Happy 2-Month Birthday!

ADub is officially 2 months old today.  Happy birthday, little dude!  You make life exhaustingly awesome, and we are so grateful that you have shown us a different way of looking at our every days.  

Here's what has happened this month.....

• He has slept for as long as 5 hours!!!  Mommy could hardly function the day after because she wasn't used to having so much sleep.
• ADub has become more aware than ever.  He will follow you walking across the room and look at you when you ask for his attention.
• The little guy loves to hear show tunes (they may be the only songs Mommy knows).  Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera frequents bedtime lullabies.
• Pops has been teaching him addition, and I am pretty certain that he currently is doing mental math....If only we could read his mind.
• He has started to find his hands and loves to pull Mommy's and Maya's hair.  Maya very much appreciates it.
• Rolling over has happened so many times that I've stopped counting.
• ADub has high-fived his Pops and fist bumped his daddy, although both were most likely accidents.  I mean I accidentally high-five people all the time.

And now what you've all been waiting for....

Action shot.  This kid loves his play time.

ADub and Pops spend serious bonding time over episodes of The Voice.

Mommy kisses.

Time for a walk!

Helping me with the blog.

He met another one of his Great-Grandma's.

Squirrel hunting with Maya.

Our first journey into a public place.  Where, you may ask?  City Barbecue....dur.

Father-son time.

Meeting one of his Uncles.  He was a first-timer for baby holding....Can you tell??

Very astute.

I'm making him "man up" early with Craftsman tools.

This is precisely why you don't leave babies unattended....because they will attempt to suffocate themselves.

Glamour shots.

Two peas.

Zzzzzz.....

Zzzzz....

What's the phrase?....Thug life.

Asked the lady to get our totally adorable family in front of the Xmas tree....just can't trust anyone these days.

Total Zzzzzz.....

Peek-a-boo:  Whoa!  Where'd he go?!?!?!

Calvin Klein has already extended an offer.  We're working on the details.

#awkwardsmiles

I just love to play!!!

Sunning.

Cheese.

Very riveting reading material.

I am so lucky!

Diaper Duty

     Diaper changing is yet another task that a new parent must take on; however, with a boy, it is more like a learned art form instead of a task.  I feel that it requires training similar to a Samarai's....or at the very least, guidance from a few YouTube videos.  For those parents who have only had girls, your experience has been simple; you haven't become the target.  So here are some of my experiences...

     At diaper change 0100 hours, I walked into a battle zone.  Even with my guard up (a tissue), I was hit in the shoulder; thankfully, I was only grazed with minimal injury, so I carried on.  After the next attack, I understood why God made Eve and all other women in this world to be outstanding multi-taskers.  I was simultaneously bombed with poop at one end and spit-up at the other.  It was only after the second stream, with my guard down this time (I mean how many times can a child pee?), that I decided to call for back-up.  ADub-4, JDub-0.  Well played, son.

Diaper Photo Shoot Part One:

     After a long day back at rotations for the first time since giving birth, I came home to a wiggly puppy, an exhausted manny (my father), and a fussy baby.  Before taking over in caring for my beautiful child, I first hit up the bathroom, and while I was washing my hands, I noticed that there was brown spatter on the wall.  After some investigative techniques (I am educated in forensics), I determined that this substance was crap....yes, crap....and according to the pattern, it was traveling at a very high speed before contacting the wall.  My manny had been attacked and appeared to have lost as well.  ADub-1, Pops-0.

Diaper Photo Shoot Part Two:

     When you are having a crappy night (no pun intended), it's nice to pull out a diaper that has a special message on it.  Thank you to everyone who participated in this at our baby shower.  I think the "You are very pretty, Mommy" has been the best due to the perfect timing (I had been having a VERY rough night).

     Some techniques we use to foil our kid's plan: the penie flap, the penie cover, and the quickest diaper change ever....we are talking time trials fast.  In the end, diaper duty in itself can be such an adventure; who needs Machu Picchu when you've got dodge-the-projectile-body-fluid?

Strollering around Downtown Indy

     Since our Halloween outing went so well and the weather was going to be beautiful that Sunday, the Dubs headed to downtown Indy for a picnic lunch (from Bru Burger) and a walk around the monuments.  ADub slept through the entire thing, go figure.

Family selfie.

Just a man with his weiner.

Is this kid ever awake?

Proud parents....sunglasses do wonders in hiding sleep deprivation.

Still asleep.....

Pretty fall leaves at the WWII monument.

Maya got a little exhausted with such a long walk for those short legs.  She enjoyed this sweet ride.

Riding around Indy....in a stroller....while sleeping....is quite tiring.  YAWN!

Wait.  You took me where today?  I must have been asleep....

ADub's First Halloween

         Our Halloween this year was fairly low key; however, it was somewhat important for two reasons.  1) It was ADub's first Halloween, and 2) It was the first time I went out in public, other than class and one quick trip to Target, since giving birth.  So what did we do?  We headed to the Irvington Halloween Festival where we ate from a food truck, shopped the vendors, and most of all, people/dog (costume) watched.  Keeping with tradition, our evening consisted of homemade spaghetti followed by a showing of Hocus Pocus.  I think ADub enjoyed it; I certainly did!

Please don't take a bite out of my cuteness.

I've already read this page, Dad.  Moving on!

Punkin butt.

Upon our arrival to the Halloween Festival.

It was nice to be out in the real world again.

Upon our departure from the Halloween Festival.  It's like he was never there.

FLYING CUPCAKES!!!....Halloween-style.

Maya lovin'

Full Disclosure: No baby was harmed in the making of this photo...clearly.