Stetson turns 18 Months

Stetson turned 18 months old on the 9th! Of coarse I would like to freeze him at this age, he's so fun, but I know that I can't so I guess I will just enjoy it to the fullest!

His Stats:
Wt: 25 lbs 15oz 73%
Ht: 33.5" 83%
HC: 48cm 67%

About him:

• He loves tractors! He has a tractor calendar in his room and every morning he wakes up and says "tractor" in his baby acsent of coarse :)
• He eats everything (I hope he stays that way)
• He loves his milk! He drinks atleast 4 cups a day
• He loves to be outside following Brett around, throwing dog food into the dogs water, swinging, going down the slide, digging in the dirt, petting the dogs, going for walks or a wagon ride or a ride in the bike trailer,etc.
• He can say "tractor""horse""shoe""done", he knows what a sheep, cow, lion, snake, and elephant say.
• He has started to throw some tantrums, which are usually easy to stop by distracting him with something. He will throw his head back on the ground no matter where he is; asphalt, tile, dirt, doesn't matter. Not a very smart thing to do and often times I get scared that he is going to get a goose ache. He has gotten a little smarter after smacking the back of his head while doing it a couple of times and will now put his head back slowly. Haha
• Him and Brooklyn play together occasionally, but he is learning how to torment her..uh oh, here we go! The times that they are cute together make up for the times that they are fighting.
• He wakes up around 8 am, naps at 10 & 2, and goes to bed at 8.
• He loves nursery
• He's sometimes shy around strangers and other times he a social butterfly
• He's a mama's boy
• Brett loves taking him for rides on his tractor, taking him to guy stores (IFA, Smith & Edwards), having him follow him around in the garage (when he's not whining for mom)
• I love snuggling him and making him laugh

Stetson Turns ONE!

About Stetson at 12 months:

• I think it's safe to say that after a YEAR he is sleeping through the night (I'm knocking on wood right now)!  It almost seems like after we finished breastfeeding and bottle feeding is when he started to consistently.
• He goes to bed sometime around 7 and wakes up around 8 with 2 naps about 1-1/2 hours during the day.
• Right at a year he transitioned to whole milk and he loves it..just like his sister
• He loves all food and is a BIG eater
• He is very busy and is in to everything making sure he explores all with his mouth 
• He is very snuggly and sucks his thumb when tired
• He is a very happy and content little boy, but sure knows how to scream when he's mad

12 Month Stats:
Wt: 22 lbs 7.5 oz 68%
Ht: 31" 87%
HC: 47 cm 76%

Stetson at 10 Months

About Stetson at 10 months:

• He has 6 teeth
• He got his helmet off
• Not crawling yet, but SO close  
• Loves to walk with help of coarse
• Started rolling over to sleep on side or tummy
• Nursing 90% of the time milk supply came back, must have been because I was sick and not getting as many calories
• Transitioning to 2 naps and moving his bed time back did not go well. He started waking up in the middle of the night again so we went back to 3 naps and an early bed time. The last two days I have been putting him down for his naps at 9 and 1 with a bedtime at 6:30...so far so good. He wakes up around 7:30 and wakes to nurse around 9:30 after going to bed and sleeps till morning. just for my on FYI. Brooklyn didn't go to 2 naps until 10 months as well.
• Brooklyn loves to make him laugh and he loves watching her
• Loves baby cereal and loves to feed himself
• Still has a HIGH pitched scream
• He loves to be outside, even in the cold and is so laid back see picture above

Stetson at 9 Months

                                    STETSON                                             BROOKLYN

                                   Wt: 20 lbs 6 oz 63%                                      Wt: 15 lbs 6 oz 5%
                           Ht: 29 inches 77%                                         Ht: 27.5 inches 50%

                          HC: 45.5 cm 65%                                          HC: 43.5 cm 40%

(yes, that is blood all over him. He chewed through

two bandaids after getting his thumb poked. Looks

like we have a vampire on our hands)

About Stetson at 9 months:

• His top left lateral inciser has come in 2nd to his bottom right front tooth. (weird order, his left bottom front is so close to popping through)
• We are transitioning from 3 naps to 2 and from breast to bottle. (I am drying up just like I did with Brooklyn at this age)
• He as been moving around more: occasionally sleeping on his side, changing directions in his crib, going from a sitting position to his knees to his stomach. No crawling yet, but I think he is getting close!
• He loves baby cereal and prunes and as of recently refuses to eat pureed veggies and is anxious to move on to stage 3 foods.

This little guy is very busy and can be very vocal, but other times he's super calm and observant. He's a stinker and a sweety all at the same time, I can't wait to see what his personality turnes out to be. He is already much more snuggly than Brooklyn ever was..yay! We love him so so much and can't imagine our life without him in our family!

Stetson 7 1/2 Months

About STETSON at 7 1/2 months since I missed his 7 month mark :)...

• He's sitting up all by himself
• He now goes to sleep without being swaddled
• He loves to hold his blankie and suck his thumb when going to sleep
• He's slept through the night 10-8, 7-6, 9-7:30 a handful of times
• Insists on going to bed between 6 & 6:30pm
• I have to keep him in zip up jammies because he'll kick one of his feet out of the snap up ones
• He loves drinking from a sippy cup (leftover formula after using some to mix with his cereal)
• He has the highest pitch scream, whether its a scream of excitment or a scream of frustration
• He has the sweetest little laugh I have ever heard, maybe I'm just biased :) See below

We LOVE our Stetters and are so grateful that he belongs to our family!!

6 Month Checkup

Stetson's checkup went well. The doctor said that everything looks good, except for his head is not as round as he wanted it to be at this point in time. He said that he thinks it is borderline to needing a helmet and suggested that we have a consultation with the helmet doctor to see if he thinks he needs one or not. 

Here are his 6 Month Stats:

Wt: 18 lbs 14oz 72%

Ht: 27" 60%

HC: 44.5 cm 79%

Stetson at 6 Months

About Stetson at 6 months:

• He's found his toes and as of recently has been able to suck on them.
• Explores everything by seeing how it tastes :)
• He's a happy baby and is content sitting in the jumperoo or playing on the ground with his toys, but doesn't like to be left alone very long.
• Fits into 9 month clothes
• Is able to sit up for a little bit using his hands to prop himself up and loves to be held in the standing position and jump with his little chubby legs
• Still spits up every so often, usually after a big meal or after I have eaten something that doesn't agree with his stomach
• Has been exploring his voice by making loud squeals rather than babbles
• Still doesn't sleep through the night
• Has been eating rice cereal and squash and LOVES pears
• He is pretty good at taking small naps in his carseat if we are at church or in the car
• Has figured out how to hold on to mommy's hair :)
• Wakes up around 7:30, takes a two hour nap about an hour after waking, then 2 more 1 - 2 hour naps during the day and likes to go to bed super early around 6:30. At night he usually wakes up either at 12 ish to eat then usually again around 2:30, but I usually just reswaddle him and he'll fall back asleep.
• He's very observent and loves to socialize

We go to the doctor next Wednesday for his 6 month check up so I will post his growth stats afterward.

It's That Time Again...Starting Solids

Stetson had his first taste of Rice Cereal this afternoon. He seemed to like it, but of course needs to work on not pushing it out with his tongue. He was so cute though! Next time Brett is home to watch I'll have him video :) Maybe this will help with getting him so sleep through the night fingers crossed!

5 Month Old Little Boy

About Stetson at 5 months:

• His little personality is coming out more and more.
• He loves to sqeal, laugh, coo, fake cough, and screech
• He has started reaching for his toys when they are placed in front of him and loves to swat at the ones that are on his swing. And is trying to figure how to grab on to them.
• He loves to sit in his bouncer and kick the dangling fish although he doesn't get to sit in it much since we are still trying to keep him off his head as much as possible while he is awake.
• He has started taking a bottle again, which is nice if Brett and I ever want to go on a date, and will even take formula sometimes, BUT we haven't found one that doesn't upset his stomach yet, good thing nursing is still going good.
• He's in 9 month clothes
• He is still so easy going and such a joy to hold and be around. We just love his chubbiness!
• He STILL wakes up once or twice a night, but just to eat and goes right back to sleep.

This adorable quilt was made by Great Aunt Karen

4 Month Old Stetson

 excuse the blury picture 

4 Month Stats

Ht: 25.75" 66%

Wt: 16.1 lbs 34%

HC: 42cm 64%

Our little guy is growing and developing at a rapid rate these days. Within the last month he has found his hands and sucks wildly on them. I love when I catch him holding hands with him self so cute! I even caught him sucking his thumb when I went in to get him from his nap the other day. We may have another thumb sucker on our hands folks!

He holds his head up well enough to sit in the Bumbo and enjoys being on his belly propped up by a pillow, which is good because we really need his flat head to round back out before his 6th month appointment or we may be seeing the helmut doctor. Yikes! He LOVES bath time so much that he almost jumps out of his whale tub in excitement. He is starting to get distracted easily while eating, which is a bummer for me. He loves when Brooklyn talks to him and makes him smile and he loves to watch her dance around the room. He also loves being with his daddy maybe he'll be a daddy's boy. 

He has dropped his 11:00pm feeding and only wakes up once during the night, usually around 4:30am. He wakes up around 7:30 and goes to bed around 7:30 on a good day. Lately he has had trouble settling down for bed time. For the most part he is pretty easy going.

I couldn't imagine my life without him right now. I have found that a mother's love for their sons is different from the love they have for their daughters. I don't know how to explain it, but I feel very lucky that I have one of each so that I can experience the difference.

We love our little Stetson to pieces and are enjoying every single second with him.

Summer Pictures

 He's almost as big as her :)

4th of July...

Our Sweetie Boy...

Splash Pad with some friends...

Enjoying the fruits of summer...

3 Months

I know I say this ALL THE TIME, but where has the time gone!! One of mine and Brett's favorite thing to do is tell each other "Can you believe it's been this long since we did this?" or "I can't believe that was that long ago!" It seems like yesterday we were stopping to see Chase and Taylor's new apartment on the way up to the hosptial after my water broke, I was in no hurry as you can tell, and saying "I need to sit down for a minute, my contractions are getting stronger." And in that moment thinking, I can't believe we're going to have a new baby boy in our family in just a few hours! Then BAM he's 3 months old :)

This little grunt has already brought so much joy to our family! I never new how much little boys could still a mom's heart, but he sure has! I just adore the heck out of him. I am a mom of two awesome children and I could not feel more blessed! 

Here is a little bit about Stetson at 3 months:

• He hates laying flat on his tummy just like his sister did. He likes it more if he is propped up on the Boppy pillow
• He loves to be swaddled with one arm out..Brooklyn had to have both out.
• Still doesn't care for the binki, or is atleast very picky about when he will take it.
• He loves to stare people in the eye and loves to be talked to. You can tell that he has so much to say and OH how I wish that he could speak his mind, because I know he would tell me how awesome heaven is. This little boy has a feeling of the spirit like no other.
• He has started smiling and cooing and as of Saturday laughing see video below

• He is an easy going baby except for when it comes to his bedtime, 7:30/8:00. He likes to be in bed at his bedtime, but it usually takes a little more to get him to sleep than it does for his naps.
• He still wakes up once or twice at night.

I hate to see him grow so fast, but we are excited for what is to come! Even through the hard days I try and enjoy every minute, because before too long just like everything else we will be saying, "Remember the good 'ol days?

And of course I have to post a picture of my Brooklyn :)

2 Months

A little bit about Stetson at 2 months:

• He survived his first cold.
• He is still our little grunter, always grunting.
• He eats every three hours during the day and at night will sometimes go 31/2 to 4 hours
• He is a pretty sweet baby, but sure has some lungs on him when he screams
• He's not a napper like his sister was. He would prefer to sleep in the middle of the action as opposed to in his quiet room, and he likes to cat nap usually waking up 1 hr before his next feeding time.
• He wakes up between 6:30 and 7:30, takes 4 naps, and goes to bed between 7:30 and 8.
• 2 month stats: Wt: 12lbs 5oz 57%  Ht: 22.5in 30%  HC: 39cm 51%

We love every single roll on our little chunky chunk!!!