Growing Boy

I know I have talked about how fast Kale is growing but it really sank in today when I was packing up his premie and newborn clothes. It is hard to believe we brought him home and he was wearing premie clothes and now he is in 3 months. I was looking at the premie clothes in disbelief....thinking to myself did my son actually wear those? haha he is so big now it is hard to imagine him that small again. As I was packing his clothes away to make room in his closet, because this kid has a ton of clothes...I mean I think we could open up a baby clothing store :) Ryan was watching him and we hadn't opened up all of his toys yet because there are some that he is too young to play with right now. Well I was having Ryan open a set of toys and Ryan yelled for me to come in there and he said HURRY. I was scared Kale was hurt and came running and as soon as I rounded the corner I saw him putting his rattle up to his mouth. Ryan had put it up to his hand and he had grabbed it. He absolutely loved holding it too.. It was like he knew he had reached a milestone and was so proud of himself. He was just shaking away at the rattle and pulling it up to his mouth sucking all with a big smile on his face. It was the cutest thing ever and Ryan and I just stopped and watched him so proud of our little boy. He is doing pretty much everything he should be doing at this age according to our what to expect in the first year book. The only thing he hasn't quite yet accomplished is rolling over, which is kind of Ryan and I's fault because he absolutely HATES to be on his stomach. He HATES tummy time. I mean he screams and screams doesn't cry but it is a very pissed off scream when we put him on his tummy for tunmy time so we don't do it as much as we should. I mean it really isn't that big of a deal to me. My sister didn't do tummy time with Jayden that much because Jayden hated it and Jayden never crawled but started walking at a super early age. So, if Kale is like Jayden and just doesn't crawl that really isn't that big of a deal to me. Not every kid crawls. I mean ofcourse I would love to see my little boy crawl as I think it would be just the cutest thing in the world but it is not something that a child has to do. It is not something that is going to mess them up if they don't do is what I am trying to say. So we will see. We are trying to warm him up more and more to tummy time but the kid just doesn't like it. I mean if that is the only thing he is not doing is rolling over then I think he is just perfect and every child develops at their own rate. and Kale is doing everything else he should be doing at this age. He definitely has him vowels down, I really think he is going to be an early talker..and I KNOW he is going to be a talker like his mama and not quiet and reserved like his daddy. You can just tell he wants to talk so bad by the amount he coos. I mean the kid could write a book in coos.. HAHA :) he tells a bunch of stories :) I love it though. My mom says she thinks its because Ryan and I talk to him as much as we do. It said in the parenting book to talk to them like a normal adult and leave pauses for their responses. Ryan and I have been doing that since day 1 and now he responds to you during the pauses just in his own language :) I mean anytime he is awake one of us is always down on the floor beside him talking to him. He loves it and we love it. We have gotten tons of comments from people and doctors on how much he coos and they have never seen a baby at that age coo that much andalso on how alert he is for his age. So that is how I know he is definitely going to be a talker...haha but its ok I was and I will always be here for him to talk to. He loves his toys now though. We have this toy that sings to him and lights up Mr. Bear it is a toy that he can lay under or you can change it to where it looks at him while he is sitting up in his bouncer. The kid adores Mr. bear he smiles at him and talks a hundred miles a minute to him. That toy keeps the kid occupied for hours. It is awesome..it is something that will come in handy once Ryan goes back to work and I need to cook dinner, I can just bring Mr. Bear and Kale and his bouncer in the kitchen and be good to go. I like though that he enjoys his toys and keeps himself occupied that shows independence and that is something that Ryan and I both want to teach Kale at an early age. We don't want him to be the type of little boy who grows up and relies on me to do everything for him. He is going to need to be independent and support a family one day, so we want him to learn this at an early age.

He can follow objects now and it is so funny. Ryan will fluter his hands like a bird and move them all around and Kale will follow them with his eyes it is the cutest thing EVER. He also can bring his hands together which another thing he should be doing at this age. He is doing so good and growing so fast it is bitter sweet. Ryan and I have decided that once Kale is a little over a year we are going to try for kid #2. Hopefully it will be a girl because Ryan only wants two kids but I told him I HAD to have a little girl and we were going to keep having them until I got one. So hopefully baby #2 will be a girl. But how I look at it seriously is its all in God's will we will seriously try again one last time if baby #2 is not a girl but if baby 3 is still not a girl then I take it as God just doesn't think I should have one. Probably because he knows I am a shopper and would put us in serious debt shopping for a little girl.....there are so many cute dresses :) I even spend a lot with Kale. We are going to the beach in a couple weeks so I bought him 2 more bathing suits at old navy on Friday. They were on sale for $8 and you can't beat that and he needs more than just one bathing suit!! :) That was my reasoning..I mean we will be at the beach for a week.