How did you grow so big so soon?

(Started Friday)
That is my question to Ezekiel these days!

Before I get into that I have to preface this blog with and explanation of the title of the blog. A while back, probably 5-6 years ago when I was living with Darek and Steph one day Steph came home with this book (I can't remember where she got it from now) and the title is "How did you grow so big so soon?". We kind of joked about her getting it as they were obviously kid free at the time. Then after that we would randomly (as there are a lot of random things said in my family, mostly by Darek) say "How did you grow so big so soon?". Then when they got Hunny, Darek would say that to her all the time too. Then we kind of let it go and it has been a few years since I had heard that line, until just a week or two ago I was commenting on how fast Zeke was growing and how big he was getting. And then Darek says it..."Zeker, how did you grow so big so soon?". Finally its being used in the right context! We will have to read the book to Ezekiel and Tobiah as they continue to "grow so big so soon"! lol!
 

Zeke & Tobes

But I find myself looking at him in amazement, just wondering how it is that he can be growing so fast! As I have talked about, he def still has the most pinchable cheeks, but he is also getting SO long! I notice this the most when Mike is burping him, he is the length of Mike's torso, and also when I am feeding him, his feet are almost hanging off of the boppy pillow! So crazy! Also he is already fitting comfortably into 6 month clothes! Just incase you forgot, he is 11 weeks! But he is totally taking after his dad and mom tho, because both Mike and I were chubos when we were his age!

He is continuing to smile a ton! He is such a joyful baby! It's so fun! He is talking a lot, and it is so fun to "conversate" with him! He is continuing to observe things, I can tell that he is a little sponge and is taking it all in. He loves to watch the Vikings games! That's what he has been doing while I am writing this, just chilling out in his bouncer talking to me and watch the game! He is enjoying his swing now finally, so that has been fun to start to use! Last night we took him for his first walk with the jogging stroller without using his carseat. He maybe a bit young for that, but he doesn't like to be in his carseat on walks because he can't see anything (as I mentioned he is quite the observer)! So I thought we would give it a try just going into the stroller itself and he totally loved it! He could see everything! So we will continue to do that for sure! He also loves looking at his curtians, I know I mentioned that before, but it is just so funny how they captivate him! So a big thanks again to Auntie Steppy for making them!


How could you not love to look at these curtians?

Another fun thing we like to do is pull up VeggieTales or another kids video on Netflix on my phone and cuddle on the couch and watch it together. Gotta love technology! 

Excuse the bed head, we had just woken up for the day!

(Continued Sunday) Its crazy how time flies! As you can see is started this blog on Friday and am just getting back to it now! Granted we had a bunch of stuff going on over the weekend but between his cluster feedings, staying awake more now, and trying to get everything else done in between, its tough to get the little things done! I am trying to remember to keep blogging a priority as we want to keep our family and friends up on the happenings of our family and also I want to have all the little things documented for us to look back on as he grows up! Also, now I have no idea where I was going with this blog! So with that...Have a wonderful Labor Day! And I will try to knock out another blog here sooner than later!


P.S. I am loving him in these legwarmers!

Babies Vs. Puppies

So as we have started this journey down parenthood lane we have recalled the moments in which many people have told us that having a puppy is way different than having a baby!

BOY WERE THEY RIGHT!!!!!

At the point of being one month in we have decided that having a puppy is WAY harder than having a baby! Comparing the two at this point in the game:
- Zeke sleeps through the night the majority of the time VS. Jaxon would not of if we wouldn't of let him sleep in the bed with us, he would wake up every 2 hours if we had him sleep in his crate (so we let him sleep with us so we could get some sleep).
- Zeke poos and pees in a diaper VS. Jaxon pooed and peed on the floor and we had to take him outside every hour or two to train him to do his business out there.
- Zeke stays where ever you put him down at VS. Jaxon was running around the house getting into everything, we had to keep our eyes on him constantly.
- Zeke eats for free VS. Jaxon needs dog food and treats that we have to buy.
- Zeke has no teeth and can't bite VS. Jaxon had the sharpest little puppy teeth and would bite us and everything as we were training him not to.

:-)

Jaxon Bear when he was a puppy

Zeke when he was a day old

Though I know a lot of these things will change and soon Zeke will be running all over the house and we will have to teach him not to bit and so on. But as I look at the comparisons I realize that having a puppy is like getting thrown straight into toddler-hood! So though we will eventually get to that same point again now with Zeke at least we are getting eased into it this time! But after the first 8 months to a year with a puppy you are usually done with most of the challenges as with a baby I hear that it is always changing and hard times continue to come. Puppies don't have hormones, though ours does seem to give us some attitude from time to time! :-)

This is all in fun and of course we truly love both of our boys! And take every moment, good or challenging, and cherish them!

New milestones!

Our little Z is continuing to melt our hearts one day at a time as he continues to grow up way to fast! He has passed through a couple milestones and they are so bittersweet! It's so fun for these new things to be happening, but they seem to be coming so fast!

The first new milestone is that he has officially grown out of his first outfit! And he is on the verge of growing out his first round of onesies! On Saturday I put him in this outfit

I could barely squeeze him into it and could only snap a couple of the snaps on the bottom! When I took it off of him and thought that I'll need to wash it and then pack it away I got a little sad. It's so crazy to think that we are already at this point! Though I honestly thought it would come sooner,  because I thought he would be bigger when he was born because both Mike and I were about 8.5 pounds when we were born and then became very chunky babies! Though he is def holding his own in the getting chubby department! We think he is probably already over 9 pounds if not close to 10 pounds.

His second milestone is more of the heart melter! Mike was gone on Saturday and Sunday this past weekend and when he got home I handed Zeke over to him. He was saying hi to him and then all of a sudden Zeke's face totally lit up and he started smiling! (He is at the point now that he smiles in response to seeing people that he knows (mostly Mike and I) or when he gets excited.) It was the sweetest thing and Mike got so excited! I felt like my heart was just spilling over with joy seeing this all take place! I loved seeing Zeke get so excited to see his daddy and also seeing Mike get so excited to have Zeke smile at him! It is a moment that I want to make sure that I never forget! It's amazing how this little guy has the ability to make us feel this way!

I hope to get a few more blogs up here soon! I have so much I want to write about, not to mention we have had some other exciting things happen in our family! My mom is staying with us tonight and will be here tomorrow, so a lot of times I can get some good blogging done! So, sorry if I bombard you with new posts!