This video is pretty much the same as the previous one but this is on Murdoch's two month birthday. It was a good birthday - the RedSox and the Pats won! And the boys headed to the dog park to enjoy the sunny weather even though it was a little chilly out.
The first Halloween post is coming soon!
Murdoch has started to smile a lot lately - especially on his changing table which used to be considered a torture chamber - at least to him. Now he is thrilled to be on the changing table, at least most of the time. Here is a video at 8 weeks - it was also his first day of daycare that he obviously enjoyed because he is all smiles when he got back home.
Can't believe my little man has gotten so big. On one hand I am very proud because he is doing so well but on the other hand I look at him and think how can he already be in these big clothes?! They really do grow up so quickly - everyone tells you that but I didn't believe it until it started to happen to us.
We had a very busy week. On Saturday Talli & Bob arrived to stay over for a night on their way to Florida for the winter. Talli & Bob left on Sunday and we drove up to Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester to enjoy the weather and wear Deucey out. Then on Tuesday Murdoch started daycare, my Mom arrived, Murdoch was 8 weeks old and he slept until 7:30 AM! On Wednesday Murdoch has his two month checkup which went very well. Here are his latest 'stats':
13 pounds 15 ounces
25.5 inches long
He grew two inches in a month and he is now in the 99th percentile for height. He is now wearing his 6 month clothing. I had to do a little shopping because I wasn't expecting him to need that size clothes so quickly! He has also started smiling so I have been trying to get some videos of that to share with everyone.
On Thursday Deucey had her yearly check-up and she is just fine. She is just about 55 pounds which is perfect for her so no diet dog food for her yet. My Mom left on Thursday night after a nice visit. And on Friday Murdoch went to daycare from 9-3, the previous three days he had gone 9-12.
The RedSox have won the first three games of the series so we are very excited - both because we want them to win and because if they do we get our month back for the mattress we bought back in April. One of the furniture stores in the Boston area had a promotion - if the RedSox won the World Series and you bought certain pieces of furniture then you would get your money back. We were planning on buying a new mattress and decided why not do it during the promotion. So hopefully we will be getting a credit right around Christmas which would be perfect.
Next week is my last full week at home with Murdoch and I am really bummed out that I have to go back to work. At first it was hard for me to stay home - I felt very bored and like I wasn't really accomplishing anything. I really wanted to be back at work. Then after about 2 weeks I accepted that it was okay if I didn't accomplish anything but hanging out with Murdoch and maybe a load of laundry or something small like that. After that happened I really started to enjoy myself. He has been a really good baby - I couldn't ask for a better one so it has been awesome being able to spend this much time with him. It is going to be hard going back to work and not being able to watch him sleep during the week and watch him smile after eating. For now Andy and I both need to work full-time so maybe in the future one of us will be able work part-time and spend more time at home.
I will post pictures and hopefully some videos from the week in the next day or so.
The World Series starts tonight and the SutherSons will be cheering them on. Murdoch was born in the middle of an exciting season and we have taken a few pictures of him cheering the team on throughout his first two months. Hopefully he will still be smiling at the end of the series.
Here are some pictures from home and at the final game of the ALCS.
GO SOX!!!!
I have had a request of some pictures of Mom & Murdoch. In general I am always the one taking the pictures so I am not in most of the pictures. When we got home from Maine we did take a few pictures of the family in bed, minus Deucey because she is not allowed in the bed. Not much going on the pictures - I just thought they were cute and for once we were all clean so that is enough of a reason to takes some pictures! Here are the other pictures from Sunday night.
This past weekend the whole Suthersons clan went up to Maine for a long weekend. It is pretty sad that we now fill an entire SUV. Deucey gets the way back along with her bed, Murdoch and I sit in the back with some of the luggage, and the rest of the luggage is in the first seat along with Andy. We even bought a roof rack to help us deal with all of our stuff we bring along though we luckily didn't have to use it just for a three day weekend.
This was the final weekend in Maine for the season. Bob & Talli are taking off for Florida at the end of the week. It was a cool weekend - it was around 40 when we woke up each morning and it was rainy for about half of the weekend. But we kept ourselves busy. On Friday Murdoch had his first meal from a bottle. I go back to work at the beginning of November so I wanted to make sure Murdoch would eat from a bottle. I assumed he would and after about three tries he sucked the milk down. Then Talli, Murdoch, and I headed into South Portland to do a little shopping for Murdoch. He got some cute new outfits from Grandma Talli. Hugh came on Saturday to help take out the dock. The boys ended up taking out the dock on Sunday and then we headed home. By the time we made it back to Boston and had some dinner we were ready to pass out and get ready for another week.
Here is a link to the pictures from the weekend.
We have gotten a lot of requests for pictures of Murdoch with Deucey. Deucey has been great with Murdoch. When I get up to feed and change him in the middle of the night Deucey is always right next to me making sure everything is going well. Every time Murdoch cries in his crib Deucey goes running into the room as if to say it is okay Murdoch! Too bad she can't get him out of bed and rock him back to sleep :)
I took a few this weekend so here they are! I am sure we will have more as Murdoch gets bigger and more mobile. Here is the link to the pictures
Before Murdoch everyone would always ask us how is the house going? We have been in the middle of a major house renovation for most of 2007. We were expecting it to be completed by now but like most house projects it has taken a little longer than we thought - partially because of issues with contractors and partially due to the fact that we continue to add more and more to the project. One thing that we added to the project was having the outside of the house redone. We had always planned on having it redone but not right now. When our dormer was approved by the town part of the agreement was that the exterior of the dormer would match the rest of the house. Because we weren't sure that we would be able to find the exact pinkish/tan aluminum siding to match the rest of our house we decided to have it redone. First we had all of the siding ripped off to see what was underneath. To our surprise we had some really nice clapboard. After many months of work, not exactly by us, we are proud to say that the outside of the house is complete - except for rebuilding the front porch which hopefully will happen soon (it better). The inside still needs a lot of work but I thought I would post these pictures because I am finally proud to enter the house and call it mine - at least the neighbors don't know what the inside looks like because it isn't very pretty...but only for now. Inside pictures later when it is a little more put together and cleaned up.
It was near 80 on Saturday so the whole family headed up to the North Shore for a little beach outing. We went to Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester on Cape Ann. After the end of September dogs are allowed on the beach so Deucey had a great time in her life vest playing in the ocean with the other dogs. Murdoch was sleeping pretty much the whole time so I don't think he will remember the beach but we had a great time - it was a great way to capture a little bit of summer in October. Now is it in the high 50's/low 60's and rainy. Oh well. Next summer we should be able to do this more often. Click on this link or one of the pictures below to see the full set of pictures.
Just so you don't think he is always a little cranky pants here is a video of happy times with Andy - in fact we took this about 30 seconds before the last one. It is amazing how the mood of a newborn changes so quickly - one minute he is smiling the next he is screaming - if only we could figure out what causes these rapid changes :)
I finally transferred some of the videos onto my laptop so I thought I would post one from Sunday night. Murdoch wasn't very happy hanging out with Andy - maybe he had some bad breath :)
Just about every morning I try to take Murdoch and Deucey out for a walk. Deucey is a little insane in the morning so it helps make the rest of the day with her a little more pleasant and I think Murdoch really enjoys being outside now that he can kind of look around though I am not sure exactly what he sees. The last reason I do the walk is because in the first couple of weeks I would look at the clock and see that it was 5 PM and I wouldn't have left the house for the whole day. So this way I get some exercise so hopefully when I go back to work I won't have to still wear my maternity clothes and the fresh air is good for me as well - no reason to stay inside the house when it is so nice out, that is just depressing. Here are a few pictures of me getting ready for the walk - I just though Murdoch was too cute so I though I would share the pictures with you.
Murdoch was four months old on September 25th and one month old on September 28th. I can't believe he is already a month old - it seems like it went so fast but at the same time it seems like forever since he was born. I already want him to stop growing and just stay my little man swaddled up and tiny. I know you can't stop it but I have to say that I really like him at this age. At times I wish he could talk and walk and we could go to the park together and have some fun but when he is asleep in my lap like a little present I wish he could stay this small forever. Enough of my Mom talk here are his stats from the doctor's visit on September 26th: 12 pounds, 2 ounces, 23.5 inches so he has definitely grown. The doctor said he is very strong for his age so of course we are proud parents. He goes back in a month and this time he gets his first set of shots - I don't think he will enjoy that visit very much.
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