Like father, like son part II

For all of you who say John looks like Larry, here is a comparison. 

I see it mostly in the forehead and eyes.  John's nose is definitely wider than Larry's, though.  And, the area under the nose looks very similar as well. 

Three Months Old!

Today baby John is three months old!  Time is definitely going faster the second time around.  He goes to the doctor in a week, and I think he has grown a lot.  I'm pretty sure he weighs over 16 pounds already, and he's in all 3-6 month clothing (and has been for a while).  He's even outgrowing some 3-6 clothes. 

Overall he's a pretty good baby.  He still wakes up twice every night, though.  I'd love to start making him cry it out a little, but I don't want to lose my milk supply.  For a while he was easy to predict as he'd do the eat-play-sleep pattern every three hours.  Now, he's starting to stay awake longer and sometimes doesn't sleep between feedings.  Just when I got him figured out he threw a wrench in my schedule...

I thought I'd include a few recent pictures of my little guy.  Enjoy! 

Read my shirt!

Already trying to copy his brother...

Look at his foot!  He did this himself!  Later it was off...then back on again!

Pumpkin Patch (Fantozzi Farm)

This past Saturday we went to Fantozzi Farms in Patterson (where we own a house that we don't live in).  I saw an ad in the paper that it was their opening day, and it looked like they had a lot of things for little boys.  They also have a corn maze for bigger boys, but we decided not to do it this year mostly because it would have cost an extra 8 dollars, but also because Jacob wouldn't care anyway.  Here are some pictures of our fun day!   

The cow train--the cars barely fit a grown man



Poor John had to stay behind with his mom

Instead of a sand box, they had a corn kernel box--very fun and VERY dusty!

Pumpkins!  Although we didn't even buy one...

Corn Cannon--you shoot corn and try to hit a target.  Jacob and Larry did not win...

Hay bale pyramid

10 Weeks Old!

Instead of a two-month check-up, John had a 10-week check up--not a bad thing, really, but it's hard to see where he fits in the growth charts.  Today he went to the doctor; today he is 10 weeks and one day old (two months and 9 days). 

He weighed 14 lbs, 3 oz.  From what I can tell, if he were two months, he'd be in the 90th percentile for weight (very close to what Jacob was despite being born three weeks earlier..).  For height, he was 23 1/2 inches long--probably 75th percentile (in contrast to Jacob being 25 inches and completely off the chart!).  I guess I just have big babies. 

Besides that, he has ptosis (a droopy left eyelid).  He went to a pediatric opthamalogist last week, but everything seems to be fine with his vision.  We have to go back every two months for a while to make sure he is using his left eye as much as his right.  He also has a tendancy to turn his head to the right side (not connected to ptosis, I don't think), so now I have to purposefully turn his head 10 times to the left after every diaper change.  I hope I remember.

Life with two kids is going very well; at least I can say that most days.  John has almost settled into the eat, play, sleep pattern where he eats every three hours.  He doesn't do this in the evenings, but the morning and afternoon are usually on this schedule.  He also has been sleeping a good 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 hours stretch at night; sometimes I make it with only having to get up once during the night (if he wakes up twice, I'm up feeding him at 5 or 5:30). 

I'll leave you with a couple of pictures of my little chubby guy...

In Jacob's big boy bed!

One billion dollars (think Dr. Evil)

It's hard not to be thankful when you get smiles like this!

Mommy's Little Helper

Jacob has figured out that he can reach almost anything as long as he can pull a kitchen chair nearby.
He can talk to his brother in his crib...















or he can climb in the crib himself...

sometimes I worry about Johnny's safety!

 

Occasionally I find him in the cutest places!  I think he was washing his hands....

then he picked up a sponge....

so I gave him a pot to clean! 

Lately he's been obsessed with putting on his swim diapers.  This day I guess he decided one was not enough!  He put on every single one he could find...

 And sometimes one really wouldn't be enough!

 

One thing is sure, this kid makes me laugh just as much as he frustrates me with his constant mess-making. 

Three weeks comparison!

When I realized that John was wearing the same shirt Jacob wore around three weeks, I decided to stage a picture to show their similarities and differences.  Jacob appears much older because he was born three weeks later (at 42 weeks instead of 39).  He was already smiling and everything.  John has yet to give us a good smile while awake...he does make pretty cute ones when he sleeps, though...

Here's.....Johnny!

 John Michael Zylstra was born July 7, 2011 at 8:08 am.  This experience was nothing like the first.  We arrived at the hospital at 6:00 am and had a baby two hours later.  I was given staples instead of glue, and my arms didn't shake at all like they did with Jacob.  I also knew what to expect in terms of recovery, and because last time so much went wrong, this time has seemed like a piece of cake.  Imagine calling major abdominal surgery a piece of cake!  The only thing better about last time was I got to hold Jacob in the OR recovery room while this time I didn't get to hold my son until two hours after his delivery.  Thankfully, they asked Larry to hold him skin-to-skin on his chest which he did for about twenty minutes before coming to check on me in the recovery room.  Here is a picture Larry took of Johnny in the nursery. 

 On Saturday, two days later, my mother-in-law brought Jacob to meet his new brother.  Here is our first family picture.  Please ignore my hospital look.  We also went home that day!  (Jacob stayed with Larry's mom for almost two more days...thankfully!)

Now we are getting used to being a family, and Jacob is slowly getting used to his little brother.  So far he has only made him cry once...

Here are some pictures we took of Johnny when he was one week old!

We've also started our own version of tummy time...well, we've done it once!  This was my sister-in-law Karena's idea for getting him used to being on his tummy.  (She's a physical therapist!) 

So far Johnny is an excellent baby and really just sleeps, eats, and poops!  Right now he's been sleeping way too long, so I better go wake him up and feed him.  Usually he wakes up every two to three hours to eat, but he LOVES his mid-morning nap. 

I'm sure I'll have more to come very soon!