3 Months...just a little late

Melts my Heart

Another month has flown by...well it actually did fly right by because he was technically 3 months on February 21st, but it's taken until now to get this documented.  

Taking pics of an infant is really hard

Pete would rock Palmer in the baby bjorn all day if I'd let him

We had family down from Chicago most of the week.  Pete had to head to Vegas on Sunday so he only got to visit with them for a day, but we had a girls week the rest of the time and Palmer reveled in every minute of it.

Palmer flirting with Auntie Lindsay

Grammy & May entertaining Baby Palmer...or as May says "Baybee Pah-mah" (invoke Boston accent)

Lila doting on Palmer as she did all week (me looking tired after a 4:30am wake up call!)

The girls playing with Palmer

And a sweet "We Miss You" video from Palmer & Mommy sent to Pete while he was in Vegas.

Living On The Edge

Funny how things change.  Living on the edge used to mean pulling an all nighter with an important client meeting first thing the next morning.  The thought, "Heather,  you are living on the edge here!" ran through my mind when I put Palmer down for a nap and immediately jumped in the shower.  I mean - I went all in - no waiting to see if the chooch (our word for paci) falls out and he needs a quick recovery.  Just right on in with full confidence that the nap was going to go uninterrupted long enough for me to wash all of me, including my hair.  As suspenseful as this may seem, all ended well and I even got to blow dry my hair.  Ahh...the simple pleasures in a new mom's life.

We've had some firsts this month!!  Mr P. Diddy took his first flight to Chicago!!

Here's the beanie his Auntie Lindsay sent to keep his little ears warm in the 20 degree weather

Here he is getting his first diaper change at the airport.  We thought we were safe since he did #2 before we boarded...but he went ahead and did it again on the plane, too, just so we could join the mile high club

Here he is taking a quick pre-flight snooze in Orlando

Palmer and I gearing up for take off!

 The plane rides both ways were very successful.  I nursed him on the way up and down to equalize his ears and all was well.  Pete upgraded us so we had plenty of room to maneuver and stay discreet (thanks, honey:)

Once we arrived, our morning looked something like this.

Palmer and his chief talking away.  He loved spending time with his Grammy & Chief

Grammy & Chief offered to watch Palmer one night so Pete and I could go for dinner downtown with some family.  This was not Palmer's first time with someone else watching him, but it was his first time with someone else doing his bedtime routine and putting him to sleep.  I had a nice cry on the way to dinner over it.  I knew Grammy had everything covered - no concerns there - but my heart was sad that Pete or I wouldn't be the one tucking him in and kissing him goodnight.  Glad we got the first time out of the way...hopefully it gets easier from here!  I also experienced another first - pumping in a restaurant bathroom.  Oh, the joys of mommyhood!  

Our big adventure while in Chicago was Palmer's Sip n' See hosted by his Uncle Tom & Aunt Lindsay.  They hosted a Sunday brunch with about 35 friends and family.  It was such a blessing to have Palmer hang out with his cousins Lila (3) and May (1).  Palmer showed off for everyone and made me a proud mommy.  He even did storytime and prayers with Lila (that's right, I might've cried again).  

Here's Lila doting on her baby cousin...

We made it home safe and sound and have settled back into life at the Hill.

Working on that tummy time

We start every morning with lots of good conversations

We play as much as we can.

Make time to hang with our buddies

 And are determined to start giggling!

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.