6 Months old!!!

So Wednesday was Rex's 6 month birthday! I can't believe how fast he is growing up! It makes me happy that he is getting bigger and learning new things but at the same time I'm sad at how fast it is going by! Kids really do grow up too fast! if he keeps up at this pace, he will be married before I know it lol. Here are some things about him:

• Right now he is about 14  1/2 pounds and 23 inches long, he is only in the 5% for a 6 month old but that is ok since he was a month early, but he is catching up! He finally made it onto the charts!
• Rex is such a happy boy! He is always smiling and laughing (except, it seems when I get the camera out he stops to stare at the camera)
• He is rolling from his tummy to his back and is so close to start rolling from his back to his tummy.
• He can sit up pretty well with support, and it won’t be long till he is doing that on his own too.
• He LOVES his hands and constantly has his fingers in his mouth sucking on them and drooling all over :)
• He likes to scream (happily) when he is happy, he is screaming an squealing! I don’t know how we got such a loud boy since Andrew and I are both pretty quiet, (2 negatives equal a positive, so 2 quiet people equal a loud one???)
• He likes to be around people hates when he has to leave to go to sleep. He really fights it with kicking and punching and growling (yes he growls! lol) but he usually falls asleep pretty quick.
• He sleeps between 7-10 hours at night! which I love! He only takes short little naps during the day but I don’t mind as long as he sleeps through the night. It has helped me not be so exhausted at work.
• He is getting very curious. I love when he is trying to figure out something cuz he gets a very concentrated look on his face

Well here are some pictures of him from the last few months.

6 months old!

Rolling over!

   Smiling with his fingers in his mouth

“Tough Guy” outfit

Trying to feed himself

Cute camo outfit at 3 months

Blessing outfit at 2 months (Thanks Lacey for the cute baby tux!) And our family pic on his blessing day. We blessed him at home at the advice of his doctor and only had our immediate family.

All the men who stood in the circle for his blessing: My Dad, Andrew, my brother Spencer, Andrew’s Dad, My Brother Mitchell, My Grandpa Smith, and then Andrew’s brother Alex in front and my Great Grandpa Dalley. My brother Jourdan couldn’t make it since he was out of state for school.
Baby Rex and his Great-Great Grandpa Rex Dalley! So glad Rex was born in time to meet his namesake! Grandpa Dalley just passed away this month and he was such a wonderful man! He was 96 years old and always had a story to tell and knew everyone everywhere! I hope my Rex can grow up to be a least half as great as he was!

I'm a slacker

Ok yes I've been a slacker at posting lately....I promise to get some up but for now, my mom has been posting a lot so if you want to see some more posts about Rex, you can visit her blog :


http://ronandaprilsmith.blogspot.com

Merry Christmas!

Sewing lessons

So my friend Lacey is starting to teach sewing, knitting, and crochet lessons. She is amazing and has been sewing since she was a little girl. She has made costumes for theaters all over Utah and is an awesome seamstress. If you want to learn how to sew/knit/crochet or need help on any projects, she is happy to offer lessons. She can help you make your own pattern for something if you don't have one or alter a pattern to your needs. She can do anything! She helped me make my car seat cover in a few posts down. You can view her blog here: sewinglessonsutah.blogspot.com

5 Generations

Rex is lucky to have one of his great-great grandfathers alive and we were able to get a 5 generation picture with him. He is the grandfather who Rex is named after—Rex Dalley, my Dad’s maternal grandfather and is 96 years young! My mom made this cute little scrapbook layout with the picture. I think you can click on it to see it bigger/better.

Grandpa Ronald Smith(my dad!) Great-Grandma Merilyn Smith, Rex Wilkins, Alyse Wilkins, Great-Great Grandpa Rex Dalley

Halloween Fun

Carving pumpkins with Andrew’s brother Alex and his wife Kayla

First pumpkin says “Rex” second is just a goofy face with humongous ears…Both of them Andrew did.

My pumpkin :)

Kayla’s pumpkin

And for some reason, I didn’t get a good picture of Alex’s pumpkin

We didn’t take Rex trick-or-treating but we did have my Smith family Halloween party to go to and I couldn’t resist dressing him up! He was a cute little Fireman:

Rex’s new friend.

So the other day I took Rex to go visit my cousin and her baby Isaac who is about 2 months older than him. Since they are both still pretty small…they didn’t do much interacting with each other but it was still cute to see them together. Here are a few pics from the day

“Uggh mom! I’m so bored can we leave yet?”

 

“Hmm…what can I do to get us out of here quick?”

“Hehehe…I got it…something she will never expect…now I just have to be really sneaky…”

“Errh…ehh…grumpf…pfif…”

“Ahhh…mission complete…”

 

“Evil exploding diaper! (Cue evil laugh) Mwahahaha!”

Ok that’s not really what happened but I thought the pictures fit and were funny…Rex has a pretty expressive face sometimes and provides us with much entertainment :) We love him so much!

2 months

Today Rex is 2 months old...well since I'm writing this at 11:55, by the time I post this he will be 2 months and 1 day....lol

Well today he had his 2 month appointment and he is 8lbs 4 oz! that is double what he was at birth! he has also grown 3 inches and is now 19 inches long. He is getting to be such a big boy! 2 months has flown by. I returned to work this week and it was hard. I do like being back and being around grown ups but I miss Rex everyday.

Anyway here are some pics to show how much he has grown. I don't remember how old he was in the first 2 pictures but he was still in the hospital and about 4lbs. 8oz. The other 2 pics are from today. (I think you can click on them to see them bigger)

 Big yawn!

Crafting....

So I like to do crafts. All sorts of crafts. While I was pregnant with Rex I made a few things for him. First off, I got a car seat from Andrew's cousin, however it had been in their garage and was all dusty and gross so I decided to make new padding for it. I wish I took before pictures of it but I forgot. It was an ugly dark brown plaid color and it was just dirty and gross but here are the after pics

I also crocheted this blanket for him

His name...just letters from Hobby lobby covered in cute paper and modge podge :)

7 weeks old

I can't believe how time flies! My little baby is 7 weeks old! Although technically since he was 5 weeks early, he should only be 2 weeks old. But Rex is doing good and gaining weight. His weight yesterday was 7 lbs 3 oz. so he has gained 3 lbs 2 oz since birth! He seems so big compared to when he was born even though he is the size of an actual newborn now. He is now in newborn size diapers and some newborn clothes although he still fits into most of his preemie clothes. I love watching him sleep-he looks so peaceful and cute and frequently smiles in his sleep. I also love when he is awake. He has the cutest bright eyed little face and looks so alert and curious. He sleeps like any newborn and is up every 3-4 hours during the night.

Sasha is a cute "big sister" to Rex. Although she does get frustrated with us since we won't let her lick or get too close to him. She gets really curious and concerned when he cries or makes any noise and makes sure to let us know by nudging us (as if we don't hear him lol) a few times she has tried to give her toys to Rex so he can play with her. It's cute.

Here is Rex when he is 1 day old so you can kind of see how small he was and how much he has grown.

 

 Rex at 5 weeks

 Rex at 1 month

 Rex at 7 weeks

 Andrew is such a cute dad!

 Smiling in his sleep!