Friday, April 13, 2012

Dane is 2 months!

The first month seemed to go so slowly and the second month flew by! I still can't believe it. Dane is growing like a weed and is such a cutie.

His 2 month stats:







14 lbs 13 oz 85%
25.5 inches long 94%
(I forgot the head measurement)
He is in 3 month size clothes (no more newborn or 0-3 months)


I'm pretty sure his eyes are going to be staying blue. They are so bright!


("too much milk")

His hair is still mostly brown, but his roots are starting to come in blond.


This is his excited face that he has started to make this month.

He is finally smiling for his Mom! He started consistently smiling at 5 weeks and chuckling at around 6 weeks.

Feeding has gotten much better. Man, that first month is hard! No problem latching still and he has gotten used to the fast flow. He still has reflux, but I figured out that it is really bad when I drink milk or eat ice cream. If I do have either of those things he will scream in pain and have projectile spit up the next day. He can handle any other dairy just not milk. So, almond milk ice cream it is (because not having ice-cream isn't an option). Life is so much better now that I figured that out.

Sleeping is...better...I guess. He still eats every 2-3 hrs (8pm, 11pm, 1:30am, 3am, 5am, 7:30am) but just eats and then falls right back to sleep. Every now and then he will skip one of those feedings and it is heaven. Again, I think as he gets a little older it will get better. I told my mom about his feedings and told her how everyone tells me it will get better soon. She let me know all her babies ate every 2-3 hrs for an entire year...and grew to be giants. Basically just suck it up:-) Funny thing about her telling me that is that I think it helped. When I feel like there is no change in sight I just get a better attitude about it. Such is life.


(Dane doing "tummy time". He seems to be really strong. Maybe every mom thinks that:)

Okay, let's talk bottles. He WILL. NOT. TAKE. A. BOTTLE. Holy cow! What am I going to do? I would really like to have a date night some time soon. Help! He will scream and scream and scream until we just give in and I nurse him. There are even tears involved! (both his and mine;)



(Dane went to see his daddy play basketball for the first time and LOVED it)

He makes great eye contact and focuses much better now. He will give you a smile but makes you work for it. He seems to like to smile at blondes.

Tummy time is going really well! He still likes it and will stay like that till he is tired and then he will roll over. Yes, he is rolling over. At first I thought it was a fluke but then after two more times I couldn't call it a fluke. His nana, daddy, and mama were there to see it. We all were stunned.


(Dane and his best friend Roan at 2 months.)

He likes:

-His daddy & mommy.
-Playing with his friend Roan.
-Taking walks in the park.
-Music time.
-The swing.
-The vibrating chair.
-His nana and grandpa.
-Eating.
-Getting kisses.
-Bath time (no matter how fussy he is, he will be peaceful during bath time).
-Soft blankets (he rubs his face back and forth on them and tries to eat them).
-His stroller.
-His pacifier (only when he isn't hungry).
-Being swaddled.
-Ceiling fans
-The airplanes above his bed
-Having a clean diaper
-When his daddy takes his (Dane's) hands and claps them

He dislikes:

-Gas.
-Getting in and out of his car seat.
-Being hungry.
-The sound of Velcro (this includes the sound of opening his diaper--it scares him and makes him cry).
-Drinking from a bottle.
-When his mommy leaves the room.

Some funny things he is doing:
-Sticks his tongue out when he is trying hard to do something.
-Follows us back and forth when we walk around the room
-Scowls when he is sucking on his pacifier

Comments from other people:

-Everyone says he looks like his daddy...and that is because he does. Except for maybe his lips and chin and dimples.
-He is so big.
-He is so small.
-He is very serious.
-His eyes are so bright blue. Strangers will stop me to compliment his eyes.
-He is very handsome.
-He is very loud.
-He holds his head up really well for his age.


As far as my recovery:

-I have 10 more pounds to lose before I am at pre-pregnancy weight, but I am nowhere near fitting into pre-pregnancy jeans. The weight has pretty much stopped coming off on its own. Time to go to the gym.
-The recovery pain is gone now.
-I had a couple of days of bleeding. Not in a row so I'm not sure if that is the start of AF?
-I'm tired.
-I love being a mommy. I am so in love with my little Dane.
-Hormones are crazy.
-I can no longer watch a movie that has violence or anything sad having to do with babies or children.
-I've started jogging around the park with Stephanie.
-I cherish my shower time.
-Will these red stretch marks go away?


All about Daddy:

-loves play time with Dane
-Does not like when he cries. He tries to talk Dane through it. So cute:)
-Has magical sleepy powers over Dane
-Always makes Dane smile






Monday, April 9, 2012

Because I love you guys...

...I will share the link to an awesome give away. Click here , leave a comment and be entered to win this super cute pillow case. My way talented friend Emily carved the print, then stamped it onto fabric and made a pillow case and is giving it away to one lucky person.




I didn't really want to share this because I want my chances of winning to be better but I love you guys:-) So go enter!

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Something we missed on the rainy day

Going to the park




I really love this cute boy:)

Matched in March

We had our second annual green party for our March book club and it was fantastic. We had a newcomer, visitor, a 48hr old baby, and tons of green! green food, green clothes, green decorations (fantastic job Shawna), a green book- Matched, and green silliness.



The whole group of us. Stacey brought her mom that was visiting, so fun:-) I'm sad that baby Max didn't make it in this picture. MVP goes to his mom Amber for making it to book club 48hrs after delivering him...all natural...no epidural.


Cute Rachel putting her sleeping powers on Dane.



Girlfriends Claire and Shye discuss fashion and their up coming birthdays.



Stacey rocking the green tinsel wig. Very sexy.

The book was a good quick read with a love triangle so most of the girls enjoyed it.

Speaking of book club and March...The Hunger Games movie is coming out this month! I'm so excited:-)

PS- How did I not take a picture of my cute baby Dane dressed in Green? Fail.

Five Guys...Bleh


The other night we were going back and forth for a while trying to decide what we should do for our date night (I say date but according to my dr. if the baby comes along it is a family outing..so our family outing night) since our original plans fell through. It had to be baby friendly- since I'm still not ready to get a baby sitter (when will I be ready for that? Any tips?), and cheap- since our budget is pretty tight these days.

We finally decided to try out Five Guys burgers. We had heard a lot of good things about it and wanted to compare it to In-N-Out.

This is what we think of Five Guys...






We ordered what we usually would at In-N-Out; 2 burgers, 2 fries, 2 drinks. The total came up to a little over $22! I wanted to tell them to forget it right then and there but we didn't. I asked for my burger to be lettuce wrapped (ya know, protein style) and I got a regular burger with a little pile of chopped up lettuce on the side. So I basically had a burger salad.

All in all we think that it is to pricy, burgers were greasy, and Aaron wasn't happy that they didn't have "spread" aka thousand island to dip his fries in .

We did think their fries were okay and I liked the variety of fountain drinks (including diet caffeine free coke) but again for the price it wasn't worth it. The peanuts would have been fun but neither one of us really like peanuts. We'll stick with In-N-Out thank you.



On a happier note a friend gave me a Moby wrap and I love it!


And so does my sweet baby Dane. How long will I be able to use it?

Happy St. Patrick's Day...Christensen style

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

I know most families spend St. Patrick's day dressing in green, eating green food, making cute green crafts, etc.

This is how we spent St. Patty's day...


Dane has so much fun with his daddy.



Apparently there will be no green in our home (till we have a little girl ;-).



Thanks Pablo & Jessy for the cute Lakers onesie! I know how much it must have hurt to buy it:-)

Monday, March 5, 2012

Dane's baby blessing

What a wonderful weekend we had! In preparation for Dane's big day we hung out with our neighbors and made a ton of Aelbeskiver which is a Danish pancake.


(click on the images to enlarge)



I need to get one of those pans!



Then we had Dane's baby blessing on Sunday. For those of you that aren't a member of my church a baby blessing is when a new baby is born his/her father gives them a blessing and names the baby and the baby's name goes on the records of the church. Here are some pictures from Dane's big day.


The whole family

The boy of the hour

The men of the family

The men that were part of the blessing circle (minus our bishop)


Dane and his nana and grandpa

Our little family

Dane got blessed on the same day as his best friend Roan. Here are the two families.

After church we went to our place to have brunch and spend time together.

LinkA little later our good friends stopped by to eat and say hi.

It was a really special day for our family. I am so grateful for the gospel and that I know we are an eternal family. I'm also so grateful for all of the Christensens/Danleys for being such a great family and loving our little baby Dane. He is a lucky boy to have a great family and friends that set such a good example.

To find out more about eternal families click here.

Thank you to everyone that participated in Dane's big day!
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