Brave Family Life: November 2019

Thanksgiving 2019

9:20 PM

Happy Thanksgiving!

It truly feels like the beginning of the holiday season, and the fact that we've had our Christmas tree up for over a week already definitely helps!

Someone celebrated his first Thanksgiving

We spent a quiet day at home today.

We didn't travel or have guests so it was just us.

We started our day off watching the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade and the dog show afterwards. I have always loved watching the parade growing up and enjoy getting to pass this tradition on to my children. I have also secretly enjoyed watching to dog show afterwards because I just love seeing all the different dog breeds and I'm happy to report that Ellie enjoyed watching to dogs possibly more than the parade.

After watching tv I had a craft for the kids to do. The boys told me things they were thankful for and I wrote them on the feathers of their turkeys and then they colored them. Its fun to listen to what they are thankful for. Ellie kind of colored a turkey too, and said she was thankful for mommy and daddy!

Things James is thankful for: My Teachers, Mommy & Daddy, William, Ellie & Benjamin, My new House, Playing Outside, My Turkey, and My Car

Things William is Thankful for: Mommy, Daddy & Benjamin, James & Ellie, Myself William, My New House, My Christmas Tree, Food, and My Lights

We cooked up some yummy food:

Turkey

Stuffing

Corn Casserole

Green Bean Casserole

Sweet Potato Casserole

Cranberry Sauce

Gravy

and we tried a new Sausage and Rice Stuffing

(we decided that are going to start trying a new dish each at the holidays so it was fun to try something new)

All my babies together!

Too much Thanksgiving excitement for little Benjamin

All I wanted was a picture of me with all my babies and Chris made it happened for me!

My handsome guy getting ready to carve the turkey!

2 month update

Benjamin | 2 Month Update

9:30 PM

Another month has come and gone and Baby Benjamin is now two months old. I don't know how this has happened. Times passes by too quickly!

Height: 23.5 in
Weight: 13lbs 3oz

Sleep

Benjamin continues to sleep in the dock a tot which is in our bed at night. He mostly still sleeps in 3 hour stretches at night. He did give me one really good stretch of sleep from 11:00-5:45 one night (I unfortunately didn't get to sleep all those hours because both boys woke up at different times).

Eat

Benjamin is still exclusively breastfeeding. He loves to nurse. He is still nursing about every three hours, sometimes more frequently during the day.

Benjamin's "Schedule"

Wake up: Between 7:ooam-8:00am (depending on when the other kids and I wake up)

Nurse: 8:30

Wake Time: Anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour or so

Nurse: 11:00ish

Wake Time: Anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour or so

Nurse: 2:00ish

Nurse: 4:00

Nurse: 5:00 or 6:00

Cat Nap: 6:00 or 7:00

Nurse: 7:30-8:00

Bedtime: 10:00pm

Development and Firsts

sitting in the gumbo for the first time

10/28 put weight on his legs
10/31 celebrated his first Halloween (he dressed up as goofy)
Has started being wide awake from 8-10
11/15 wore a 3-6 month outfit
11/21-11/22 slept 11:00pm-5:45am
11/22 sat in the bumbo seat for the first time
11/24 went in the baby swing for the first time

His first Halloween

My Sweet Benny Bunny

How has two months passed us by so quickly. I feel like you just arrived, but at the same time like you've always been apart of our family. You are starting to be more awake and continue to just have the sweetest go with the flow personality. You have decided that being awake from about 8-10pm is something you enjoy and I have been enjoying getting a little one on one time with you after you brothers and sisters are asleep. You are growing so quickly I can't believe how big you look now compared to pictures of when you first came home. I love you sweet boy and can't wait to see what this next month has in store for you!

Love you forever and always

Mommy

Two Months with Benjamin

Brogan loving on his little human

Ellie and her "aggressive" love

Always wanting to hold her baby

The many faces of Benjamin (see the next few pictures)

Reading a Christmas book

Those little hands so sweet!

Benjamin has very judgey eye brows

This is just one of many pictures I have of him sleeping/snuggling on me but oh how I love the baby cuddles! There is nothing better than a baby sleeping on you!