Two Months, Too Cute

My original monthly picture plan was to capture Palmer next to a basketball so we could watch him grow next to it.  Maybe one day he'll even be able to palm the ball in his picture...if he's still letting me take his picture at that age:)  I never did get a good one last month, but I wanted to have one to add to the collection, so this is the best of those attempts...paci and ear well all in!

This is better than the ones where it appears I am torturing him

We had much greater success in month 2!  I am getting to know him better and better everyday and knew grabbing him first thing in the morning would be my best bet.  I didn't catch a smile and my " backdrop" got all messed up, but he's there and so is the basketball, so I consider it success.

He was much more cooperative in month 2

 2 Months in and everything has changed.  My favorite two new "milestones" are he smiles all morning long and can actually look at things now.  I never thought I'd have things to do to fill up a day with a newborn, but I could watch him smile and coo at my lame attempts to entertain him all day long.  I think I spend half of my day taking pictures of him.  One day he's probably going to think my phone is permanently attached to my hand because it's always in his face.

Like this...

...and like this:)

 I also take a fair amount of videos.  Sometimes those videos go excellent...and sometimes we get a little surprise.  The surprise on this video can be heard, not seen.

And let's not forget in all this baby excitement, less than a year ago Pete and I were married!  We've taken the titles husband & wife and mother & father all in the same year.  We still don't believe Palmer is real and giggle every time we refer to him as our "son."  I love looking back on all these wedding pictures to see where the happiness and love began.  

We still smile like this everyday - even without any sleep

Love.

1 Month Milestone for P Diddy

We did it!  We survived the first 30 days!  Wow.  This little peanut eats about every 3 hours - sometimes 2 - at nighttime he can be amazing and give us 5 straight.  All that sleep everyone told me to stock up on pre-baby arrival has not helped...I have had to nap frequently throughout the day to keep pace with Mr. Palmer.  Add in a huge battle with reflux, the most amazing amount of gas I've every seen in one tiny package and mommy/daddy who are learning as they go and you've got yourself quite an adventure.  And if you asked Pete or myself at 3 a.m. how we felt, we would tell you crazy in love with this little guy and wouldn't trade a wink of sleep for time with him.  It is truly amazing how a child can change you so drastically.  I do wish we could get out of the house a bit quicker...took us about 2 hours to try and leave for a Christmas party yesterday.  But I know we will look back fondly at this time...or at least we can laugh about how thankful we are that God created vacuums.

To capture his 1 month milestone, I doctored up this cute little photo.  This was not the intended pose/outfit, but for now, it will do.  The "photo shoot" I tried to nail on my own went a bit awry.  Let's just say there were about 50+ photos taken and in almost every one he looks like I'm torturing him.  We will try again in a day or two when Mom has a bit more sleep and patience:)

Dad bought me a bunch of ND and Bears gear (he couldn't wait 'til Christmas so he already gave it to me)

Here's a rough shot of what we were going for.

Hopefully we will redo this sans paci and better positioning and a smile! 

Palmer did have a real photo shoot!  We asked Monique from Brown Eyed Girl Images who did my maternity pics to capture Mr. Doyle in all his newborn splendor.  Can't wait to see how they turned out.  We even took a few with us...and maybe one fun one with Pete in his Christmas pants holding Palmer who looked equally as festive;)

There were some tricky moves to get this sleep to happen!

 And I've finally started scouring the web for adorable baby boy clothes.  I needed some warm pieces for our trip to Chicago in February for his Sip n' See.  I have been less than impressed with the selection of stylish gear for little boys.  I have found a few pieces I love so far, including this adorable coat which Palmer wore to dinner at a friends.

The shopping has begun!

20 days...that's it?!

Life in the Doyle household has done a 180 since the introduction of Mr. Palmer!  He has brought us so much love, worry (who knew you could stare at a video monitor for that many hours a day!) and excitement.  We are enjoying the ride of getting to know him.  It has been a rather eventful 3 weeks so far...

We've enjoyed lots of tummy time!

I always wait patiently while Mom gets ready in the morning.

I love getting dressed up in all of my stylish outfits.
Mom took me to Publix and Buy Buy Baby this week!

Mom sported me in the Baby Bjorn on all of our shopping trips!

I was on my best behavior while Mom picked up lunch from the club...
Oh, how she had missed her aztec chicken wrap.

We met our best buds Parker and Amy for lunch!

As cute as I look..that left little ear is going to get a little help in being not so crooked!
We went to the ENT today and they're going to put an "ear well" (fancy word for plastic mold)
on my ear so it's straight like my other one!  I'll thank my mom later!

We've enjoy the wind in our hair...

I lost my umbilical cord!  Mom found it in my pajamas on Monday! 

And we take lots of naps!  Mom sometimes lets me nap on her when she's not being a meanie
 and making me nap in my crib.

Palmer hit 9 lbs 1 oz this week!  That's up about a pound a half from birth.  Obviously feeding is not a problem for this little man.  We do, however, have a battle with reflux!  He was put on Zantac Sunday after we watched him battle with burning in his throat since birth.  We were trying to see if it resolved itself, but his discomfort was getting worse and we couldn't bear to watch him in pain anymore.  Our pediatrician said it's a common ailment and the Zantac should whip him back in shape soon!  It has already calmed him down a lot and we have lighter hearts knowing we are helping our little man feel better!

Tomorrow we are hoping to make our debut back in our ladies lunch group!  With proper timing we should have a successful lunch date.  Then Palmer will get his ear well on Friday morning just in time for Aunt Lindsay and Uncle Tom to come down from Chicago for a quick visit!  Looking forward to seeing the two of them and sharing our sweet little baby Palmer.  

As we close in on the one month mark (better start thinking of creative ways to capture this milestone photographically!) I am still not quite sure we believe the fact Palmer is here...as our son...forever...as our responsibility!  We always say it seems like he's been here forever, but at the same time it's as if we don't believe he's really here!  I'm sure his presence will become more normal as time progresses, but until then we'll keep spending all of our time staring at him.