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Ten Month Favorites: A Letter To My Ten Month Old

I can’t believe you are ten months old! Where has the time gone? Your life is flashing before my very eyes. I feel like you should still be a newborn, but overnight, you have become my bouncing happy baby boy. You light up the room with your big toothless smile and your hearty chuckle. You have the most beautiful blue eyes and the sweetest demeanor. A few of your ten month favorites include your lovey, MAMS soothers, your Dockatot, cars, bananas, pulling my hair and wrestling your sister. You can definitely hold your own, little buddy!

Weston 10 months10 months old

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Hampton // 6 Months + The Blog Baton

My baby is 6 months old. Half a year has gone by already. It is unreal. Didn’t we just get back from the hospital? Where did my little newborn go? Hampton weighed 17 lbs. 4 oz. (50%) and was 27 1/2 inches long (90%) at his appointment last week. He is sitting up and eating baby food. He loves bananas and apples the most. He is in size 3 diapers and is wearing 6-9 month clothes. He is rolling and scooting all over the floor and loves his bouncer. He is teething and drooling like crazy but no teeth have popped through. The Doctor said it would be any day now. I hope she’s right. My baby is so happy and smiles constantly. He is laughing, playing and changing every day. We are pretty sure he is saying “Mama.” Too soon you say? Well, I’ve heard it and so have about 15 other people. I’m choosing to believe he is saying it intentionally. One minute you’re bringing your baby home from the hospital, the next he’s turning 6 months old, going off to school, then college then getting married. I tell you what. It is just nuts. Stay little, baby Hamp!

Do you follow me on Instagram? I am so excited to be taking over The Blog Baton today! If you’ve never heard of the Blog Baton, here is all the info. It is a pretty genius idea by Miss Mason! I’ll be posting over there all day! Be sure to come follow along and sign up to hold the Blog Baton!

Hampton // 5 Months

Hampton was 5 months on March 24th. He is around 16 pounds and is eating 5 ounces at a time. He has started sucking his thumb but won’t take a paci anymore. He is trying to sit up and is rolling over All. The. Time. He is sleeping most of the night but still wakes up around 4am to eat. He is teething which has not been a fun experience, but he is handling it like a champ (and with a lot of oragel). He went on his first hike this past week and he had his picture taken with Aubie. He has started reaching for and petting/pulling Pippa. She isn’t a big fan of that. He is starting to get a little too big for his swing and isn’t as interested in it but he loves to play on his mat. He still loves Thomas the Train and we can’t go anywhere without his taggie and Simon (the chipmunk). 

Baby Essentials: the first months

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Hampton is officially 5 months old (Wowza). People are constantly asking me what some of my favorite and most essential baby items are and so I’ve created a list of the things that made our life so much easier.

Baby Essentials

Mirror – This is a must have. I love the mirror because you can see the baby when you’re driving. You know if he is crying because he spit up or if he is asleep, etc. It is a definite must.
Aden and Anias Swaddle Blankets – I love these. They were by far my favorite blankets and we are still using them (at 5 months). They are great for swaddling but also to cover your baby without using a thick heavy blanket. If your baby is hot natured like mine, that is an important factor. 
Boppy – We use our boppy All. The. Time. I use it when I’m nursing Hampton, feeding him a bottle, reading to him, etc. He is also starting to try to sit up and he loves propping up in the boppy. It’s great to lay your baby in.
Swing – I was very back and forth on whether or not to purchase a swing. All kidding aside, I don’t know how we made it the first month without it. Hampton loves his swing. It is great because you can strap them in while you fold laundry, wash bottles, pee (for the first time all day), eat, and all the other fun mommy things you get to do once your baby arrives. It’s a win/win. They love it, you love it.
Mams Pacifiers – I loved these pacifiers because they were smaller and didn’t look like they were swallowing my child’s face. They are also much cuter. I mean, come on. Those nurser pacis are U-G-L-Y. No offense if you use them, but you know it’s true. 
Baby Gowns – These were great for the first couple of months. I put Hamp in them every night. They make your tired exhausted life so much easier at 3 a.m. when you don’t have to worry about snaps. You just pull it right up, change ’em and done! They also have mittens which are also great so that your baby doesn’t scratch himself in his sleep.
Taggie – We have a taggie that was made by a woman at our church, however this one is similar. I don’t know that we would have made it without taggie. Hampton started teething very early (around 3 months) and he was too little to hold a teething ring or anything for that matter. The taggie was perfect because he could grasp it and chew on it and it kept him very content. We still cannot leave the house without our sacred taggie.

What are some of your favorite baby items?

Saturday Shenanigans

Do you ever look around you and think, wow, is this really my life? I had that moment Saturday. I’m not going to lie, I felt like superwoman/ the luckiest most blessed mom and wife on the planet. Why? Because. I slept maybe 4 hours total Friday night. Yep. Hampton is waking up every 2 to 3 hours again. He has been for the last month. Anyways. I woke up to this precious face and had some serious snuggle time with my boys. I feel pretty blessed to be their mommy/wife.

I then cleaned the house and did ALL of the laundry Saturday morning. Holy, wow. Then I ran a 5k. My fastest one yet. 35 minutes is a pitiful time, but for me it’s pretty awesome. I’ll take it.

I then cleaned out my car, went to visit my dad, and took Hampton to Toys-R-Us for the First. Time. Ever. Yeah, I did that. He may have left with a few items. Some necessity, some…no, all of our purchases were necessary. Among these items was Frozen! I have been about to die to see this movie. Needless to say, we had a movie night, popcorn included. I may have fallen in love with Olaf. Hampton passed out in the car on the way home. I wore him out. Which if you’re a mom, you know that is a very good thing! Peace.

Helping me clean my car…sort of.
Passed out after we hit Toys-R-Us.

He was pretty excited when I showed him his fave new movie…if you can’t tell.

I even took a bath later that night. That has only happened probably one other time since Hampton was born. I couldn’t believe it.

I do believe this is the first time since his arrival that all the laundry has been done, the house and car (and me) have been clean AND I got in a good workout all in the same day. Yippee! #MyLifeRocks At least it did Saturday…

Birth Story // Hampton Keith

My Son is 4 months old and I am just now getting around to posting his birth story. That is the life of a new mom in a nutshell. Here we go:

I had every intention of going into labor on my own. I walked for at least an hour every night praying it would help induce labor. It didn’t. My doctor wanted to induce me on the 24th if I hadn’t had him by then.

We were about to leave to check into the hospital the night before (October 23rd) when my cell phone rang. The hospital told me that they were full with women who were actually in labor and couldn’t fit me in and to be on “stand-by.” Of course I was extremely anxious. I was packed and ready to go to the hospital to have this baby and then all of a sudden they couldn’t get to me? I thought okay, breathe Logan. I watched T.V. trying to get my mind off of it, but who am I kidding? I was ready to have my baby. They called back 2 hours later to tell me to come on in. Thank goodness.

We arrived at the hospital at 8pm. Ryan went downstairs to check us in and fill out the paperwork while I changed into my gown and the nurse started my IV. She asked me if I knew I was already having contractions on my own. I didn’t really feel much. By this point I had experienced several painful Braxton  Hicks so the thought that I was having contractions and not feeling anything kind of made me laugh.After not sleeping a wink, I got my epidural at 6:45 the next morning. I was 3 1/2 cm. dilated.  My doctor broke my water at 7:00 that morning. Around 9, our family arrived at the hospital. They were surprised to find out I was already 5 cm and had my epidural and everything. I was starting to get really anxious. I felt really tired and I knew I still had a very long day ahead. At 11 I was at 6 cm. My nurse checked me again at 12:15 pm and said I was at 7 cm. She told me to try to get some rest that it would be a while longer. About 45 minutes later, my best friend came to visit me and check on how I was doing. She happens to be a nurse. I told her I was good but that I felt a lot of pressure. She immediately went to get my nurse who checked me again (at 1:30) and said “oh wow. Cross your legs sweetie. His head is coming out. I’m going to call your doctor.” She came back a couple of minutes later and told me my doctor was delivering someone else’s baby at the moment and told me I had to try to wait and not to push at all.

My doctor finally came in the room at 2 pm (although it seemed like a lifetime had passed). I started pushing immediately and after 3 pushes 1 episiotomy and 11 minutes later, my beautiful baby boy was born. I couldn’t quit smiling. I couldn’t believe it was over and that it had happened so fast. Ryan was standing behind me scared to death trying to take pictures. They took Hampton to clean him off while my doctor was sewing me up and he wouldn’t cry. They thought he may have a little fluid in his lungs or that he was in shock. I was immediately terrified. They gave him to me to see if holding him skin to skin would help, but it didn’t. They took him to the nursery and Ryan followed him out. About 5 minutes later, my doctor left the room along with my nurses. I was all alone. For 30 minutes I sat there by myself freaking out (another lifetime passed). No one came to let me know anything or to check on me. I couldn’t move my legs and so I couldn’t get to my phone. I was freaking out not knowing if Hampton was okay or not.

 

 

 

Turns out, my nurse was helping deliver another patient’s baby. Finally my mom came back there and was crying and said Hampton was fine. They had seen him in the nursery. A few minutes later, Ryan sent me a video of Hampton’s first bath and he was screaming. I couldn’t contain my emotions any longer. I broke down in front of both of our families. It was slightly embarrassing, but in that moment I knew my baby would be okay.

He gave me quite the scare, but he has been healthy and happy ever since and I thank God every day for that. Hampton is the biggest blessing in my life (aside from my husband). He brings us such joy. I can’t believe it has been one year since I experienced such grief over not being able to conceive. God’s timing is perfect. I got my perfect pumpkin baby and learned to trust God and his timing. He has been trying to teach me patience all my life and apparently I still haven’t learned my lesson.

Photos by Allison Hilyer Photography.

 

Hampton // 4 Months

Hampton weighed 14lbs. 11oz. and was 25 1/2 inches long at his 4 month check up. He is in size 2 diapers and wears 3-6 month clothes. He saw his first snow and kept trying to eat it as it fell. He is liking tummy time a lot more these days and still loves his swing. He discovered his feet this month and Daddy found his tickle spot (under his arm). He still likes to go on walks with mommy in the evenings and  he loves Thomas the Train. He likes to read and chew on everything. He is eating about 3 ounces at a time and he is finally taking 2 naps during the day. He is grabbing at everything including mommy’s hair and he loves to look at himself (and others) in the mirror. He loves to be naked and loves to splash his feet in the bathtub. He tries to sit up on his own but falls forward a lot. He finally noticed Pippa and has pulled her hair a couple of times (and then she growled. She is still adjusting).His favorite time of day is getting in his morning snuggles with mommy and daddy. Happy 4 months little squishy!

         

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