10 weeks old. :)

Dear Noel,
Today you are 10 weeks old! It is incredible how fast time has gone by since you've been born. I can't believe that 20 weeks ago I was having a pretty crazy last 10 weeks waiting for you. Preterm labor, constant braxton hicks, I broke my elbow, fell downstairs and had to go to the hospital for you to be monitored, and lots of other false labors. But the day before your due date you came to see us. :) 39weeks and 6days pregnant. Healthy as can be. Perfect in every way. <3

You've been sitting up really well with help. Sitting on laps happily. And you even attempt to pull yourself up sitting while in your car seat or any recline position. You LOVE to be held standing up, so strong lol ! You still talk away to us too, I love it - I could listen to you babble all the time. You've even started laughing more now - I can not wait til I can get you giggling away. For now it's little laughs and then you get the hiccups - just like your big sister does!! So much alike already. :) <3

You're getting so much more active! You now sometimes kick your feet around while nursing and stick them up in the air lol, too cute. And you chew away on your fist or anything you can shove in your mouth. You're not teething yet but soon. :) Also, your swing sometimes amuses you, you love to look up at the mobile with this face of facination, loooooveee it !





You're sleeping better at night. Most of the time you only get up around 2/3am then you wake up at 5/6am which is a pretty good schedule. You usually stay up til 7/8am and then nap again after that. Sometimes though, you fight sleep and you either want to comfort nurse to sleep, be worn to sleep, or be snuggled up close to my chest. It can get exhausting but I don't mind. :)






Your big sister Lailah has been spending a lot more time holding you and talking to you this week. A couple days ago she played a little game with you - I caught it on video and it was just so precious. <3 I love that she loves you so much! I really hope you both can have a great friendship together in the future and will be there for one another.

You've been so super alert. You really pay attention to us now. You seem to just love the sound of mommys voice. When I talk you just smile up at me like it's your favorite sound in the world. Daddy and I both talk to you and play with you and you can easily look back and forth between us both now. You seem to try to communicate with us and it's so much fun. We like to pretend we know what you're saying LOL. You've even been staying with daddy longer lately, spending time with him. :) I love watching my two guys together. The love he has for you makes me love him even more!!

9 weeks :)

This look is one that you've been giving us pretty often
it is so cute! haha.

Dear Noel,
Today you are 9 weeks old. :D You are getting SO big! I estimate you to be about 14 lbs but that's just a guess :) We will see at your appointment next week. You talk much more now and sometime you even have little giggles. It is the CUTEST thing lol ! I absolutely love it. Your smiles are just one of the best things in my entire life. Right now you're actually 'yelling' (cooing) at me - to get my attention and when I talk to you you smile so BIG ! It is just the most precious thing.










You've been sleeping really well this week! Enough where I get plenty of sleep too. :) We bedshare and it makes everything so much easier, plus I get a ton of cuddles. :) You still love your swing too so sometimes you sleep in there. Gives mommy and daddy an hour or two of a break to ourselves in a way we can still watch you. <3


You are so aware and strong! You hold your head up really well and you love to stand and look around! You've been so curious since day one. :) Although, when I lay you on my belly to do some tummy time with you then you protest haha and you 'yell' (coo) at me ! You tend to only coo when you're not liking something, but not enough for you to cry. Or when you want my attention. :) You've also been attempting to jump haha! You bounce and literally try to jump while we hold you standing.


I feel like our mommy/son bond is only getting stronger. :) You light up my life everyday. Even when I'm down you help me to function - but I guess that's my job as mommy. :) I know you really well and I wouldn't have it any other way. You are still nursing like a champ ! The way you look up at me sometimes just melts my heart. I can't imagine this any other way.



You love your daddy. :) You love when he plays with you and talks to you. He loves to do 'airplane' with you -- where he holds you up above him as he's laying down and he zooms you around then at the end he plops you down on your little baby bum. It's adorable to watch. You coo at him and giggle at him with these enormous smiles. You also happen to be just like
him in more than just looks - you're super ticklish as well! You will stay with daddy for about a half hour before you wonder where I am, then you want mommy cuddles. <3



I still wear you. Some people feel that I shouldn't but I don't really care. I love to have you up close to me where you feel safe and secure and calm. Especially when we go anywhere. Sometimes when you notice a lot of people I think you get overstimulated and nervous because you usually want to comfort nurse for a few minutes to calm down. Recently though you sometime want to hang your right arm out so you have more mobility to look around with that curious spirit of yours, while we are at home. :p I like allowing you to make these little choices for yourself even if you don't understand that you are yet. You certainly know what you like and what you don't. :p




The last couple weeks before sleep you would get so fussy and cry and I always thought something had to be wrong and I didn't know what to do. So for the past couple weeks I just brought you in the shower until you fell asleep and then daddy would take you to oil you down and dress you. Then it was much easier for me to get your asleep and to stay asleep. But recently you just want me to lay you against my chest, holding you, rocking you, and patting your back. You then drift right off to sleep knowing that you are safe right in mommys arms. :) <3 I love you so much my little Noel.

Oh and I cut all my hair off! I felt bad cuz it kept getting tangled in your little baby flubb :) But here is a picture of you, your sister, and myself. :)

8 weeks old!

Dear Noel,
Today you are 8 weeks!!! 2 months (or so :p) Some people wait til the date of birth to say their baby is another month old. In that case I guess you have 6 more days. But anyhow, 8 weeks! I love you and I love having you. <3 Recently we've been cuddling, nursing, and sleeping a lot. This past week you've sort of taken to getting REALLY fussy at nights and at first it was overwhelming and I didn't know what to do. It seemed like you didn't want to nurse - not even comfort nurse, you were already burped, had a clean diaper, and didn't want to be in the swing. But I realized you just really wanted to be laying down, barely touched, but able to nurse so you could fall asleep. It's worked! In this picture you have a scratch on your eye. I don't know if it was done by you and your crazy long fingernail
s - which I clipped last night. Or by me on accident while I was moving you. :( But I felt like crying. You didn't cry though because I didn't notice it until a while after it was done. :/
You are now officially in size 2 diapers and you even happen to fit into some 6-9 clothing (but not too many yet). You've also started grabbing a hold of my hair - I think I'm going to chop it all off. And earlier today you were grabbing my fist and gumming away on it. I wonder if you'll teeth early.

You are getting so big and so strong!! You can hold your head up really really well now. :) And you love to be held sitting up on someones lap so you can look around the room. You get more and more curious the older you get. You seem to even try to pull yourself to sit up. When we hold you up under your arms so that you're standing you hold a lot of your own weight on those little legs of yours!





You are now talking up a storm!! It is the CUTEST thing ever! Seriously. You coo and make the most adorable sounds. And you really seem to be responsive and not just babbling. You now focus extremely well on faces and you also make some of the greatest faces! Your facial expressions are just priceless. You still only giggle in your sleep so far but I can not wait to hear you giggling and laughing away! For now I will continue listening to you and your precious coos! And those big beautiful smiles you give me! <3 Oh, I'm so in love with you sweetheart :)


Our nursing is STILL going strong!! You love your numnums!! No bottles at all yet! We just nurse whenever you let me know you're hungry. Oh and daddy and I are going to teach you how to do some sign language. Like - milk please, diaper, mommy, daddy, and eat. :) I love nursing you. I love that for the past 8 months I've been able to continue supporting your life through using my body. That all of your growth is done by the most natural process there is - a mommy feeding her baby! I love our bond and I absolutely adore the way you look up at me with those big (blue for now) eyes !! <3 Check out this smile you gave me!

7 weeks old!

Dear Noel,
Today you are 7 weeks old!! Unbelievable. I can't believe it's been almost 2 months already! It's incredible how much you've grown. You are amazing to have in my life. You're just the sweetest and greatest baby ever. I seriously believe that lol. You are still so alert and curious and your smiles light up my whole day. When I look at you and your big sister I know I've done something right in life.


I've started doing tummy time with you - lying you on your belly so that you will use your neck muscles to look up and hold your head up. It helps strengthen those muscles.  :)










You now hold your head up longer, you've been making cooing sounds more often ! :)  You give eye contact and you really seem to try to communicate with your daddy and I. You've been staying awake more often. And contently looking around the room - taking everything in I assume. :) You smile so often, it's just so precious!! And you laugh - but only in your sleep haha. I did get your first little social giggle on video the other day though! You seem to be ticklish like your daddy is!

I still wear you and I love it - so do you. I love having you close to me and with me at almost all times. I actually love to rub my cheeks on the top of your head because your hair is just so soft!! I know, what a strange mommy! You also love shower times so much that you like to just fall asleep. They must be so calming for you. :)

When you get upset... you don't often cry either. You just whine. Literally, you try to talk to me and tell me that you need something changed - you are hungry, need a diaper change, or a burp, or you're just tired of the swing and want to be held. It's the sweetest lol.

We're also still breastfeeding strong!! You don't nurse for as long anymore though. Like 5 - maybe 10 mins. You have big burps too LOL. But still nursing like a champ!!
You are now in 0-3 clothing - no more newborn for you!!  and I just had to get some size 2 diapers - even though I'm still finishing off the size 1's. You'll be in the size 2 in no time!!

I love you Noel, my little Christmas baby<3