He Rolled Over!!

Brayden learned to roll over yesterday and I missed it!! I was at work and Jon was doing some tummy time with him and he became so exhausted that he put his head down and rolled over. Jon knew that I would not believe him that he really did it so he was smart enough to video tape it for me. Luckily as soon as I got home from work he did it for me. When he finishes rolling over he gets super excited that he did it. He did it five times yesterday, but of course we can't get him to do it today.

Jon was out of town this week, so it was definitely an exhausting week. Luckily my mom came up for two nights to help me with night duty. So when Jon got home on Friday, I got the night off and a full nights rest without any interruptions, it was definitely needed. Brayden is back to his typical 3 hours of sleeping before he wants food again, so I feel like I am up all night feeding him. So Jon and I decided that maybe he is not getting enough milk, so we decided that we would try a little formula to hopefully help coat his tummy a little bit. I decided I would try it on Friday morning since I would be home all day with him, just in case any problems or an allergic reactions occur. I only gave him 2 oz. of formula and he took it like a champ. I was like this is great, he didn't even notice a difference. Maybe this will solve some of our sleeping problems. Well, I was wrong, about 4 hours later, the poor little guy puked everywhere!! Now I felt like a horrible mother because I was trying formula for the benefit of us getting a little more sleep. So needless to say it will be awhile before he gets formula again and we get good sleep!!

We have an exciting week ahead of us. Brayden has an appointment with the pediatric neurologist on Tuesday. Hopefully we will find out how much longer Brayden will have to be on the anti seizure medicine. And the other exciting thing going on this week is Jon's sister Jamie and her husband Josh are going to welcome their baby into this world. We can't wait, they are planning on getting induced on Tuesday night, so hopefully Wednesday morning we will have exciting news.

Here are some pictures from the week...

Brayden completely exhausted from learning how to roll over

All dressed up in the outfit Great Grandma O made me and yes that is my milk belly hanging over my pants

Just laughing at the things mommy tells me

Us at the Butler game last weekend

Brayden rolling over, notice the nice mullet hair-do that he has going on

Let's Go Butler!!

We have had a little bit of a trying week with Brayden and his lack of sleeping. He was doing great for about a week where he would do a six hour shift and then a three hour shift. Well that all changed ever since he got his shots last week. We just thought he was a little off because of that, but he hasn't seemed to get back to that sleeping pattern again. So needless to say we are back to just three hours of sleep at a time. Good thing I have coffee to get me through the day!

Besides that lack of sleep, which I am sure everyone can relate to, we are having a great time enjoying Brayden and all the fun things he is doing now. He is laughing and smiling a ton, pretty much at anything we say he laughs at. Brayden is also loving tummy time. He is learning to lift his head up really well and looking all around.

Brayden also went to his first Butler Basketball game this weekend. He was such a good baby at the game. He even took a little nap during the bad parts of the game, but overall he loved it.

Since I have to work half days on Saturdays, I always ask Jon what him and Brayden will be doing while I am gone. Well you will see in the video below where they would like to go without me being around. It's pretty funny.

Tummy time with daddy

Just checking things out

Getting an airplane ride from daddy

Let's go BU!!

Happy Birthday Grandma!!!

It's Brayden's grandma's birthday today, we had a fun day celebrating with her. Happy Birthday!!!

Just a little flashback of when we got to bring Brayden home (9 days old)

2 months old

Hanging out with Grandma on her birthday

Chillin with Uncle Jimmy

Asleep in Uncle Josh's arms

2 Months!!

Brayden is 2 months today. We had a pediatrician appointment today so we got all the latest stats on him.
Length 23 3/4 inches - 75-90%
Weight 12 lbs. 14 ozs. - 75%
Head 39 cm - 25 %
I guess he is going to be a big kid with a small head!! They said that as long as he grows proprtionally all is well. We thought that his head looks really big, but I guess there are bigger.

Brayden has really been changing over the past couple of weeks. He is starting to smile at everything. He loves to be talked to and he also loves to talk back to you. The only problem is that he usually starts this talking at like 6 in the morning, when we are still trying to sleep. Since it is so cute, we usually can't resist going in there and talking with him. I have posted a video below of him talking, it's pretty cute.

Brayden had his first appointment with the NIC follow up clinic on Wednesday. There they monitor his progress and make sure he is developing and hitting his milestones. He got evaluated by the physical therapist at this appointment. She had a great report and was very pleased with Brayden's progress. Our main concern right was that we thought that he might be weaker on the right side than the left. According to her assesment, she actually thinks that Brayden is stronger on the right now then on the left, so that is great news. She really didn't have any concerns about his growth and progress at this point, so we don't have to go back until 6 months.

I started back at work this week. I wasn't really ready to leave Brayden yet, but I don't think that I would have ever been ready to leave him. I was completely fine on Monday, I only called once to check on him. Then it hit me on Tuesday. When I came back from work he was already sleeping for the night and I just broke down crying. I don't like the idea that sometimes when I get home he is going to be in bed already. So this week has been a trial for all of us. Since I don't have a whole lot of time with him in the evening, I have been getting up early and playing with him before I go to work. I think Brayden knew I was going back to work because on Monday night for the first time ever he slept for a full 6 hours. And you know what he has been doing that ever since. So that has definitely helped Jon and I as we transition back to working again. Unfortunately Brayden got 3 shots today and he is not a happy camper today, so I don't know how well he will sleep for us for the next couple of days.

I don't know if I believe what Daddy is telling me

All dressed up in my Colts gear ready to cheer them on with Daddy

2 months old today!!!