Oh Boy...

Well it has been a bit since I've updated the blog and I'm sorry to all my followers that it has taken so long. I have been loving motherhood and been keeping busy with "the beef." We call him beef most of the time and realized it was an official nickname when the grandparents started calling him beef. He is happy and health and busy. We have spent the last three months being entertained by his smiles. He is a really happy baby. If he makes eye contact with you, you are guaranteed a smile. His favorite times are bath time and laying on the bed staring at the ceiling fan.

I'm back at work now and although I enjoy being around adults and getting back into the swing of things, I desperately miss him when I'm away. My mom usually watches him during the days that Mike and I are both at work. It is really nice because she knows what he wants and how he likes things. They talk to each other all day, take naps and baths, and play. He is always happy when we pick him up.

We started him on rice cereal about two weeks ago. According to all the books I'm starting him too early but the truth is...beef weighs 18lbs! He is just a tank. He is in the 98th percentile for both height and weight and my milk is just not holding him. So the first time we tried he wasn't too sure about it. I don't think that anything got in and he was mad because he was hungry. We put the cereal in his mouth, he looked at us, smiled, and the cereal came spilling out both sides of his mouth. It was more entertaining than anything. Now though he loves it. He started to open his mouth when he sees the spoon and only pushes half of it back out with his tongue.

Here are a few new pics. I'm going to get better at this blog thing so check back soon!

Helping mom with laundry

playing in the exersaucer

These are the newborn pics: