Fun Times

Wow it has been quite a while since I last posted!  Damon is 7 weeks old today and is just growing and growing!  He now weighs 10 lbs. 4 oz...and we are starting to feel it in our arms and backs when we hold him :)  I was holding him in his carrier/car seat today and almost lost my balance because I was unprepared for all of the weight!  He is stayig awake for longer periods throughout the day and sleeping for longer during the night.  He usually doesn't fall asleep until about 2:00 am though so that is a little rough.  Once he goes to sleep he only wakes up twice to eat until he is up for the morning...which is so nice for me because he'll sleep until about 9...not so great for BJ since he has to be up by 7.  Ha.

We have had some fun outings the past few weeks and some firsts for Damon.  We were able to go to the Wasatch County Fair 4 weekends ago and take Damon to the parade (not so exciting for a 4 week old), the following weekend we walked around Temple Square (beautiful as always), 2 weekends ago Damon took his first trip to Malad to visit Grandma and Grandpa Hess, and this past week we took a trip to Heber to help Grandma Susan get ready for school.  Well, that was the intention but really Damon was mostly a distraction to his Grandmother :)  Damon also got to meet his uncle Chito for the first time and his soon-to-be aunt Michelle!  Chito proposed to Michelle a couple weeks ago and we are so excited to have her in the family!

Damon took his first bottle and also started smiling at us!  That is by far the greatest "first" so far!

Fair Days

 Damon meets Chito

Temple Square

 Chillaxin.  He LOVES laying on cool surfaces

First time at Grandma's and Grandpa's

Love his face in this one

 Check out Grandma Lee's and Grandpa Kim's back yard!  

Beautiful!

Distracting Grandma

 

Michelle is the "Baby Whisperer"

 

CHEESE!  In my Steelers gear of course :)

Dad is so proud

Oh the messes and Portraits

Damon is 3 weeks old!  I can't believe it...time goes way too quickly.  Damon is growing so much and, I swear, changing every day!  I have also come to the conclusion that for the next many years I will smell like sour milk, have a messy house, and probably be peed on, #2ed on, or spit up on, or all three sometime throughout the day!  It always amazes me how quickly Damon and I can go from "ready for the day" to our third outfit of the day :)  Having him here makes these messes totally worth it though!  Every morning is like Christmas for us!  We can't wait for our day to start with him. 

 He has to sleep sitting up after he eats sometimes

 I love his face in this one

Sweet boys

We were finally able to have Damon's newborn pictures taken last Saturday AND Monday...we had a 2 day session because our little guy was not in the most cooperative of moods on Saturday so they had us come back Monday to finish up.  He didn't love being moved around and having to lay down on his stomach.  We tried a few without the diaper, but that was when Damon decided he had had enough and then, just to make sure we knew he meant business, he made quite a mess (with no diaper on you can see how this could be a problem) and that is when the photographer decided we should finish up another day. Even though the photographers had a difficult time getting him to do what they wanted, the pictures turned out great! Here are a few they were able to get...

2 Weeks

It has been over 2 week since Damon was born!  Time goes by way too quickly these days...I feel like we just barely came home from the hospital.  Every day he changes more and more.  His 2 week appointment was on Monday and he had gained 12 ounces since we left the hospital!  That is pretty good for being a terrible eater the first day of his life.

 

We are having so much fun playing with him.  He is the light of our lives.  He smiles now and gets REALLY upset when we try to hold his arms down from his face.  He lifts his little head and tries to turn over when he is having his diaper changed...this makes it extremely hard to prevent messes.  Oh the messes!  I changed his outfit 3 times today and had to rewash a load of laundry that I, stupidly,  left by the changing table.  Oh the water shows he puts on when the diaper comes off! :) We are starting to see more and more of his personality each day and it is wonderful!  We are in love with our sweet little boy!