2 months!

 This month was wonderful! Our sweet boy has grown so much. Here is the post for month 2. I will post his 2 month picture(s) on or before Friday this week, along with a comparison collage of newborn pictures, 1 month, and 2 months.

Milestones:

-Baby Blessing: He received a formal blessing from his daddy on February 21st. In our church, infants aren't baptized. They do receive formal blessings in front of the congregation usually from their father or another family member holding the Melchizedek priesthood when they are a month old. Pictures of this below! :)
-Dancing! He loves music and dances to happy songs. The first one he danced to (outside my belly :) was "I like to move it move it" from the movie "Madagascar". His favorite as of 6 weeks old is "What does the fox say?" by Ylvis. Mommy is a little tired of that song, but it's always cute and brings a giant smile and fuzzy feeling to my heart. <3
-He held his bottle for the first time by himself. It was only for a few seconds, but he loves to feel my hands when I feed him with a bottle. I can tell he is feeling them to learn how my hands hold the bottle. He often plays with and touches my hands and then tries to copy how my hands are by putting his hands on the bottle. I love watching him learn.
-He can hold his head off the ground for more than a minute and he holds it up so high that his chest comes off the floor. He has also started scooching/ army crawling a little bit.
-I FINALLY saw him roll over! It was precious and made me cry and laugh with joy. I love watching him reach these milestones (even though he rolled over at 2 weeks and a few more times since then while daddy was watching.)
-We can finally put him in his boppy so he can sit up a little on his own. He loves sitting up so he can look around more. It's so sweet to watch him explore and smile.
-He smiles when I wake him up. I say "good morning, Broc. How's my boy?" And he gives me the biggest happiest open-mouth smile.
-He now lifts his head so high that his torso is more than halfway off the ground. He's getting so close to crawling.
-He only fits a couple of little onesies and outfits that are 0-3 months. That's right, he's now size 3 months and above. At 2 months old. Oi!
-He has started to rub his eyes when he's sleepy, and it's so cute.
-He laughed so hard when we had friends over one night. What does he laugh at? Farts, of course. He is daddy's boy! And he thinks the fart gun my brother in law, Frank, bought us is the funniest thing ever.

6 Week Doctor Visit:

His doctor was so impressed and told me he's really far ahead of his age, developmentally. He's less than two months, but he's doing things that 3 and 4 month old babies do. The little bit of thrush that was on his tongue is also completely gone, which is nice.

Height: 23.5 inches
Weight: 11 pounds, 8 ounces**
Percentiles: same as last month.
**As of Tuesday, March 8th, he has grown almost a full pound to 12 pounds 5 ounces. No wonder he's been eating almost every hour during the day! Growing boy!

Baby Blessing pictures

After Broc's blessing outside the church. From left to right: Ema (Broc's Aunt/ my sister), Grandpa Frank, Daddy (Corry), Baby Broc, Mommy (Ashleigh/me), Papa (my dad), and Grandma Emily (my stepmom) I love this picture.

My beautiful boy in his blessing outfit and the blanket I arm knitted special for his blessing. Doesn't he look handsome? His little outfit was a tiny bit big on him. The vest makes it look huge, but really it wasn't that big. It was sized 3-6 months too. Big boy! Daddy is holding him in this picture.

A picture of the blanket I arm knitted for my boy's blessing. I am going to do this for all my kids, but next time I'm trying a different pattern. The one I found online was nice, but looks more like a basketball net haha.

This is just a close up of the first picture above of his blessing. I love this picture of us as a family. It makes me so happy. I love that we have a child, and that our little family has grown. I hope to print this picture and put it somewhere in our living room.

This picture makes me so happy. I love being a mother. I really do. I feel like I was absolutely meant to be a mommy. I adore my son, and I can't wait to have more children in the future. This little guy makes my heart soar, and gives me the greatest sense of worth. There's something amazing about being a mother to such a sweet and special little soul. Seeing him grow and learn brings me the greatest joy I could ever possibly imagine.