Two Months!

From 12 to 15 pounds,

21 to 25 inches,

he just keeps growing. 

I love you baby.

PS. I Love You.

Dear Onyx,

You are 2 months and 4 days old today.

      You share big gummy grins with everyone, but they wont be gummy for long! (You're getting teeth!) Which has been hard but we have a secret weapon if need be. The vacuum cleaner. Oh yes, it works! We just push the "on" button and you slowly start to relax. I can't take the pain away, but I will be with you when you go through it.

      This morning you suddenly became aware of your toes. You woke me up around 8 like you normally do, with only a minor interruption for the usual 5:30 am feeding. (Other than that you already sleep through the night!) I place you on my bent knees like a chair until I wake up. It takes me a few. Hehe. So anyway, this morning I noticed you were in a intense stare down with your littlest digits just wiggling them away. Then you tried to snatch one up! You looked so disappointed, not to mention confused why your arm just wouldn't do what you were trying to make it do! So I might have helped a little... You seemed pretty satisfied as you were wiggling your toes between your chubby fingers. It's been a good morning already!

      Bathing has been a fun experience. I was so afraid at first, you didn't even touch soapy water until you were over a week old. I figured out some tricks though, so I feel you're safe and you feel pumped to be in the bath! 

1. Plan. I make sure you don't have a nudey booty until the last minute so you're not cold and I have an open towel, diaper and outfit all on standby.
2. Warmth. I keep a little washcloth over the majority of your body re-soaking it with water every few seconds so you keep warm.
3. Royalty drying session. I dry you off with a hair dryer on low (and you love it!)

      Other than that, it's just a bath, but you sure seem to enjoy yourself. :)

      After your bath and morning nap we pretty much play all day until 9-9:30 at night when you fall asleep and we start all over the next day. I can't wait until you're laughin' kid. You're SO CLOSE!

      I'll write again soon.
                      Your mom.

A Toasty Christmas

This year we spent Christmas in Arizona with my Grandmother. 

It was so odd to have the sun shining and palm trees swaying in the wind when I woke up Christmas day.

My little boy is growing, and it's happening so fast I can see it. 

Freakin' me ouuuuut.

We hope you had a splendid Christmas.

-Challice, Jared and baby Onyx.

A Little Late Is Better Than Never Right?

Onyx has been one month old for a couple weeks now and I just don't understand how the time passed!
The last month of pregnancy is comparable to the adventure in Lord Of The Rings. 

Except you play gollum and walking from one part of the house to the other is like the epic walk to Mordor.
Everything is exhausting, normal things become obstacles and shoot! You're waaaay heavier than usual so it's hard to be cheery. But the first month after they are born?  It feels like 5 days- a week at most... and also an eternity. 

It's hard to imagine you're life without them.

Somebody is wearing cloth diapers during the day now.
And somebody hasn't yet noticed they are second hand... FROM A GIRL! :P

This kid loves his dad, lemme tell ya. There are times when he is flustered that I can't get him to calm down, Grandma can't calm him down, Grandpa can't calm him down. Just Jared and only Jared. It's also possibly the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, to see them snuggling fast asleep.

... and this is his thinking face. He's got this one down pretty well along with *dead serious* face and then random (and increasing!) bursts of smiles. I love it. Being a mom is way better than I expected. Is that crazy to say?

It's Tough Being A Dinosaur...

It's Tough Being A Dinosaur... and Onyx takes his job very seriously. 

 Roaring and everything...

 ...But he is a pretty good dinosaur...

...When he is not busy being a bear.

My Sweet One Month Old

1/12th of a year has gone by?

Oh my stars!

We love you SO MUCH Onyx!!!!!!

Snow Babies...

...Do not like hats.