Double Fisting

1 Month

And so the monthly updates begin again.  I'll try my best to do them every month like I did for John Henry.  Some months may be better than others but I'll do my best.

At 1 month Schuler weighs 10 pounds 1 ounce and he's 21 1/4 inches long.  Definitely bigger than his brother was at 1 month.  Poor Schuler, he's already being compared to his brother!  I would promise to not compare them, but I know I will, so why lie?

At 1 month I think he's a pretty cute baby.  I am biased and as much as I shouldn't say this, I think Schuler looks a lot cuter in his 1 month picture than John Henry.  Awful to say but even Jay agrees. 

When Schuler was born he had dark hair, big cheeks, and a little jaundice.

At 1 month his hair appears lighter (which may be due to the fact that's he's losing some of it), he's slowly starting to grow into his cheeks, and he still has a little jaundice.  Nothing bad, just enough to give him some color.

 Like John Henry, we started tummy time around two weeks with Schuler.  I must confess that we are not as diligent with tummy time the second time around.  As a result, Schuler hasn't rolled over yet but he sure looks cute trying!  

 These next two pictures show our sweet baby giving up on tummy time and doing what he does best, sleep!

Baby's first bath. He didn't mind.  In fact, I'm not sure he even knew that anything different was going on.  He just slept through it.

All clean and still sleeping.  This sweet boy really does have dark hair and it's the most obvious when I comb it after his bath.

Schuler getting some outside time with John Henry.  We haven't found a double stroller that works since Schuler has to be in his infant seat.  So the only time Schuler goes on a walk is if Jay and I can both go since it takes two strollers.  

When Schuler is awake, I do my best to prop him up on things and snap away with the camera.  Schuler could care less that his mother makes him wear frog slippers.  They match perfectly with his frog lovie!

We've had our fair share of doctors visits this month.  Along with the usual check ups for a newborn, Schuler has had some issues with his digestive system and so we've had a few extra visits.  The doctor suggests cutting dairy, peanuts, eggs, shellfish, and juice out of my diet in hopes that it makes a difference.  I'm trying but I have a feeling that we'll just have to wait for his little system to mature and it will all work itself out.  It certainly hasn't stopped him from gaining weight!

Since the jaundice is taking a little longer to get out of his system, the doctor recommended lots of sunbathing in his diaper.  It's funny that I have all these adorable clothes but can't really use them since he's shirtless for most of the sunny daytime hours.

One of the great things that Schuler gets to experience that John Henry never had is Big Brother love.  John Henry truly loves Schuler.  He wants to kiss him, touch him, hug him, and help him with tummy time.  I've tried several times to get them in a picture together but the pictures haven't turned out.  So the picture below is the only one I've got (for the moment).

Schuler is proving to be a good sleeper.  At one month he's sleeping three to four hour stretches at night and is eating every three hours during the day.  We are slowly starting to get him on a scheduled routine.  Since he has been such a decent sleeper, we haven't rushed the schedule.  Hopefully it won't backfire on us!

What a peanut!  This is actually one of two times he's been in the swing.  He doesn't seem to like it very much and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this changes.

Since Jay and I are bad parents, we took Schuler out when he was two weeks old.  We HAD to have sushi and so Schuler came along.  He did great.  I don't think he noticed we were out of the house!

We love this little boy so much.  He's so tiny but yet so big.  He's got these big feet and long toes and we're still trying to figure out where his cheeks came from!  I wonder if he'll still have them next month?

Happy Halloween

Getting into Halloween was a little harder this year.  Maybe the whole newborn thing had something to do with it.  We didn't carve pumpkins and we didn't get to the pumpkin patch but we did make some Halloween cupcakes, attend the Halloween party at school and participate in the Somerset parade.  So in the grand scheme of things that's not too bad!

 

This year John Henry was a puppy and Schuler was a baby (with a pumpkin hat).  John Henry LOVED the parade because he got to ride in the wagon with his cousin Holland, Schuler slept through the parade, and I got to enjoy my wine as I walked with Jay, Sherridan, and the Calvert family.  So in the end it was great time for everyone.

 

 

 Our little puppy.

 

Cute cousins. 



 

Our little pumpkin slept through all the festivities in his stroller.



 

John Henry didn't want to put the candy in his bag.  He preferred to hold it.

 



 

On the back of the golf cart with the Calvert kids.  This was the before picture.

 

This was the after picture.  I'm not sure what caused John Henry to lose it or why Hunter looks like unhappy.  Regardless, I think it's a funny picture.

 

After the parade we saw sweet Emmaline. 

 

A puppy and Dorthy hugging.  Isn't it adorable!!!

 

John Henry pointing out the real puppies in the parking lot.  I'm not joking when I say he LOVES dogs.

 

The only picture I have of my boys together on Halloween. 

 

Daddy and John Henry

 

The Calvert crew in the golf cart.

 

 

On his way up to the first door to trick or treat.

 

John Henry thought it was pretty cool to take candy out of the basket and put it in his bag.  We had to stop him after he took his third piece of candy.

 

After the first house John Henry looked up at Jay and said, " More Candy".  Since he seemed to understand the whole Trick or Treating concept, Jay took him to a few more houses before they made their last stop at Bebe's house.  Bebe always has the best candy because he gives out full size candy bars.

 

Back at home Daddy got big hugs.

 

Any Mommy got a big kiss!

 

When you end Halloween like this I think it's safe to say the day was a success!

 

Newborn Pictures

One thing I regret is not having newborn pictures taken of John Henry.  Yes I have plenty of pictures of him as a newborn but I don't have those cute, posed, professional shots.  The closest thing I have is the pictures my Dad took for me.  They are great, but I wish I had more.

 

So when my co-worker recommended Stacey De Martini to me I jumped at having the pictures taken.  Stacey did the maternity pictures I posted earlier but her real love is doing newborn pictures.  Can't say I blame her.  She was here for 3 hours and we had so much fun posing Schuler and using her different props.  We could have gone all day except she had to pick up her sons and I had to feed my child. 

 

I wouldn't be surprised if Stacey took a thousand pictures while she was here.  Below are some of my favorites:

 

 

 

 

 

We don't have any sibling shots yet but hopefully I can get those taken soon.  Thank you again to Stacey.  I can't wait for you to come back.

 

If anyone wants to contact Stacey you can check out her Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/staceydphotography