Word's from the Alford's

I know this is long over due but I never posted pictures of Gunner's bedding... finished. I wrote about some of it before Gunner was born here. The bedding wasn't actually completely finished until the day before I came home from the hospital with Gunner so that explains a little bit of why I'm so late on posting. Anyways, here are some pictures of the finished product.

bedding without the quilt

bedding with quilt hanging over crib

matching valance

We got a chair from my sister shortly after Gunner was born that needs to be cleaned and recovered. Patty (the lady who does our sewing) thinks she has plenty of material left over to make a cover for the chair. I will be excited once we get this done and we have the matching chair in the room. I will try to remember to post pictures of the before and after. :)

We were SO happy with the bedding and the way it turned out. Patty did a wonderful job on all of it! She is SO talented!!! I found this bedding online for a pretty pricey package. Let's just say after buying the material myself and having Patty make it, I saved around $400.

What do ya'll think?

GUNNER BLAKE, You were 2 months old yesterday!!!!

Mommy can NOT believe how fast time is flying by.

Before we know it, you'll be as big as your big brother.

You are such a sweet boy!!!

Here's what you've been up too...

You're still in a size 1 diaper
You're wearing some 0-3 months clothing but mostly 3 months
You're eating 5 ounces every 3.5-4 hours. (Most of the time 3.5) Except your bed time bottle, you have 6 ounces with cereal.
You are NOT sleeping through the night. You are a little piggy so you are still waking up, like clock work, every 4 hours to eat.
We are finally on a schedule (time wise) as far as eating and waking times. (Mommy will be very happy when we eliminate one of those night time feedings with sleep.)
I'm not sure how much you weigh. They couldn't get us in for your 2 month check up until the week before you turn 3 months.... So it'll be a while before we know.
We finally found a formula that you do good on that isn't too expensive. You are drinking Enfamil Gentlease. You have been drinking this for about 3 weeks.
You survived your first sickness. The dreaded stomach virus. And believe me, it was dreaded for us all! Lol.
You've had this awful rash for about a month. Dr. C looked at it a few weeks ago and thought it might just be a normal (newborn) rash. But 2 weeks later, it had only gotten worse. Then it started chapping your skin so we called Dr. C back and he diagnosed you with eczema. We had to start using ALL FREE detergent, Cetaphil body wash and lotion and Dr. C prescribed you an antibiotic cream to rub on your rash for a few days. 2 days after doing all that... you look like a brand new baby. Your skin is SO much clearer. Poor bud. I'm sure you had been miserable. The worst part about all of it, you wont be smelling scumptious like baby magic anymore. Mommy LOVES baby magic.
You LOVE smiling and coo-ing. You do it SO much more than big brother did when he was your age. Brother just had/has a completely different personality than you do.

Some of your many smiles...

I hope this means I'll be able to get you to smile for pictures more when you're older ;)

(Fingers crossed, anyways)

You are in this phase where you think you need to be held ALL the time. Mommy and Daddy enjoy holding you but we just can't hold you ALL the time. You're pretty demanding about it too. Hehe.
You LOVE your big brother. When he gets close or talks, your eyes get so big looking for him.

He's pretty fond of you too ;)

You still aren't in your crib. You aren't in the pack n play either. You're right beside mommy every night. This wasn't the "plan" at all but when you had some colic the first 5-6 weeks, it was just easy to start a bad habit. I plan on trying to move you to your own crib at 3 months. I think you're still a little too small to be that far away from me at night. :) Or it could just be an excuse for me. HA.
You LOVE a bath. I soak one wash cloth completely in warm water and lay it across your belly while I'm cleaning you up and it seems to keep you so relaxed.
You also still LOVE to be naked. Little stinker.
You HATE, HATE, HATE the car seat. You start screaming as soon as you're put in it. And unless you fall asleep, which isn't often, you usually scream the entire time you're in it. It makes wanting to take you anywhere pretty impossible.

Mommy, Daddy and Big Brother love you VERY much!!!

We have really enjoyed the past 2 months with you in our lives!!!

Happy 2 months baby boy!!!!

Me, Mom, Dad and Bree decided to load up all our lil punkins on Saturday morning and head to the pumpkin patch. We heard good things about Walden Farms in Smyrna so that's where we went. It was PACKED but we were all pretty pleased. All the kids acted a little out of sorts. They definitely were NOT up for picture taking. I was a little disappointed since I had Tuff and Gunner cute little matching shirts made. Oh well. I guess we'll try again next week at the patch we go to with Tuff's school. Anyways, here are some of the days pictures...