It has a cult-like following.
I have drunk the Kool-aid and it taste GOOOOD.
a little like... apple cider... or pumpkin spice.
Deeeelicious
This fall is extra special for a few reasons:
1. Charlie is here! (and he celebrated his second month of life this week!)
2. I have a home that I can decorate for fall.
3. I ruined a pair of my boots so I can get a new pair of Fall Friendly Boots!
I'm only gonna be blogging about the first two things... if you want more info on my new boot hunt you can meet me at Nordstrom where I'll be wanting 1 of everything, k?
Now, I realize I have still... after many, many many months of delaying, not done an update on the status of our house... and I've mentioned before it's out of pride.
sorry!
We of course have made progress, but it's nowhere near where I want it to be! So I'm hesitant to show the progress...so when it comes to fall decor the same is true!
Everything is a bit make-shift furniture-wise right now. So decorating the interior of my home for fall this season is really going to be nothing more than fall-scented essential oils in my diffuser.
But I do finally have a front door. And I love my front door! I've waited 2 long years to have a front door of my very own, so... at the first chance I got I ran to the farmer's market and picked out all the fall things I could carry and headed home to make the front of my house look like something pretty, even though the interior still has "work-in-progress" stamped all over it!
Mums are such wonderful things! They come in so many fun, vibrant colors and you can get them in all sizes! They are a cheap and plentiful in the fall months! I went with orange/red to match the brick, and purple... because it's my favorite color and I like how it looks with orange!
I plan on replacing those bricks with something... dunno what yet. I needed the height so I improvised. :)
I may add a wreath... but we'll see. I might save my wreath-ing for Christmas.
The pumpkin world has really exploded with variety as well! Growing up we put pumpkins outside. Round or oblong, orange, solid or carved pumpkins. Nothing else... no gourds, no weird item with warts all over it, no squashes... nothing. Just pumpkins. And who had ever heard of a WHITE pumpkin!?
Those days are long gone.
Now it is a cornucopia of options in the gourd world. You can decorate your exterior or interior with any number of colorful, unique little vegetables.
Affordable and adorable!
Lucy calls the little pumpkins "hers" and the other items are also hers... as every day I have to re-arrange them since she has gone outside and put them wherever she sees fit... or used them to dig in the dirt.
She's cute. I'll let it slide.
But don't touch my Mums. K, kid?
And then there's Charlie man... he is really enjoying fall.
If by enjoying you mean... pretty much missing out on it completely except for the few times he gets to be outside.
It has been a busy month for him! He continues to improve in his health and is a strong little boy!
We have him on a probiotic to help heal his gut from those antibiotics and I have even stepped up my game by being consistent with my own probiotic and even a steady diet of Kambucha to really help him heal!
YUM.
seriously... so yum!
So here's some details on our sweet Charlie's second month of life:
M O N T H
T W O
S T A T S:
He dropped in his weight percentile by quite a bit.
Weight: 13 lbs 4 oz
This put him in the 81st percentile. Not low by any means, but he started out in the 96th. It had me concerned because Lucy stayed in the 96th or higher her whole babyhood and even now is in the low 90s! So that's what I'm used to... but Dr. Ross didn't seem too concerned. He has struggled a bit to nurse and hasn't gained as much as expected so there are some things we're going to look into: possible tongue tie, possible reflux... maybe both. We'll see. Also, he was sick so it could just be a result of that and he'll catch up as he goes along! Who knows.
Length: 24 inches.
He's still in the 96th percentile for length! We make 'em tall. Amazon children in our family! :)
Seriously, he has these super long toes and super long fingers and broad shoulders and... EEEEEK I can't wait to see how he grows!! My tall handsome man. Just like his daddy!!
swoon.
E A T I N G
As I mentioned there is still some struggle in the nursing department. I have been able to get him to nurse for longer... so that's a plus! It still takes a bit of work, but we manage! He eats between 5-6 times a day at about every 3 hours. And he's between 1-2 times a night.
My favorite are the nights when it's only once! :)
What else can you say about the eating habits of a two month old?
He eats. He poops. He pees.
End of story.
W A K E T I M E / P L A Y
His awake times are longer than they used to be so we've had more time to interact with him, which is fun! He has finally started to give us a smile here and there... not often though. He is quite stingy with them and it takes A LOT of work to get him to give one.
I AM that weird-o mom in my kid's face with all the noises and annoying-voice talking and clicking and the whole thang.... just trying to get him to give me a little smirk!
And maybe he will... or maybe he'll just totally ignore me.
He does what he wants.
Renegade.
But seriously... I'm up all hours of the night with you, kid... give me some smiles to keep me going. OK?
Not too much "playing" going on. Though he does seem to enjoy his sister... who enjoys him a little TOO Much.
This month he finally realized his swing has fun things to look at. So he spends lots of time staring at the little leaves dangling over head and his handsome reflection in the mirror.
It's funny to see him stare in awe at things: like his car-seat cover. When I put it over his car seat, and the light from the car window shines through it he just stares with this look of stupor.
It must be the most incredible thing to him!
hehe. It's the little things when you're 9 weeks old.
S L E E P
Ohhhhh sleep.
What are the odds that I would get two kids that don't nap.
Like... it has to be low, right?
Maybe it's user error over here but... Lucy didn't nap and Charlie is following in her footsteps!
Morning naps are all but non-existent. I guess then he wears himself out because in the evening I can usually get him down for 1 good nap and maybe a catnap in there somewhere.
Thankfulyl his best nap of the day often falls during dinner time... which is super convenient for me!
But... I would still appreciate him taking a few more naps!
He still seems to prefer his belly... the few times I've tried to get him to sleep on his back he sounds like if he could he would just reach up and slap me. Boy gets sooooo angry.
His nights have improved over all, but he's still behind where Lucy was. At this point my champ-night sleeper of a daughter was at 8-10 hour stretches.
I didn't realize how well-rested I was! ha
Charlie is solidly at about 4-5 hour stretches... sometimes 6, once or twice he did 7 (but only after a paci-insert around 2 am)
So that's great.
If only I were sleeping those stretches with him!
I keep anticipating he'll wake up... so I'm up pretty much up every hour making sure I haven't missed him... or to be sure he's okay since he hasn't woken up yet.
So... his improved sleep really has done nothing for my sleep! :)
Motherhood... what a joy.
But really... naps... they suck. It's a bummer.
R A N D O M N E S S
He likes baths more! Which is fun :)
He rocks at bedtime... which is awesome! (Lucy went to bed so late for so long! ) Charlie is ready for bed between 7-8! If I don't catch him in that time he'll barely nurse before bed because he is ZONKED out.
He loves his big sister... and doesn't seem to mind the tremendous amount of danger she puts him in on a daily basis.
He's so stinking handsome I can't handle it.
He's in 3 month attire and I think we are graduating out of size 1 diapers soon.
Which is good... 'cause I'm almost out.
He still is a snuggler and loves to be held.
His eyes are such a beautiful blue! I hope they stay that way like Lucy's!
And his hair is an auburn color! Which is so crazy because there are no red-heads in our families! I really hope he keeps that!
He HATES his car seat, with a passion.
He still loves his paci.
He loves to hold onto something : a blanket, a finger, anything - I think he feels most secure when he can grasp something with his hand. Sometimes I drive with one arm in the back seat so he can hold my finger.... it's super dangerous but sometimes absolutely necessary.
He grows and changes every day and I don't want to miss a moment of it.
So here we are at the beginning of my favorite season and heading into month 3 with this precious little boy... almost, ALMOST out of the rough newborn stage!
cheering and rejoicing on all accounts!
Happy Fall, Ya'll!
M O N T H
T W O
P H O T O
D U M P
Also. I take like 1/16th of the photos I took when Lucy was a baby.
Life with 2 is no laughing matter.
It's hard, ya'll. And busy. Really busy.
I gotta go.
I think you need a wreath on that door for every season, and every holiday!
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