Craig's First Father's Day Weekend

Friday night Craig went to his friend's house for a "Dad's Poker Night" that one of the wives put together for her hubby's Father's Day gift. I thought that was a cute idea to kick off the weekend. Saturday we had lunch with our friends JP and Kim. Later that night we went to dinner with Craig's parents. Hollis behaved pretty well at lunch, only crying when he got hungry. He slept through most of our dinner outing.

Sunday we drove down to my brother's house to see him, Haley, and my parents. My brother handed Hollis a toy that he actually held onto for a long time- guess he is starting to figure out what his hands are. :)

A note to Daddy from Hollis:

I love you so much already and can't wait for you to teach me everything you know. I hope one day to be as good a man as you are! Love you Daddy! Happy 1st Father's Day!

Hollis' New "Skills"

I wanted to post this before I forgot all the new things Hollis is doing these days. Also an excuse for me to post more pictures of my little man. :)

First: He is sleeping well in his crib now. We have a pretty good night time routine that is making my life a little easier and helping me get more sleep most nights! YAY! He doesn't sleep all the way through the night, but he usually only wakes up once during the night now.

Second: Spit bubbles. And lots of them. He actually started this at about 6 weeks old. Usually accompanied by sticking out his tongue over and over again.

Third: Tummy time is getting better. He can really hold his head up longer before getting frustrated and fussy. He has even started to grab at toys if they are close to his hands. He doesn't look at them, but will grab them if his hands happen to come across a toy.

Four: Grabbing and holding more stuff each week. My hair, his burp cloths, his pacifier, and my favorite: his knees. He grabbed his toes once, but that was a fluke. He hasn't "found" his toes just yet.

He's also cooing and learning how to make more sounds every day. His favorite place to "talk to me" seems to be on his changing pad. Something about being clean and fresh makes him want to talk. :)

7-8 Weeks Old

These are some pics from his 7th week in this world. As you can see, he is really starting to show off his sweet personality! :)

Hollis just passed the 8-week mark on Wednesday, June 9. Friday (the 11th) he went to see Dr. Chandler and got his first round of shots. Believe it or not, MOMMY DIDN'T CRY! Hollis didn't really even cry for long because the nurse is awesome and gave him 3 shots in about 2 seconds flat...maybe faster than that. He had his pacifier and was asleep before we even got in the car. :) Hollis is growing well- he weighed 12 lb 6 oz and was a whopping 24 inches long! He's around the 50th percentile for weight, but over the 75th for his height! :) He gets that from Craig's dad's side of the family. We go again at 4-months for more shots.

Dr. C. also mentioned that it was a good time to start putting Hollis in his crib at night, which Craig was very excited about. There was so much baby stuff taking over our room, so he was glad to graduate Hollis to the crib... me, on the other hand, cried when I got in bed and Hollis wasn't right next to me in his bassinet. I have to admit, Hollis didn't seem phased one bit. His sleep (even after having shots today) wasn't much different than his usual night-time "routine".

More pics and video to come after I load what is on the memory card into the computer... :)

"Playdates" for Hollis

Here are a few of Hollis' first "playdates"...

First he met Rhett (left- 3.5 months old) and Jack (right- 5 months old) when we went to visit Uncle Geoff and Aunt Haley at their new house on May 23rd . Jack will soon be Hollis' cousin by marriage since he is Haley's nephew. :)

Then on the first day of June he met his buddy Hunter who was born just 4 days before him. Hunter's daddy coaches with Hollis' daddy!

This is Hunter's older brother Austin who just turned 2 in April. I LOVE how he is holding Hollis' hand in this picture. :) All three of these guys will be going to some high school football games this fall to see their daddy's coach the team to victory!
I started going to StrollerFit and met Julia, who teaches the same grade I teach but at another school. Her son, Coy, was born 2 weeks and 2 days before Hollis. Here are Hollis (left) and Coy (right) sound asleep while we worked out on June 14, Hollis' 2-month birthday!

Just the beginning of many more playdates! I'm excited to see him start to interact with other babies. It will be so cute!

One of Those Days