Rice Cereal and Rolling Over

We started Paxton on rice cereal on Monday when we got back from the lake.  After a quick stop at Wal-Mart to stock up on baby bowls and Gerber Rice Cereal, we were ready to go.  Dr. Campbell said that we could either mix the cereal with his bottle, or try feeding it to him with a spoon.  Well, feeding him from a bottle didn't sound that fun, so we opted for the bowl.  Paxton loves putting everything in his mouth and will suck on anything...so we thought the spoon wouldn't be a problem...haha.  Feeding him rice cereal was a mess!  I think he maybe swallowed about a teaspoon the entire time.  Most of it came right back out...but it was hilarious.  I think for the next few weeks we'll stick to the bottle.

Happy Baby...Messy Face

Spitting most of it out

  Paxton has been rolling over for awhile now...but I'm always surprised when I see him do it.  So today, during one of our many photo shoots, I caught him doing it:

Before

During

After!  He's so proud!

And just in case that wasn't enough pictures of Paxton...here are some more:

Putting all his toys in his mouth at once

and the blanket...

First time in a high chair at Chick-fil-A and loving it!

He's ready for big boy cups

 

 

So happy in his new swing from Granny V

Waking up at the lake

His new favorite...eating his big toe

Playing

Also...just in case you're one of those people who wants to watch 500 home videos of Paxton not rolling over and not smiling...here's the link to our youtube channel.

Three Month Pictures

A few weeks ago, we took Pax to JC Penney's to get his 3 month pictures taken.  We had his newborn pictures taken there too and they turned out really cute so we went back.  These were so much better.  He was asleep for his newborn pictures so it was mostly just arranging him in different poses.  This time he was awake and happy.  Here are the pictures:

And just in case that wasn't enough pictures of sweet little Paxton, Jared got a new camera and has been taking some really neat pictures of Paxton.  You can see some of them here.  He took some photography classes in college so he knows a lot about editing to make them look cool.  I love that this is his new/re-acquired hobby. 

Dedicating our Baby

Paxton was dedicated at church today.  When I was little, we went to a church that baptized babies on the parents' authority and then the child could choose to go through confirmation around high school.  I liked the idea of this.  It is reassuring to think that once you baptize your baby, it will go to Heaven...but that's not really how it works...I also like the idea of deciding for yourself once you're a little older.

The church we go to now is a little different.  Babies are dedicated to the church as a reminder that it is really God's child...not ours and as a promise that the parents will raise the baby to follow God.  Then, once an individual decides to take the next step, they are baptized.  This is much closer to how baptism works in the Bible.  I can't really say that either way is right or wrong...but I do think that if you believe you are baptized then it doesn't really matter when it happened.

Anyway, today was Paxton's day.  He looked so handsome in his polo and khaki pants. 

Most of our families came out to support Paxton:

Vickie, Papaw, Jared, Paxton, and I

 (Jared's brother Josh and two of his aunts were there also...but somehow we didn't get any pictures with them)

Maesynne, Bevynne and my momma

Paxton did great at church, and he loved all the attention he got afterwards.

We were so grateful for our family members that came to support Paxton on his big day.  It is amazing to see the people who are willing to rearrange their weekend to commit to raise Paxton as a Christian.  He is so lucky to have such a dedicated, supportive and loving family.

We also got a few family pictures in:

Sleeping All Night

Paxton is officially sleeping through the night!  He has been for about two weeks now.  He eats around 9:00 then takes a bath and gets his pajamas on, then hangs out for a little while and goes to bed around 10:00.  The earliest he gets up is around 6:30...usually when he hears Jared's alarm go off for work.  Sometimes he sleeps until 9:00.  He hasn't woken up in the middle of the night ONCE since he started on this schedule.  I've heard it's rare for them to sleep that much this early...and I was a little worried about it a couple of times...like one time when he went for almost twelve hours without eating....so I asked the pediatrician if it's ok for me to let him go that long and he said that it would happen so rarely that I shouldn't worry about it...except Paxton does it almost every night...

We had Paxton's TWO MONTH check-up on Monday and he's doing great!  He weighs 12 pounds 9 ounces and is 23 inches long.  He was in the 75th percentile for height, weight and head.   Here he is before his shots:

First the nurse gave him his oral vaccine which went really well.  She was impressed that he didn't waste a drop of it....what can I say...he's a good eater!  After that, things went straight downhill.  She had all three of his shots laid out and bandaids ready.  He was perfectly happy and smiling the whole time she was getting everything ready and sanitizing his leg...but as soon as that first little needle went in he started bawling.  It was terrible.  I just had to stand there, knowing there was nothing I could do for him as she gave him the next two.  They were just as bad.  As soon as she finished she told me I could pick him up.  He finally stopped crying as I held him.  Aside from the crying during the actual shots, the experience was fine.  He slept a ton the next day, but then was back to normal.

Sitting up like a big boy!

 
Of course now that he's two months old, we had to take his picture with his bear from Aunt Teighynne:

Take 1...we accidentally caught Daddy's hand...and a not-so-happy face

Take 2: he's kinda falling but he sure looks cute

And Take 3: An adorable smile...not looking at the camera but maybe we can work on that next month.

In the past week, Paxton has changed a lot.  He is so much more interactive.  He has been smiling for about a month now but lately he smiles every time we smile at him.  He also "talks" back when you talk to him.  He's in such a good mood when he wakes up in the morning (after he eats of course) and it's so fun to prop him up on my legs and just talk to him and watch him coo and squeal and grin.  Jared and I thought we would really miss newborn Paxton who slept all the time and looked so sweet swaddled and asleep...but two month old Paxton is our favorite so far. 

We are going to Tulsa for our anniversary next weekend.  We are staying for two nights and three days.  It's exciting to be getting ready for our first family vacation!