5 Months

Seton had a horrible cough when he turned 5 months old (almost exactly to the day) so I had to take him into the Dr and make sure he was ok.  Well come to find out he had croupe.  Yuck!  He had this horrible cough that didn't go away for about a week, and it made us all miserable.  But the reason why I am saying this is because at least when I took him into his appointment, they weighed him.  And he weighed:

20 lbs 7 oz.

Yes he had gained 2 lbs in a month since his 4 month check up.  With that being said, I started feeding him cereal at 5 months and so this definitely helped with the weight gain.

Here are a few pictures of our lives when Seton was 5 months old.

 Seton sat in his bouncer for the first time at 5 months and loved it.

 He was obsessed with laying on his side every chance he could.  In fact half the time he was licking the carpet.

 I put him on his blanket to change his diaper and this is what happened when I walked away for a minute to go get the diaper.  He is already a mover!

 He's obsessed with grabbing his toes.  In fact giggled one time because he was tickling himself.  It was quite funny.

 Sister had to get a picture with her also grabbing her toes.  What two cuties!

 Seton has been sleeping with a blanket since he was born but when I went in and found him like this after a nap, I knew we would be in trouble of him putting the blanket on his face.  This was about the last time he slept with a blanket.

 Along with playing in his bouncer, he also sat in his bumbo at 5 months.  He loves it, if you can't tell from the smiles.  Too bad the bumbo didn't last long because his legs were too chubby to fit him in.

Too bad he has a horrible scratch on his nose in this picture, but man that smile just gets me!

Minnie Headphones

Libby has really been struggling with going to nursery lately.  Since Jedd and I were released from being in nursery, it has been very difficult for her to go.  One day we tried to bribe her and see if she would go without crying.  And the bribe was Minnie headphones.  She didn't make it through church, even close, without crying.  But since we were heading out for a 4 1/2 hour car trip to St. George the next weekend, we decided she deserved the Minnie headphones so she could listen to the iPad and also for our sanity of not hearing Max & Ruby, Doc McStuffins, and Sofia through the whole trip down.  

Aren't they so cute on her?  By the way, BEST PURCHASE EVER!  She can watch and we don't have to listen to her shows and she's not fighting with us because she can't hear her show over the TV.  It's a win-win all around.  

And of course brother had to get in on the fun.  I was making dinner and Jedd said "Kylie come see this."  I about fell over laughing so hard. This little boy is such a trooper when it comes to things like this!  I have to admit, he sure looks pretty darn cute in Minnie!  

On your head of course

Libby has a princess book where the little princesses have suction cups to stick on the pages of the book.  Libby loved it and it was her surprise for going to the dentist and getting a cavity filled in July.  I'm not sure who's idea it was, but one afternoon I looked on the couch and saw them on daddy's face, but it sure made for many laughs.  The real funny part about it?  Do you see Mulan right smack dab in the middle of his forehead?  He had a red mark from that suction cup for the next 3 days.  Ok he didn't think it was funny, but I thought it was hilarious.    

 The tough daddy picture.

 The tough guy didn't last long...

A couple days after putting princesses on her daddy, Libby decided to take her stickers and put them on daddy's face.  At least they didn't leave marks this time on his forehead!!

4 Months

Seton at his 4 month check up:

Weight: 18 lbs 6 oz
Height:

Some things about Seton at 4 months:

*He loves to suck on anything and everything.  Still loves sucking on his hands and fists, but mostly it's now his pointer and middle finger and usually gags himself 90% of the time.
*Won't lay back anymore when you hold him.  He has to be sitting up or up on your shoulder.  He loves this position most on your shoulder because he can see everything going on  (behind you at least).  But beware, your shoulder will be sopping wet when he's done with you!
*Won't take his binky anymore unless he is totally fighting going to sleep and I can't get him to calm down.  He absolutely hates his binky I think because he things it's food, and it's not.  So I guess we are done with the binky.
*The day he turned 4 months old, he started screaming when I would try and rock him to sleep.  So I finally made the decision after 2 full days of this that if he was going to scream, he might as well try and cry himself to sleep instead of me holding him while he is screaming.  One night he didn't go to bed until 11 pm (not like him at all) because he didn't want me rocking him to sleep.  Yes, he is that stubborn! So it took about a week or two for him to finally be able to go to sleep within 5-10 minutes of whinning/crying.  But it was sad to stop rocking him, I felt like he was no longer my newborn.  But man, just putting him in his crib to sleep was kind of nice!
*He only lets momma put him to sleep in his crib.  Whenever daddy tries doing it, he screams and just looks at him like he is crazy and wonders if he knows what he's doing.  Fights daddy on going to sleep all the time, momma nothing!
*He can hit/grab anything in front of him and usually grabs everything.
*Still loves his momma best but is starting to like daddy more and more everyday.  Of course he likes him, but is starting to acknowledge he's around and laughs at him.  Although, he still laughs at mom the hardest.  Everything I do is hilarious to him!
*Is the most ticklish on his thighs and collar bone.
*Laughed for the very first time on June 20th, just one week past 3 months old.

Pictures:

This is how we usually find out boy with his legs up.

Libby is obsessed with putting things on his head.  It makes me giggle every time.

 I mean come on, who wouldn't laugh at this boy with a pink burp rag on his head?

This is usually how I find my family when I am doing something.  The kids and daddy are obsessed with the iPad.

3 Months

I am trying to catch up and so these next few posts are going ot probably be kind of random.  But hey, at least I'm trying to catch up.

Seton was 3 months old in June.

Some things Seton did by 3 months:

*Started sleeping 12 hours through the night at 12 weeks.  That was awesome!  Too bad I was done with work at this point.  Sleeps really good through the day, 3 naps.
*Really getting into laughing and smiling.  Mostly at his momma, but definitely gives his sister attention.  Not to sure about that dadda though, just yet.
*Started reaching and touching things at 3 months exactly to the day.  Of course it was his sister's sippy cup that he went for first, probably to tease her, but that was what he grabbed for the first time.  Concentrated really hard for a few week at how to touch things and soon became a pro at reaching for things.  Didn't grab them too much, just kind of hit things with his hands.
*Absolutely hates his bath and getting naked.  Doesn't like to be in the bathtub.
*Loves licking his hands and usually has his hands in his mouth.  Usually it is trying to get his full fist in his mouth.
*Still lets me rock him to sleep.  I wrap him up in a blanket, rock him in my arms for about 5 minutes and he's gone.
*Loves to be talked to and loves to talk.  Usually makes the "ooo" sound, but loves to be talked too.
*Pulls his hair and wonders why it hurts.  This only lasted a week or so and then didn't do it again.  Maybe he finally realized that it hurt and to stop pulling his own hair!

Here are some pictures:

 See what I mean by trying to get his full fist in his mouth?  Silly boy!

 Of course the only picture I got of Seton smiling, Jedd was looking down.

That smile just kills me!  We love you beater-boy!

Father's Day

This year we had stake conference for Father's Day and so it was just a lazy day for us.  No point in taking a 2 year old and a 3 month old to sit in the dark for 2 hours.  It would just be more torture than anything else.  But Libby was so excited to give her daddy what she picked out for him....a purple tie.  In the last post, I explained my daughter's love for purple and so what else better to get him than a purple tie.  She was excited to see her daddy wearing his tie the next week for church.  Shockingly enough she was wearing purple that day too, so I had to snag a picture of them together.

 Here the two of them together.  

And we threw Seton in there just for a picture.  I swear if one kid is looking, the other one is not.  What a struggle.  But I at least got Libby to smile and actually LOOK at the camera.  Consider that a success.  These 3 are my whole world!

Big Girl Bedroom

With Seton joining our family, it was time that Libby finally had a girly room of her own.  She has been sleeping in a toddler bed since August 2012, she was just a couple months shy of being 2 years old.  She has loved being in a bed and not a crib.  But it was finally time to get her a bedroom set that was all her very own, not just mis-matched furniture and things I have just thrown together.  So we ventured out and bought her a twin bed and matching dresser.  I bought her a new bedspread, made ruffled curtains (thanks to pinterest for the idea) and also spruced up her dresser (thanks to pinterest for the idea and my mother-in-law for helping me paint it).  The room has turned out so cute.  It is all 100% purple and Libby is in heaven.  You see, Libby has loved purple since she was 5 or 6 months old.  She would always gravitate towards this color if she had an option to choose, yes even at that very young age she would always grab the purple things or toys and leave the rest of the colors alone.  Well now that she is 2 1/2 years old, that is still her FAVORITE color and is in love with her bedroom.  And to be honest, so am I.  I am super proud of myself for making the curtains myself and putting it together for her.  She is in total heaven.  I don't really do "themes" in my house, I am more of just a color scheme decorator (except my son's bedroom that is 100% Cubs baseball!). So this room is just purple, polka dots and ruffles.

Here is Libby back in August 2012 the first time she slept in her toddler bed.

Here is Libby in April 2013 the first time she slept in her big bed.

She was excited as it gets!

Here is the dresser we bought.  The before picture.

 The after picture.  I absolutely love it!

 Here is the ruffle lamp I made.  Thanks to pinterest again for the idea.

Here are her curtains.  The lighting is horrible and the picture doesn't do it justice.  They are awesome if I do say so myself. 

The special stool Grandpa Doug made so she can climb in her bed all by herself. Painted purple of course.

 And this is what her room looks like all together.  Jedd says it really does look like purple threw up in her room, but we all absolutely love it.  

For my no longer baby girl.  

Blessed

June 9, 2013

Seton was blessed by his daddy.  Jedd gave such a great blessing.  It was such an amazing day.  We had a ton of family there to celebrate with us (didn't take a picture of one person there!).  I was able to snag a few pictures before the last people left so they could be my photographer (thanks Jerilyn and Michelle!).

Ignore my hair, I swear it the was hottest day of the year and probably around 1000 degrees, therefore making my hair flat and bleh.  Man I wish I would have looked in the mirror before I decided to take these pictures.  Can't go back now, so I guess this is all I get.  It was torture to pull my family together to get these so I guess I'll consider myself lucky.  Libby and Jedd were both not happy about it.  Also ignore the fact that Seton isn't wearing pants.  HELLO??  What was I thinking?  It was so darn hot and his pants were a little too tight I took them off after church and never put them back on.  And didn't even think to put them on for pictures.  Lovely.

These two boys melt my heart.  

2 Months

Man, where does time fly?  Our little guy was 2 months on May 13th and our life has never been this crazy, but we are absolutely in love with our two kids.  It's crazy to think that just 2 months ago, our little guy wasn't here, we don't know what we did without him.

Here are his stats at 2 Months:

Weight:  13 lbs 1 oz  (72 %)
Height:  24.5 inches (97%)

We have  a very big boy.  In fact when I took Seton in for his check-up, the nurse literally measured his height 3 times.  She measured it once, thought no way he was that tall, measured him the second time and said well he was taller that time and measured him a third time to see.  She came up with right around 25 inches the first two times, and stuck with the third measurement of 24.5 inches.  We have a tall little guy, that is for sure.  Just like Libby, the doctor looks at me and looks at Seton's measurements and wonders where he gets his height.  No one understands that I am the shortest in my family by far.
The nurse just kept saying that he is measuring like a 4 month old, not a 2 month old.  I guess it will be interesting to see how he measures at his 4 month check-up.

Here are a few things Seton is doing at 2 months:

*Seton loves to be up on my shoulder and burped up like that.  He really has started to snuggle in a little more than he used to, and I am loving every second of it.
*He loves the couch, I mean loves it.  He always is talking to it if we leave him alone for a second.
*Loves his fan friend.  He gets so excited if it is moving and has recently started talking to it, thinking it's going to move. Jedd always likes to play with Seton and wait for him to talk to his fan and then Jedd will go turn it on.  Jedd thinks he is blowing Seton's mind, I just find it hilarious.
*He has two tiny dimples in his chin when he smiles.  The real funny thing is Libby has the same exact 2 dimples in the exact same spot.  How ironic is that?
*At exactly 2 months old, he he started smiling at me and talking back to me.  It was literally to the day.  So now that that has happened, he LOVES LOVES LOVES to talk to you and be talked to.  He literally would go all day and just have you talk to him.
*He already loves to suck on anything and everything.  Sucking on his hands are his favorite.  But he also loves to be up on my shoulder and lick my shirt or his burp rag.  He will stay up like that for quite a while.
*He loves to be up and looking around and watching everything.
*He likes to kick against stuff so his legs are straight and can push off of stuff.  We have to be careful when we leave him on the couch because he usually can work his way to the side if you put him in the middle.  With that, he also likes to kick off me and likes me to sit close enough that he can push and kick against my legs.
*He drinks 5 oz every 2-4 hours depends on the day and if he is taking a nap or not.  Although I am ready to move to 6 oz.
*Loves his momma, especially at night time.  Usually just wants me to hold him and no one else when he gets tired and cranky.  Which of course, I'm not complaining.  I love it!
*Usually sleeps 8 hours at night.  He goes down between 7:30 -8:30 and sleeps until about 4:30 or 5.  It makes it nice but I usually can't go back to sleep because I am going to work and get up at 5:15.  He has slept 12 hours a few times, I just hope it sticks.
*Smacks and clicks his tongue when he knows that he is going to be fed or if he is hungry.
*Still "sings" when he exhales while he sleeps.  It makes me smile every time.  The nurses at the hospital thought he was having breathing problems because he use to "sing" (it's mostly just a loud hum) when he exhaled right after he was born and really didn't stop for that first day.  It slowly went away, but he still does it while he sleeps.
*Loves his sister more than most things.  She comes around and he just lights up.
*Likes to be "woo-woo" now a little more (aka naked).
*Loves to get his bum changed because he has my 100% attention.
*He has the poutiest bottom lip I have ever seen.  It is so darn cute when he gets upset he sticks that thing out so far.  I need to catch it on camera but it's difficult.

That is our little guy at 2 Months.  And here are just a few pictures I have taken.

 Seton showing us his muscles. 

 Trying to capture smiling at mommy.

 Oh wait sister is here...no smiles for mommy anymore.

I must have really worn them out.  Both fell asleep on the couch for a couple of hours.

 Caught a smile but it's blurry because he got so excited that he kicked and flapped his arms.

 Sorry mom, no more smiles, I see the camera.

 Looking at daddy.

 Oh wait, no more smiles there's that camera again.