Hunter's First Christmas

We celebrated our first Christmas as a family of three this year. Even though I knew Hunter wouldn't really understand what was going on I still had to get him presents. And did I ever, maybe a few too many, but isn't that what moms do?!

I was up around 7:00 Christmas morning to find that my boys were still sleeping. I ended up having to wake them up a little after nine. We started by helping Hunter open his massive amount of presents.

He was so cute, we ripped a bit of paper off so that he could grab it. He did it but we found out quickly that he wasn't so happy to hear the sound of the paper ripping, he got scared and cried a bit. Poor bubba!

We finished our family time and got ready to head to the Sapp's for our non-traditional Christmas dinner of... steak and potatoes. It was delicious. Merry Christmas Everyone!

Hunter's Four Month Milestones

Hunter was four months old on December 2nd, and I can't believe how time has seemed to just fly by! We went to the doctor and found out that our Mr. Man weighs 15 lbs and is 26 1/4 inches long! He's holding his head up with way more control, which seemed to happen over night. He actually enjoys tummy time and he's loving cereal! He's also discovered his feet, I love it! I can't wait til he can put them in his mouth, he's just not the flexible yet. He continues to grow and amaze us everyday!

We started working hard on his tummy time and he has become more comfortable now that he can hold his head up for longer amounts of time and see things. I have two favorite milestones this month, one being that he now holds his arms out for me when I pick him up and he now can turn him self in a circle in his crib and knows how to kick his crib toy to turn it on! My smart little man! Oh yeah another great one is that he has successfully put his own binkie back in his mouth the correct way a number of times!

Daddy continues to work with Hunter on saying... you guessed it "dada"! And it's working, kind of. Hunter will say the consonant sound of "d" now which was a sound he was having trouble with. Because of my consistency with "mama" he has taken to saying "mmmmmmmmmm" all the time, this just coming to my attention in the last few days. He is still the mover and shaker we love and babbles all the time. He's completely interested in everything we do, so I try to make it a point to tell him about things that are happening. Poor baby is probably sick to death of hearing about dishes being done! :)

Hunter's First Meeting with Santa

On November 15th we piled Hunter in the car to make a trip to Bass Pro Shop for Hunter's first meeting with Santa. It seemed early for Santa to be out to me too, but hey the pictures were free and they also let us take our own!

We stood in line for around 30 minutes. While waiting Hunter looked at boats with daddy and met Mrs. Claus and also had time for a bottle. I was really hoping he wouldn't spit up on Santa but I think Dustin was hoping he would, naughty guy will probably get coal in his stocking! :) There were elves to meet too. There was so much going on and Hunter had a great time looking at all the different stuff.

After meeting Santa we took him to see the giant fish in the tank and of course hung out in the fishing section so daddy could buy lots and lots of lures. We also bought Hunter a fun camoflauge sippie cup bearing the bass pro shop emblem! Good times had by all and I think Hunter will definitely receive what he asked for.... a maid for mommy, right?! ;)

Hunter's First Thanksgiving

Hunter had his first Thanksgiving and although he couldn't eat the turkey that mommy and daddy slaved over all morning he still had a wonderful day!

It started at 9 in the morning and Dustin helped me by cleaning the turkey. I prepared it with 2 sticks of butter and spices. It turned out wonderfully and I couldn't have done it without Dustin's help! Surprisingly he was a natural in the kitchen! (He's been holding out on me!) Five hours later we went to the Sapp's and enjoyed a delicious meal complete with every side you could imagine! Amanda and I later decided that we'd made waaay too much food, but it was still yummy!

We spent the rest of the evening over there chatting and watching football. Hunter and I slept very well that night! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

3 Month Milestone

Our little Hunter has reached his three month milestone! He's growing and healthy and truly a blessing in our lives! Everyday he does something that is new! He's definitely a talker or maybe I should say screamer. He loves to have screaming contests with Daddy! They could ahhhh and ohhh at each other forever it seems!

When Aunt Nee was here she taught us that if you say certain sounds they will start mimicking you. So it's "mama", "dada", and "bobo" all the time now! He can make the n, g and m sounds and is hard at work on the other ones.

One of the most exciting milestones is Hunter learned to roll over! The other night I woke up to him screaming bloody murder it seemed, so I frantically ran in his room and he was on his tummy! A couple hours later he did it again! Then when he woke up for the day, and he rolled over twice for Nee and Phil, unfortunately Daddy wasn't here to see it. Hunter hasn't really felt like doing it again. We keep trying to coax him into it but I think he figured out that he can't roll back over yet so it's kind of frustrating for him. He'll get there!


He's also trying really hard to sit up. He does not enjoy his car seat anymore when awake and feeding him has become a challenge, as well as diaper changing because he just doesn't want to stay still. He's a wiggle worm for sure!

We won't know how much he weighs or how long he has gotten until his four month check up in December. I know he's getting big though, picking up the car seat has become quite the chore! We got out all of his 3-6 months clothes and most of them fit pretty well. Some are a little too long but he's definitely grown a lot over the past four weeks! And he's getting a little chubby baby belly to boot. Gotta love it!

This weekend we are going to start him on cereal. He's already downing four to five eight ounce bottles! I'm so excited for this! Today we went and bought a high chair/booster seat for him! I can hardly wait to see his reaction, I will be sure to post lots of pictures, they're sure to be entertaining at the very least.

Hunter's First Halloween!

Hunter's first Halloween was a blast, at least for me it was! We had a prolonged Halloween this year due to having lots of outfits for Hunter to use! My favorite was the ghost shirt, too cute! We kicked off the holiday by going to a haunted house at the community center. I prepared Hunter by telling him we were going to a "spoooooky houuuuse". Every time I told him he would laugh hysterically, until I told Amanda to watch him, then of course he wouldn't do it. He just stared at me like I was crazy. :)


Then on Halloween day we met the Sapp's at their house and went trick-or-treating. Lots of people thought our little tiger was adorable. And of course they were right! I didn't expect Hunter to get any candy, but I was expecting to have more people give mom and dad some. That didn't happen, I only got one piece of candy and that's because they had left the bowl unattended. ;) Overall a great Halloween!

Auntie Nee Nee and Uncle Phil Visit

On October 4th Dustin's aunt and uncle came to visit Hunter and be our babysitter for the USMC Ball. They came for five days and even watched Bailey for Amanda and Jeremy so we could celebrate Jeremy's 30th birthday. It was AWESOME having them here! They always spoil us and I managed to get so much needed rest! We went to the Marine Corps Ball on Thursday expecting it to be our first night leaving Hunter. There were other plans in sight, we ended up having to come home due to some financial issues. That's ok though we got to go out the next night and it was a nice "prep" for really leaving Hunter overnight. It was tough but I handled it, like a true new mommy I ended up going to bed by eleven thirty and waking up at seven! LOL Hunter did just fine like we all knew he would.

That Saturday we went to the beach with Nee and Phil, to hang and barbeque with the Sapps. Nee and Phil enjoyed their time with Hunter, I've already heard they miss him. Who wouldn't? We look forward to the next time they get to come visit! Love you guys!

*There are no pictures of Hunter with with his Aunt and Uncle due to the fact that they're on Nee's camera. As soon as I get the photos needed I will upload them!