Porter is 3 Months!

This month has once again flown by! Porter caught his first (and second) cold which was no fun for mommy. He also learned how to roll over. He is a tummy time master, lifting his head and chest up. He's been great this past month, it seems we've really got into a rhythm. He stays up until about 10:30-11:00 at night and sleeps from then until around 4:30-5:00 sometimes a little later. He then wakes up to eat and goes back to sleep for another couple of hours. It's great, except when he is sick. Then his whole schedule is thrown off and we end up waking up 4-5 times a night, right back to the newborn phase. He's gotten so big this past week, he's out of his 0-3 month sleepers and in to 3-6 month ones already. I can't believe how quick this is going. I just want him to stay little but grow at the same time! No check up this month so our stats for him are probably a little off but it's close and that's what counts!

Porter Maxwell Whiteley

Age: 3 months

Weight: Approx 15 lbs

Height: No check up this month means no length! He's definitely longer though.

Wearing: 3-6 month old sleepers, 0-3 month old onesies and pants.

New developments: November 14th we got our first real laugh! It was adorable! He loves when Daddy talks like Smeagol (from Lord of the Rings), it makes him giggle soo much. Still a ton of drool and lots of smiles. 1 day after turning 3 months old he rolled over from his front to his back. I may have scared him with how excited I was. Still sleeping 5-8 hours a night straight and then going back to sleep for another 2-3 hours. He has just learned how to pull on the handle of a toad (on his little chair). The toad sings a song for him. He loves music!

Favorite things: Smiling, baths, the otteroo, eating, sitting in his chair listening to Jack Johnson with daddy, gripping anything he can get his hands on and mommy's singing (probably my favourite too).

Favorite clothes: His Christmas sleepers/onesie. I'm a little obsessed with Christmas so that may be why!

Looking super cool thanks to his cousin Sawyer.

Chubby cheeks.

Such a big boy!

Some Mamma love.

These two!

Porter and Tucker, can you tell who is older?

Checked out.

Just snuggling in bed.

Enjoying his bath

I just love his chubbiness!

Bath time with Daddy.

Testing out the Christmas onesie.

All Hallows Eve

Happy Halloween! A little late, but so it goes. We decided this year to actually participate in the Halloween festivities. Every year since we have been married we have done NOTHING for Halloween. Maybe it's just me, but Halloween is not my favourite holiday. I feel like you need to pick one holiday to absolutely love and stick with it/go all out. That holiday for me is Christmas. Sorry Halloween, you've got nothing on Christmas! 

Last year we lived in an older area, we got about 6 trick or treaters. The 2 years before that we lived in an apartment building and got 0 trick or treaters. This year we live in an area with 1,000,000+ kids, so we decorated the house, carved pumpkins and bought candy. Then we decided to go out, because it was Friday night, and Friday night is date night! So we left the candy on the porch and the kiddo with his loving grandparents and we headed out. But first we took some pictures. Here are a few from that night. I'm still waiting to get Porter into his Penguin costume.. It's a tad big, but a picture may be taken in the near future anyway!

Some funky looking pumpkins.

Dressed for date night!

He's soo strong with his little head now!

My guys.

The Otteroo

Soo last week we purchased a very awesome item called the Otterroo. Well we put Porter in this awesome floatie and placed him in our big tub. Here are the results of that! 

There was a lot more. But it was cut out due to baby nudity that the internet doesn't need to see!

My baby loves his otteroo! Best purchase ever!

Porter is 2 months old!

My baby is 2 months old! He's growing like a weed and getting stronger every day. During tummy time he pushes his whole chest off the ground and moves his head from side to side. He is such a great little guy. We had a rough first few weeks and some trouble with colic. I tried absolutely everything I could to try and help him with his gassiness and grumpiness but it seemed that nothing was working. We tried Infacol, Ovol, Gripe Water, Bio Gia drops, laying down to nurse (so he wouldn't get so many bubbles while feeding), limiting my diet to pretty much nothing (there aren't a lot of options when you eliminate diary, wheat and sugar), burping multiple times during a feed, holding his belly, baby massage, essential oils (which helped a bit) and any other recommendations we could find on the World Wide Web. I finally came across a few websites that recommended chiropractic care for babies. With a 95% success rate, It would be stupid not to try.

I had been seeing a chiropractor my whole pregnancy (mainly for terrible headaches associated with my pregnancy) and remembered that she works on babies as well. So at 5 weeks old (after 4 weeks of no sleep and a grumpy baby) I took Porter to see Dr. Amanda. She warned us after our first visit that generally chiropractic care had one of 2 outcomes after the first round. Either he would sleep like he was dead, or he would be a nightmare. So being prepared for the worst, I really hoped for the best. It turned out that I was lucky, he slept like a dream! But it only lasted a day. We had him adjusted 6 times in 2 weeks and after adjustment number 6 things were much, much, much better. It was like I had a different baby. He now would only cry when he truly needed something. His gas was better, it didn't take me an hour to burp him, he smiled more, cried less and slept more soundly. 

So this month has been infinitely better than last month. I no longer give him Ovol, Infacol or Gripe Water but I still give him Bio Gia drops since it's a probiotic and is helping his digestion. I can eat sugar and some wheat again but still no dairy. But the dairy isn't such a big deal since I'm slightly lactose intolerant anyway. Now for the latest Porter details:

Porter Maxwell Whiteley

Age: 2 months

Weight: 11lbs 14oz

Height: 23.6 inches (Still really tall, 80th percentile. Crossing my fingers he got his dad's genetics for height!)

Wearing: 0-3 month old clothing, the tops fit well, bottoms are still too big.

New developments: Drooling (like crazy). He now smiles a lot when he sees someone he recognizes. He also makes a wide range of noises (all of them adorable). My favourite new development is the 6-9 hours of sleep a night! Sleep is heavenly!

Favorite things: Smiling, mornings (How did I get a morning baby? I'm terrible with mornings), baths, sleeping, eating, making a wide variety of noises/talking to anyone that will listen, watching the cows in his swing and drooling (his newest development).

Favorite clothes: His Etnies shoes that are just the tiniest bit to big, an adorable grey cardigan and his dinosaur sleeper.

Getting his feet warmed up by Daddy.

Oh mom.

Big smiles for Daddy.

Those eyelashes! I'm jealous.

Looking super skeptical this morning.

Matt is really getting the hang of this Dad thing. 

Eating while holding a baby, classic parent move.

Thanksgiving Weekend

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great weekend. This Sunday we blessed our baby boy and my sister blessed her little guy. After the blessing we had some people over for a little bit of lunch. It was really fun to have people over and just chat with them. We then had dinner at my parent's house that evening, which was great. I love thanksgiving! I am soo grateful for the meal that was prepared for us! My whole family was together this year and it was just great to have my family close by. I'm really lucky in that respect. My family is all pretty close together with my parents and brother in Okotoks, my sister basically down the street and my other brother a couple of hours away in Edmonton. 

Porter and Tucker. They will be best friends I'm sure!

Our little family.

Looking adorable in his blessing outfit. 

Thanks Nanny!

Monday was the Whiteley family thanksgiving (also an awesome meal). Again so thankful to be close to Matt's family. We went over a little early so that Matt could help his dad and brother hang Christmas lights. He had hung all of ours on Saturday and they really look great. They spent a couple of hours with Matt climbing on the roof and subsequently ripping his pants. But we had great meal and Porter was awesome. I got a couple of great pictures to remember this year by.

This guy is just adorable!

This was the scene BEFORE dinner. 

Such a happy little dude.

Hanging out with Grandma.

Alright so now for just a few more random pictures I've taken this month!

Love this sleeper!

Oh such a silly boy.

Father-Son bonding after a bath.

He really loves bath time. 

All dressed up for church!

My 2 handsome men.

Another one before church (aren't overalls the best!?)

Newborn Photos

As soon as we had Porter I knew that I wanted some newborn pictures taken of him. I'm not the biggest fan of the artistic style photos (you know the ones where the baby is wrapped really tight and put in a basket). They are cool, just not for me. I like the kind that are real, the kind that actually happen in life. So we asked a brilliant photographer Jennie to take some photos for us. She had taken our Anniversary photos and I loved all of them so she was my first pick! She is amazing and if you are in Calgary and want some photos I highly recommend her!

Check out her website: http://www.guenardphotography.com

Here are some favourites! 

(Soo almost all the ones we have, since they are pretty much all my favourite)

Little feet.

Our life currently.

Daddy admiring his new best friend.

We are a happy family. 

Porter on the quilt his Mamma made for him.

He loves me, can't you tell?

And then he got hungry.

Little hands.