4 Months Old

My baby boy is no longer an infant. We have reached some milestones this month for sure! Will is now rolling over...well sort of. He did it for the first time while laying in bed with me one morning and again while having tummy time with his daddy. He is also doing so well with tummy time and can hold his head up for much longer periods of time. He can look at himself in the mirror on his belly! He is also grabbing and holding his toys and starting to put them in his mouth to bite and suck on them. (We MAY have a tooth coming in...stay tuned!) He has been sleeping about 9 hours or so at night and doesn't get up at all in those 9 hours. (That is the best thing for me!) He is also starting to get comfortable in his crib. While he is not sleeping in there at night, we do try and put him down for naps and he also plays in his crib throughout the day. He talks even more and makes all kinds of new baby talk noises. He also has been laughing more at little things that we do, although he never laughs at the same thing twice. He is also starting to grab at his feet and hold on to them. He is wearing 9 month clothes and is now in size 3 diapers. He weighs 17lbs 1oz and is just under 27 inches long, 90th percentile all the way!

I went back to work on January 3rd and of course it was the worst day for me. I had spent the whole week leading up to my return dreading it. I cried at least once everyday leading up to it and on the morning I dropped him off at his daycare I lost it completely. I just miss him every single second I am not with him. He has been doing very well at the sitters house. He doesn't cry when I leave him or at all while he is there. Then again he never really cries unless he needs something. He loves the sitter's house and she is just great with him. He goes there Tuesday thru Thursday and Chris or I am home with him on Fridays and Mondays. I am usually the one who picks him up and drops him off so of course the best part of my day is seeing that smiling face every day at pick up time.

The down side of his four month update is that he has his first little cold. It just broke my heart to see him so sad and upset due to his awful stuffy nose. He has had the worst congestion and nothing else. He has had no fever or cough or anything except this horrible stuffy nose. My poor little guy! I just cried the first night he woke up with it. It was heartbreaking to hear him trying to breathe and knowing there wasn't anything I could do to take it away. We spent lots of time in the bathroom with lots of steam showers as well as getting to know and use a NoseFrida (which is the best thing ever). He is doing much better now but a cold hangs around for days, hopefully he will be better soon!

 



First Christmas

We had the best Christmas ever this year! I was just thinking about how a year ago I was a little upset about being around others who were pregnant and just thinking to myself, "I wish that was me!" Turns out we were pregnant and here we are a year later at Christmas and I couldn't be more blessed with my son. Of course I had to do a little Christmas photo session with my son...I am a photographer after all. Here are a few of my favorite shots.

We spent Christmas Eve at my grandfather's house enjoying a Mexican style Christmas Eve. As usual we had plenty of tamales and menudo to eat. Will also got to meet some of my extended family that he hadn't met before. We also went to church and Will just loved the music and was very good throughout the entire service. He didn't even make a peep! On Christmas day we woke up late and spent a little bit of time opening his gifts before he fell back to sleep. It was fun being able to share a Christmas like that with my son. We had Christmas dinner at my brother Brock's house and we spent the rest of the evening with family. All I can say is it was the best Christmas EVER!!

3 Month photo session

I have a photographer friend who I swap services with, so she will be taking Will's photos at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. I'm sure once I get the hang of things I will also be taking my own pictures as well.

 



3 Months Old

Ugh! I don't want to go back to work in a couple of weeks! I have enjoyed staying home and being with my son every single day and now...all I want to do is cry! I feel like I am going to miss him growing up. It's so sad. Will is getting bigger and bigger every single day it seems! He is now laughing...and a very cute laugh I might say! Since he can hold his head up on his own he is also starting to pull himself up to a seated position while holding onto my fingers. He is very strong and has been doing just great at becoming independent. He talks all of the time...non-stop! He laughs like crazy especially when he is sitting in his yellow chair in his room. He is starting to play by himself more and more. He is also starting to sleep in his crib, where before he would scream and cry the second you laid him down in it. He likes to watch certain shows on NICK JR and DISNEY JR. He LOVES music and can listen to it all day everyday. He is grabbing toys and hitting toys on his mobile or play mat. He is sleeping from about 9pm to 5-6am and only getting up once around 11pm. He is now wearing 6-9 month clothes, weighs aprox. 16 lbs and is 26 inches long. He is growing and growing and it just amazes me how much he has changed in the last 3 months.

I have become much better at doing little photo sessions at home with him as well as taking tons of everyday photos on my IPhone (you can follow me on Instagram under qianak). I had my favorite photographer Chelsea take his 3 month photos and they are so dang cute I can't wait to get the cd and post them! He just LOVES his Nana Yoli so much! He spends time with her on the weekends when I need to catch up with editing or have a ton of things to do. According to my dad, she seems to be hogging all the time with Will...go figure!

We are looking forward to his first Christmas and him being part of the traditional Mexican style Christmas Eve that we celebrate every year. I can't wait until he is older to actually understand about Christmas and get excited about it. I plan on spending our last days before I go back to work snuggling this little boy as much as possible! I cannot get enough of him.

 



First Thanksgiving

Will is such a good baby so needless to say he was great during his first Thanksgiving. We started our celebrating at a friend's house for a Friendsgiving party. He was well behaved and was liked by all the ladies at the party! After that we went to my sister in law's grandparents house where we had our family Thanksgiving. Once again he was well behaved and visited a lot with his Nana and Opa. Here are a few pics from his first Thanksgiving.

cousins in Thanksgiving attire

Opa and Nana with Will

Kelsch Family

2 Months Old

2 months old already! Ugh! I can't believe how fast this time is going. He is only going to be a baby for 1 whole year and we are already 2 months into it. So sad.

His milestones this month have been talking a WHOLE LOT more, laughing, smiling non-stop, holding his head up for longer periods of time, sleeping shorter naps and longer at night time and he pays much more attention to moving objects and lights. He seems to recognize certain songs, words or phrases that we sing or say. He is now in 6 month clothes and size 2 diapers. I am sure the clothing size will go up before the end of the year as 6 months fit him pretty perfectly with little room to grow. He eats about 4-5 oz at each feeding, so that should explain the clothing size! He has been sleeping very well at night, mostly getting up just once for a feeding and diaper change and he sleeps anywhere between 4-6 hours at a time at night.

Of course as you all already know Will was born a very big baby...and his measurements now show for that. His one year appointment was today and he is pretty much a 4-5 months old instead of a 2 month old. His weight is at 13 lbs 13 oz, length is at 25 inches and his head size is 16 and 1/4. He is in the 97th percentile and in some cases, like his length, he is off the chart...literally! He is a very healthy boy and we couldn't be happier!

I have been cleared to finally start working out and live my life somewhat back to normal after my 8 weeks of restrictions. I have lost all the baby weight plus an additional 12 or so lbs. This breast feeding is taking away all of my stored fat...and I love it! I have also been taking a lot more pictures of Will as he grows. We also had our first professional family photos done just last week by my friend and fellow photoger Chelsea. As always she does an amazing job and I will post some once we get the finished product. I am dreading going back to work in about 45 days or so. It makes me sad to know that I won't be able to see him all day ever day come January. His next appointment is not until January for his 4 month check up.

 

2 months old (11/20/12)

 

1 month/ 2 month comparison 



Christmas Photos

Our first Christmas family photo session was probably my favorite moments of being a mom. It was the first time someone else photographed my son and us as a family. LOVE the photos!! And a big huge thanks to Sofia Brown Photography for taking the photos.