Dawson Two & Three Months

Two month stats:

Weight: 11 lbs 2 oz (41st percentile)

Height: 22 1/4 in (29th percentile)

Head: 15 in (15th percentile)

Dawson's stats are almost identical to Sawyer's two months stats. The only difference is that he weighed a whopping whole ounce more than Sawyer did. I thought for sure Dawson would be heavier than that because he seems so pleasantly chubby but it must just all be in his cheeks.

During month two Dawson started grinning it up but would usually save it for when I talked to him. I don't mind being the favorite for a minute because we all know it will be his dad soon.

He still didn't really like pacifiers and would only take one every so often and only for a few seconds before getting mad and preferring to cry. And he started getting really weird about bottles. I was giving him a couple bottles a week just to make sure he would take one in case we ever needed to be apart or (heaven forbid) Dillon and I go on a date that lasts longer than two hours. He was taking them fine and then all of the sudden wasn't. Same bottle, still pumped milk, everything the same but he would throw a royal fit if a bottle was put in his mouth rather than the alternative.

He started to find his voice a little bit and would coo to himself.

He still preferred to be held over anything else and would let it be known he wasn't pleased about being put down.

He got comments like crazy on his big, blue eyes. I don't know where they came from but they are definitely his distinct feature. In fact, when I took him in to Dr. Gatherum's office for our postpartum visit, Dawson's eyes were all the nurses could talk about (and his little jean jacket..seriously impractical piece of baby clothing but it's just so cute.).

He often sleeps with his eyes open. It's definitely disconcerting.

Nice and cozy waiting at the pediatrician's office.

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Dawson's third month had us throwing in the towel when it came to the binky. He won. He doesn't want it. This makes for some tear filled times when I'm busy attending to his older brother.

We did find a bottle the he'll grudgingly take. The comotomo bottle. I wouldn't say he was thrilled about it but he will take it. He still only gets tortured with the offering of a bottle 2-3 times a week to keep up that skill so I can have some freedom.

Dawson still has no kind of schedule when it comes to eating and sleeping. He sleeps pretty good at night but it's all over the place. Sometimes he'll sleep through the night, sometimes he wakes up twice. He'll take some good naps during the day too, but I never know when they're going to be. When he does wake up at night to eat (usually around 3 am) he likes to talk and smile for a good 45 minutes afterward before he tries to go back to sleep. He is always in a good mood though so I've found I can just lay him in his bassinet and let him party while I try to fall back asleep.

He started noticing Sawyer more and will smile if Sawyer gives him any kind of attention. 

Dawson was blessed by Dillon and it was a great day. Among other things Dillon blessed Dawson with "a physical knowledge to understand the world and a spiritual knowledge to understand the gospel" which really stood out to me and I thought was beautifully put.

Dawson really is a happy baby and I'm so glad he's part of our family.

His little hands are usually up and splayed out like this while he sleeps. I always think he'll relax them and put them down but they stay that way during most of his naps.

Newborn & Family Pictures

When Dawson was about 9 days old, we scheduled time to have his newborn pictures taken and decided to have some family shots done too. Of course both boys ended up with colds for the shoot. Poor Dawson was projectile sneezing snot. But we ended up with some great pictures in spite of. My friend Julie Davis with Julie Davis Photography took them for us and was so great to work with. She was so patient and good with the kids and managed to get some wonderful pictures for us. This is just a tiny sampling of the pictures she took and I love all of them!

Fall Fun

There were some fun things that I was determined to take Sawyer to and/or have him do at home after I had Dawson because I knew we would be pretty cooped up for the winter. The first was the Sheep Parade that Cedar holds that basically allows farmers to use main street to move their sheep from one spot to another. I actually had never gone to the parade before and was pleasantly surprised. I liked it more than the summer parades for sure and I think Sawyer did too. He got a little bored with all of the car entries but had fun getting candy (even though he was battling kids five times his age...which I'll be honest, irritates me to no end when it comes to parades; like really, just let the two year old pick up one blessed piece of candy you turkey older kids). 

The sheep were definitely the best part of the parade. They were full on running down the street and jumping over each other. Sawyer was really concerned about the commotion and kept pointing at the sheep and yelling, "Uh-oh! Uh-oh!"

For one of our FHE activities we decided to carve/paint pumpkins. I hate gutting pumpkins and carving them (it makes my hands sting, weird right? but I do like seeing everyone else's finished products) so I helped Sawyer decorate his instead. The best part of the night (and all of the fall season) was hearing Sawyer call pumpkins "pum-pums".

Dawson doing what newborns do

Sawyer's pumpkin

Dillon's pumpkin

We dressed Sawyer up as a pirate for Halloween. I had to threaten him to get him to keep his eye patch and earring on for the picture (no grandma if mom couldn't get a picture, best motivator around). 

Dawson was dressed up as a teeny-tiny Frankenstein. He was oblivious in his two-week-old state.

We made the rounds to some aunts and uncles and the grandparents. Dillon took Sawyer around their neighborhoods while Dawson and I made pit stops for nursing. Sawyer was hesitant to hold his trick-or-treating pumpkin at first but once he figured out he got to put candy in it, he was all about it. Dillon said that Sawyer actually liked ringing the doorbells more than anything else. If someone was ready at their door, Sawyer would still insist on ringing their bell before he'd let Dillon take him away.

We soaked up some of our last warm weather of the year by spending time outside, mostly in the backyard. Sawyer became of big fan of the squirt bottle and would walk around squirting EVERYTHING outside. And then he figured out he could drink it too which I'm pretty sure is a right of passage in childhood.

We also started watching more movies as a family since Sawyer actually started paying attention. His obsession at this point was either the old Disney shorts with the Three Little Pigs etc. or Lilo and Stitch.

The last thing we did as part of our Fall Fun was go to the Children's Cavalcade Parade in November. This is by far one of the better parades the town puts on and Sawyer LOVED it. They do floats of children's books, shows, and stories. There was a Three Little Pigs float which was perfect. Sawyer lit up with delight and kept saying over and over, "Piiiiiig!! Volf! Pig! Volf!".