3 Months

I cannot believe my handsome little man is three months old! I absolutely love it, I feel like every day I can see him growing! Here's what he's up to now:

• He is now 13.4 lbs and wearing 3-6 month clothes.

• He has laughed a few times (first from Becca and then Jacob got him to do it). Sorry, I have yet to capture it in video.

• He loves attention! I can set him down to get things done, but he still wants me to be right there talking to him.

• So smiley! He's either scowling at nothing or smiling at his new best friend, Mr. Fan.

• Holding his head up! He likes tummy time much more than he used to.

• He is the drool king! I swear my shirt gets soaked every day, and my arms constantly are wet with Kimball's awesome drooliness.

Basically, Kimball is awesome.

2 Months

So Kimball is two months old now, and in a little under three weeks he's gained two pounds! These are his stats:

• Weight: 12lbs. 2oz. - 59th percentile
  
  
• Height: 23.25 in. - 62nd percentile

I know it's blurry but it's the only one of him smiling

This is what he's up to now

• Smiling
• Getting good control of his head and neck
• He loves laying on his stomach for tummy time, until he figures out that he can't move his head and then he gets upset

I cannot believe my handsome baby boy is six weeks old already! Everytime people see him they tell me how little he is, but he is SO big! He is now 22 inches, and 10 lbs, 2 ounces!

He even poses while he sleeps

He's starting to like bathtime, until you get his head wet


Pretty much the face he always makes, like there's always something to be concerned about


Daddy and Kimball watching the World Cup, it's been like this every day since it started, and I'm not complaining

This was taken earlier today, he actually sat in there for a few minutes and looked out the window, it was great!

So that's my baby boy, he's starting to get little leg rolls, and he's started smiling, but mostly in the mornings, or when he knows he's supposed to be sleeping. It's a good thing he's so completely adorable, or parenthood would be a lot harder.

Pictures of Delivery

This our new son Kimball Douglas Buffington. He is a handsome fellow that is just perfect in many ways. When he was coming out and the nurse noticed he had hair, Kristin and I then had a exciting high-five moment. However, we didn't know how hairy he was later on in the delivery. His whole scalp is covered with hair and even his back. He was 7 lbs and 7 oz, 19 in long, and was born at 8:10pm. So, enjoy his adorable pictures.

10 Honest Things

I figured since Caitlyn challenged me to do this, and I haven't posted in awhile, I'll go ahead and write ten honest things. I'm assuming it's to be about me and my life, so that's what I'm doing:

1. I worry about what kind of mom I am going to be. I'm sure every new mom worries about it, but when I get upset I am very impatient and tend to cry a lot. I'm worried that I won't be able to cope with the frustrations of parenting, not that I will hurt my children, but that I won't be able to raise them like they need to be. I also worry that they won't take me seriously, because I will have an emotional breakdown in the middle of trying to reprimand them.

2. I like being pregnant. Maybe part of that stems from the fact that I technically have a child, and I don't actually have to worry too much about them quite yet, and so it's easy. Even at 38 + weeks, mostly I'm still really happy with just being pregnant for now. I like that I am not stressed out about eating or exercising, and that I still feel really good about my body. I like that I have not gotten stretch marks yet, and trust me, I check every day for them. I like feeling him squirming around because it means he is doing well and he is alive.

3. My mood is easily affected by the weather. I don't like snow anymore, partly because it is still snowing in Rexburg on some days, but mostly because people have to drive in it. I am terrified of driving in the snow or any kind of bad weather. Thunderstorms, because of more recent past experiences, make me nervous. Again, especially while driving. I start shaking if we're in the car and the weather starts to turn bad. All I can think of at those times is that something bad is going to happen. Wind also makes me mad. I don't know why, maybe because it messes up my hair or something, but everytime that it is noticeably windy, I get cranky.

4. I really love my in-laws. I always worried about that before I got married, that my husbands family wouldn't like me, or that I'd feel really awkward around them because of how quiet I can be. What I love is how I feel comfortable with all of them, and that I enjoy spending time with them. It's awesome.

5. I hate it when people talk about fad diets of any kind. I think all fad diets are stupid and so are people that try them (sorry). They don't work. I also think things like lipo and other weight loss surgeries are a cop out unless they are medically necessary, but usually they aren't. The only proven way to lose weight and keep it off is diet and exercise, sorry but that's proven.

6. The only career I really want is to be a stay at home mom. Sometimes I feel like I'm lazy because people ask me what I'm going to do with my degree, and I'm too scared to tell them that I want to use it solely to raise my kids. But that's what I really want. It would be cool to be a personal trainer or do something like that if I need to work, but in all truthfulness, I just want to have Jacob work so that I can take care of our children. It may be lazy to some people, but I don't think so.

7. I am an awkward person. I think one of the reasons Jacob and I work so well together is because he always has something to say and I hardly ever do. Sometimes I even have a hard time with people I've known all my life. Sometimes I just feel awkward.

8. I like reading books more than I like watching tv. Books seem to be much more captivating, and you really get to understand the characters so much better. It's just so much easier to have the tv on, because I can do other things while I'm watching it. I watch tv more, but I like books better.

9. I don't have any hobbies. I tried crocheting, and it got boring half way through. I don't think I'm crafty enough for a sewing project, plus we don't have a sewing machine. It makes me wonder what I really will be doing with the rest of my life. I don't want to resort to tv because it's there and get really lazy. I can't even keep myself occupied on the computer for more than 15 minutes, and that's when I'm trying. I do want a hobby though, because the one time I did successfully crochet I felt so accomplished. Too bad it got really boring for me. I think it's not so much that I want a hobby, but I want to be doing things that make me feel like my life is worth while and productive.

10. I'm not worried about the future. There are so many things out there that say that I should be. Having a baby while my husband is in school, looking at the state of the economy and jobs, not knowing where we'll be three years down the road... The list is forever long. But, ever since I've known I wanted to marry Jacob, I haven't worried about my future. It may just be Heavenly Father's way of telling me that things will turn out just fine, or it may just be that I am completely in denial. Either way, for now, I am really happy with the way things are and I know that everything will turn out however it turns out.

Things I have discovered

I have learned recently that I am not only capable, but that I have actually finished a craft! Yes, I am crafty! I made this blanket for Kimball, and all of you crafty-er people out there, don't tell me what's wrong with this blanket, I don't want to know, nor am I going to fix it.


This isn't a new discovery, but it's a fun past time that I have developed since becoming pregnant.

So, living where we do, we have DVR. If you don't know, when you pull up a show you can read a brief description of the show. We are new found fans of American Idol this season, and so I was going to pull it up to watch it and just happened to catch the description:

I always wait until I have like six different things to post about and then can't decide which one to start with. Let's see...

Well, I went in to get my hair fixed up the other day. I've decided I've had enough of two inch long roots. It got bad enough that I hated straightening my hair because it looked really awful. So I decided that since I'm pretty awful at keeping up with my hair I'd just go back to my natural hair color. As most of you remember me, I've always had hair that was something like this:



So when I told them to go back to my natural hair color, I wasn't quite expecting that, but something in between blonde and brown. This is what I got:



So, I guess this is my natural hair color. I didn't think it had gotten that dark, but that's what I've been told, so it must be true.

Next up: I have graduated college, and for real this time! I can prove it:



Yay, my degree came in the mail today, so it's official! Woo hoo!

And this is me, not quite 28 weeks pregnant, and officially in my third trimester!



And this is me on Valentine's day, yay for chocolate!



And this is Jacob's new favorite place to study:



Yes, that is our bathtub. Luxurious, no?