Us Lately...

Here is a quick glimpse of our lives as of late.  Kroy is thoroughly enjoying his grandparents and I know they are enjoying him, too!  He's been with his Grandpa a few days this week because Wesley's needed my help and boy have they had fun together.  Grandpa took him to feed cows, coax heifers to the corral, move hay, and watch Gunsmoke and Maverick on the Western channel in the afternoon!  He's quite spoiled, but that's ok with us!

 

He absolutely lights up when his Daddy comes home from work.  His smile is contagious and his laugh lights up our entire home.  We love him so much!

 

Fun conversations with Grandpa!

Helping Grandma play cards!

Daddy time in the evenings!

My precious baby boy!

Kroy - 2 Months Old

Kroy has changed daily in the last month.  I can't believe its already time for me to do a monthly post on him again!  He wakes up in the morning and starts his day with a smile.  It lights up all of our faces!  He is starting to be really interested in books that I read to him and loves playing on his play gym.  He does not enjoy taking naps.  In fact we call him our little "cat napper" because he doesn't sleep during the day for more than 45 minutes at a time (if I'm lucky)!  Sometimes in the afternoon I can get him to go down for an hour or so, but that's pushing it! 

Kroy is currently eating 3 1/2 ounces every 3 hours or so.  There are nights where he will go for long stretches of sleep, but most nights he's up every 3 hours to eat.  A few nights here and there we have enjoyed 5-7 hour stretches and we relish them when we can.  But, I know the nights of him eating through the night are coming to a close end sooner rather than later so I don't mind getting up with him.  Plus, I sneak in a few extra snuggles during those wee morning hours!  We measured him the other day and he's a full 24 inches long now!  And he's definitely over 10 lbs.  His exact weight we aren't sure of yet but we will know next week when we go to the doctor for our well baby checkup!

A typical day with Kroy goes as follows:

6:00 am - wake and go to the living room with Daddy so Mommy can get an hour of sleep before starting the day (and boy that hour feels like 5 I'll tell you that!)

7:30-8:00 - eat breakfast

8:30 - 9:30 - play on play gym and have tummy time

9:30 - 11:00 - try to take a morning nap but mostly its spent trying to get him to stay asleep!

11:00 - 11:30 - eat lunch

12:00 - 12:15 - sit in bumbo to help gain neck muscle strength

12:30-1:30 - play with Daddy when he comes home for lunch

2:00 - 2:30 - eat

3:00 - 5:00 - try to take an afternoon nap but mostly its spent trying to get him to sleep and stay asleep!

5:00 - eat

5:30 - 6:30 - play gym time

6:30 - 7:00 - bath time which he loves!!

7:00 - 8:00 - read books and learn animal sounds

8:00 - eat last bottle before going down for the night!

Then he'll normally wake up a few times during the night to be changed and have a bottle.  He really is such a good baby.  We can't complain not one bit. 

There are so many things about this stage in his life that I want to remember.  He smiles at me from across the room now and that just melts my heart.  He definitely knows who Mommy and Daddy are!  When I sing silly songs to him it makes his day and he will kick his legs and dance to the tune.  His smile just melts my heart.  He has started to hold my hand/arm when I'm feeding him his bottle.  When his little hand grabs mine and squeezes tight it is like no other feeling in the world.  He gets pretty excited when his Daddy comes home from work and picks him up and they play their "driving truck" game.  He wrinkles his little nose in delight when latching to his bottle to eat and he makes this adorably funny little birdie face while doing so.  He is now in size 1 diapers and absolutely hates to be wet!  He is currently still wearing size 0-3 month clothes and size 1 little shoes as well.  We believe he is in the very early stages of teething already :-( as he is starting to drool more, chew on his pacifier and bottle nipple, and there's a tiny little white spot on his bottom gum that looks like it might be a tooth trying to make its way to the surface.  So, we are preparing ourselves for the teething months ahead. 

Kroy is incredibly strong.  He can hold his head up for extended periods of time before getting tired, and if you stand him up on your lap he will stand on his own weight for seconds at a time before getting tired.  He loves to bounce in your lap, be picked up above your head, have his little chin tickled, and read books.  He hates, however, to be alone in a room!  If I step out of his sight he has a come apart so we are working through his separation anxieties at the moment.  Oh well...it makes me feel special to be the one that can comfort him so I don't mind it.  One day he won't care if I'm in the room or not so for now I'll take it! 

He still loves getting baths and will really get to splashing these days.  He gets the biggest smile when we wash his hair I think partly because it feels so good for him and partly because it tickles!  He is also very interested in his Laugh & Learn puppy that he got for Christmas from his Aunt Brittany & Uncle Tanner.  He can't push the buttons to make the puppy work just yet but he really enjoys the music when we push the buttons for him!

Here are some pictures of him on his 2 month birthday!

Goodbye 2014...Hello 2015!

Here it is a month since my last post and I can't believe we are starting a New Year already!  Wesley and I were blessed in so many ways during the past year.  2014 was definitely a grand year for the Davenports! 

We started the year not quite sure where our fertility journey would lead us, and ended it with a beautiful, healthy, happy baby boy in our arms.  I'm not sure how it could have gotten any better!  Our ranching business produced another profitable year for us as well and we are so thankful for the blessings the Lord has given us in the form of our home, our son, our health, our family and our successful business.

We had a wonderful Christmas spent right here in Montana with Kroy's grandma & grandpa Davenport.  It started to snow Christmas Eve evening which was quite magical.  Wesley and I were up most of the night but not because of Kroy.  We were so darn excited for his first Christmas that we could hardly stand it.  He was an absolute trooper Christmas day too.  He made it through opening all of his Christmas gifts before he finally tuckered out right as we were finishing opening up ours.  He was awake for about 2 hours though, which was pretty good for a little tyke!  He fell asleep with grandpa holding his hand.  I made sure to get pictures of those priceless moments in his life! 

New Years Eve was spent playing cards and enjoying snack foods at Grandma & Grandpa's house before bringing in the new year at home.  We were perfectly content spending New Year's Eve with our son as neither one of us are ready to leave him for an extended period just yet. 

Every day that I look at my son I am amazed at the blessing he is to our lives.  He is the true definition of bliss, and innocence, and we love him with a love that is fierce.  He brings absolute joy to our daily lives and I am beyond blessed to be able to stay at home and share each of those days with him. 

Wesley and I really didn't make any "New Year's Resolutions" as they are always broken or forgotten in a month.  Rather, we decided to make 2015 a healthier year for the both of us, for ourselves and for our son.  While we don't plan to diet because we feel dieting is just a way to gain weight back once you quit your diet, making healthy food choices is what we plan to do.  Lots of protein, fruits and veggies, and not so many carbs.  And hopefully with some exercise thrown in there I'll be able to shed the last few pounds of baby weight that I put on.  If not, I'm not too concerned.  I used to fear putting on weight, but I'm a Mom now and that is a badge I'll wear with honor and pride even if that badge comes in the form of a few extra pounds.  So what! 

I'm not sure how 2015 could possibly top our 2014 but I'm definitely excited for the year to come.  We have so much to look forward to!  We are planning a trip south in the Spring to see family, and my parents will be coming up in August to see us again.  We have grown our business exponentially in 2014 and we can't wait to see what 2015 holds for our ranching!  We were blessed with our first nephew in April 2014 when little Kannon Jacob was born and we will be blessed with another niece or nephew come the middle of May when my sister-in-law Christi gives birth to their firstborn child.  Christmases will forever be a ball of fun on both sides of our families as Kroy will be roughly 6 months apart from both of his cousins!

And nothing in 2014 could top the birth of our son!  What a precious miracle he is to us!  Here's to looking forward to 2015 and all that it has in store for us!!