The beginning

*For the safety of our little family, No pictures will be added. Also with some details about the Daddy as I plan to refer to him as, I have to keep them as broad as possible for OPSEC reasons!*

With us living out of state away from all of our family, I wanted an up to the minute way to keep everyone updated on Isaac.

Im a little slow at getting this started but better late than never I always say.

A brief recap-

Nov 12 1:18pm our little Man was welcomed into the world. He quickly became the center of Mommy and Daddys world. We spent two amazing weeks with The Daddy before sending him back off to war.

Dec 3rd( 3 wks)He slept in his very own bed, in his very own room.

Dec 10th(4 wks) He slept through the night!

Dec 31st(7 wks) Started smiling

Jan 10th ( 8wks) First trip back to Indiana. He did great on the Airplane and had an amazing time meeting his Mamaw and Papaw( mommys parents) and his Papaw Jack and Mamaw Joy( Daddys Dad and Step Mom). He also got to meet all of his cousins and almost all of his Aunts and Uncles and 2 of his great grandmas. Everyone was in love with him of course :)

Jan 14th (8 wks) Rolled over

Feb 12th( 3 mths) Started holding toys

Feb 18th ( 3 mths) Started rice cereal. He Loved it

March 1st ( 3 mths) Sat up unassisted

March 13th (4 mths) Tried fruit for the first time- pears. He absolutely loved them. He bounced up and down in his highchair and shook his head back in forth while giggling in between bites. If I was to slow at getting his next bite he would get annoyed and shove his fists into his mouth. Silly baby!

At his two month appt ( Jan 26th 2010) he weighed 12 lbs and was 23 inches long. Absolutely perfect and in thee 50 Percentile. He got his shots and was not a happy camper about them. The next few weeks were packed full of horrible belly issues. I tried absolutely everything I could think of and nothing was working. Poor baby is cursed with his mommys belly. Thats about the only thing he got from me. He looks just like his Daddy...all the way down to his toenails. lol In the very end I found out that it was the water making him so sick. Once we made the switch to baby safe bottled water, hes been much better since. He still have an extremely sensitive stomach and I have to be extremely careful with what and how much I feed him. Its difficult at times, but nothing we cant handle!

On the 12th of March we has his 4 mth appt. He is now 14.4 lbs and they say he hasnt grown length wise. I dont exactly believe that as hes growing length wise out of his clothes, the doctor agrees and said the machine is know to be off. Either way hes still perfect! Hes above and beyond with most of his developmental milestones and its 90% of the time an extremely happy baby. Much to my surpise I also found out that the teething process has begun. He has two teeth under the surface that are getting ready to break through. They are on the top one on the front left and the back right. So far hes handling it like a trooper, just drooling ALOT! Hopefully as the process continues he doesnt get to uncomfortable. His favorite thing to do right now is stand. He hates being on his back and laying down. He loves his jumperoo and goes crazy while hes in it. He has a huge smile and its the cutest thing I have ever seen. He will look at me with those big blue eyes and give me a big huge smile and it melts my heart. While he i usually extremely happy, when he gets mad he is just MAD!

He sleeps in his own room, and between 7:30 and 8 is his bedtime. He sleeps until 4-5 wakes up for a bottle, and then goes back to sleep until 7-8. We recently cut out a midnight waking that was full of nothing but screaming, hopefully we have kicked that habit for good! We also made the step to stop swaddling him. We have been swaddling him since birth and it worked extremely well for him, but its time to stop as hes beginning to start the process of rolling from his back to his belly and it would potentially start to cause a safety risk. The first night was horrible. Up every hour all night long. I was discouraged but the Daddy pushed me to keep going. Im glad he did and im glad I stuck with it because hes doing so much better with it.
Right now hes very attached to his blue blanket..which we call blue blankey. He can be in the middle of a throwing fit and if you hand him blankey he instantly starts smiling. He kneeds it between his hands to go to sleep and he sucks on it while hes awake. We dont go anywhere without it!

He not a fan of the bouncy seat, and likes the swing but only to put him to sleep. He listens to the Beatles (baby edition) at night to fall asleep, and hes finally getting over hating his car seat. He loves when I wear him in his carrier, and loves the new sunglasses I just bought for him. I recently bought him a few pairs of flip flops for summer but they are still to big. He has teeny tiny feet and doesnt even fit into size 1 shoes yet, hes still wearing newborn size socks. Hes in 0-3 mth clothing and we are slowing making the transition to 3-6, some things fit but most are still too big for now. Just last week we made the transition to size 2 diapers. The 1's still fit him size wise but hes a super wetter so we had to move up to 2's to contain the mess. lol He loves bathtime. He recently got a new bath seat that makes it able for him to sit up and he thinks its the coolest. He splashes and moves his tiny little baby legs all over.

Hes very much a schedule baby and eats 6 ozs every 3 hrs (except over night) Hes becoming very interested in the tv and computer and when he sees either he starts babbling like crazy. We recently had a video conference with The Daddy and Isaac was very talktive. He does a hushed yell that makes him sound like an old man whos losing his voice. Its funny. His loves his Daddys voice and will stop crying when he hears it( we have his voice recorded in his Daddy doll, and we also have a video that The Daddy made for him). Im am determined to make sure that Isaac knows who he is, so when he comes home it will hopefully make the transition a little less stressful. Hes got a wide variety of nicknames at the moment. Mr. Man which hes had since birth, I-man, Bug or buggie, and Boogie.

For now our days are spent playing and enjoying the wonderful NC weather, and counting down the days until the Daddy is with us again. Only a few more months, we can finally count on one hand! YAY!

Until Next time
-The Mommy

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