Keller's SMILE Photo-shoot!

So the little guy is finally smiling.  However, it was hard at first to get a picture of it, because we never know when it is going to happen.  As you can see, now I have multiple photo memories.  My poor baby has thrush, and he is even smiling despite that (he is NOT however, a big smile-er...maybe once or twice a day if we are lucky)  Scott likes to laugh at me trying to get him to smile. In fact, I do sound and look like a looney what with the high voice and various funny faces.
But ya gotta do what ya gotta do to see that precious smile :)

Almost!

Getting better

There's a smile!

Trying out a new dance move 

Maybe I'll smile....wait for it.....

Cheese!

Visitors...yay!

Well I know this happened a couple weeks ago, but this is as soon as I could post.  My stepsister and her family came for a visit from Georgia. It was cute to see Olivia, who is growing up so fast!  Keller will be that big before I know it.

Olivia liked Keller's playmat

Aunt Melissa feeding Keller

Murphy and cousin Olivia

Playing with Murph's old Fisher-Price Little People

Uncle Brendon gets to hold Keller :)

Olivia loved the doggies!

Kiss good-bye

A New Year with a New Baby

     I haven't posted in a while... just trying to get used to our new addition.  I forgot how much time a new baby takes up.  Keller is a pretty good baby when it comes to sleeping at night.  He usually goes down around 10:30 or 11 pm and then doesn't wake up for 4 or 5 hours.  Then he eats and goes back to sleep for another 3 hours.  We're pretty lucky.  During the day, he has yet to get much "chill" time in. He likes to be held constantly. He had some trouble adjusting to his formula, so we changed it, but that boy loves to grunt and groan all day long.  We have had to give him some prune juice and gas drops throughout the day so he isn't so uncomfortable.  Changing him is a real challenge.  He is what I call a serial fountain pee-er.  If you are not ready...watch out!  I have never had a baby boy that does that at least 3 or 4 times a day LOL.  Needless to say, he is generating a mountain of laundry for such a little guy.
      The other kids are pretty enamored of him. They all want to hold him...unfortunately, he is still mostly crying when he is awake, but they don't care too much.  He has started to smile fleetingly, and he moves his arms and legs so much that it looks like he is in a karate class.  He went to his 1 month old dr. appt. this past week and is now 9 pounds 13 ounces...so he has gained 2 pounds already. Keller is a very good eater, obviously.
      He has taken a couple short trips so far.  I brought him for a visit to school to show him off and meet my class. His grandma and poppy from Arizona came for a visit and we went out to a restaurant.  Scott and I also went shopping with him.  He was a fabulous baby during these expeditions and barely cried.  Finally, I took him on a trip to my mom's last weekend, which was a bit scary, because it takes and hour and 15 minutes to get there.  He was a champ, though, and slept all the way there and all the way back home.  Not much more to report at this time.  I still have about 5 more weeks at home with him before I go back to work.  Yay!  I hope to post more soon :)

Happy New Year!

Daddy's boy

Chilling with Grandma

The whole bunch!

Proud big brother.