Month 3

Damon,

This has been a VERY quick month!  We have had lots going on.  You are getting so big and so fun.  You weigh over 12 and half pounds and last week measured 25 inches.  You smile all of the time and only cry when you are hungry or too tired.  You LOVE taking baths and your dad just taught you how to kick your legs so you splash water everywhere.  Recently, you have been sleeping for about 6 hours during the night which has been WONDERFUL.  My birthday was last Friday and you gave me an awesome gift of your own by sleeping 8 hours that night!  It was amazing.  Your dad and I actually had to wait for you to wake up in the morning which NEVER happens :).

You like watching TV, especially football and you get upset when a game gets paused while you're watching.  You have been pretty good at going to bed each night at 11:00 and can put yourself to sleep now.  This is a habit that I love because you are getting too heavy to walk around with for hours.  You entertain yourself now so I am getting a lot more accomplished during the day.  You still love to be held but can handle it when we have to put you down.  You have started cooing and making all kinds of wonderful baby noises and in the mornings you and I have long conversations.  You move ALL the time.  The only time you are still is when you are sleeping...I think that we might have our hands very full when you start crawling and walking! 

You were blessed September 18th and we were so lucky to have so many family members and friends there for your special day.  Dad was a little worried that you might be fussy but you were a champ and stayed quite throughout the whole meeting! 

We are so lucky to have you and love you so much.  You are the light of our life.

 Four Generations: Very Cool

 I love this blessing outfit

 First time sleeping a straight 8 hours during 

the night!

 Check out the awesome Birthday Cake BJ made

and decorated for my birthday!

 3 Months old today

 and getting so big!

Month 2

For the past few months I have become what you might call a blog "stalker."  I start reading someone's blog, then read one of their follower's, then one of that person's followers...and pretty soon I've spent HOURS reading so-and-so's friend's cousin's sister-in-laws' neighbor's blog.  Someone who lives in the Netherlands that I didn't know from Adam before I started stalking her and now I feel like we are old chums because I have read about her family's life on her blog.  Okay, okay, it isn't that bad, but I do stalk.  And one of blogs I frequent is Tehmi's.  I love reading about her life with her two adorable girls and can tell how much she adores them...and I am stealing one of her amazing ideas.


See Tehmi writes both of her girls a little letter on her blog for each month of their lives to tell them what they are doing, how much they have grown in the past month and anything else they have going on at the time.  I wanted to start doing this for Damon;  I was either going to write it down in a journal (but that would take SO long and I would probably not keep it up very well.  Besides, I am worried about losing it or it getting ruined) or just keep a journal on the computer (what if the computer crashed before I could back up everything?  Or what if I forgot about it and by the time he is old enough to care I wouldn't be able to retrieve it?), but have now decided to write his letters in our blog.  This way they will always be there as long as the World Wide Web exists and I would probably keep up on it now that I have made this public announcement :).  So thanks to Tehmi for inspiring this...and here is Month 2...


Little Damon,
You are 2 months old now and I cannot believe how much time speeds up after you have a baby.  You have grown out of most of your newborn clothing and your thighs are making your Daddy proud.  He sees some serious vertical in your future.  You started smiling at us last month and now we can coax those sweet smiles out of you when you are in the mood.  You have been a colicky little thing, but the medicine the pediatrician prescribed is doing wonders for your tummy.  You love lying on the floor or in your changing station kicking your legs and moving your windmill-like arms.  You have this funniest little face that your dad calls the "Zoolander" face.  It really does look like Blue Steal and we crack up every time you pull it.  I have the wonderful privilege of staying home with you;  we read together, take walks when it isn't too hot, watch Cheers (I have about 20 episodes recorded for when you are eating), dance when you need to be pacified, and make messes!
Your favorite place to sleep is ON someone.  In fact you are laying on my stomach right now sound asleep.  The new thing:  I put you vertically on my chest and you wriggle until you are laying horizontally across my stomach with your face buried in my shirt.  This face burying worries us because you love to stick your face in our shirts, the burp cloth, blankets and anything else.
There are some days where you are in a rotten mood almost all day...until your Dad comes home.  You will cry all day and I won't get anything done because you won't let me put you down.  Then your dad walks through the door and you are a totally different kid.  Makes me look bad ;).  You two get down on the floor and play and he can make you smile better than anyone.  He keeps threatening to cut your hair because you have a small rat tail going on back there...I keep waiting to see if he really will.

You will be blessed this upcoming Sunday and your 2 month check-up was today!  You weigh over 11 lbs!  Feels like you weigh 30 sometimes ;).  We are so in love with you and you are the light of our lives.

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!