Brady -- Two Months

Well, I'm already running behind on Brady's growth updates and we're only on month 2... but I'll try to get better.  (It really was to just take a little computer break while we were traveling this summer... and I'm still not really ready for time on my computer yet, but I don't want to delay this any more because Brady is changing every day and I need to document as much as possible.)

Here is Brady at 2 months of age:

And here he was as a newborn

 

And here is the comparison of all five kiddos at two months of age:

Top left to right - Lee Lee, Tracey, Caroline

Bottom left to right - Hunter, Brady, Howard

Weight: 

I weighed him unofficially on our home scale a few days ago (so almost 2 weeks after he turned 2 months old, and he was over 12 pounds.  Way to go little Brady! (7 lbs, 15.8 ounces at birth).

Length:  

I'm not entirely sure, but he has outgrown his newborn sleepers... so longer than he was last month.

Clothing size: 

He is comfortably in size 0-3 month clothing, and depending on the style (or how many times it was been washed and shrunk in the dryer), he has grown out of a few 3 month outfits.  He is wearing a couple of 6 month outfits, but they are plenty big on him.  Frankly, I don't have that many 3 month outfits that are suitable for summer time.  Most days he wears a cute onesie and that's it.  My summer baby is awesome (but dressing him has totally different from all my 5 winter babies)

 

Eating:  

Brad is still a terrific eater.  He and I both had to adjust to the HEAT of summer nursing as we traveled this summer, but he has done really well.  He and I have both hung in and nursed on all of our family adventures regardless of the temperature, and regardless of if I had to walk around and/or push a stroller while nursing.  He's been awesome.

Sleeping:  

As we've traveled, Brady has slept in a bassinet next to our bed, in our bed in a dock-a-tot, on the floor in a dock-a-tot, in a pack-in-play in a dock-a-tot, and now, just on his back in a pack-in-play without a dock-a-tot (which is a wonderful step toward his moving into his own crib and his own room in 3-4 months.  Before we left Michigan, Brady was on a really great sleep schedule where he nursed fro the last time around 10:00pm, and then slept until 3:00am or so.  Now, back in Colorado, we're back to a 2:00am feeding.  We're getting through though.  As my dad so wisely says, "Time is on our side," and I know Brady will be sleeping longer and longer soon.

 

 

New things/discoveries:

• First smiles!

 

 

  New Accomplishments: 

• Smiling at 5 weeks of age -- AT ME!  He has been our youngest baby to smile, and it is such a gift.  Not only is he the youngest baby to smile, but within 2 weeks of his first smiles, he was smiling at other family members.  Our kids get SO excited when Brady smiles at them, and he is so generous with his eye contact and smiles.  Often, when you try to put a passie in his mouth, he just looks at you and smiles, so the passie falls right out.

 

Likes: 

• Being held
• Pacifiers
• Nursing
• His siblings
• The car seat
• The stroller
• Being worn in a carrier
• Mama
• Smiling
• Baths or showers

Dislikes:

• Being hungry
• Spitting up
• Burping

 

  Places He's Gone:

• Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Nebraska, Missiouri, Illiinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan
• 3 zoos
• 3 museums
• 1 Ark
• A 90th Birthday party for his great grandfather
• To his Memaw and Pepaw's house
• To his Grammie and Papa's house
• To the houses of some aunts and uncles and his parents' friends
• To the church where Hubby and I got married just over 10 years ago (where he was dedicated)
• Two date nights with Mama and Daddy
• Gymnastics classes with his older siblings
• Vacation Bible School show with his older siblings
• Swimming lessons with his older siblings
• A Michigan PEO coffee with Mama and Grammie (where he was the only male present)
• A Michigan Farmer's Market

Special Memories:

•  We were able to dedicate Brady in church while we were in Michigan, which is the church where Hubby and I were married by the same minister who performed our wedding ceremony.
• Meeting his 12 older cousins on the Miller side of the family (a baker's dozen cousins and the oldest just turned 8)
• Meeting his two living great grandpas
• First 4th of July
  
• First time on Lake Michigan
• First Father's Day
  He attended multiple tea parties in Michigan where one of his older siblings was serving and Grammie and Papa were in attendance - while holding Brady
• Being in a picture with Great Grandpa Holified and all his 16 great grandchildren at his 90th Birthday party

Nicknames:

• Brady
• Buddy
• Brady Boy
• Brady Blue Eyes
• Braidster
• Brady Buddy

Pictures in no particular order: