Brayden is 2 months

As i sit down to finally write about Brayden's 2 month milestone we are actually closer to hitting the 3 month mark, but i will go back and remember what 2 months brought us.

Somewhere in between the one month mark and the 2 month mark i felt a huge change in how things were going. The saying that things have to get worse before they can get better is very true. It was about 6 weeks in that Brayden started having major "witching" times. He would be upset from about 6 until 10 as we tried for hours to calm him down and put him sleep. Brayden wouldn't nap during the day so by the time we were ready for him to go down for the night he was so overtired that all he would do was fight sleeping. Admittedly this was very very tough on John and I and we often would crash as soon as Brayden would totally exhausted. At this time we often would wonder how long this phase was going to last and if we could take it anymore.

Well i'm happy to announce that this phase really only last 2-3 weeks and then it was like the sun was shining all the time and our child was a happy boy. He started taking a morning nap, but still fought an afternoon nap. He would start fussing about 7 and it would only last an hour or 2 before he would go to sleep. I really think the morning nap helped him feel more rested.

Brayden is now full of smiles for his mom and dad. This is so amazing as i had no idea what a smile from a baby could do for my soul. when he smiles at me it is like every single frusteration that he gives us and every obstacle we crossed to have him is melted away and forgotten. It makes everything completely worth it.

Brayden and I have established a bit of a routine.
*He wakes up around 8 and i go in to a smileing baby who seems truly happy to see me.
*We then eat and play for an hour or two before he is ready for him morning nap.
*During his nap i work on getting some office work done, or even occasionaly doing housework (however more often than not i don't hehe)
*John usually comes home for lunch when Brayden is just waking up so he gets to enjoy some daddy, brayden bonding time as we eat lunch.
*Once john goes back to work brayden and i keep playing and watching tv (that boy loves his tv) and if we are luckly we may go out to have some fun in the afternoon.
*if we don't have afternoon plans i try to get Brayden to take an afternoon nap.
*John comes home and we do the whole dinner time
*Then we start trying to put him to bed.

Really i'm not entirely sure where my whole days goes as it seems i hardly leave the couch or the family room. But i do know that i am loving being home with Brayden now.

At this time i was going to work for a half day each friday. Brayden got to spend some quality time with his grandma's. We are so blessed to have so much help from our family in watching Brayden. This has really saved John from having to take vacation time or us having to pay for a babysitter. Working only in the office 1/2 day on friday is great as i get a ton of stuff done while i'm there but it also stinks as i continue to feel so far behind. I think i'm keeping up but just barely, but thats what my office should have known was coming seeing as i really didn't get any complete time off for my maternity leave.

Brayden is growing like a weed and is outgrowing lots of his clothes. I had to start packing away his newborn outfits,such as the one he came home from the hospital in. Looking at those outfits and looking at him i have no idea how he fit in them. Its sad i think that the first weeks were so hard and emotional for me that it makes it hard for 1me to remember how little he was.

At our two month appointment, we got to learn that Brayden has grown to 12 lbs 8 oz and comess into weight at the 65th percentile. With all things considered we are not suprised at the weight, as he seems to get heavier each day. But the fact that he is in only the 65th percentile is interesting. He was measured at a heighht of 24 inches, which puts him into the 86th percentile on that front. And from that standpoint, with as tall as he is, he is a rather slender boy in the grand scheme of things. I think he will be taking his height from the Koenigs side of the family as standing next to Michael and Kevin makes me realize that my "little" brothers make me feel little. At least my little boy won't make me feel little for quite a while.

Its time to enjoy this last month of time off as before you know it, we'll be back to work full time and getting to spend just a few hours a night with our boy awake.