I forgot to share with everyone that Dylan is now sleeping all night. He normally goes to sleep around 8pm and wakes up about 5am. We've been counting our blessing for about 3 weeks, now. We also learned that he definitely needs his naps during the day. Here's some examples...
Laura and I woke Dylan up to take a dip in the pool. He was not too happy to be awakened by cold water on his skin. But, he passed back out as soon as we got him out of the pool.

Like father, like son...Just chilling watching the tube before bedtime.
Just a swinging with 2-Pop on the porch. Dylan loves the outdoors. A little heat + a litte breeze = sleepy time.
Hanging out with Dad...he fought sleep as long as he could that night.


When he's tired...

Even Aunt Tootie can put him to sleep.

3 Months and counting...fast!

Three months have past and time is not slowing down. Maybe time does have wings, because it has flown. I know, I know, I'm officially getting old. I remember when I was a little kid hearing "old" people say, "your kids are growing up so fast" or "last time I saw him he was just a baby". I am officially getting old because now I totally understand what they were talking about. That's ok, though, I can rest peacefully believing another saying, the older we get the wiser we get.

Enough about Father Time, I want to bragg on my son. He now weighs about 15 pounds and is a full 2 feet long (or tall). At the rate he's growing, he'll be taller than me when he's 4 years. Watch out Shaq!! There's a new Great White Hope in town!!

The best part is, he's still just as happy as can be. He's still smiling all the time and now has started giggling. And, man, is that a trip! We'll try to get a video attached so that you can hear him giggle. He's ticklish, so it shouldn't be too hard to do.

I don't have any life-changing stories to tell this time, so I'll just post some more pics. I know that's what everyone is interested in, anyway. Oh, it shouldn't be too long before he's rolling around. Honey stopped him from rolling over this week because she wanted Mom and Dad to be there to witness it (So thoughtful!). I guess he'll start crawling soon after (time for us to get in shape).

Hope all is well and God bless!!!

ALL SMILES!!!

As you read in my previous post, Dylan loves to smile. So, I thought I would share some more pics with you. These are Uncle Stuey's professional pics. Thanks, Uncle Stu!!

Smiling @ 2 months...except when needles are involved!

Dylan turned 2 months old, already. It's hard to believe. And, with that being said, I have accepted that I am indeed getting old...because only old people squeeze little chubby cheeks and talk about how fast kids grow up.

Speaking of chubby cheeks, Dylan is getting ready for all the Aunts, Great Aunts, and Great-Great Aunts that just can't resist pinching fat little cheeks. I'm beginning to wonder is he has some pockets inside his cheeks that packs full of stuff...like gophers do. One of these days, I'm gonna catch him sleeping with his mouth open and I'm gonna grab my lil' 2-AA mag light and sneak a peak at his pouches.

Well, last time we posted, Dylan had just discovered his smiling muscles. He has been excercising them, and now he uses them pretty frequently. And we love it!! He'll wake up, streeeeeettttccch his little back and grunt and moan. Then, he opens his eyes to see funny looking people (Momma and Daddy) and just smiles like no other. He doesn't even have to think he's going to Canton. All we do is smile at him, and he smiles right back. And of course, that just makes us smile even bigger, and then he smiles some more! It's AWESOME!! It's a feeling that's out of this world! It's a true blessing that God would allow smiles to be so contagious...even more contagious than yawning.

So, if you read the title, you'll know that Dylan has not been smiling all the time, though. He went today for his 2-month shots. Laura took him in this morning, he got three shots, and Laura said it was so sad. But, he's tough like his Daddy (Shut-up, Robby!), so he didn't cry long.

Here are a few more pics that we like.

One Month old!!

Ok, so we have not done real good at keeping this blog updated. We're pretty well adjusted, now, so hopefully we'll do better. :)

Dylan has been a good baby (knock on wood). He usually only cries when he needs something: he's hungry, needs his diaper changed, his belly hurts, or he's really sleepy and wants to be rocked to sleep. He weighs about 13lbs, now, which can fluctuate by about 2 lbs depending on when he poops. Ok, so maybe it's not that bad, but he does have some super heavy diapers sometimes.

I have to bragg on myself. I have not gagged, yet, when changing a diaper. I did have one close call this past Friday night. La and I got daring and went to Tyler Friday night. When we got there, Dylan had a dirty diaper so Laura graciously let me change it in the cramped quarters of the front seat of my truck. As I opened up the piotnant (Rocky Branch slang...not sure about the spelling) package, I found that Dylan is a magician. The inside of the diaper was clean. However, the outside of the diaper on his left leg was plastered with slimy poo. I could go into detail, but the memory could break my current record and cause me to gag, so I'll let your minds create the imagery. So, the slimy poo was on Dylan's outfit; From which we learned valuable, and yes, logical lesson...to always pack more than one outfit when traveling!!! So, I had to clean the slimy poo off of Dylan's outfit. Did I mention this was "slimy" poo. I only had to look away from the slimy poo 2 or 3 (or 4) times to regather my strength over my gag reflexes, but I got it done!

While I'm bragging, I want to bragg on Laura. She is a Super-Mom!!! She is really good with Dylan, and so willing to change his dirty diapers. Only when she is in a really good mood for a laugh does she test my gag reflexes (like Friday night in the truck).

Oh, and Dylan has started smiling. It's great!! You can't help from laugh or smile when he shares his smile with us. It's totally true what they say, "smiles are contagious". I know everyone wants to see pics, so we'll try to look through the thousands of pics we have to pick out some good ones. And, again, we'll try to update this more often. God bless you all!!