Like Father, Like Son

9 week Update

Ben had his 9 week Dr.'s appointment this last Thursday (technically I guess it was his 2 month visit). If you can believe this, he weighs a whopping 13 lbs 14 oz!! Yes, that's right. Our 2 month old little boy weighs practically 14 lbs! I guess he has those Gutwein male genes in him after all:)

He got his shots this time around, but handled them very well. We are enjoying a little bit longer stretches of sleep at night- usually from about 10:00 until 3:00 now. I know- I hardly know what to do with myself getting 5 hours of sleep at a time!! It's all going by so quickly. I can't really believe that I only have 3 weeks of maternity leave left!!

Happy 26th Nick!

This past Sunday Nick turned the big 2-6! We had a great weekend of celebration. Saturday night Nick and I were able to go out on our first alone date since Ben was born. This was a very big deal for us, and very hard for me to leave the little guy, but once we were out the door I felt free as a bird and we had a great time! We went to Perkinsville, IN, of all places, and ate at Bonge's Tavern. If you haven't had the chance to eat at this place, let me tell you, you have to go! The atmosphere is what you would expect from a hole in the wall place, but the food is the opposite. Nick had Prime Rib Cap, which is the best part of the RibEye steak trimmed out. I had some sort of delicious white fish, of which the name is escaping me right now:) All in all it was a great date!

Sunday we took Ben to church for the first time, also a pretty big deal. He did great! Then in the afternoon our friends Mike and Erin came over to help us celebrate and eat ice cream cake- we always have a good time hanging out with them! Pretty soon (hopefully sooner rather than later, right Erin?) they will have a little boy to play with Ben!!



In other recent Vollmer news, we had a visit from our friend Meg not too long ago. She moved away to MA about 2 years ago and I miss her so much! Meg and her precious little boy Brodyn stayed and visited Ben and I for an entire day, and I don't think the two of us stopped flapping:) Thanks for visiting Meg!




While I'm at it blogging, I thought I'd give a Ben update. He is now almost 9 weeks old (we go to the dr. tomorrow), and guess what he found this week? Yep, that dear old thumb. This cracks me up... but I don't want Ben to be a thumb sucker and have to wear one of the mouth things like his Aunt Al did when she was a little girl! (Sorry Al!) So I've been trying to replace it with his pacifier whenever I catch him. Just this morning I heard him stirring on the monitor, so I went to go get him up from his nap, and what did I find??? See below...

Yep, just chomping and chewing away on that thumb!! After I pulled it out of his mouth, this is the look that I get...

"Really Mom, why did you have to take that away? I was enjoying that!!"

Ben's "Newborn" pictures

This last week we had a photographer come to the house and take pictures of Ben. They are technically his newborn pictures, although he is not really a newborn anymore! They turned out absolutely precious, so I thought I would share. The gallery of pictures is available on the photographer's website, so just follow the instructions below! They will only be there until next Monday...

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I don't know how we will decide what to order!!

Growing So Fast

Ben has hit a couple of milestones these last couple of days so I thought I would share! He has really started holding his head up a lot better. By no means does he have full head control, but he's sure trying! I put him in his Bumbo seat to just see how he would do- he loved it! It didn't last long, but it was so cute to see him in there- he just looked so grown up!

He has also been starting to wear his 3-6 month size clothes... yes, you heard me. My 7 week old baby is wearing 3-6 month clothes! His 0-3 month things still fit for the most part, which is good, but he is just growing so fast!

Last milestone is a big one. He moved from the bassinet in our bedroom to the crib in his nursery! It's nice to finally be using his room as a fully functioning room.

Weekend Update

It's funny to think about the weekend these days, only because Saturday feels the same as a Tuesday to me! I seriously can't keep my days straight! The major difference is that Nick is not working and is able to be at home spending time with Ben and me.

We had a great weekend- went up to Francesville Friday night and spent time with Nick's family, then spent the night over at my Mom's house. Everyone was very excited to see Ben, as always! Mom even made me a very delicious brownie dessert that justified the drive up there! We came home Saturday afternoon and were pretty lazy for the rest of the weekend. We were not feeling up to taking Ben to church yet- it's a scary thought taking him into such a big crowd of people!

Hope you all had a good weekend too...

Many of you probably recognize this chair...

it was my Dad's recliner and is as old as the hills!!

Nick loves it- he keeps it in his "man room" and it looks like

someone else is loving it too!

There is something very sweet about seeing my son sit in Dad's chair...

he would just love this picture:)

A precious Father/Son moment captured

They were very tired from posing their hands for the picture above...
had to take a nap!

6 Week Check Up

Tummy time

Ben and I ventured out of the house today to the pediatrician's office for his 6 week visit. All good news! He weighs 11 pounds 4 ounces, and is 24 inches long! I feel like some Mom's are always talking in "percentile's", like "he's in the 95th percentile" or whatever. Well I have no idea what percentile Ben is in, I forgot to ask. I'm sure I could Google it;)

I can hardly believe it's been 6 weeks! This means that I'm halfway through my maternity leave (which I don't like to think about too much). It has flown by, but I've had a few of my mom friends tell me that the 2nd half will go much slower than the 1st half. I can believe this, considering a good chunk of the first half was spent in the hospital! So with 6 weeks left and beautiful weather, I plan on lots of walks and trips to Clay Terrace.

ALSO, very exciting news... drum roll please... I'm back in my pre-pregnancy jeans!!! I was so proud this morning. Although I have to admit, even though they technically fit, they don't fit the way they used to. I think things have shifted around a bit. Oh well, it's still exciting. Now it's time to focus on getting swimsuit ready. I think we'll forget the bikini this year and settle for a nice looking tankini:)