I love this guy!!!!!

Boogie Man

So I just put Jr to sleep. This is my favorite part of the night. He is such a little monster (yes, I said it. lol) when it comes to going to sleep. He will fight it till the end. But EVENTUALLY he gets to the point where he just snuggles up against me and looks up smiling and talking. He is getting bigger every day and it is basically freaking me out. He is my angel! He has developed quite the little personality. He will let you know what he wants. He is growing so fast! He is now STARTING TO WALK! Which totally freaks me out. But he is such a happy kid. Learning and doing new things every day.

How could I not post this!!! This will be the picture I show to all his girlfriends! Get ready son!

Our little man is growing up!

Okay so I know I am a total slacker and it has been a LONG while since I have blogged. I am making a new goal for myself to do this more often! I enjoy it, it is just actually taking the time to sit down and do it that takes awhile! lol.

So Jr will be 6 months in a little over a week!!!! This is very exciting and yet kind of sad at the same time! My little man is growing up so fast. Every day he is doing something new, it is amazing! And....HE JUST GOT HIS FIRST 2 TEETH!!! 2 in the middle on the bottom, SO CUTE! He actually did pretty well with them when they first broke through, but now they are hurting him a bit more. He is a trooper though!

So just a note, these pictures are random and not in any order. I am sure none of you care, but I am a little neurotic and it bugs the heck out of me! Although I guess not too much, since I don't take the time to put them in order. :-)

My mom got him this little Spiderman bat awhile ago but I just gave it to him yesterday. He absolutely loves it! I actually took it away from him to feed him and he went completely hysterical. Which made me laugh (No, I am not a bad mother! lol) But up until now he has never really cared if you take something away from him. But oh no! Not the bat! This is his and he will hold onto it for dear life!Memorial Day 09

He is such a happy baby! He is always laughing and smiling! Now don't get me wrong, he definately does have his moments where he will scream and scream.....but nothing too bad. Yes, he does look just like his daddy but I think he is getting a lot of his momma's personality! And we all know what that means! :-)

He is definately at the stage of everything goes straight to his mouth! I love watching how he grabs and reaches for things now. It is so cool to watch the look in his eyes when he sees something new.

There is a little park just right around the corner from our house with a baseball field where they play Little League. Cameron wanted to go watch his friend play so I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to take Jr. When I first put him in the scream, he kind of wailed. But I plopped down right in front of him on the ground and he LOVED IT! He probably swang for about 40 minutes before he was done. We all had a great time!

Play Time

So I tell Cam to keep Jr occupied for a second while I run to the car and get something. I come back in to this. And Jr LOVES that Cam almost fits under the play mat with him!

He is definately at the stage where EVERYTHING goes in his mouth! :-)
All tired out

A day with family......

Okay before you read any further...I have NO idea why these pics are so small! No matter how many times I click "large" they still come out like this. So sorry you will have to strain your eyes a bit!

So Jeremy's brother and family were down for the weekend. It is always so much fun when they come to visit because Gavin just LOVES playing with Cam so they are always running all over the place. Here are a few pics!

The Pedersen Men.....Aren't they handsome! :-)


Jr's first experience on a bike with daddy. He didn't know what to think! But he will grow up to love it, just like all the rest of them! :-)

On the move.....

Jr is so vocal now a days. He loves to hear himself talk. Hmmmm maybe he takes after his mother :-) But the other night we were playing with him and all of sudden we could have sworn he said "hi". Now some people say "oh no! It's too early. It is just him cooing". Well you are wrong :-) He then said it again and again as we said it to him. Then he went to the dentist office with Jeremy's mom yesterday and the receptionist told her "He just said Hi to me 3 different times!". So there you have it! My kid is a genius and I am sure will be crawling all over my house very soon. Now if I could just get him to say "momma". We will work on that one.

Oh yes....Jr is on the go. We all know that he is definately ahead in a lot of things. It could be his size.....or he could just be a genius. Who knows! :-) No but really....he has been trying to crawl for quite some time now. And he has finally got the whole concept down. Almost. He concentrates so hard. He puts his head down, butt up, and pushes himself along. He is trying really hard to get the whole idea of them arms moving down. He will get it soon I have no doubt. He loves his little play mat. I think he finds new things every day to play with and touch!

3 months....going on 12 months!

Well our little man turned 3 months yesterday and he just gets cuter every day! I took him to the dr yesterday and found out his weight. He is a whooping 17lbs 4oz!!!!!

That is our little football player :-)

My little ham

Well since we have not had any "official" pictures taken on Jr., I thought we better do it before he is out of the whole baby stage all together. Which seems to be creeping up very quickly! I am sending out birth announcements (yes, I know he is almost 3 months and I am just now doing it :-)) BUT as everyone knows, he has had a very "busy" life so far.

Sleep? I have heard of that once or twice

You know, I have decided it is a rough life to be a baby....I mean, you wake up, get fed, people hold you, people clean your butt for you. My kid has got it hard! :-) Yeah right! Jr was spoiled from the moment he was born, before that even. And he is a great baby. But just here lately he is having some issues with sleeping. As daddy would say, "You are just like your mother! Afraid you are going to miss something". Which makes me laugh because it is totally true. He will fall fast asleep and minutes later his eyes are WIDE open and he is looking all around. He is does this over and over again. He will fight it until he can't take it anymore. Poor guy just won't give up. He also has this thing where he will sleep for the most part until about 3am and then he is wide awake and fussy! Not good for mom who has to get up for work at 5:30. So I am usually up from 3am on, it is fabulous. But we are working on it and he is getting better. It is just going to take a few sleepless nights until he gets it down. I can deal with that. But seriously, he is the happiest baby. And he sure likes his diaper to be clean because every time you put him on that chaging table he is all smiles and giggles.

Our "little" man!

So......I have been trying to post a blog for the last 3 weeks. Something always seems to come up. That is basically the story of my life now a days. A whirlwind of chaos! :-) I have started back to work and I will admit, it is HARD! I am trying my hardest to adjust. Thank God I have my mom and Jeremy's mom to both watch Jr during the day. That has helped a lot. He sure loves his grandmas. He is growing so much and developing quite the personality. He will defaintely tell you when he is not happy.....or bored. He is quite the smiley baby. But.....he knows when you are taking pictures! He will be laughing and smiling and as soon as I get the camera or phone and he gets serious as can be. He is to the point now where he loves to sit up and gets quite annoyed when he is laying down for too long. Before long he will be doing it by himself. Can't wait for that.

Oh how he loves his mobile. He will lay there and talk and smile for the longest time!

Hanging out with his cousins.......Jordan and Anycia I will say one thing.....Jr is the perfect name for him! He is definately his daddy's boy!

Chunky Monkey

Dec 5th Jan 13th

Weight: 9lbs 15oz 13lbs 4oz

Height: 21 1/2" 24"

Well it is official, our son is the size of a 3 month old and he is 5 weeks old! :-) Atleast we know he is growing strong and healthy. He is doing very well and feeling so much better. He is becoming so alert and pays attention to everything around him. It is so cute to see his facial expressions, he is VERY animated. And I am very happy to say that he is a FABULOUS sleeper! He will usually go to sleep at about 11:00pm and usually doesn't wake up until about 4:30 or 5:00! Once or twice he will wake up at about 2am but even if it is just that once, that is fine with me!

So things are going well :-) We are glad to be home from the hospital.

So he hated the bath and basically screamed the whole time. But........the robe on the other hand....he laid there perfectly happy and fell fast asleep seconds later.
My little love

So yes we tried the bassinet. And he does good in it...every once in awhile. But he sleeps so much better between us in bed! :-) So we will keep it like that for awhile. But the way he is growing, we are going to have to move him to his crib or get a bigger bed! :-)

A New Year.....

Well we are beginning the new year with our baby STILL in the hospital! BUT there is light at the end of the tunnel! He is doing great! Gaining weight like crazy. His expected discharge date is Wednesday, Jan 7th! So we are on the downward slope now! YEAH! I cannot wait for us to go home and get on with life! We just have to get through the next week so he can have all of his antibiotics to make sure he is completely healthy again. He is completely spoiled at the hospital! All of the nurses adore him. He definately has a set of lungs on him, probably gets that from me ;-) He can be dead asleep and I think, "okay I can sneak away to cafeteria and eat something real quick before he even wakes up!". OH NO! Not going to happen......literally as soon as I walk around the corner he is screaming. Me, I would let him cry...I mean it's good for him, right? :-) Oh no, not the nurses. Usually when I come back from being gone, any length of time, his bed is empty. He is either in one of the nurse's arms fast asleep or bundled up in his swing at the nurses station! lol. I tell them they are definately making my life harder for when we get home. oh well, we will have fun getting him on a schedule when we get home! Here are a few pics of him in the hospital. Oh and yes, he is a chunker. As of yesterday when they weighed him he weighed 11bs 10 oz!!!!! Atleast we know he is eating well and definately feeling better :-)

As soon as he starts falling asleep, he always smiles big! Atleast we know he is having good dreams :-)

Wow, I just noticed the BLACK circles under my eyes! Well that's what happens from sleeping in the hospital, in a chair, and getting about 2 hours of sleep at night!

WE CAN'T WAIT TO GO HOME!!!!!!!!!!!