Tristan's Story

Late last night and then a few times today, Tristan laughed out loud for the first time. He's been squealing and cooing for weeks now, but he's just now starting to laugh like a 'big boy'. Soooo cute!! :D

We got our newborn photographs back on Friday. They're so beautiful! Thanks to the lovely Brooke at "Memories by Brooke" in Canton. They were well worth the wait!! I found some frames from storage, so we finally have our beautiful baby boy's picture on our walls here at my mom's house. Hopefully they'll be gracing our *own* walls sometime soon.

In other news, Tristan is finally starting to like his swing. This morning, he played and sang along to the music and then fell asleep... he was there over an hour before he decided he'd had enough. Then this evening, he was fussy so we put him back in it, and he fell right to sleep... He slept and swung for a good 30-45 minutes. I'm so glad he's found a way to entertain himself - and that we're getting some use out of our baby gear!

I'll update with pictures soon. :)

Tristan had his 2-month well-baby visit today.

His appointment was at 10 am, so unfortunately, I had to wake him up from his nap to take him, and he was pretty fussy the whole time we were there. He weights 11 lbs., 9 oz. now (up almost 3 pounds from birth) and is 23 inches long (up 2 from birth). He had to get 5 vaccinations in 3 shots, poor baby.

I gave him Tylenol before we went, and again after we got back, and he's been doing pretty great ever since. No fever or redness, knock on wood. What a strong little guy I have! :0)

I'm a day late, Easter was yesterday. But we had a pretty busy day and got home late, so please forgive me. :0)

Yesterday was Tristan's first major holiday. YAY! Here's what the Easter bunny brought him:

In case you can't tell, that's a race car basket with Cars plastic eggs, a "My 1st Easter" stuffed bunny, a book, a "Chicks Dig Me" onesie, a duck wrist rattle, and a plastic ball. Plus, a card, of course, for his scrapbook. ;0)

After he got his goodies, we loaded up and drove to Bedford for Easter lunch at Aunt Monica's house. Also there were Uncle Todd, Aunt Libby & Uncle Roy, Stefany & Specer with Mallorie and Makenzie, Grandpa & Melissa, G-Gma, and TJ. It was nice for Tristan to finally get to meet his extended family! There was an Easter egg hunt, plus GGma gave him a big stuffed rabbit, and Aunt M had a cozy blanket and some burp cloths. Thanks everyone!

That evening, we stopped at Aunt Lori and Uncle Steve's house to visit. Tristan just loves to play with his cousin, Ashley. They had already given him his Easter gift -a cute stuffed duck that makes noises. We had Easter dinner there, and got in lots of play time and then headed home.

Tristan was exhausted and easily slept all night once he got settled in!

Here are a couple of pics from our time at Aunt Lori's house: