2 Months Already!

It's hard to believe that our little man is 8 weeks old today! We were talking yesterday, and William's stay in the hospital seems like a lifetime ago, yet, we can't believe how big he is getting. Every day seems like he is reaching a new milestone. He has more alert times, and the alert times are longer. William loves staring at lights. He is also starting to grasp objects, shirt collars, fingers, and mommy's hair. Happy 2 month birthday William, we love you!

Merry Be-Lated Christmas!

These past two days have been jam packed with family time. Christmas Eve we enjoyed a delicious Prime Rib dinner with Grandpa Steve, Grandma Susan, and Uncle Ryan. The dogs, Maggie and Riley were surprisingly well behaved and got to meet William after dinner was over.

We called it a somewhat early evening and headed home to put our Christmas jammies on. William wore his Cowboy Santa pj's from Aunt Betsy and it was off to bed for us. The Cowboy Santa was so cute, we decided to make it his Christmas day outfit too!

Christmas day, while busy, also managed to be somewhat relaxing. William allowed us to sleep in until 8:15, which was a nice present for us! When we ventured downstairs, we saw that Santa had visited and piled a good amount of gifts under the tree...most of the presents would be leaving with us, but William did get a few things...mainly clothes, a few books, and toys.

Once the gifts were opened, and mom and dad enjoyed a Christmas breakfast, we headed out for a family walk. After all, we had to work off the calories we would be consuming at the two family dinners. It was a beautiful, but chilly morning! Thank you Jason and Caitlin for William's outfit...he was definitely the warmest out of all of us.

Our first stop of the day was Grandma Victoria and Grandpa Dave's where we opened gifts, and enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner, complete with sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, and stuffing! It was so good!

We were then off to our other Grandparents for turkey dinner round two. Somehow, mom and dad had enough room for the second dinner. William got to meet his cousins, Jacob and Owen, and opened even more gifts.

It was a long day, but we loved spending time with our families!

Sleep!

Somehow, the hospital had engrained in us that William needed to eat every 3 hours, which meant 1 am and 4 am feedings. Every night we would set an alarm for these feeding times, and wake Will up. That is, until Jen asked us what we were doing. Thank you Jen for nicely explaining to us that as long as William was putting on weight, he would wake us up when he was hungry. This is hands down some of the best advice we have received! William has been waking up once in the night, usually around 3 am, and then sleeping the rest of the night...this past weekend we slept in until 8 am! Thank you Jen!!!

Countdown to Christmas!

It is hard to believe that Christmas is in less than a week! But, we've done our best and feel ready. This past weekend we were visited by our good friends Jen and son Alex, and Margaret who is home for Christmas. I think Will was taken by Margaret and we hope she will be moving back to Seattle soon!

Around the White household, the presents have been bought (still need to be wrapped), Christmas tree has been purchased and decorated

and the stockings have been hung.

Today, with the help of Auntie Ellen, cookies have been baked. We baked chocolate chip, snickerdoodle, and peanut butter chocolate kisses...yum!

We wish everyone a very merry Christmas!

Santa...He Does Exist!

After much debating, we decided to brave the cold and take William for his first Santa visit at Redmond Town Center. The line, which was outside, was surprisingly short, and after about 30 minutes, William got to meet the man in the red suit! I'm sure Santa will bring him all sorts of good stuff this year.

Happy Supposed "Birth Day"

Well, yesterday, December 6th, was William's supposed birth date. Instead, he was 36 days old! It's still hard to believe. He is growing up so quickly. His newborn clothes barely fit and we are getting ready to transition him into his 0-3 month clothes. We tried his "going home outfit" on again, and it is still too big.

We are falling into a comfortable routine and Bailee is more comfortable with him. She is quite the concerned older sister, checking in on him whenever she hears him fussing around. We've been going on daily walks, when the weather permits, and William is as content as can be, cooing all the way. He is having more awake time, is smiling, and tracking/focusing on objects (ie his parents and Bailee). :)

Uncle Ryan Visits!

Today William got to meet his Uncle Ryan, who happens to also be his Godfather. These two are going to have lots of fun in the years to come.

1 Month Dr. Appointment

William had his one month doctor visit today and had a perfect check-up. He now weighs 8 lbs 8 oz and measures 21.5 inches which means that he has gained over 2 lbs since he was born and grown over 2 inches. William is gaining about 1.5 oz a day. Way to go little man!