for the big game and to cheer LSU on to a victory) Unfortunately, Denver had to cheer silently for LSU because Daddy says that the Big Ten doesn't get enough coverage, so he was going for Ohio and Denver didn't want to hurt his feelings. :) Once again Denver's good luck helped out another football team! (Sadly, Mommy doesn't know anything about college football so she didn't care who won.)

Things continue to go well here. Denver is changing and doing more and more every day. He typically is a very happy baby and is full of smiles which we're finally getting caught on camera! Denver loves to bounce and loves music. This past Sunday in Church during the praise and worship songs he just smiled away.

Before we know it football season is going to be over and baseball will start again. Denver is ready for baseball season. I think he has at least 5 Minnesota Twins outfits (not to mention that his nursery is decked out in Minnesota Twins paraphernalia)!

Time Flies!

We used to think time flies, now we really think time flies (I'm scared of what it will be like when Denver is old enough to be in activities! Ahh!). Things have been busy here. I have slowly been working on being able to leave my little boy. Grandma Billie's hospitalization really broke me in by having to leave Denver at his Great Uncle Terry and Great Aunt Jaci's house without much time of thinking about it. Through this I have learned that it's okay to leave him behind and that it's good for him; but it's still hard!

Since my last post a lot has happened. I'll do my best to catch everyone up.

Here are Denver's 1 month pictures that I never got posted.

We think Denver's Prevacid is finally doing it's job! He seems so much happier and doesn't fuss much during or after a feeding anymore. I have also found out that he doesn't like it when Mommy eats hot wings! Denver is not much of a napper. He likes to know what's going on all the time and really struggles to go down for a nap. He also did not want to miss out on the New Years Celebration as he laid on the living room floor watching the tv and kicking and talking away. I think it was 1:30a.m. before Daddy got him to go down in his crib! For the most part Denver does awesome going down for the night. He likes to stay up late, but when he's ready he will lay down in his crib awake and go to sleep by himself.

This was Denver's New Years Eve outfit. Dad said he had to ring in the new year with the right colors. (Daddy thinks Denver has been getting the wrong color tractors from Grandpa Rodney.)

I have been trying to work with Denver with developmental things more during the day since he doesn't want to sleep anyway. One day I sat him up and put his boppy behind him for a little support and let go....he sat up so good! I know I'm Mommy and I'm overly proud, but he really did use little support from the boppy. It's amazing our little 7 pound boy has grown up so much in the past almost 7 weeks.

Unfortunately, Denver's good luck charm for the Vikings ran out 2 weeks too soon. (The Vikings were undefeated after Denver was born until these past 2 games.) I had hoped to get Denver a Minnesota Vikings outfit and have a picture of him with this post, but never got it done. I was going to put a happy picture of him in his Vikings outfit and the crying picture of him in his Broncos outfit....oh well (he did cry though when we put the Denver Broncos outfit on him). Due to Denver's name several people have found it fun and funny (knowing his Daddy would not like it) to buy him Denver Broncos things because it has his name on it.

As long as we're talking about sports here's the picture of Denver in his "Bobcats outfit". Mommy kept forgetting the camera when we went to the games, so it took until the 3rd game and when we found out his outfit fit him that I finally remembered the camera.

Here are a couple pictures I took of Denver yesterday. He's chaning so much every day. Slowly we can see more of me in him, but he still looks lots like his Daddy.

More Christmas Pictures

The three of us enjoyed our day at home on Christmas day. We all had several naps! Denver slept quite a bit during the day which proves he was as worn out as Mommy and Daddy!

Denver spent time playing on the floor, swinging, and attempting to jump in his new jumperoo. Jumperoo's can be dangerous...ask Daddy! ;) (When Daddy was putting his jumperoo together he wasn't patient for the instructions and had to pull a piece apart which he ended up pulling the piece into his chin and gave himself a pretty deep cut from it...but he's okay now!)

Since we were at home Denver got to have his bedtime routine again. This consists of a bath between 6:30 and 8p.m. and then time to kick and play on the floor. After he's done playing on the floor he usually eats and then is out like a light! We need to get a book in there yet, but we'll get it figured out soon enough.

I included bath time pictures to show you how big he's gotten from his first bath at home! Sometimes we even take the sling out after he's done getting cleaned up and let him play a little (we have to hold him up yet while he plays though).

This post will probably be my longest ever because I have a ton more pictures that I want to share with everyone.

On Christmas Eve we switched Denver's medication to Prevacid. He was still fussy after feedings and was struggling going to sleep at times because he was so miserable. Tomorrow we should be able to tell if it's helping more than the Zantac was, but I think I can tell a difference already. He slept a little over 7 hours last night! It was amazing. Not only did he sleep 7 hours, but when he got up at 7 this morning he ate and went back to sleep until I woke him up to eat at 11:30 (I gave him his medicine when he was sleeping...he took it like such a big boy and just kept sleeping! The only bad thing about this medicine is that it has to be 30 minutes before his feeding so we have to be creative so he doesn't have to be mad very long about not getting to eat). Other than Denver's reflux he is doing awesome. He's getting so big; he is even outgrowing some of his 0-3 month sleepers due to his big feet (they fit him everywhere, but his little toes are smashed in the feet).

We hope everyone had a good Christmas as well and hope you all have a great new year! We are excited for what this new year will bring!

Denver's first Christmas

Denver had a very busy first Christmas. Our Christmas gatherings began on the 14th, we had another on the 16th, and for the past 5 days we've been running to the rest of them. Today we are spending Christmas at home with just the 3 of us. It is a much needed break from all the running around. We are all happy to be home and spending time with each other. I'm sure there will be many more pictures before the day is over, but here are a few.

A new family picture of us on Christmas Eve. Mommy was excited that Denver's Christmas outfit fit as good as it did as we were afraid he'd be swimming in it

Mommy and Daddy's best Christmas present came early this year and we love him so very much!

Denver got Daddy a Minnesota Twins backpack to use as a diaper bag so they can look "cool" when they go out together just the 2 of them!

"Getting Big"

Denver is getting big. He weighed 8lbs. 10oz. at the clinic today. Denver had a follow-up Dr's appt. for his acid reflux. After discussing things with Dr. McKercher we decided to increase his Zantac to 3 times a day and we were able to get it grape flavored! Daddy thinks that the grape flavor is worse though, so we'll see if Denver indicates a prefernce. We are slowly getting used to having an infant. I think we have both been surprised about the amount of time it takes to get ready to go some where and how stressful parenthood can be at times. Denver has been to 2 family Christmas gatherings already.

Daddy was super excited to find out that Denver's "Bobcat outfit" fit. Be ready Bobcats your newest, biggest fan will be sporting your school colors for your next game!

Denver loves to play on the floor and kick around. Recently he has enjoyed laying on his boppy like this and then pushing off with his legs so he about tips over. It's very cute to watch. He is getting very strong with his head and does awesome turning it back and forth during tummy time and when he's being held. We are getting squirmier every day and now when he's being held he has to look all around to make sure he sees everything going on!

Mommy loves her baby boy and can't imagine a minute without him! The rest of my maternity leave better go slow as I am going to struggle leaving him.

Almost forgot...we are sleeping in our crib again and doing quite well. We had 2 nights where he slept about 6 hours straight. I woke up several times wondering if he was okay, but reassured myself without having to go check on him and eventually fell back asleep. Other than those 2 nights he's usually up around 3a.m. and several times if not at least close to half of the time he's big eyed and wants to play and be held.

Denver + Zantac + Carseat = Good Nights Sleep!!

Now that Denver has been on his Zantac for about 5 days we have gotten 2 good nights sleep (granted we did decide to try putting him in his carseat for the night as many people told us to try...I do plan on trying the crib again tonight though in hopes that the Zantac has done its job and we won't have to go through the process of weaning from the carseat to the crib). Denver gets his Zantac twice a day and it's peppermint flavored....he did awesome with it the first couple times, but a couple days ago he decided the flavor was too strong and then learned he can spit it out! I'm hoping I can get the pharmacy to do a different flavor next time we get it filled.

Denver did well at his first basketball game last Friday. Daddy was concerned it was too loud in the gym so Denver spent most of his time out in the lobby with Grandma Verni. Denver got to meet lots of people and even some distant cousins!

Last night Mommy and Daddy had their first night out; just the 2 of us. Grandma Verni came to stay with Denver and sounds like they had a good time. We went to the Augie vs USF basketball game and when the game was over Daddy was ready to run out of there to go see his boy (Mommy was ready to go see him too, but enjoyed the time out of the house!).

Mommy played dress up this morning with Denver. We had gotten this red sleeper for Denver to wear to Christmas gatherings and since those start this weekend I figured we better try it on and see how it fits.

Evan's boss and his wife gave us some money to go buy clothes for Denver, so silly us went shopping at the mall on Saturday (it was crazy busy!). These jeans go with a shirt and hat that we got for him, but I knew the shirt would be too big yet, but wanted to try to the jeans...still a little big, but super cute! :)

Our Beautiful Baby Boy

Here are some pictures of Denver sporting his Nike outfit.

Sleep?

Lately, sleep has become a bit unknown in our house. Denver had a doctor's appointment yesterday and was diagnosed with reflux. His original appointment was for today, but Wednesday night mommy got about 2-3 hours of sleep and dealt with a screaming baby most of the night so she said this is enough, we're going to try and get into the clinic today instead. Dr. McKercher started Denver on Zantac twice a day and told us to elevate the head of his bed. It will take a couple days of the Zantac before we'll see a difference, but we're hoping this will do the trick! Other than Denver's reflux he is doing very well. He was 7lbs 15oz in the clinic. Denver loves to eat and when he gets a bottle from Daddy he typically takes 4oz, but has taken up to 5oz! He is getting strong and is doing really well with moving his head around and holding it up by himself. Denver is also starting to enjoy bath time more and more every day. Daddy and Denver do bath time and it's a great bonding time for the two of them. Tonight Denver gets to go to his first basketball game (he gets to watch his cousins Drew and Ethan play).


Mommy had a picture taking day at the beginning of the week. He tolerated my positioning and flash quite well, but by the end he was hungry and sick of it!