2 Months

Dallin is two months old today! Where has the time gone? It went by super fast, but at the same time, I feel like he's always been here. He had his 2 month appointment on Friday, the 24. Here are his stats: Weight - 11 lbs  8 oz, Length - 22 1/2 inches, Head Circumference - 39 cm. I could be wrong on the last one. I left the paper at the Doctors, along with a pacifier, and I don't remember exactly what it was. He hasn't gotten his shots yet. That will be on Tuesday. I'm not looking forward to it..

It is so fun to watch him learn new things and grow! Here are some things I love about our little boy:

- Smiles! At 5 weeks, Dallin smiled a real smile for the first time. It was a Sunday and he made eye contact with me and smiled in response to my smile. Jacob was there to witness it too, so it wasn't just my imagination. Throughout the past 4 weeks, the smiles have become more and more frequent.

- His cooing noises! Some times he just goes on and on... he's already a little chatter box! Tonight was one of those nights. He was sitting in his bouncer chair and looking at the giraffe and elephants that hang in front of him, smiling and cooing his head off.

- Dallin is a pretty good sleeper. Usually he sleeps for about 7 to 8 hours at night. Occasionally, he will wake up around 4 AM, but other than that, it's not too bad. One night last week he slept for 9 1/2 hours! Hopefully he'll start doing that more often!

-He likes to stand up. We will hold him under his arms and let him stand on our laps. He is getting good at holding his head up, and when he stands he get this look on his face like he's concentrating extremely hard.

And now for pictures.... YAY!

His blessing day: September 5, 2010

He wasn't very happy in this picture because he was hungry

   

We hiked to Stuart Falls on Labor Day 

He fell asleep in his swing and fell over

Playing with his giraffe and elephant friends

The night before his two month birthday.

I LOVE these monkey pj's! Especially the feet. I've been trying to get 

a good pictureof him smiling for a long time.....

We finally got one!

Dallin Jacob Burdis

Three and a half weeks ago, Dallin was born at 2:13 AM. He weighed 7 lbs 8 oz and wad 21 inches long. He is so adorably sweet and we love him so much! It's amazing how someone so tiny can completely change your life and how you look at things. I love being a mom and time has passed so quickly! I feel like I just barely had him.

The first couple of nights at home were pretty rough, but now he is getting into more of a routine. The past couple of nights he has slept for about 6 hours straight. Hopefully that will continue! Dallin is very strong willed. He tries to kick our hands away when we are changing his diaper and most of the time he cries and screams at the top of his lungs. By the end, his voice is hoarse. I always hope our neighbors can't hear him and think that I'm torturing him! I love watching him when he's falling asleep. He makes the best faces. He smiles a lot and occasionally, a laugh comes out. It is so adorable! I can just sit around all day holding him and it's hard for me to not do that and actually get things done. I am already learning from him. The biggest thing that I am learning is to be patient. Especially when it's the middle of the night and he's wide awake. I have to rock him and eventually he does fall asleep - just not as soon as I want him to. Dallin has brought so much joy into our home and we are so glad he's finally here!

37 and 1/2 Weeks and Random stuff

I can't believe I'm only a couple of weeks from having my baby! Where has the time gone? Since I've been working almost full time the entire pregnancy, it really has gone by fast. I'm glad it has, especially the past couple of months. Yesterday Jacob and I finished setting up the crib and organized the baby room a little bit. It's still not completely done, but I feel so much more prepared now! I was starting to get a little stressed out about it. We also bought the carseat/travelsystem a couple of weeks ago. That was the biggest thing that was stressing me out. I kept worrying that I would have the baby early and we wouldn't have the car seat yet and you can't leave the hospital without one. I was even having dreams about it. There are still a few things that we need to get and I need to pack the hospital bag (should probably do that soon since he could come any day now), but I feel that we have pretty much everything we need for right after he is born. It is weird to think that I only have two weeks left of working. I will probably go back and work part time, but not until September. I'm actually looking forward to having some time off. As much as I love doing hair, it starts to get old when you're mostly doing mens cuts.
Jacob has been playing on a couple of softball teams and a frisbee team for intramurals. Mancrush (the men's softball team) won the championship for spring term. They were estatic since they've been trying to win one for like 3 years. He is loving being able to play sports again. Last summer he had a herniated disk so he couldn't play for a while. He has been taking a couple of classes for his masters program and working about 30 hours a week. Jacob is also the Keyboardist for a cover band that plays for company events and things like that. He loves it and it is really fun to watch them play! There are a lot of talented people in the band. He's been a busy boy this summer! So that's pretty much our life right now : Baby stuff, work, sports, school, and band.  

Yay for Jacob!

Last week, we found out that Jacob has been accepted to the graduate program he applied for here at BYU! We were pretty confident he would be accepted, but it's nice to know for sure. He will start this fall semester. The program is Instructional Psychology and Technology and he'll emphasize in Second Language Aquisition. He works hard and does very well in school. I am so proud of him for all that he has accomplished!

Pictures :)

Ok, so here are the pictures from the ultrasound:

 This next one makes me laugh. It looks like he's smiling really big with his eyes open. Kind of creepy....

And the drumroll please.....

It's a boy!!! Today was the big day and we found out we are having a boy! We are both very excited. My mom was convinced that I would have a girl. I think that's just because she wants more granddaughters! Now she'll have 5 grandsons and only two granddaughters, so we really do need more girls in the family. It is weird being able to say he and know for sure it's a he. I always felt bad calling my baby an "it", so I'm glad I don't have to say "he or she" or "the baby". I can just say "he"! :) It was really fun seeing him today in the ultrasound. We got to see all sorts of things such as the boy parts (of course), the heart, kidneys, spine, his brain, nose, lips, ect. He was asleep and really still during most of it, but then at the end, he woke up and was wiggling around like crazy! Today just made it seem even more real, and now I just want it to be July so I can hold and love him!

Little Nudger

Over the past month, I have been hearing people who are about as far along as I am talk about feeling the baby kick. There were two times a couple of weeks ago that I thought I felt something move, but wasn't sure if it was really the baby or just my stomach growling or gas! I know people feel it at different times and many first time moms don't realize they are feeling the baby at first, but I was starting to get worried that I hadn't felt anything for sure yet! However, a couple of days ago I felt baby move for sure! I was excited! I have now felt my "little nudger" (to quote Bella) at least a couple times each day since then. I feel much better and feeling the little flips inside me make it a lot more real. We find out on Thursday what we are having, and we are super excited to finally know so we can start getting things ready and buy cute little clothes and things!