Baxter - Two Months Old

Here is our cute chunky boy at two months old. He weighs 16 lbs (off the charts) and is 24 inches long (85th percentile). By comparison, at this age Jasper weighed 13 lbs 11 oz and was 25.5 inches long. But the way they measure them...it's hard to be accurate so not a lot of stock in the height comparisons yet.

Here is one of my all time favorite pictures of Jasper...at two months old. Hmm, he does look less chunky and longer than Baxter in the similar picture.

Fun visit from Mallory today!

Thomas the Train

We rode on Thomas the train in Bryson City, NC last weekend! We left Saturday morning, camped Saturday night, then went to the Thomas event on Sunday. Before our train ride, there were lots of activities and photos opps to explore. Above is Thomas made of legos which is really impressive. Below is our family photo while riding on the train.

We went with another family whose son is Jasper's age. They had fun watching their Daddy's work on the campfire and playing in the rocks and gravel at the campsite.

Baxter's first camping trip - almost 2 months old. Jasper was 4 months old on his first camping trip....those 2 extra months do make a difference. I wouldn't recommend camping with a 2 yr old and a 2 month old, but we survived and Jasper did have a good time!

After a little bit of sleep on Saturday night (in our huge tent), we put on our railroad gear and headed to see Thomas. Jasper was really excited to see Thomas!

Here is Jasper directing traffic (he loves to strike this 'directing pose' often).

Thomas is the engine that pulls these cars on the Great Smoky Mountains railroad. It was a 25 minute, extremely slow ride :)

Before riding on the train, we ate a picnic lunch under the awning of a store - perfect timing because of a rain storm!

More great photos of the boys here on Mary Catherine's blog!

Baxter blue eyes

Liking the bumbo seat :)

He is becoming a more happy baby, sleeping longer at night especially when swaddled (miracle blanket really is miraculous!). He is a chunky baby, just like Jasper was. Baxter was the same length at one month but 3 pounds more! At his one month appt, Baxter was 23.5 inches long and 13 lbs 4 oz. And he'll be two months old next week! Amazing!

We have played with Eli a lot this summer! Here are a few from a photo session on Saturday. Mary Catherine took a lot of pictures and should have more good ones!Eli & Baxter in their matching outfits

Baxter, Jasper, and Eli as he gets away...

Here are photos from some of our summer outings from the past month:

Trip to Panama City Beach, June 27-July 1.

Jasper, George Wilder, & Amelia reading books in the condo

Playing in the sand...But really the boys were of course watching the sand tractors (they clean the beach early in the morning, which is when we were there, usually around 7 am!)

Typical George & Darrell

Me & Baxter on the beach

Happy 4th of July! We had a July 4th party/baby shower for Baxter with all of Darrell's extended family. It was a rockin' party complete with pinata, water balloon toss, and more messy games (Liz, the party planner, is also a youth director so we had all kinds of games!).

Jasper got as many gifts as Baxter!

Baxter chilling out, poolside

Amicalola Falls State Park, July 6
Fishing & hiking with the Bennetts

Tubing in Helen, July 17 - Baxter & I hung out along the river while Jasper & Darrell tubed. Jasper loved it.

Silly Jasper with pajamas on wrong way (and mosquito bites on face)

Sweet Baxter boy

Boys with my parents and great Aunt

Jasper got a monster truck and on his own, immediately lined up cars for "Gunslinger" to jump over! The boy loves cars and trucks.

Conversation

On Sunday Afternoon. We are still in our pajamas.

Joni: "Just got a text message from Donna. They are coming to visit tomorrow."
Darrell: "Oh cool. I guess they're coming after church."
Joni: "umm, today is Sunday."
Darrell: Confused look.
Joni: "The fourth of July was on a Saturday this year."
Darrell: "Hmm." Then he made comment about the mail he put in the mailbox...and how it is still in the mailbox.

What happens when...

What happens when...
You ignore your garden for weeks?

You get some good stuff...

and some absurdly HUGE zucchini - the size of a 3 week old baby!Seriously??!! The biggest zucchini is 15 inches long and 5 inches wide. The circumference at the widest part is 14 inches??!! Does zucchini this big even taste good? We haven't tried it yet. I shredded the rest of the large zucchinis and froze them in ziplocs for zucchini bread. Any other ideas for what to do with lots of zucchini? We just got back from 5 days at the beach and I haven't even been out to the garden to see what else is out there. Before we left I realized the cucumbers and zucchinis are enormous! The cucumbers are good and there are lots of green tomatoes. Hopefully they are still there - if I can find them amongst the weeds, ahh.

What happens when...
You don't water your grass and it is 100° every day?
Your newly cleared side yard still hasn't been graded or seeded for grass?
Your house is an absolute disaster area because the basement is getting 'finished?'

I won't include pictures for the above scenarios! I can hardly stand to look at it myself :) Onto some more funny and positive pics--

What happens when...
you husband and his buddy are in charge of their infants?
You get an "anne geddes" for guys type picture...
It's Baxter on a bookshelf at Kai & Lisa's house - at Kai's "31 is the new 30" Birthday Party.

You also get wide-eyed infants wondering why they are getting beat on the back for so long...Oh, it's a burping competition, of course! Baxter & Marah wondering why their daddies are so into infant-only competitions.

What happens when...

Your husband is in charge of taking Jasper to swim lessons?

You get really cute pictures like this...
I am so incredibly thankful for Darrell's help this summer. He is a great Daddy to our two-year-old whiner and our one-month-old crier. Yes, Jasper's favorite thing to say is "I don't want to." And Baxter's favorite thing to say is "whaaaaaaa."

Here is Baxter, doing the tree frog position. He is a month old and is pretty fussy, gassy, cries a lot, doesn't really like to be swaddled or take a pacifier, doesn't like the bouncy seat or the swing, just wants to be held...I'm holding out hope that things will get better this month. If I don't blog again for a month you'll just know that the exhaustion hasn't gotten better yet! But he is oh so cute when he is sleeping :)