5 months old

Five months old, 21.9 pounds of pure awesomeness. Little one has had a killer cold so sleep has been elusive this month yet he continues to grow and amaze us. Keegan no longer likes his bouncy seat and prefers to be upright in his high chair playing with toys while we eat. He loves jumping -in your lap or the jumperoo- and can be entertained that way for 20 minutes at a time. K is starting to do sit ups and gets quite the ab workout on his changing table. Lil man sleeps in bed with momma and puts himself to sleep by burying in face in the side of mom's pillow and watching stars on the ceiling. Keegan has quite the grip and can pull himself up to sitting by holding onto your fingers. He is a smiley boy nearly all the time who lights up the lives of everyone around him. He chuckles and squeals with joy and fills my heart.

Squish

Squish
Grayson muchly enjoys squishing and holding his little brother. Keegan's reception of this squishing varies but in general he is amazingly tolerant and I think on some level he knows he is much loved. I can only hope he never doubts that is loved, ever, because he always will be.

Sleeping? ??

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Lately Keegan has been a bit chatty in the night.  This is what I get to try to sleep through ;)

Carseat cuteness

Bouncin and Chattin- all in a day's work

Four Months Old

Four months have passed since Keegan was born, four months that have just absolutely flown by.  He is no longer my little baby (emphasized by meeting Janine and Austin's two week old baby Dean this week) he is getting so big.
Keegan weighs 19 pounds and 14.5 oz, he is 26 1/4 inches long, he is growing out of his six month sized clothing, he doesn't bobble his head, he can roll over from belly to back, he can roll from back to side, he can screech like a pterodactyl, he can squeal with joy, he can reach for and pick up a toy, he can hold on for dear life, he can make my heart melt with a smile and some dimples, he is precious and perfect and loved.
Time is going too fast- I am back to work full time now - I have five months until we get to be together more days in a week than not again. Keegan can push up on his arms, he can hold his head in line with his body- he is four months old and changing every single day.  I get so emotional when I realize how fast it all does go- I will be honest I don't love every single minute (how can you really love every minute when some of them involve being screamed at, pooped on, puked on or hit- really) but I do cherish every single day I am given with this boy who is lights up every room with his easy going personality and his joy.
Keegan isn't sleeping much these days- those glorious nights of 5 to 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep have passed- and he really hates his crib big so he and I are still sharing a bed- but I am so much less stressed about it than I was with his older brother.  I now realize what I couldn't possibly have known with my first child- it will all happen eventually. Someday he will sleep on his own, someday he will eat solids, someday he will soothe himself- but that someday is not today and probably isn't this month or maybe even next month and I am honestly okay with that.  I almost think on some level I will be sad when he sleeps on his own, when he isn't snuggled with his little body up against mine all night long (I will NOT however be sad to sleep more than 1 to 2 hours at a time though or to sleep in my amazing comfy bed upstairs again) because I know that once that passes it doesn't come back.

Just Chillin'

Just Chillin- hanging in Big Brother's bean bag chair

Three Months Old

Keegan is already three months old and has changed a bunch in the last month!

Now

• He likes to play in his jumperoo and his tall and strong enough to use it for 15 or more minutes at a time
• can hold his head steady when you pull him up by his arms
• can roll from his back to his side
• can roll from his belly to his back to the right
• can sleep with mom in the bed for 6 or more hours at a time
• is becoming a bit more independent- he can hang out in a bouncy seat or in his crib playing for 10 or more minutes all by himself and doesn't need to be held 24/7
• can laugh- he laughed for the first time on New Year's Day- what a great start to 2012!!
• Is stretching to the tips of his six 6 month suits
• doesn't cry everytime we are in the car :)
• stays awake for 2-3 hours at a time
• is generally awesome and amazing and precious and just wonderful

Keegan's First Christmas

Clearly not thrilled about something on Christmas Eve

Such a big boy hanging out in the high chair while the rest of the family cooked Christmas Eve dinner

In his Christmas suit from Auntie Courtney

Being festive with Auntie Tev on Christmas morning at Mimi's house

Jealous that he can't eat Christmas dinner- thank goodness he has such a nice big brother

Keegan's first Christmas :)

Schmitz Family Christmas

We celebrated our little family's Christmas on 12-23 just the four of us.  It was lovely- Keegan had a blast hanging in his seat and watching his big brother open packages and wildly spin around the living room.  We spent the day at home in comfy clothes- just hanging out and letting Grayson explore his new toys while we all watched- Keegan included :)
Happy Holidays indeed

And the little one said Roll Over, Roll Over

Keegan spent the morning at home with Daddy and his cousin Jessica playing and having a grand time-- and apparently he felt like showing off during tummy time as he ROLLED OVER!!
On four seperate occassions he rolled over from his tummy to his back to the right side. Lil man is going to be mobile before we know it- we had better cherish this nice time when he can't get away from where we place him :)

11 weeks old

watching TV

Tummy Time with big bro

Happy Schmitz/Copp Family Christmas

BIG talks and Snuggles with Uncle Tim at Family Christmas

Keegan's first trip to Candy Cane Lane

9 weeks old

Keegan had a busy 9th week of life ....
He met mommy's friend Juju and her son Jonathan, went to Poppa's birthday party, started to like hanging out in his bouncy seat for more than a minute at a time and general was adorable all around.

Two months old

Keegan is already two months old. He is growing so fast. Keegan can hold his head up on his own most of the time already- he is so strong. He is also quite big-- greater than the 95th percentile in both height and weight at 15 pounds 2.5 oz and 24 3/4 inches long- he has already grown out of all of his 3 month clothes and is now in 6 month clothes. He is starting to get frustrated with the moby if he is awake so he got to go shopping in the sling this week and seemed much happier to be able to look all around. Keegan squeals and smiles and coos and looks at people and toys- he is getting pretty interactive.  He hates tummy time, loves snuggles and is a pretty chill lil dude.

8 weeks old

Keegan is already 8 weeks old!
We had kind of a rough week during week 7- Keegan could not or would not sleep for more than 30-45 minutes and mommy was exhausted and therefore not her best self. Therefore, mommy and Keegan are sharing a bed again and it seems as though sleep is getting back on track- Keegan has been sleeping in three hour chunks again for the last few days and that is much more doable.
Keegan is getting very strong- he can mostly hold his head up, can push up a little when on his tummy, smiles, squeals and is generally precious.
He is already outgrowing his 0-3 month clothes so this weekend we will need to wash and get all of his 3-6 month sized clothes ready.  He has his two month appointment next week- I can hardly wait to see how much he has grown.