One Month

Our little Valentine turned one month today!

He was 12lbs 4oz and 23 inches at his check up.

He was born needing a haircut and still does! It's hard not to make comparisons with Tavish, but Tavish was bald forever and then I was so surprised to have a blonde baby. When Paxton was born the first thing we saw was all this dark hair...we couldn't help but say "he looks nothing like Tavish!"

His eyes haven't really changed yet, they are still bluish-gray, I 'm curious what color they will end up being.

He had beautiful baby skin when he was born but developed a big case of baby acne a couple of days ago.

He has also developed a case of nighttime fussies with lots of gas pain...poor little guy.  

He hates the carseat and displays that by having a big blowout in his diaper almost every time I put him in the carseat to take Tavish to preschool.

All in all, he is a very sweet baby who seems to be very tolerant of the craziness around him.

Quote of the day...

Tavish: Sometimes I feel like a pirate, but sometimes I just feel like a boy...

D-day

Here's the before...

  

And here's the after...

Paxton Anzelm K.

9lbs. 7oz.

20.5in

Here he is with his birthday Auntie!

We are all in love with him...

The Big 4

The birthday party...

Thrown together a few weeks before...the OB kept telling me I would probably end up on bedrest at every appt so we just wanted to have a small family party but Tavish kept inviting everyone to his birthday party so we had to throw one whether we wanted to or not. Auntie Lana cooked, we had balloons, a pinata, cupcakes, ice cream sundaes and bunch of crazy kids. I have realized I'm not really a party planner but I don't think Tavish noticed.

The actual birthday...

 Donuts from 7-11 on the way to preschool.

 Can you guess how old I am?

Dinner and games at the place parents hate the most and kids love the most...

Chuck E. Cheese.

Not so bad on a week night. 

Ice cream with sprinkles. 

Packages and presents.

And a happy 4 year old.

Dentist

I go to the dentist once a month to have my braces adjusted and Tavish is always very curious about it and even went with me one time. I've been pretty slow about making an appointment for his first cleaning, like everything else these days it seems. Well we finally made it and here he is, cool as a cucumber and ready to go. He was very interested in the whole process and got to pick out three prizes at the end because he is three. Good job buddy!

Whoa baby...

Our Pittsburgh pals came down for a visit...and I just had to get a pic.

Susan and I are due within days of each other.

So the question is...who's going to pop first????

I vote me :)

Family Photos

I've been wanting to have some family photos taken for a while and was reminded of this even more when we went to Poland this summer. Rafal's mother has photos of all three boys with their respective families hanging on the livng room wall and I hate  our photo. So every day we were there I was reminded that we need a new one, especially to document our little family of three before it becomes four. Here are some of my faves... 

Just to end it with a little dose of reality :)