The Lake Family: 2 months old!

How on earth has 2 months already gone by. Ethan has definitely stolen my heart.

I headed back to work this week. It was very hard, but has been made easier with the fact that my mom has been here this week to ease the transition.

A lot has happened this month, so here we go!

Weight: At his last weight check he was 13 lbs 9 oz, but that was over a week ago. He was 14 lbs 3 oz at his dr's appointment on October 3. This is the 92nd percentile, so his weight gain has slowed a little, haha!

Length: He was 22 inches at birth, 21 inches at his first dr appt, and 22 1/4 inches at his one month appt. He grew to 24 inches at his doctor's appointment. That is up to the 90th percentile.

Head: His head circumference was 38 cm at his first appt and 39.5 cm at today's appt (75th percentile). He is getting a big head - he is up to 42 cm, which up's him to the 90th percentile! At least he is just big all the way around!

Clothes: We are currently in size 2 diapers - we are sticking with Pampers as I have gotten some really good deals and I love the wetness indicator line (yes I know, pathetic). I didn't make it through my size 1's before he was having too many blowouts, so we will save those for another baby someday. Clothes wise, he is still wearing a few 0-3 month clothes, a lot of 3-6, and some 6-9. It is so annoying how all the brands are different. He is definitely blessed in the clothes department!

Sleep: Night time sleeping is usually fantastic. He usually goes to bed around 7:30-8:00 and sleeps a good 7 hour stretch before he wakes up to eat. Before I went back to work he would then go back to sleep until about 7:30-8:00. Unfortunately when he goes to daycare I have to wake him up at 6:30. Every once in awhile he will wake up twice in the night or have a hard time going back to sleep, but that is not the norm luckily. He did have one night where everytime we put him down (he was asleep in our arms) he would wake up and start screaming, so finally we took him on a car ride, he fell asleep, and then he stayed asleep for the night, even after I transferred him! He is nursed and rocked to sleep. He doesn't do well at putting himself to sleep, but that's ok.

Your napping has gotten even worse. I am lucky if he takes a 30 minute nap at one time. 45 minutes is a miracle, haha! I have to rock Ethan to sleep with a pacifier. Hopefully napping will get better!

What we do every day: Before I went back to work our days were pretty much the same as last month. He loves sitting facing out and looking at things around him. He is smiling more and more all the time. Now that I am back at work, our days will consist of me getting ready, waking him up at 6:30 and feeding him, dropping him off at daycare at 7:05, me heading to school while he has fun at daycare, Jed picking him up between 3:00 and 4:30, then me coming home and feeding him, hanging out for a few hours, then feeding him before he goes to bed. We have bath time about every other day.

Eating: Ethan's eating has slowed down quite a bit. He eats about every 3 hours. Since I am nursing I don't know how much he takes, but I do know he is an incredibly efficient eater! At daycare I am giving her 4 oz bottles to give him. He had his first few hours at daycare today, and he only ate 2 1/2 oz. I am pretty sure he was fairly distracted by all the activity around him! My mom has been watching him this week and he has been eating great for her.

Looks: Still blonde hair (getting more and more every day) and blue eyes. We finally got the eye infection cleared up. Ethan is absolutely adorable.

Milestones: Ethan is smiling away! He also reached out and grabbed on and held onto a toy this month. He is also making all sorts of noises and loves looking at what is going on.

Firsts: This month you were baptized, you went to your first Royals game, and you had your first few hours at daycare! You also got to be held by many new family members as well as your 98 year old great-great grandma!

What we are looking forward to: Weekends when we get to spend time together.

What we are dreading: Your shots on Monday :(

Enjoy the pictures!