Oliver is 2 months!

Last Monday my sweet baby boy, Oliver, turned two months. It seems just like yesterday he was born. He is growing up too fast! I want him to stay forever small! But I also want to see him grow. I sometimes wonder what he will be like when he is a year old, ten years old, and what he will look like when he is a grown man. I can't really picture it but I know that he is going to be an amazing young man and totally handsome!

In his second month of living on earth he has grown to be 11.4 pounds so he almost doubled his birth weight. He doesn't seem very heavy but I guess that means that my arm muscles are growing. He is just now starting to out grow his 0-3 month outfits. They are still a little big on him around the belly and arms. Maybe the baby clothing companies think babies are usually huge and fat. Not my little boy, he is SKINNY! Whenever I am changing his diapers I am always surprised at how long and skinny his legs are. His belly is kind of big, well not really big but wide I should say. I love playing with his tosies and little hands. Oh! His feet are as long as my index finger which is about three inches long. He still has lovely neck rolls. Recently he has figured out that he has a tongue in his mouth. It is cute to see him sticking it in and out over and over again. He sometimes licks his lips.

Oliver is so alert, aware, and observant. When he is awake he is always checking things out. His eyes are learning to focus of objects when they move. I love it when he looks at me for long periods of time. I call it flirting with momma time. But he also does that with daddy so I guess I am not too special haha. Whenever he looks at me it is like he is looking into my soul, kind of scary! I just love love LOVE! looking into his eyes. They are such a beautiful blue. I wonder if they will always be blue or change.
His smile is so contagious and adorable! Its cute when he smiles big because you can see his gums and his eyes just brighten up and it is just precious! He has been talking a lot lately and I talk back to him! Oh how I love talking to him. I don't know if he understands me but when he makes his little noises back to me I know that he hears me.

I've noticed that he loves listening to music. When he was in my tummy he would move around constantly while Quentin played his music loudly. For Christmas my parents bought him this play mat sing-a-long this that has colorful toys hanging from the arches, a mirror, and of course lights and music. He hasn't gotten use to playing with the toys but he loves listening to the music it plays. He wiggles around and moves his arms and legs. He is so happy whenever that is playing. It is funny when he moves around too much and he accidentally hits one of the toys, his eyes get huge and his face turns bright red and then he lets out a scream! He then cries and cries until I pick him up and try to comfort him telling him that the blue elephant just wants to be his friend! The monkey won't bite! He then calms down and falls asleep on my chest.

That is another thing that I love! I love it when he falls asleep on me. He is so comfy and peaceful! I know I should probably put him in his crib but I just love holding him! I also think that he sleeps longer if I am holding him than if he was in his crib.

This past weekend his Grandpa Rowan came to visit and meet him.  On Sunday Oliver was blessed and my dad got to be there and participate. It was a wonderful time! Quentin told me that in the circle while he was giving the blessing Oliver just smiled and made happy noises that entire time! That made me smile and realized that I have a responsibility in teaching Oliver about Heavenly Father and the gospel. The spirit was strong and I knew that Oliver will grow to be faithful and prayerful and walk next to Heavenly Father.
I pray sometimes to myself that God will help me be a good parent and to teach me how to become so. I hope that I can be everything that Oliver needs.

Oliver is an amazing and easy baby! I am glad that he is all mine, oh and Quentin's! He is just a joy in our lives and I don't know how more amazing he can be.

Here are some pictures of his second month and a video of him playing with his toy mat thing:

I can never catch his smile on camera so I tried with video. In this video he talks a lot. I have another video where it catches his full smile so if you want to see that one let me know.

 

This is Oliver sleeping in his Aunt Nat's arms in Colorado.

This was the Sunday that Oliver got blessed.

They are having some father and son time sleeping.

I was taking a nap with my little man.Quentin then  thinks it is cute to take a picture of us sleeping. 

Sometimes when I'm feeding Oliver he will stroke my arm and it just melts my soul. 

Thought that I would share that thought. 

This is his "Uh duh mom! Of course I want to eat!"

And this is me, "Well, I'll think about feeding you."

This is him Christmas morning.

This is with Grandpa Rowan.

This is us on Christmas day.

This is the day after Christmas. He was opening a present from my parents.

This video is very long so be warned if you are watching it. This video is of him playing with the toy that my parents got him for Christmas.

My little boy is growing so fast and I just want him to stay little! I love him so much and I am glad that he is all mine, oh and Quentin's. 

Happy New Year !!!

Tis the year of 2013 and I have no resolutions. This would probably be the first year that I haven't made any! I don't know if I should just leave it at that or if I should actually make some. I do need to improve in a lot of areas in my life but I am just so consumed with spending time with Oliver. Maybe my new year resolutions should be focused around him like feeding him when he is hungry and not putting it off. I could also improve on not holding him so much and letting him learn how his body works and give him some play time to himself and his play mat toy. OH! I definitely need to be better about giving him baths. Right now I just give him one bath a week and that is usually on Sunday when we go to church.  I want to be a better wife. I think I am a pretty good wife but I want to be better. I would like to be a better listener when Quentin is telling or explaining things to me. I would like to go out on more dates with him. I think since having Oliver we have been out on two dates. I miss spending time with Quentin.

I would like to watch what I eat and make proportions for myself instead of eating the entire pan of taco pasta bake. (You can find the recipe here: http://www.canadianmomscook.com/2012/07/taco-pasta-bake.html ). I need to lose my pregnancy weight and get back to my original weight so I can fit into my normal clothes. In order to do that I would need to exercise. There is a pool here but it is five miles away and I don't feel like driving all the way into town to go swimming for an hour or so. I could also exercise in my room where no one can see me looking ridiculous. I use to run but my knees are starting to give out on me. They pop when I go up and down the stairs.
I would like to save up money instead of spending it on Oliver and Quentin. I am good about not spending money but when I see something that Quentin mentioned that he wanted or needed I want to get it for him. I also want to buy everything for Oliver.
I want to learn to speak French. I would like to be done with school already, which I will be in April! YAY!

I also need motivation! If I get Quentin to do things with me I will be more confident and willing to change a couple things in my day to day living. There are so many things that I want to change in my daily routine but either I am lazy or I just really don't care to make the change. I think that I am too comfortable with how I am doing things. Am I scared to change? No, I don't think so. Maybe having so many things I want to change all at once is too overwhelming. I am going to try to just focus on a few things to change, instead of trying to change everything at once.