Big Boy

Nate's growing up so fast, we can't believe it.  A couple of weeks ago he started actively rolling over.  He's been rolling over here and there since he was little, almost as if by accident.  But starting in November he rolls over with purpose.  Which meant the end of the swaddler and the end of his 10-12 hour sleep stretches.  (Thank you to my friend Leigh for the wonderful gift of the Miracle Blanket, we couldn't have lived without it!)  He's rolling over in his sleep and waking himself up in the middle of the night.  And just as he seemed to be getting back on track, poor little guy caught a cold at daycare.

The cold hasn't slowed him down though.  Yesterday we were playing on the floor and I noticed he was holding himself up a little bit.  So I took away the pillow that was propping him up and guess who sat all by himself?


sitting up and spitting up from Maura Davis on Vimeo.

Halloween

My Mom and Aaron's parents were all here to help celebrate Nate's first Halloween.  Dino-Nate was a big hit at our neighborhood Halloween parade.  After the parade, our friend Sam (the monkey) came over to help hand out candy.  The dinosaur costume was too big to see out of, so we switched to a giraffe half way through the night.  A fun Halloween all around!

3 months old

Time for his three month photo shoot.  Aaron's out of town for a little while, he's in Pennsylvania helping his boss campaign for reelection.  Although we miss him tremendously we're just hoping for a win in next week's election.  While Aaron's out of town, my Mom was kind enough to take a a coupe of weeks off work and come help me with Nate.  This past Wednesday we celebrated his three month birthday.  It was one of those horrible mornings, starting with a flat tire in the pouring rain while I was wearing a skirt suit and heels.  But spending a few minutes taking these pictures reminded me how lucky we are to have such a happy little guy.

He is still growing but he seems to have slowed a bit, falling closer to the 60th percentile in weight.  He is still sleeping like a champ, typically 10-12 hours every night.  Aaron and I are convinced we're in for some major sleep deprivation with our second child because there's no way we can get this lucky again.

Sadly, three months old means the end of my maternity leave.  I head back to work full time on November 1st.  There have been a lot of tears over here and none of them from Nate.  We were fortunate to find a daycare opening in the same daycare as our good friends so we feel very comfortable and confident that we're leaving Nate in good hands.  But that won't stop me from missing our days together!

October

I have no idea what happened to the month of October.  I swear, one minute we were celebrating Nate's Christening and the next minute it was Halloween.  Somewhere in the middle there we managed to squeeze in our annual trip to the apple orchard and pumpkin patch.  A lot of cute pictures but one of my favorites was from brunch.  These are the same friends were Nate's first play date a couple of months ago.  Charlie, Cooper, Nate and Ramsey.  Such cute little guys but growing up so fast.


And even though he's not looking at the camera, I love this picture of our family.

Two Months Old

Last week was Nate's two month birthday which brought his two month check up and vaccines.  He was a trooper with the shots and tipped the scales at 12 pounds 11 ounces.  Growing like a weed!

Yesterday we celebrated Nate's Christening with family and friends.  He was lucky to have all of his Harris aunts and uncles in town to help mark the occasion.  Nate squawked a little during the baptism but he didn't mind the water on the head.

Traveling

September has been a busy month, Nate took his first plane ride the weekend of the 11th.  It was just Nate and I for a short trip to Cleveland. The plane wasn't even half full so we had a row all to ourselves. Nate kicked back and stretched out. First class flying for this guy.

He was a great flyer. We flew in the morning which is usually his happiest time and he kept up his positive demeanor for the short flight from BWI to CLE. He was awake the whole time but just looked around and smiled.

The flight home was an evening flight, usually Nate's "witching hour." And I got nervous as we waited and waited and the flight kept getting delayed. But thankfully for the other passengers, he slept most of the trip,  He woke up when we hit some bad turbulence on the descent. While I repeated "please don't cry" over and over again in my head, he was fascinated by the overhead reading lamps and the lighted "no smoking" signs. Not one peep.  Not sure where we'l fly next, but we're excited to take him traveling with us!

Humor in the Davis house

Nate started smiling at us last week and it is our favorite thing to see.  In an effort to share the cuteness, I took this short video which provided a different source of entertainment but we found it too funny not to share.

nate's smile from Maura Davis on Vimeo.