Anton's Antics :: 26 Weeks

 New Favorites: Squawking up a storm in the mornings while we drive to work. He has this fake laugh he really loves to practice.

Eating: He has been enjoying a sampling of homemade baby food lately. He really seems to like everything so far. The last selections have been beets and peas. It takes about a day for him to really warm up to a new flavor and then its go go go.

Sleeping: We're in kind of a rough patch with sleeping. Ivalle is ready to move Anton into his own room so we might give it a try soon. He seems to be suffering from some teething pain at the moment.

Milestones: He is loving his jumperoo and johnny jump ups.

Mom and Dad: Just feeling so smitten about our cute little boy. These pictures. That hat. Swoon! We had a really great visit with grammy and grampy last weekend. It was so much fun to spend time with them and Anton was a really good boy while they were here. 

Anton's Antics :: 25 Weeks

New Favorites: Sitting at the big boy high chair with mom and dad while we all eat meals together. This is something I've been looking forward to for a long time. I love these precious moments together as a family. We love our high chair because it pushes right up to the table so Anton can feel like he is part of the group.

Eating: He is eating carrots, sweet potato, and squash and often we mix in a little rice cereal in the mornings. He still enjoys his nursing sessions about every 3 or 4 hours as well. I am experimenting with making homemade baby food which is much easier than I thought. I love the idea of knowing exactly what is in his baby food.

Sleeping: Anton still goes to bed for the night around 7 pm. Some nights he sleeps until 1:00 am and then wakes again at 4:00 am. Most nights he wakes about 3 times. It is really not too bad, unless he is having a teething episode and needs to be rocked or bounced back to sleep. Overall, I'm not too concerned with his sleeping. When we move this summer I will focus more on moving him to his own room.

Milestones: He is sitting on his own now and can lean forward to reach for toys.

Mom and Dad: We are feeling more settled and relaxed due to the fact that we've made an offer on a house and it's been accepted. It's nice to move forward with the housing changes and plan for a fun summer in a new house!

Anton's Antics :: 24 Weeks

New Favorites: Doing baby pushups and using his knees to push forward. He is making his first motions toward crawling although I think it is still going to be a while before he figures out how to make it work.

Eating: He loves carrots! He is now eating twice a day and makes the cutest little baby fish mouth lips when the spoon comes toward him. He loves to sit in his chair and scarf down his home made baby food.

Sleeping: He has had some great nights and some doozy nights still. I'm not going to dwell on the sleep habits because this kid is a bundle of fun during the day. He is our little smiley happy pants. I figure his nightly wake up session to have a snack is no big deal considering he doesn't give us much fuss when he is awake.

Milestones: He has really started loving book time before bed. I can tell which books he really understands and cares for. I've also noticed he has been much more aware of his surroundings. He loves to watch the cats move around the room and his new obsession is watching cars go by.

Mom and Dad: Mom and Dad are kind of a mess these days. We sold our house in 4 days flat and are now stressing about where to move next. It has been a very stressful and unsettling couple of weeks so we're glad our little buddy Anton can put it all into perspective for us. We've made a few offers on houses and been out bid by a landslide every time. We've started to enclose the cute picture above in our offers and hoping it will give us a leg up. :)

Anton's Updates :: 23 Weeks

New Favorites: Arching his back. He loves to throw his head back and arch while being held or laying on his blanket. I think it is his next step toward rolling over. He also loves to bite his lower lip as seen in the photo above.

Eating: This little chunker is almost 20 pounds. It's keeping his momma's arms in good shape for summer. He has been eating rice cereal twice a day while at school as well as his feedings every 3 or 4 hours.

Sleeping: His nap schedule at school is pretty regular. We get there at 7:15 and I get him settled with some toys then head to my classroom to do some grading. I go back to the daycare room to feed him around 8:30. He is usually pretty tired afterwards so I help them out by putting him down for his morning nap. He usually sleeps for 40 minutes to an hour and then wakes up to eat his rice cereal and do some more playing. Lately he goes back to sleep around 11:00 and I head back in to feed him on my lunch break at 12:00. He does more daycare activities, like playing and heading out on campus in the stroller then I go back to pick him up around 3:00. I feed him before we head out and then he sleeps the  entire 30 minute drive home and stays asleep for 15 minutes or so when we get in the house. We play and hang out with daddy for a couple of hours and then start his bath and book routine around 6:30. He is usually down for the night at 7:15 or 7:30. He likes to wake for snacks around 12:00 and 3:00 am. Then gets in bed with us around 5:30am for his morning nursing session.

Milestones: He is getting really social at school and loves to giggle at all kinds of situations. It is really cute to see him interact with his teachers and other kids. He has grown out of size 3 diapers and is on to the 4's already. Sheesh. I can't keep up with this giant baby.

Mom and Dad: Loving the nice weather and enjoying some family lounging time in the back or front yard after work.

Anton's Updates :: 22 weeks

 I've been a bit of a slacker with the blog lately. Things are really getting busy over here. We're putting our house on the market tomorrow, we've had our first back to school colds, and work has started get a bit more challenging. We are doing our best to stay afloat. Luckily Anton has been quite the trooper and bounced back from his first cold like a champ. I've been meaning to update the blog for a few weeks now so I'm going to see if I can remember the details.

New Favorites: Anton has a new sound and its..... bwaaa bwaaa bwaaa. He has been saying it non stop. He is also loving to sit in his big boy high chair.

Eating: I've completely given up on him ever taking a bottle again. It looks like he'll be taking his milk straight from the source from now on. He's doing a great job with the rice cereal though.

Sleeping: His nap routine at daycare is really getting more established. I'm so proud of him for being able to sleep with all of the ruckus going on around him.

Milestones: He's getting pretty good at sitting up with just a bit of help.

Mom and Dad: Mom and Anton went on a mini road trip to Medford for Grammy and Gramps 70th birthday party. Aton did a great job at the party and also slept the whole way down and back. This kid is getting so mellow and easy to hang out with. We love him to the moon and back!