2 Month Doctor Visit

Zan Man had a doctor appointment today. He weighs 15 pounds 8 ounces and is 24 inches long! He got 3 shots: DTap, Hib, and IPV. He was a champ though.

Another birthday celebration

We celebrated my 29th birthday with the Murphy's tonight. Zander got a little bit scared during the singing & blowing the candles out.

Here's some pictures:



Again, thanks to everyone that gave me money for my birthday. I got enough to buy my breast pump. It's going to an excellent cause!

For my 29th Birthday...

Zander and I celebrated with a movie! We went to see an 11:20 showing of Alfie at Harkins Metro. Zander was great! I wore him in the sling when we got there, we got popcorn and a soda (a nice lady helped me carry my soda!). As soon as the movie started I nursed Zander and he fell asleep on me. I was able to eat my popcorn and drink my soda during the movie. Zander woke up once and I nursed him again and he slept some more. He never made a sound during the movie. So happy birthday to me!

Then we walked around the mall. When I wear Zander in the sling people stop to talk to us way more than if he were in the stroller. He enjoys being up at my level and looking around, too.

We had birthday dinner at Doug's parents house so Zander got to visit with Noni & Pappy, Maw & Paw, and Auntie Dani and Cousin Madi. It was fun, Zander was totally hamming it up for everyone. Here's a picture:


Zander asked his daddy to get me a nice card and asked him to write about how much he loved me. It was sweet, I cried.

It was a great birthday! Everyone gave me money as a gift, which I really appreciate! I will be using the money so I can buy a breast pump for when I go back to work. This way I can pump mama's milk for Zander while I'm working. So, thanks to everyone!

Smiles & Giggles Every Day

Zander is just hamming it up! He smiles so much now. He smiles during diaper changes when I sing silly songs to him. He smiles when Doug and him have 'Daddy Time'.

He laughes a lot now. It is the cutest thing ever! And we 'talk' a lot too, it's mostly just "ah" and "eh" back and forth but he seems to be enjoying the conversation!

We had a busy weekend. On Saturday we went with Mimi & Papa to a arts & crafts festival in Litchfield Park. Zander slept in his stroller (with Mimi pushing) almost the entire time, he loves to be on the move! Then we went to the Roadhouse for dinner with Mimi & Papa to see Marty & Colby. Zander slept on Mimi pretty much the entire time. He loves his Mimi!

Today we had a nice breakfast, drove up to the Desert Hills area to pick something up and then went to the Anthem Outlet malls. Zander spent the beginning of shopping in the stroller. They have a nice "Mother's Lounge" at the outlet mall so we nursed in there on a comfy couch. And then I put Zander in the sling for a bit, then Daddy held him for a bit, then it was back to mama. He loves being held of course! By the end of shopping he was asleep in the stroller. It was a nice day!

Nursing Baby Fun!

Yesterday Zander and I went to nursing mama's group. I really like going and Zander enjoyed it this time as well. We were all sitting at a long table because the birth center was being used and Zander and most the other babies were sitting on the table. He really took notice to the other babies and was listening to their noises. There's another little boy born the same week as Zander and theres a 2.5 month old little boy. The other babies are a little bit older. It's nice to be around other nursing mama's and babies though, I'm going to miss it even though I've only gone twice. I'm going to try to make the December meeting though, if I do it will be my last one cause it's during work hours.

I plan on joining Le Leche League soon. I've been meaning to go but keep missing the meetings. It's great to be around other nursing moms and I'm hoping there will be some working moms at the evening meetings.