Yesterday, we all made a not-so-fun trip to the doctor’s office for Nathan’s two month well-child checkup. It didn’t start out well since it was right during Nathan’s nap time (and we all know how he responds when it’s nap time!). But it went WAY downhill and fast when the poor nurse came at him with a needle!

Jon met us at the doctor’s office when he got off work and called as I was driving there. “I’m so excited for this!” he says.

I had been worrying over this appointment for weeks and was barely eating most of the day because I was dreading him getting his shots so much. I went to the grocery store in the morning and stocked up the essentials (bread, milk, cereal, diapers and a cantaloupe the size of a basketball) just in case Nathan was an invalid for the next few days and we couldn’t leave the house.

I know not who I married. God has a definite sense of humor. We got to the office about the same time and Jon was all smiling, grinning at me and Nathan and I’m almost shaking as I’m putting his insurance card back in my wallet because I know I just sentenced my child to unbearable Pain and Agony.

And all Jon can talk about is being so curious about what Nathan weighs and how long he is now.

Nathan was just getting to sleep when we got called back and he woke up just in time to smile at the nurse as she was getting ready to measure him.

On the plus side, I love Nathan’s doctor. She’s just one of the sweetest ladies I’ve ever met and she’s so encouraging. Plus, she really takes the time to sit and talk to us about all of our questions.

Nathan now weighs 11 pounds, 5.5 ounces and is 24 inches long. That puts him in the 90th percentile for height and the 50th percentile for weight. No shock about the height – his 0-3 month clothes are starting to get too short (SO sad!!). It was so good to hear that he’s gaining weight and growing, though, since we had so many issues right at the beginning with the nursing!

So he got measured and weighed and our doctor came in and chatted and then the nurse came back in with the tray full of Pain and Agony.

Apparently this child has inherited his mother’s flair for the dramatic, because he was smiling and cooing on the table, the nurse poked him and he got so MAD and screamed so hard that his face turned bright purple and he stopped breathing. Meanwhile, I’m crouched over the table, cupping his head and yelling, “Breathe, Nathan! Breathe!”

He finally breathed. The millisecond the nurse finished with his shots, I ripped him up off that table and both of us just cried while I paced the floor. Jon just stood there shaking his head.

That poor, poor nurse. She left looking about ten years older than when she came in.

So, we’re preparing to raise a high maintenance, dramatic, tall, knobby-kneed child. I’m all ready for a kid who thinks they are dying whenever they get bitten by a mosquito, panics when their arms get stuck in a shirt in the dressing room and can’t see a camera without posing for it.

I know my own mother is laughing as she reads this. She claims she never wished for me to have a child like myself.

I’m not sure I believe her.

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We had a completely fun, crazy week! 🙂

This is my friend Kaitlin and her husband, Eitan. I just love these two! They live in Israel and they came in town to visit for a little while. Last week, Eitan flew back home and Kaitlin stayed at my parents’ house, so Jon, Nathan and I packed up everything we own (no joke) and headed over to Mom and Dad’s for a few days.

It was SO fun! I think Nathan is very glad to be back home (someone was a major cranky pants for a period of everyday. 🙁 I think he’s becoming a homebody), but we all had a fabulous time hanging out. Kaitlin is my Pride and Prejudice buddy, so of course we had to get it in this trip. I love our P&P nights! We’ve done these since I was in high school. We get a bag of candy (preferably Milky Ways), Starbucks and a bunch of cozy blankets and hibernate in my parents’ basement for five hours with Mr. Darcy. 🙂 Jon was a SUPER sweet husband and took Nathan for most of it – which was wonderful because then Kaitlin and I got a chance to chat just the two of us. 🙂

We got back home on Tuesday after a teary goodbye that morning. 🙁 I spent the rest of the day doing laundry (oh joyousness!). And then yesterday it POURED rain like I haven’t seen here in a long time! I had a doctor’s appointment and needed to make a Wal-Mart trip, so Nathan and I decided to brave the weather. My first time trying to get Nathan in and out of the car in the rain – and I can say this, I’m glad I don’t have to do that frequently!

I had him in the cutest outfit yesterday, so of course I had to do a little mini photo shoot! 🙂 We’re getting our real family pictures done next week, so this was kind of a warm up for the Nater Tot.

I can’t believe how big he’s getting!

Isn’t he just a little man now?

I think this is when he realized it was starting to rain. 🙂

I love, love, LOVE my life! I wish I could find that pause button and keep everything as it is right now!

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I cannot believe that our little Nater-Tot is already TWO months old! Time has just flown by and people were right – it does go MUCH faster on this side of it! I remember when I still had two months before he was due it and felt like forever. 🙂

He is getting to be so much fun! I love when he is napping because I feel like I finally am getting a few things done around the house and with my writing, but I LOVE when he is awake because he talks and laughs and squeals and it completely makes my day! I go to bed absolutely exhausted but I wouldn’t trade my life for anything right now.

His new favorite thing to do is play under his little activity gym – he loves, loves hitting the toys and he’ll just squeal and laugh at them moving around.

He’s also become a bath boy – and I think a big part of that is Bath Time is officially Daddy Time. I think he’d stay in the tub all day if we let him! He’s starting to try and splash a little bit – I have a feeling that soon we’ll all get soaking wet.

He’s always super fussy right before he goes to sleep. I’ve never seen a baby fight sleep as much as Nathan does. He fights it – kicking and screaming. The swaddle has become our new best friend. He does so good if he’s swaddled, got his paci and is being rocked. Then he’ll conk out in about ten minutes. But if one of those is missing? Sheesh.

Nathan is such a homebody. I’ve tried to be really good about getting out of the house for at least a little bit most days just so I keep my sanity (I was ALWAYS going somewhere before he was born), but he would be very content if we never left the house. He loves being home and is definitely happiest when he’s chilling on the couch with us.

He’s also really recognizing us now – he definitely knows me and Jon and he also can recognize most of my family, I think. We went to visit Auntie Cayce at her work today and he just grinned and grinned at her.

He’s started getting very snuggly, which I LOVE. In the beginning, he didn’t really get too into being rocked or held close, but now he’ll rub his little face on my shirt and cuddle in when he starts getting sleepy and just calms straight down when I rock him.

He’s getting so big way too fast – I told Jon that I can’t wait to see what God has planned for our little boy, but I really hope it’s His plan for Nathan to just stay a baby forever. 🙂

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Yesterday was a VERY special church service – my brother, Caleb, got baptized and my Dad got to be the one who baptized him.

I have to tell you, I bawled. Caleb has been a Christian for years and years but seeing him get baptized and knowing that he wants to live his life for Christ just made me so incredibly happy! Baptism services always make me emotional, but this one was so special.

Pastor Mark preached on joy in the Spirit and it really was convicting to me – are my days filled with joy because I belong to Christ? Or are my moods totally dependent on circumstances?

Lots to think about.

After church, we went with some of our sweet friends – Clint and Leigh Ann (who are twelve-weeks pregnant!!) – and my parents to lunch at a local diner that had the most amazing milkshakes (I’ve decided milkshakes are my current love language). SO fun! We had such a fantastic time. I wished Caleb and Cayce could have come too, but homework and work were calling.

Nathan’s starting to play with toys and as soon as I get it on video, I’ll post it here because it’s so fun to watch him! I love how you can see him learning right in front of your eyes. He’s also becoming quite the ham – we went and hung out at Gammy and Pops’ house yesterday and he just grinned and laughed and talked… 🙂 He’s two months old today and as soon as I get a birthday blog done about him, I’ll be sure to post it!

One of my best friends, Kaitlin, is back in town for a little bit with her husband Eitan and I’m so excited about getting to hang out with her! She got to meet Nathan for the first time a couple of days ago and she came over to see us for a bit today. Nathan slept almost the entire time she was here, which was very nice because we got a lot of girl talk in. 🙂

Now he’s chilling in his swing and I’m debating a workout – first one in probably three months! I think the thought of what I’ll feel like tomorrow is not really adding to my enthusiasm right now. 😉

Y’all have a great Monday night!

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Last weekend, our sweet friends from Colorado Springs came down to meet Nathan (and to hang out with us!). My brother Bryant also flew back in from Austin to hang out with everyone. It was SO fun – what a fabulous weekend!

The highlight of the trip? Nathan and Noah finally got to meet each other – live and in person! They’ve been exchanging text messages for awhile now. 😉

We had so much fun dressing them up and getting their pictures – there were a few meltdowns too, but for the most part they did pretty good. And I got zero – and I mean zero – pictures of any of the adults unless there was a baby with them.

We did a little shopping, ate out a few times, hung around my parents’ house and Jen, Greg, Jon and I went on another double date (I love those!).

Binky buddies. 🙂 Can we tell who stole the show?

It was also Nathan’s first time in my parents’ pool and he loved it! He actually only went in the hot tub because the pool was too cold for him being so little. So, my dad heated the hot tub up to bath water temperature and he had such a good time!

Noah was big enough to get in the pool and he was SO cute swimming around with his little floaties!

Hanging out with Dad and Uncle Bryant watching his bestest buddy 🙂 I love the diaper peeking out – his swimsuit was SO huge on him! I had to use safety pins to hold it on!

Chillin’ with their dads.

I just love these two! I can’t wait to see them grow up to be best friends! 🙂

Hope you had a wonderful, restful Labor Day weekend! Anything fun happen?

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