I am thankful for...

This little turkey!

One month.

I cannot believe my baby is a month old. He is getting so big, at the dr yesterday he weighed 7 lbs 5 oz (the 10th percentile) but he did have all his clothes on and that could add an ounce or 2.

He is still wearing newborn size clothes and some are still huge on him.
He loves to be on his tummy, it always calms him down.
He is trying to figure out how to smile and it's the most adorable thing in the world.
Started grabbing and pinching.
He loves his dad, and loves snuggling with him.
He has been going 3-5 hours between feedings at night, 6 hours if we are lucky.
He is such a good baby, barely cries unless we are changing his diaper or he is hungry

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My little tiny baby.

Nikson was little when he was born, they considered him SGA (small for gestational age) so they had to do a few extra tests while we were at the hospital, but he did awesome and we didn't have to worry about anything. When we went in for his 2 week appointment the pediatrician was a little concerned that he wasn't gaining weight like he should, especially because we were already supplementing with a little bit of formula. At 2 weeks he was 6 pounds 5 ounces (back to his birth weight) and 20.5 inches (1/2 an inch longer) not as much growth as we were hoping for. We had to go back to the dr today for a weight follow up, today's appointment also counted as his 1 month well check up. Today he weighs 6 lbs 13.5 oz and 21.5 inches long. Only 5th percentile for weight but 75th for length (he is going to be tall and skinny like his daddy) and 50th for head. 8.5 oz in a week and a half is more what we wanted, the dr gave us some high calorie formula to supplement with so we can fatten our skinny baby up a little. I am pretty sure Nikson's cousins think that "little baby" is part of his name, most of them call him "little baby Nikson" and I call him "my little baby"' all the time!

I bet you can't guess that these pictures were taken just a few minutes apart. He looks so miserable in the first one and so peaceful in the last one, that peaceful look doesn't happen a lot. He doesn't really know how to relax (he gets that from his mom) his wrinkly face (he gets that from his dad :)). I am so excited for when he starts smiling because from the little sneak peeks we see it's going to be the cutest thing ever!

We love our little baby so much. He is a great baby. He usually only cries when we change his diaper, he absolutely hates that. He has always been a good sleeper, which I am so grateful for, mama needs her sleep. After his bed time feeding he usually goes 4-5 hours before his next feeding. One night he went 6 hours, I almost had a heart attack when I woke up and looked at what time it was.
He is our perfect little baby.

Best Cousins!

This is Nikson and his cousin Hadlee! Born about 7 weeks apart! I am so excited for them to grow up so close, I hope they stay best cousins!

Sweet Thing!

We made our way to Harmon's on the day after Halloween to pick up some groceries, little did we know they were having a blow out on Halloween candy. Buy a paper bag for $5 and stuff as much candy in it as you can. Yum.

This is our bag. Josh could barely carry it with out it breaking. We weighed it once we got home, 23.6 pounds!

This is what we fit in our bag!

And don't forget this sweet thing!

Maybe the candy will fatten up this little baby and not me.

Happy Halloween!