Going down the slide, Hayden LOVED this! He and Conner must have gone down at least 20 times. We had a hard time getting them to leave!

"Fishing" with Conner and Erin

At Deanna Rose Farm with my boys(not that you can see John, I was trying to keep him out of the sun)

Looking at Whoozit

A little tummy time. I put the Whoozit on the floor so he would stay longer. He loves Whoozit, it's very bright!

Hayden decided to get under the activity center with John and show him how it worked. John was very interested after that. He enjoyed it!

Week 10

I've been trying to stay busy as Heath is out of town and I have my hands full. John is doing good, in the last month he's really learned how to hold his head up good. He doesn't really do the head flop anymore. He's found his hand and will try to put his whole fist in his mouth. But the nice thing is that he'll suck on his hand and sort of self-soothe himself. He hasn't really been sleeping all that great at night since Daddy's been gone. Fun for me! I keep hoping each night will get better.
Hayden really enjoyed the weekend. My cousin, Kyle and his wife Alison and son Hayes came to visit on Saturday. Kyle played Star Wars with Hayden who had a blast. And Alison and I sat and talked with the babies. It was very nice to have some adult company for a few hours!! We will miss them when they move to Connecticut!
And then on Sunday, we went to the Deanna Rose Farmstead in Overland Park. I invited our neighbor Amanda and her two kids, Conner and Erin to come with us. Conner is 4 and adores Hayden so they had a good time. The farm has animals and a playground and lots of different activities. Plus right now they have a Pumpkin Patch. So we rode the hay ride out to the pumpkin patch and had a lot of fun. They had pumpkins and carnival type games for the kids. It was a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon and wore the kids out!
I've included a few pics from the farm and then a few new ones of John. I'm not taking as many pictures of him. Sad!! I'm trying to do better!

Sitting with Daddy

One night when we were eating dinner, we looked outside and saw this doe and her baby in the back yard. So Heath ran to get the camera. I know it's not the best picture but it was cool to see!

Big Daddy and John, Uncle Ian, Heath and Hayden

Big Daddy holding John with Uncle Ian and Hayden

John and GG

John meeting GG for the first time

Weeks 8 & 9/2 months

Wow, we've made it to two months. It's going really fast. John is becoming more animated and stays awake a little longer now. He makes some funny faces that remind us of Hayden. In the past few weeks, he's smiling more and sort of laughing. And he's also started recognizing us. We picked Hayden up from a playdate on Friday and when John saw him, he got a big grin on his face. It was really cute! Hayden was excited. Making fish faces at John also gets a big smile. And he likes to talk with us as well. We coo, and ooh and ah and he does it back, it's funny! He finally likes the swing for short periods of time. And has even started trying to reach out to the toys on the tray. He's not crying quite as much at night which is nice but he gets really crabby if he doesn't get enough sleep. So we usually have at least one bout of screaming at some point during the day. He sleeps like a champ if you sit and hold him the whole time. But that doesn't happen very often.
We had visitors last week when GG and Big Daddy(Heath's parents) came to meet John. Uncle Ian also came over from St. Louis for a few nights as well. They loved John of course and he enjoyed being held a lot. Hayden enjoyed having his Grandparents and Uncle here for a few days. He even got to go turkey hunting with the boys on Saturday morning which was great fun for him. He had a good weekend. We had a nice visit! Plus Hayden got a new bike which he needed. He learned how to ride his bike this summer and had outgrown the old one. Now he has a big boy bike and he rides it all the time!
Then on Monday John had his 2 month checkup. He is doing good, growing like a weed. He's now 12lbs, 8oz and 23 in long. He's in 3-6 month clothes now. He was doing really good at his appt. until it was time for his shots. He had to get 3 shots and 1 oral vaccine. He was not a happy camper. So, then the rest of the day he was miserable. I don't think he slept more than 10 minutes at a time even being held. He just could not get comfortable. Thankfully by Tuesday he was back to normal. He slept a lot that day making up for Monday. Needless to say, I'm not looking forward to the 4 month checkup when we have to do it all over again!
Okay, I think that's all for now, here's a few pics from the last few weeks!

Happy Baby!

Hayden and John in their matching PJ's

More smiles!

Weeks 6 & 7

So I'm a little behind on pictures. John is smiling more and talking more. He does lots of oohs and aahs and funny noises. He likes to be held most of the time and he's really fussy at night which is why I haven't updated this in a few weeks. Most nights he screams for awhile before he can go to sleep. He must think he's going to miss something by going to bed. But once he's asleep, he'll usually sleep for 5-6 hours. So it works out okay.

The other reason I'm a little behind is that Hayden was sick again and out of school for a couple of days. He's better now and back in school. We've also been getting ready for the big post wide yard sale and Heath's parents coming for a visit. So it's been a little crazy. I'm ready for everything to slow down for awhile before the holiday craziness. Here's a few more photos from the past few weeks.