Two Months Old

I've been a little slow once again on getting Denver's 2 month pictures posted. Now that Denver's 10 weeks old I figured I better get them on here!

Denver continues to do well. He is interacting with his surroundings more and more every day. He bats at things with his hands and sort of grabs at them. Denver talks more and more every day. (2 parents that love to talk....what's this baby going to be like? Could be scary!) We also think some teeth are maybe working on there way in. One day Denver was crabby and I couldn't figure out why. He had red cheeks which made me start to wonder if he was working on a tooth and when I stuck my finger in his mouth to feel I felt a little piece of a tooth on the top. Since then we've had a couple more days like that, but I can't feel a tooth anymore so we'll see. I go back to work on Super Bowl Sunday for a night shift. It will be difficult to go, but it will also be nice to get out of the house by myself. It's amazing how grocery store trips by myself have become a highlight! Grandma Kim is staying with Daddy and Denver Sunday night (Grandma works Sunday day...that's why she's spending the night....not that I don't think Evan can handle it on his own) and Grandma will stay until Mommy gets home from work and gets a little sleep. Grandma Verni will be coming to Sioux Falls to watch Denver on Wednesday and Thursday when Mommy has her first day shifts. Please keep us in your prayers as we make this transition. Thankfully, Denver consistently sleeps 8 hours at night so that will help tremendously.

Daddy and Me

Daddy and Denver have lots of fun together. Going to the gym is still important to Daddy and he's been trying to teach that to Denver. Denver has been working out with Daddy at home, and going to the gym with Daddy and Mommy.

Getting ready to leave for the gym.

Here Daddy is teaching Denver how to do sit ups.

Matching boys! Don't they look good?!

Two Month Check Up

Denver had his 2 month check up today. He passed with flying colors. Mommy and Daddy had to fill out a "Denver questionnaire" (this tool is actually called Denver...it's not because of his name). After answering these questions we found out that Denver is doing some things that babies don't do until 4 months! Denver weighed 10lbs. 4 oz. and was 22 1/2 inches long. These measurements are in the 20% area, but has followed the growth curve from birth so Dr. McKercher was okay with them. Everyone said he's doing great, so we were happy! Denver also got his 2 month immunizations today. This included 3 shots and 1 oral. The oral one he liked...he did great with it just like he does with his medicine every day. The shots on the other hand he did not like and cried for quite awhile, but now he's happy. He slept on the way home, then ate when we got home, and then played for quite some time. He's currently swinging and trying to fall asleep.

Otherwise things are going well here. Denver continues to be a pretty happy baby. He is starting to sleep through the night on a more consistent basis. He goes anywhere from 5-9 hours at night (he's gone 8 hours pretty consistently lately).

Grandpa Rodney and Grandma Verni got Denver this onesie for Christmas. We maybe need to work on drinking more milk so we aren't so little! ;)

This onesie was the guestbook at the baby shower Aunt Kim threw. We are so greatful that every one loves Denver so much! We can't believe that our blog has been viewed over 1,000 times! Denver is so blessed to have such loving and caring family and friends!

Denver continues to love bath time. He is always happy and content after he's had his bath and evening snack!

Baby Dedication

Today we had Denver's baby dedication at our Church (Oak Hills Baptist Church in Sioux Falls). Pastor Tom did Denver's dedication. Pastor Tom invited Shelly our Children's Ministry coordinator to also be a part of the service; Pastor Tom prayed for her and the Oak Hills Children's Ministry to be an integral part of Denver's life.

Evan read Denver's life verse. Proverbs 3:1-6

We had a small dinner celebration at our house after the service. We are so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends who will help us raise our son with a heart for God. Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers for us as parents and for Denver. We love each and every one of you!

Giggles!

Denver learned how to giggle on Thursday! Denver and I were sitting at the table and I was showing him his hands and then we started clapping them and saying "yea" and out came a laugh. I couldn't believe it and said "Daddy come listen quick". We were so excited that we didn't think to get the video camera out until he wouldn't do it anymore. Then Saturday night we got him to do it again and the camrea was on this time! Here is a video of him...hopefully it works.

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.