5 months.

Its been 5 months since we've had this little joy in our lives.

We just LOVE him to pieces and are so grateful he's a part of our family!
Happy 5 months little Dude!

At his {very late...(2wks ago)} 4 month check up Deacon was
weighing in at 17lbs 1 oz. {75 percentile}
and
27 inches long {93 percentile}.
He also got a few shots. I'm happy the nurse did them quickly. The poor little guy was not happy. And my heart just broke a little to see him in pain.



Deacon has recently discovered that he has toes. Although he'd love to suck on them, he cant quite get them in his mouth just yet. But he Loves to reach for them.


He started eating rice cereal. And like it. We're excited to move up from cereal and try something else {fruits & veggies} soon.


Not quite sure what his hair color is..in some light it looks auburn-like in others it's brown.


Around 4 1/2 months these two beauties crept their way into his mouth.
He was getting a little more fussy, his sleeping pattern had changed a little and he started loving sucking on his {or anyone he could get his hands onto} fingers, but I didn't think much of it. I'd been asked a few times if he was teething, but I thought he was too young. I was wrong. And one morning I really felt it..they just poked their way through over night. Thankfully they didn't bother him. He must have a strong tolerance for pain, thank goodness!


And he's finally tall enough to play in this amazing toy! He is fascinated by the all the fun things on this saucer. And he loves to use it to bounce.
{huge thank you to Bill and Tara for this great toy!}

--D loves to look at everything. Every time we enter a new room his head goes back & forth at lightening speed.
--He is quite the talker. Although we can't understand him he could talk for hours.
--Constantly learning & making new sounds. He tries hard to mimic the sounds of everyone around him.
--Loves to blow bubbles with his saliva.
--Loves to roll his tongue over his 2 new teeth often sticking it out at us.



The other day D and I went for a walk around the neighborhood and around the park. He started getting fussy and tired of being in the Baby Bjourn but by the time we got home his is how the walk ended.

The tricky part was getting him out without waking him...
I was unsuccessful.
It was a short nap.

Cereal Already?

With his little teeth coming in we thought that might be an indicator that its time to try some rice cereal. {That and we remembered the Wilburs had Channing try cereal around the same time and he had slept really good; we were hoping for the same. =] }

On Tuesday March 9th Jason went out and got cereal and new spoons. He was a little hesitant at first but after a few 'bite' {slurps} Jason couldn't feed him fast enough. Deacon was practically diving in for it.


He likes it!

Just one thing...unlike little Channing we're stilling waiting for him to sleep from sun down to past sun up. Guess the cereal isn't quite as filling as we had hoped!

Deacon Turns 3 months and then 4

So it has been a while since we have posted anything on the blog..... I hope that we don't wait so long for the next post. We have moved back from Hawaii and are now living with the parents for a couple of months.

It has been so long since a post; Deacon has turned 3 and now 4 months old.

In the last two months Deacon has been getting really good at the balancing trick (some people are not fans of this but its fun and he smiles ear to ear at 'his' accomplishment).
Matt and Gina gave Deacon this cool outfit. He looked really good.
The above is Deacon at his 4 Month photo shoot. He is getting so chunky.

He's been bitting his bottom lip and 'chewing' on his 2 little fingers more often, to which we have noticed....

This last week Deacon has two teeth on the bottom (Hard to see in this pic but, they are there) He is growing up so fast.

Why is it when we were kids the summers dragged on and on and now that we are older it feels as if we run by a different clock?

Success!

On December 18th 2009 Jason completed his Bachelors Degree at 

Brigham Young University-Hawaii in Pre-Professional Biology 

with a minor in BioChemistry. 

We are So proud. 

Is this almost over?... 

 

The Proof. 

 

The Graduate!

The Proud Wife. 

The Proud Parents.

"My Dad is Rad". The Proud Son. 

The Gang.

So sad. And so big.

This past Sunday Deacon turned 2 months old. And with that comes the dreaded  2 month check up and shots. 

{After taking Immunology last year in school Jason and I decided not to forgo getting his immunizations.} 

He handled the first shot pretty well, just let out a little cry then calmed down, it was the next 2 that were doosies. He cried. Not for very long due to rocking & bouncing him followed by putting him in his car seat and rocking him some more which put him right to sleep. 

Poor little guy.

 

As far as his stats goes:

he weighed in at 12 lbs, 14 oz. and he is 23 1/2 inches long.  

(They didn't give us the percentiles, but he is quite long)

These past few weeks he has grown so much. He's smiling more. Not just gassy smiles, real ones. He's more alert. More active, kicking his legs and moving his arms until you feel like they could fall off. And 'talking'--well, cooing.  And when he does, it just makes our hearts melt, its the best part of the day! 

 

 We love when he's awake and 'playing' with us, but we also just love it when he falls asleep on us. 

Our little guy

Well not only is Deacon warming up to the bath he warms it himself.  We both have had to sheild ourselves a number of times=).  

He even has started to like his vibrating chair! (Thanks Eric and Tish)

While I was studying for a test Michelle, Lauren, and Trevor had a little fun with Deacon and I really liked this one.  He has an excellent grip.  

Don't let the smiles fool you, he is a handful =) and we just love him so much! 

Last visitors in Hawaii

With only a couple of months (now weeks) left in hawaii we had some visitors. My Mom, Matt, and Arianna all got to meet Deacon and hit the beach for a little bit. With school going we were not able to hang out much but, we had a great time. It is just too bad there are selfish people that have to steal things.......but we still made it to get ice cream at the dole plantation!

(Above) Grandma and Deacon sharing some love with his new blanket that she made for him. We are grateful for Grandma and Mimi for making our little guy blankets that he will be able to cherish.

See you all very soon! =)

Christmas Card Photo Shoot

Just a few snapshots from our photo shoot for our Christmas card...{that we never ended up making. ha.}

And this is how we ended the day...Jason in Tara's Snuggie.

Thanksgiving Week

Thanksgiving week has become very busy. Which we love.

We started it off by celebrating our 3rd anniversary on Sunday the 22nd.

Then Laurens Birthday on the 23rd. With a delicious cake from Ted's Bakery...her favorite place...with a handwritten "Happy Birthday Lauren" from Ted himself. {at least thats what Trevor said}. The candles were forgotten, so we improvised with using a candle they had at their house. ha.

Thursday the 26th was Thanksgiving. And it was fabulous! There was plenty of food and fun company. It was fun to have more family in town-Laurens parents came into town as Lauren, Trevor and Justin live here. And with Kendilyn living in Hawaii we got to spend Thanksgiving with another Bullock. A few of Lauren's R.A.'s got to join us as well as Kendilyn's roommate Stacey.
After dinner we all 'vegged'. The boys watched a little football....while some of the Ladies {the cooks} rested.

Trevors birthday is the 27th. We celebrated with him that night with another Thanksgiving feast for dinner followed by some yummy desserts. Again, the candles were forgotten, opps! So that candle that was used for Laurens birthday came quite handy.
This bag has kinda become the joke with us...just that its used for everyone for every birthday. And with us leaving the island soon, this was going to the last time we were going to be involved with using it. =(