Church milestones & 2 months

After making our church debut with our family of four on Sunday I realized one thing: my skills with a newborn at church are really rusty.

You'd think moving to the 1 p.m. time slot would be a good thing when it comes to getting out the door  with two kids, but I think it just gives you a false sense of security -- you think you have more time in the morning than you do so it's still a mad rush at the end. Plus, I had an 11:30 a.m. meeting that was cramping my style in terms of having Connor fed and ready to sleep peacefully through the block of meetings. So, even though we arrived on time, I felt a little disheveled as we clamored into our usual pew and waited for the meeting to begin.

Halfway through Sacrament meeting I had to slip out to feed him. With a giant baby carrier and diaper bag, there is really no way to quietly make such a maneuver. However, my exit was punctuated by Lydia calling out (loudly), "Mommy! I want to go to the bathroom!"
A few minutes after settling myself into the mothers lounge to nurse Connor there was a knock at the door. It was Derek and Lydia. Apparently I had accidentally taken off with all of Lydia's snacks and keep-her-quiet-activities in the diaper bag. Lesson learned. Two bags for next week.

Even with the chaos, we did, however, have a few minutes to spare before we left for church, so I was able to take pictures of my little man looking adorable in his shirt and "tie."

I am in love with him in this outfit! Thanks to Derek's cousin for giving it to us. I want to get more. A onesie with a "tie" attached to the front? And some people say there aren't any cute clothes out there for little boys. I love it. 

Sunday was also a big day for Lydia. She moved out of the nursery at our church and into the children's class for 3 year olds known as Sunbeams. She officially now attends Primary. Am I crazy? This is a huge milestone, right? It felt like such a momentous day. I was totally nostalgic, yet beaming with excitement about it all weekend.

They had a pajama party and breakfast for all the Primary kids on Saturday to let them meet their new teachers.  Lydia was so excited to be part of such a "big girl" affair.

Sometimes I can't believe I am lucky enough to call these two little people my children.

Two months already

We went in for Connor's 2 month check up on Jan. 4 and, surprise, surprise, he is a big boy! He started out life big, so why not keep it going?

Actually, percentile wise it was his height that was nearly off the charts. His weight was up there, but not as far. We are just so grateful that he is healthy and growing! 

At two months he is giving us adorable smiles, going between 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 hours between daytime feedings and he occasionally gives me a glimmer of hope for things to come when he goes 5 or 6 hours between feedings at night. Nothing consistent as fars as sleeping through the night yet, but I have a feeling it is coming. Right now he just teases me with it every now and then -- thankfully those stretches often come on the nights I REALLY need the sleep. 

{Stats}

Length: 24 3/4 inches (95 percentile)

Weight: 13 1bs. 2 oz. (81 percentile)

Head: 15.7 inches (43 percentile)

I nearly forgot to take pictures of him on his actual 2 month birthday so I snapped a couple right before putting him to bed that night. Man, he is such a cute baby!