February 2012

Here we are, about 1/3 of the way done with February already! Also, my sweet little boy is now 3 weeks old! Can you believe it has been that long already? He is starting to chunk out and spends quite a bit more time awake these days. 

He also got to go to the mall for the first time yesterday. All four of us headed out, mostly because Matt is looking for something to get me for Valentines. I had nothing to suggest. I need some new clothes, but since I'm still losing baby weight, it doesn't make much sense to get any now. 

I have vowed to put some actual pants (not sweat pants) on for our Valentine's Date, though. 

So if anyone has a good idea for me, call poor Matt and let him know. 

Russell is such a good baby. He is calm and quiet and only cries if he needs fed or his pants changed. And since he is such a great baby, I was able to get a lot done yesterday.

Do you ever have a day where you are so productive, you feel like Super Woman? That is how I felt yesterday. I got mountains of laundry washed, dried, folded and put away. I got the kitchen clean, although it didn't stay that way for very long. Matt even cleaned the toilets for me, so now all the bathrooms smell good again. Besides all that, I made dinner and had that trip to the mall. To top it all off, I had a really good hair day. It's probably the most I've gotten done in about 2 months.

It has been such a weird winter. We've had more rain storms than snow storms from what it seems, however a few days ago it was snowing (sort of)  and Keldrie decided that she needed to play in the snow.  We were headed out to my mom's anyway, so when we got there, we suited her all up and let her go in the back yard by herself.  None of the rest of us wanted to go. 

She had a ball out there by herself! Snow angels and little footprints now decorate my mom's backyard.  Of course she threw a fit when it was time to come in, but she did come by herself. Maybe she just understood that it would not be pretty if I had to stomp into that snow and haul her in myself.  

Russell got special treatment from is Uncle Tyler while Mom watched Keldrie in the back yard.

In other news, we gave Russell his first bottle. I knew when I decided to breastfeed that the one thing I could do to keep at it was to make sure he would take formula if I needed him to. I just knew it would drive me crazy to have to limit every outing to a few hours so I could get home and fed him. I'm happy to report that he loved it. I had my mom feed it to him. He drank about 2 ounces and a few hours later, had no problem going back to me. Got to love it when a plan works! He and I are also quite fond of his binkie. Pop that in his mouth and his eyes usually start to droop! Score!

As you can see, his coloring has stayed quite dark (for a baby of two white people), and he has grown a second chin. I love his dark hair. I never thought I would have a baby as blond as Keldrie and Russell is more what I would have expected my baby to look like.

We are all doing well here in the Smith household! 

Can't wait for Valentines Day! I think Keldrie is going to be making some cards this year!