2 months

Here are the two month pics I promised, plus some other recent ones. Some were taken on the 4th of July, as you'll see by E's festive outfit. I was so excited about his outfit because I had bought it at Mark's store (.25 baby!) before he was born and had to guess that would be the size he would be wearing, and I was right! We had a fun 4th, different than ever before of course with a baby, we didn't go watch a big fireworks show like normal, but we went to Mark's parents house to eat some yummy food and hang out, then when they all left to go watch the fireworks show we went home to put Emmory to bed, then right afterwards the neighbors started shooting off fireworks so Mark and I went outside to watch and hang out with them. We sat on the tailgate of his truck, beverages in hand and watched the show, and Emmory didn't even wake up with all the noise. After watching the fireworks we went inside and watched a movie, then went to bed. It ended up being a great day.

Emmory has started doing some new things; yesterday for the first time he grabbed a rattle and started shaking it around, he had a lot of fun with it. He also was able to bat the toys up above him on his bouncy seat. He is getting a little bit better with being able to move those hands where he wants them to go, but still has a lot of progress to make in that area. He still hasn't gotten the thumb thing down perfectly, and he still loves to try and shove his whole hand in his mouth and suck on it, and makes very loud smacking noises. I have a video of him with the rattle, but I can't get it to upload...we may try to get a faster router to see if that will help make uploading things a lot easier.

Emmory's two month appointment went really well, he weighed 13 lbs 11 ozs, and was 24 1/4 inches long...in the 86th percentile for both length and weight. The doctor said he looked really good, and she told us we can put mineral oil on his cradle cap, and that has helped a lot with it. He had to get some shots :( but he did really well with them and wasn't fussy at all afterwards this time, like he was after his first shots at his one month appt. He is currently wearing 3-6 month and 6 month clothing, which I can't believe, and he is still in size 2 diapers but I can tell we are soon going to be moving to size 3. It still blows my mind how fast they grow! It is so fun to watch him grow and change and do new things and interact with us more; he is such a happy boy, he smiles all the time and loves to play; but I do miss that teeny-tiny newborn we brought home from the hospital, I truly can't believe how fast he grew out of that newborn stage. I really need to slow down and just take in every moment with him, because he is changing every moment and I will never have it back...plus the next time I have a baby like this I'll also have toddler running around, so I won't be able to savor and enjoy every moment like I can now.

Okay enough blabbing...here are the pics!

Two month pics

Mark snuck a few pics of E and Tillman while I was sleeping

This is how Mark did his hair after a bath

Snuck in his room and took a pic of him sleeping; this is his typical sleeping pose, arms sprawled back like that

Our two boys

Fourth of July

This is when he grabbed the rattle