Thanksgiving cont'd + 3 Months Old

Here are photos of the BooBear from November 15 - 22. He can see, grab, and interact with his toys. I included the second photo because we think he looks like a member of Werty's family with that particular expression.

Yes, he still sleeps in his car seat with a blanket underneath him. He started sleeping in his car seat when he was 6 weeks old because of his acid reflux - being more upright allowed him to sleep. Our goal for this month is to get him on an earlier night sleep schedule (he sleeps for 6-7 hours at night now, but he doesn't fall asleep until 1-3:30 am) and transition him into his own crib. We might have to get some kind of pillow to raise his head so he can sleep in his crib. Last night we kept him awake until 9:30pm and he slept until 7am - it was so nice! Just have to keep that up.

Here are the rest of the Thanksgiving pics from Bear Lake:

My handsome Werty...
and my little man with his bear ears jacket...

enjoying the cold lake...
using the harness Aunt Christina gave us!

Yes, that is snow on the ground. We didn't stay outside very long before the BooBear let us know he was done with the cold.
Cousin Laryn loves babies, and the BooBear was no exception. BooBear seemed to like him too. His newest trick is to pull his legs up really high and hold them - especially when you are trying to dress him, of course. So we are starting to give him a few minutes of tummy time each day so he can practice moving those legs. Today, when Werty put him on his tummy on the bed, he looked like somone trying to swim through jello.

This is a toy I bought when I was pregnant - it's an alphabet caterpillar, with letters on each leg. Yeah, I think it's three times his size. I pulled it out to see what he thought. It was a little too big for him to get a good look at it, but at least he wasn't scared of it.

Finally, the last two pics are of BooBear waking up the morning he turned three months old! Three months old and fitting into 6 months size clothes. I swear he got taller in the space of a week. Some suggest they "unroll" at three months now that they start stretching out their full length, so maybe that's what it is.

Thanksgiving Family Photo

Here is the photo of EVERYONE at Thanksgiving. Thanks for sending them out.

Thanksgiving Tooth

Borrowing this photo from Rena's blog, here are just the immediate family, so only half of the people there at Bear Lake with us. We happily had our own room this time, which was a good thing since BooBear is staying up late these days. When we got home on Friday I discovered why he has been having trouble staying asleep when we are trying to put him down for the night. BooBear is cutting his first tooth on the bottom and I can feel the next one coming in on the top. Werty and I compared notes, and we both got teeth early, so it makes sense. He turned three months old yesterday, hooray! He is getting big so fast. We have some pics to share soon.

We are hunting the elusive Boo Smile!

The elusive Boo Smile tends to run away whenever there is a camera in sight, although it often shows up to surprise you in the morning.

I will look at you Mommy, but I'm not going to smile!

There it is! Finally caught on camera!




He seems to really like his cow puppet - the first toy we bought for him when I was pregnant. (It reminded me of the cow Ddonn gave me in a care package on my mission, so I had to buy it.) It's REALLY soft. When I put it down in front of him tonight, he immediately grinned. Here you can see him hugging the cow to his face to feel the softness.

Caricature for the teacher

This is what my students think I look like. They were drawing silly pictures of each other and I let one student draw me on the board. I don't know why I have red hair, but they did try to give me the right eye color.

Rollercoaster Week

Boo starting sleeping through the night, about 6-7 hours straight for only one week. Then he got his shots, and there goes the schedule. Now he sleeps from 2:30am - 5:00am. Yeah. After 1am Werty takes him so that I can get 4 hours of sleep. Boo wants to sleep off and on in the afternoon and evening, and I really try to wake him up! Today the thought struck me that maybe he is becoming classically conditioned that when Mommy comes home, it means time to eat and sleep. Since he wasn't feeling well, he wanted to be held more, and that means waking up as soon as you try to put him down to sleep. I am hoping this weekend I can pay close attention and try to get his sleeping back on gear. /em crosses fingers.

Meanwhile, school was up and down. Today was pretty good, mid-week was ugly. I'm not too thrilled about having hormones in my system again, and I'm already feeling fat... The unseasonably warm weather made my students stir crazy, especially the kid just out of juvy...I am worried about one of my friends who is starting the divorce process - I am worried about how ugly things might get as she gets closer to moving out. But, I still feel like counting my blessings because in the end life is good.

2 Months Old!

First of all, pictures from Boo's blessing last weekend. I wanted to get a picture of everyone who stood in the circle in front of the church, but I was in the mother's room feeding Boo when church ended, and by the time I got there, everyone had already scattered. Here he is in his beautiful blessing suit made by the talented Ddonn.


Great Grandma and Boo. She sang him a Tahitian lullaby.

Four generations (Werty's side).

There were a lot more people there that we didn't get pictures of, like people from my side of the family, but some of them couldn't stay very long. We filled over 4 rows of pews in the church, two rows of each side of the family. Werty sits up on the stand since he leads the music. He said that looking out over our family members he got choked up, thinking about how this must be what the celestial kingdom is like - being surrounded by so many people you love and who love you. It was wonderful to know that so many people love our little Boo and came to support him. His great uncle - and namesake - gave him a special present, similar to the one that was given to him by HIS great uncle of the same name - it was so sweet. Traditions like that are very special. Someday when he is older that present will remind him of his blessing day and that he is loved.

Here are some random pics of Boo being cute over the last couple of weeks.

Father and son.
First time he had a bath in the bathtub. He still doesn't like it.

We're getting closer to catching that smile of his on camera!

Halloween! The outfit is from our friend Dekan in NY. The socks are from Ddonn and say "Baby's 1st Halloween." He enjoyed his first Halloween, even though he was really sleepy from getting his 2 month vaccinations. He is now 23.5 inches long and 11 lbs 4 oz.

Grandpa stopped by to see Boo while we were carving the pumpin.


Boo as a dragon. I'm wearing my Cruella DeVil dress to take him treack-or-treating with his cousins. Check out the cute dragon feet on his costume - I just love them!


We dropped by to trick-or-treat at Grandma's. She needed a visit since Grandpa got to see him earlier that day.


For Halloween we had a Mr. Vamp1re (a Chinese classic comedy horror) party at our house. Werty' sister and her husband dressed up like Vamp1re zombies from the movie.