
Just look at that smile!!!!!! That is the best part of being a mom right now. Easton started truly smiling around 10 weeks and I just can’t get enough of it. In fact I am going to post a few of my favorite smiling pics right now…


So other than having a beautiful smile…Easton is just a wonderful baby. I hope I am not going to be eating my words in the near future but Easton is more than I could have ever hoped for in a baby. I planned on being in love with him because well…he is my flesh and blood…but I didn’t anticipate that he would be so well behaved. He has been super easy to take care of…sleeps 12 hours at night…happily eats anything I give him…lets anyone hold him…smiles and flirts with people when we are out and about…rarely gets fussy…poops max 2 times a day!!!!
And on top of being well behaved he is so sweet and snuggles on me all the time. I guess I was just bracing for the worst but I got the best. Only a wonderful and generous God could create something so perfect and hand him over to me…and for that I thank him everyday!!!!
So what else has Easton been up to????
-At about 2 and 1/2 months Easton was great at sitting propped up. He would sit and watch tv (sometimes up to five minutes) leaning up against the back couch cushions. Now he isn’t so good at it though because he tries to sit too far forward and falls forward.
-Easton has been drooling and chewing on his hands since about 3 months like he is teething. I am just waiting to go pick him up from his crib one morning and see that some little teeth have popped out over night.
-Around 3 months Easton started using the exersaucer. I had to put a couple towels around him to keep him from flailing about but he loved playing with all the toys. Now he is a champ and works his way around the whole circle banging on the sound buttons and pulling on anything he can. He also likes to spit up on the hardest to clean places.
-Easton also had his first taste of cereal around three months…it was a mess. We tried feeding it to him on a spoon and it was so runny it got all over. We put it away for a few weeks and brought it back out about a week before he turned 4 months. He is doing wonderful with it now. I can’t get it into his mouth fast enough. This was about the same time that he started sleeping a good 12 hours a night. Before this he was sleeping about 8 hours at night and was a little restless throughout the night. Since that cereal got in his belly…he has slept like a rock!!!! Good for Mommy! Now I am mixing a little fruit and veggies into it and I think he would he all night if I kept feeding him
-At three months Josh went on his first trip away from us for an extended period of time (20 days to Alaska). We got through it fine but there was a noticable difference in Easton’s behavior once daddy got back home…his behavior just seemed more even keel. How appropriate…I think he is just trying to make me look like a crazy woman.
-Easton has his first air plane ride on May 28th at 3 months old. We flew from Tampa to St. Louis. He did great. He fell asleep and staed asleep for most of the take off. We just had a little whimpering on the way down and as soon as he started drinking a bottle he was fine. That made daddy proud
-Easton went swimming for the first time at 3 months and 1 week old and has been several times since. He loves kicking his legs and splashing himself. He loves to be on his belly and kick his legs behind him. He even put his face in the water and pulled it back out and didn’t even cry!
-At about 3 and 1/2 months he started getting very active on his playmat…arching his back and reaching way over his head to pull on the toys. He also somehow scoots himself all the way around and sometimes even off the mat. He is acting like he wants to roll over but nothing consistient yet. When I put him on his belly for tummy time his legs get going and he puts his hiney in the air…if he could just get his arms coordinated he would be crawling…im sure that will take some time.
-Easton is also outgrowing clothes like crazy. I try as hard as I can to get him into every outfit in the closet but some of them miss the mark. At 3 months I had to go buy him9monthsleepers because he couldn’t straighten his legs in the 6 months. But he can still wear 6 month onesiesand shorts and shirts. I was surprised to find at his four month checkup however that he only grew 3/4 of an inch????? We did go to a new doctor and they measure a little differently so that might have something to do with it. So his overall measurements were…height: 24 3/4″ (50th percentile), weight: 15 lbs 6 oz (50th percentile), head: 17.2″ (75th percentile)
-Right at 4 months Easton had his first day care experiences and did wonderful…it is always harder for mom I think. He went to the church nursery for a couple of hours while participated in bible study. He is also going to the play center at the YMCA every morning for an hour while I workout and try to get back into shape. It has been great for us to get out of the house. I have learned that I am a better mom when I take an hour or two a day for myself.
Overall my little man is just too much fun. He loves to sit and grab mom and dad’s faces and giggle with us. He reacts with a giggle when I play peek-a-boo with him. These last two months have been so much more fun than the first two. Now that Easton can interact with us parenthood is so much more rewarding. I can’t wait to see what the next months hold for us!
I’ll leave you with a few more of my favorite pics from the last few months…


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Bath time at Mimi and G-Pa's

Easton meets Grammy!
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