Our Sweet Pea

THREE MONTHS :)

I can't believe it my little baby boy is over 3 months old (ok so only by 2 days)

The two pictures below were taken on October 24th

Dyan rolled over! This happened right on Oct 24. He had help in that he was up on his tummy time pillow. I was watching him as he kept inching over to the left side grunting the whole time. I got up thinking he was going to want to flip over. Then oops he was over on his back and the look was priceless. His eyes were wide open and he was looking at me like what did I just do and how did I get on my back. Oh how I wish I could print images out of my brain - it was beyond precious.

Dylan is holding onto everything he possibly can. He has gotten a hold of mommy's hair but only once. Yes, I know it is only the beginning and I will feel like I am back in kindergarten getting my hair pulled by the mean boys. At least I will know that it's my son learning how to have a great grip so he can hold onto the football when and if he gets sacked:) Ok ok so it could be a great grip to hold onto the chess pieces as well:)

Below he is loving on his pal Al (no I didn't make that up it is the name of the toy)Here Dylan is holding onto his alphabet links that the Martin family gave him. Before Rory left on this last underway, he put the links together to spell Dylan. This dear boy doesn't let go of them once he gets his hands on them. I carried him upstairs while he was sleeping and oh yeah he was still holding onto the links from Daddy. I think he loves them because Daddy put them together for him:)

(Yes, they are headed to his mouth everything heads to his mouth. Which is ok since I learned that a baby has 9 thousand sensory receptors on their tongue. No wonder everything goes to their mouths. I just have to keep an eye out for what he gets his hands on. Eventually that will be easier said then done)

Dylan can get very serious when he is in his bouncy seat - it is precious to watch him learn cause and effect. If you can't tell he is holding onto both the monkey and the bird because if he moves them the music will play and the waterfall will light up. He also uses his knees to hit the animals if his hands are other wise preoccupied - as in he is sucking on them Dylan's muscles have gotten so much stronger and he is very good at holding his head up. He used to hate tummy time because he couldn't see enough now he is very content. When Dylan starts to get tired he will let you know with these very pathetically cute grunting noises.Sometimes I call Dylan Mr Happiness

- he truly is a very happy baby and for that I am extremely thankful to his Creator. The cutest is that he will laugh in his sleep. The first time I heard him, he was in his carrier at the store sleeping away and all of the sudden I hear him laugh. I looked down expecting to see him watching me but nope he was sleeping. I start laughing because that is just too cute and there he goes again laughing away without waking up. Today he fell asleep in my shoulder with his little face nestled in my neck. After a little while I felt him laughing into my neck of course I started laughing as well and woke him up. He only woke up enough to pull his head up look at me then lay his head back down for more shut eye.

Dylan has also learned the art of blowing bubbles with his saliva. Not something I have taken a picture of - I like to wipe away the evidence not document the talent:) The milestone book that I read said that is actually something learned - uhmm not sure why you need to learn that talent.

Overall my son is such a joy and I am so blessed to be able to watch him live and learn

LBC Baby Shower

The ladies being showered - Rebecca & Kimberly

March 23

The precious reason I was showeredLisa holding Rebecca's sweet little AllisonHow cute is the guy/girl table! Melissa you are so creative! She also came up with some cute shower games: the clothes pin game where you can't say baby or you lose your clothes pin. The person with the most clothes pins at the end of the night wins a prize - The right left story: Melissa read a cute story and every time she said left or right you passed the present. At the end of the story the person with the present got to keep it. - She also had us try to figure out what was in sealed brown bags - things like a baby spoon, rattle, aspirator etc...

Melissa baked and decorated the cake herself. She did all of this for Rebecca and I and she is 8 months pregnant with her 3rd daughter - Super Mom for sure

Little Dylan surrounded by his giftsI had to include the picture with the No. 3 shirt. Heather didn't even realize that was my volleyball number in college.
Rebecca with the pretty in pink outfitKerry, Becca, Heather and Melissa

Heather and her cutie Keller

Whitney and her sweetie pie Faith
Kerry and Michaela
Myself, Stephanie and Heather
Here comes pictures of Dylan with the ladies :)

With Mallorie (Melissa's eldest daughter)
With Melissa
With Michaela
With Stephanie
We had an awesome time! I truly feel blessed to have such wonderful friends here in VA at our church. Dylan got so many wonderful presents - clothes and toys. At this point I would say that he has a better wardrobe than his mother! Especially since I still can't fit into everything.

Today is Dylan's 3 month mark. I will post a picture and developmental updates tomorrow or the next day. Posting seems to take a lot of time when I have to stop and do something with or for the famous guy in most of the posts.

Stylin' for the Baby Shower

Here Dylan is all ready to go to his baby shower.

Nana check out the shoes!!

They were quite the hit except he kept slipping them off - guess he is a bare foot kind of guy

Our little family all dressed up for church.

Dylan still comes with us to "big" church and to our ABF (Adult Bible Fellowship Class). Mommy isn't ready to give him over to nurseries just yet. Dylan is very good in church though he may be distracting people around us with his sweet face he isn't noisy.

New Arrival

Congratulations Jen and Mike!

On the birth of their daughter

Cora Isabella

President's Park

This past Friday, Rory and I took Dylan with us to the President's Park in Williamsburg.

There are 42 Presidential Statutes standing 16-18 feet tall each with short histories and interesting facts.

Rory with George Washington (his ships namesake)
Kim & Dylan with her favorite President - can you guess who?
President Lincoln one of the most famous of the four assassinated presidents.

Dylan found it so stimulating that he slept through the entire visit :) he he

Rory and I enjoyed finding out the little known facts about our Presidents - makes them more than just old guys in a history book.

For example:
James Garfield could write in Greek and Latin at the same time! (yeah my left hand's handwriting looks like I am still in kindergarten)
Andrew Jackson was the only president to have been a prisoner of war - at his inauguration he had a saber slash down his forehead and two bullets in his body.

*Did you know that four presidents were assassinated and five presidents survived attempted assassination? Yeah me either I only remembered two were assassinated
*Also did you know that you could get a ticket for speeding a horse through Washington? I forget which president it was but he got a ticket for riding his horse too fast in Washington - that really made me laugh.

Dylan Updates

We are happy to report that Dylan is doing great!

Below are pictures of Dylan with Hunter (the son of our good friend Michaela) at Mom's Bible Study last Friday. I will continue to try and get great pictures of these two precious boys. About a month ago, Micheala and her husband Jeff watched Dylan for us one evening when we attended a wedding. Hunter chatted away with Dylan and that night was the longest Dylan had ever slept. Not sure what secret Hunter told him but we are forever grateful to that sweet little boy:)

This past Sunday Dylan found his thumb. He started out trying to shove his whole fist into his mouth. Then he started the process of finding just his thumb - sucking on all his fingers, the side of his hand then he worked his way down to his finger and thumb and finally just the thumb. He hasn't quite mastered it since he is still sucking on any part of his hand that he finds comforting at that moment:)He is starting to enjoy tummy time a little more since he holds his head up better. Mom and Dad also lay on the floor in front of him with toys - that sure helps:)

Talking with Dylan

Dylan has been starting many new things! He is now holding anything he can get his hands around and talks all the time. We caught a couple of these today and wanted to share it with everyone. It is amazing how quickly he is developing these new skills!! We taped him for about two minutes talking but could not post that one because the file is too big. So here is a smaller one....

Here is Dylan with the pinky grip on his play mat toy!

Accomplishment

So our little man did something exciting (OK exciting to his mother maybe not everyone else) Last night I was getting the vaporizer ready (Dylan is congested) and Dylan was laying on our bed. I looked over at him and to my surprise he had taken the pacifier out of his mouth - it didn't drop out of his mouth he actually took it out. He was still holding onto it waving it in the air. By the time I got the camera he was holding his arm down but still holding onto the pacifier. Up until this point Dylan had never held anything in his hand. He has grabbed things like blankets and mom's hair but never held anything in his hand like he did the pacifier. I was so excited!! I love being a mom and watching Dylan grow and accomplish new things!!!!