Cutler at 6 months old

Cutler turned 6 months old, a whole 1/2 year, in August while we were on vacation so I took these before we left, just a couple days early. He was a big boy full of even bigger smiles! 

We didn't have his 6 month checkup until August 23rd so these stats were a little after his 6 month birthday. At his appointment, he weighed 18 lbs. 12 oz. (67%). He was 2 ft. 4 in. tall (90%). HIs head was 45.1 cm. or 17.75 in. (88%).  I think he was 18 lb. 6 oz. at home when I weighed him closer to August 7th. 

He was wearing some 6-9 month clothes and also some 12 month shirts and onesies. He was wearing a size 2 in his little blue Sperrys but a size 3 in his Nikes.

He got his first two teeth that month, both on the bottom. 

We moved him to his bigger carseat around the last week of August. He was still rear facing. We just moved him out of his infant one.

He slept in a onesie and his zipadee zip. He always slept on his side. Every night he would usually sleep about 4 hours before he woke up and I went in there. Right before we went on vacation he slept for 6.5 hours before waking and another night 8 hours before waking. Both times, he went right back to bed. On August 15th, he started waking every 2 hours again, but on the next day I felt his two bottom teeth so it made sense. I wrote down that on August 28th, he slept "through the night" for the first time. He slept from 11pm - 6am and then after I fed him and rocked him, he went back to bed. We had family pictures the next morning at 8:30 so I actually had to wake him to go. He slept good again the next couple nights. One of those nights, he actually slept from 7:30 or 8pm  until 4am. It was short lived though because then he started waking pretty consistently every 3-4 hours again! That's ok though. I was still happy because Kinley didn't reach the "through the night" milestone until 11 months old! It's all about perspective!

He loved blankets and rags. 

Speaking of vacations, we went on his first one and it was a trip to Orange Beach, Alabama. He did awesome on the car ride! He only fussed a little and when he did fuss, it was always because he had pooped and needed a new diaper. 

He was so happy and smiley. He was always smiling when he was awake! He had a little bald spot on the back of his head. He had and still has the little red mark or stork's bite on the back of his head. He also had and still has the little vein, I think they call it a sugar bug, beside his eye. 

He was breastfeeding still. Every once in a while I would give him 1 formula bottle for the day while at the gym and he took it. This was purely because of my laziness and not wanting to pump. 

He quickly went to eating two meals of baby food a day. By September 1st, we were at three times a day. We upped him to stage 2 baby food and he would quickly empty the containers. He wasn't the biggest fan of green baby food. 

He loved and still loves his sister. She would always make him giggle. He also liked going in her room. In the mornings if Kinley woke up before he did, she would always go in his room and stand by his crib and say "Good morning sweet boy." It was the cutest in her little voice! That month while bathing together, she also discovered that brother had a "booty tail." She looked down at him and said, "Brother, has a booty tail." I just didn't say anything. It was so funny though! She hasn't really mentioned it since. 

He was sitting a little bit on his own around August 14th before he would fall over. 

He liked the side of his eye rubbed to soothe him when I would rock him. 

He rubbed and still rubs his little eyes when he's tired. 

He was always so good while out at the store. I never had to soothe him or bring out backup bottles from the diaper bag. I always ran out of backups and things to console his sister. I know I make it sound like Kinley was a harder baby...and it's because she was!

I love these pics of him and his big smile!

Both my babies at 6 months old. You can't really tell by the picture, but he had over 2 lbs. on her at this age. She had him beat on sitting up though becaus ehe wasn't quite sitting completely until later that month. I think he was a little more top heavy than her!

Evidently these were taken the same day as the pics above. They were cute so I had to include them too. 

Cutler at 5 months old

As we approach Cutler about to turn 19 months old, here's a look back at him when he turned 5 months! Time flies. He actually started Mother's Day Out today... which is why I had a little time to sit down and blog a little! 

I didn't write a lot down for 5 months. At home he weighed 18.2 lbs. He was already in size 3 diapers and wearing 6-9 month clothes. He could still were a few shorts in a smaller size, but not shirts. He was a happy baby but still liked to hang out with me at night and was still waking up about every 2-3 hours. Kinley started calling Cutler's crib his "cage." She would go in his room with me every morning when he woke up. He loved his sister and loved peek a boo! 

An outtake with Cutler and Elsa

Because I love comparisons... here's both my babies at 5 months old.

A couple videos of my little giggle box. 

Behind the scenes and what really went on when these pictures were being taken! We were Elsa obsessed at the time!

Cutler 17 month update

I started typing this back when Cutler was turning 16 months. He turned 17 months a few days ago! 

*Sorry Cutler... your updates are probably not as often as your sister's were. I do have several notes written about you each month and especially at one year. They just haven't made it on here yet! I wanted to go ahead and do this one though while it's fresh! 

Here's a little bit about Cutler at 17 months:

• At the end of June, he was 27 lbs. by our scale at home. It's now mid-July and Daddy weighed him yesterday and he was a little over 28 lbs. He's tall too. Daddy measured him the other day and he was 33 inches.  He's just a big boy! In May at his 15 month visit, he was 25 lbs. 12.2 oz. (87%), 32.5 in. (91%) and his head was 18.9 in. (82%).
• He has pretty much outgrown all of his 18 month shirts. They've all gotten too short and his belly has started hanging out the bottom. He could wear 24 month, but I just bought several 2T shirts as well because in some, he needs the length. He can wear 24 month shorts and even still 18 month.
• I would say he's a size 5 shoe and not too far from being a 6. He's wore a size 5 Nike for a while and he's outgrew them but they run small. I bought him two new size 6 shoes recently. He has just now gotten to the point that he will wear shoes for me. 
• He wears size 5 diapers and size 6 diapers at night.
• He has a mouth full of teeth. His teeth came in a lot quicker than his sister. On June 25th, I noticed his 15 tooth. 
• He is finally walking all over the place. June 4th, he took about 3 steps in the kitchen. The Mcclintics were at the house and Chuck and I saw it and we both got excited! June 6th he took about 4 steps while we were over at Molly's house. Then that night, he kept trying and was taking about 5 or 6. The next day when Dede was at the house, he walked up the road holding her hand and never sit down for a break. He walked so much that he got a little blister on his foot. Those shoes have since been sold! He seemed to regress a little and resort to his mowgli crawl for a bit. Then around the first of July, he decided to take off again. I would say he was officially a walker at 17 months. Now he can walk from one side of the room to the other. Sometimes he still does his little mowgli crawl though. He is so fast when he does it. I think that's a big reason he didn't care to walk for so long! He didn't really need to. With his little mowgli crawl, we at least had a heads up if he was doing something because you could hear his little pitter patter! 
• He gives kisses. Sometimes its full blown open mouth. Other times, he just leans into you.
• I used to think Kinley has the biggest smile. His is just as big. His has a little mischief to it. He looks like trouble!
• He loves to clap for himself and say "Yay!"
• In a way, he seems so much more grown up than Kinley did at this age. Kinley actually still nursed at nap and bedtime at 17 months. He hasn't nursed since he was about 9 months. With his mouthful of teeth and his size, I can't imagine nursing him!
• He still takes a bottle of milk at nap time and bedtime. He can drink his water out of any sippy cup you give him, I just haven't really pushed him to take his milk out of a cup instead of a bottle yet. I still rock him at nap time and bedtime too. I don't plan on stopping. 
• He is attached to his paci. 
• He is also super attached to a little blue blanket. It's a soft, Aden and Anais blanket. If you walk by it, he whines for it and reaches for it. He sometimes carries it around the house. I've bought an extra!
• He sleeps in a Halo sleepsack still. We also turn his sound machine on. As long as he has his sleepsack, paci, blanket and sound machine, he's usually good. He just recently started liking the projector on his sound machine. I turn it on to the fish and he points up and says "ish." I usually turn it off before he goes to sleep though because I don't want him to get like Kinley. She has to have hers on to sleep still!
• He sleeps so good! He is down to one nap a day and has been for several months down. He usually takes his one nap around 11:30 or so and sleeps for a couple hours. He usually goes to bed for the night around 7:30 and sleeps until the next morning at around 7:30.
• He is strong. He will literally push barstools and chairs around the house like he's working out and pushing a sled. 
• He doesn't really play with toys much. He just chases me around the house and gets into stuff. He likes to throw his leg over the couch and act like he's about to go over. He likes to unplug the alarm system and has messed it up. He likes to stand up on the coffee table or fireplace and act like he's about to jump. He likes to go for the dog food and water. He likes to open the door out to the garage. He became so obsessed we have to keep it locked at all times. For a while, he always went for the heater in his room and the dog cage. He also has a thing for the alarm and nail outside of his sister's room. He likes to unplug both of their nightlights. He also likes to pull his camera down in his room. 
• Our kitchen floor is usually always full of tupperware, pots and pans or something that he's dumped out of the pantry. 
• If he's hungry, which he usually is, you can find him trying to get food out of the pantry or the fridge. He will pretty much eat everything. He likes eggs, muffins, pigs in a blanket. Since he turned 1, he's been able to eat two blueberry muffins and two pigs in a blanket from the donut store. He eats as much as his sister. He also eats a whole chicken patty. He likes beef hot dogs, chicken, hamburgers, strawberries, bananas, grapes, cheese, guacamole, tortilla, macaroni, green beans, mashed potatoes. He'll eat a whole entire junior burger from Jucy's, Whataburger or McDonald's. He even ate dorito casserole the other day. Apples and yogurt are his go-tos that he grabs and brings me. He isn't a fan of watermelon or cantaloupe. Although the things he doesn't like are few and far between, if he doesn't like something, he will literally eject it.
• He didn't like sweet stuff for a while but has started a little. He tried some of Kinley's chocolate chip cookie the other day and liked it and drank a little tea the other day. Before that, he would spit it out. He'll still spit out apple juice. He had his first popsicle the other day because his sister was having one, and it brought a big grin to his face.
• He bathes with Kinley most of the time. Every once in a while, I put them both in the shower with me. He likes for water to hit him in the face.
• He loves to swim in the pool and walk in/fall in. 
• He has recently became interested in the dogs. He tries to chase Lucky around and sometimes grabs Lucky. Lucky is so old, I have to watch it because I'll catch Lucky growling at him. He tries to say Alex's name. You can make out the "A" when he says it. 
• We babysat the neighbors fish while they were out of town and besides "Mama" and "Dada," "Ish" became one of his first words. 
• He doesn't talk a lot but the doctor said a lot of boys aren't quite as verbal as girls. Besides, the words above, he'll say "Moo" and that's it. 
• We are still working on body parts but he's not quite there yet. Every once in a while he'll show me where his nose is but it's not consistent yet.
• If he wakes up before Kinley, he runs to her room, opens her door and tries to wake her up. One day she was in our bed and he ran in there and made it to her bed. You could hear him giggling because he thought he had gotten away with something. 
• If Colt works nights and is sleeping, he will not leave the bedroom door alone! I've had to start locking it to keep him out.
• I said he doesn't really play with toys. He's just now starting to get a little attention span. He will do the little shapes that you put in the box. He just started wanting to do his wooden puzzles. We've done mainly the shape and farm one. He will finally make it through a page or two of a book. He likes the "That's not my dog" book best so far I think. He's not quite to the point of finding the dog in the "Find my Puppy" book. He will finally just in the past week or two sit still long enough to watch a show for a couple minutes. He'll at least make it through it the intro and dance a little! 
• He likes to dance. If he hears a beat, he'll start moving his little body whether he's on the floor, in his highchair, wherever he is. If he hears me say "Alexa," he looks and waits for the music to start!
• He poops more than any baby I know. Kinley and I call him a pooping machine. 
• He likes to play peek a boo under the bathroom cabinet and pop the cabinet doors open. 
• He'll hold a remote, phone or even his baby monitor up to his ear like he's talking on the phone. 
• He LOVES lights. He wants to flip the switch every time we walk by one. He always opens his mouth like he's so shocked when he turns it on and off. 
• His "shocked" face is the cutest. He holds his mouth open and his eyes get so wide!
• He makes car noises for anything that goes. 
• He's imitated us for a long time now.
• We have a little bath book and around April, he started interacting and scrubbing it with a wash rag when it says to.
• He has had more injuries than his sister ever has. We of course had the horrible accident of him falling off the kitchen counter, but in addition to that, he has hit his head, smashed his finger or had a bloody nose pretty much every day, at least weekly! He has flipped off a bed, fell off his sister's picnic table, slammed his finger in cabinets, drank bath and body works... you name it, he's done it!
• He's a climber. Sometimes I think it's easier to not be home with him because if we are out and about, I can contain him in a carseat or a stroller and get a break. If we're at home, I feel like I'm chasing him down trying to keep him from hurting himself.
• He's had three haircuts now I think. Besides the mini haircut his Grandma gave him at the house at 12 months, he had his first haircut with Ms. Joanna at Adventure Cuts in April when he was 14 months.
• He is OBSESSED with brushing his teeth now. If it's quite, he's up on the stool in the bathroom with a toothbrush in one hand and toothpaste in the other waiting.
• He always wants a cup that matches his sisters. 
• It seems like he tends to do things with his left hand. 
• He twists his tongue to one side all the time for some reason. 
• When he's ready for bed at night, he's ready. I'll tell him to say night, night and he starts waving. 
• If Kinley is sitting in my lap, he get's jealous and will come and try to squeeze in my lap between us!
• He loves his Daddy. I think he gives his daddy bigger hugs and snuggles than he does me!

Oh sweet boy, you keep us on your toes and give us a run for our money! I think you are definitely going to be all boy. We love you so much!

Cutler at 4 months old

Cutler turned 4 months old on June 7, 2018... now he's 16 months old. I can't believe how fast time is flying! Luckily, I wrote down at least a few things about what he was up to at 4 months old. We actually had no A/C in our house when I took these pictures of him. With his big smile, you can't even tell that he was in a hot house!

He had his 4 month checkup a little late, on June 18th, because we were out of town staying with Colt's parents when his original visit was supposed to be. At his appointment, he was 15 lbs. 15 oz. (52nd percentile). He was 26 inches long (85th percentile). His head was 17 inches or 43.2 cm. (84th percentile). His sister was only 13 lbs. 12 oz. and 25 inches at this age so he definitely had her beat. He had to get shots at that visit. Afterwards, he ran fever and was pretty fussy.

• He was wearing size 2 diapers and mainly 3-6 month clothes.

• He got way better head control that month and started rolling around the house. He started rolling over about a week before he turned 4 months old. I wrote down on June 1st that he was rolling back to front and he progressed to rolling all over the place just a couple days later.

• He found his toes. 

• He was a pretty happy baby most of the time. He liked giggling and laughing at his silly sister.

• He started sleeping in his room at about 3 months. With our A/C hiatus, he ended up back with us for a while but was back in his own room again at 4 months.

• Right after he turned 4 months, he would start screaming if I would walk by him and not pick him up. 

• We went ahead and tried baby food when he was 4 months old. Sweet potatoes and apples were his first to try.  The first time he tried baby food, he ate the whole container! Later we added carrots and squash. 

• He had a little bit of a skin rash for a while but it seemed to go away on its own at about 5-6 months. The doctor actually noticed a little mild eczema again at his 15 month checkup last month. 

• I can't remember what exactly his sleeping pattern was at 4 months. Although, I guarantee you whatever it was, it was better than his sisters at this age! 

How precious was he? I could just eat him up. He's so much bigger now. I miss this baby stage.

Both my babies at 4 months. I just love these comparison pics.

Cutler at 3 months old

Cutler turned 3 months old on May 7th. We didn't have a checkup that month so by my scale at home,  he was 14 lbs. 3 oz. He had over a pound over his sister at that age. We ended up having to go to the doctor on May 30th when he was sick with bronchiolitis and at that appointment, he weighed 15 lbs. .5 oz. (48th percentile).

He was wearing size 2 diapers. He had outgrew all of his 3 month pajamas. He was wearing a lot of 3-6 month clothes but could still wear a few 0-3 month. 

He gave up the nipple shield while nursing. I had mastitis and started looking at causes of recurrent mastitis and one was the use of a nipple shield so I attempted to not use it and he went with it. He  didn't really like his paci too much prior to 3 months. I had been trying to use a Wubbanub style pacis, and he wasn't a fan. One day, Kinley crammed a Mam paci in his mouth. That's when he started liking them!

Most nights he was still waking every 3-4 hours. I had moved him to his room prior to 3 months, but then decided to put him back beside our bed. On May 11th, I gave him a bottle instead of nursing for his last feeding and he slept almost 6.5 hours. On May 12th, I think I started him in his room again and he did good. I'm pretty sure that he stayed in his room most of the time after that. Compared to Kinley's sleep patterns, I was overjoyed with his sleep. If he did cry when going down, he would cry for just a minute and fall asleep. Kinley never gave up.

He loves Kinley and always smiles at her. 

He has the biggest smile. 

He loves his bath. 

He was cooing and making noises more and more. 

He smiles at his basket of diapers over his head while he's laying on the changing pad. 

He was pretty easy going while out and about and riding in the car. 

At 3 months, he started putting his hands in his mouth and wouldn't take them out. It was almost like he was teething even though he wasn't.

At 3 months, I don't think that him and Kinley looked alike. In some of our videos of Kinley at 3 months, they remind me of each other though. 

Cutler at 2 months old

My little guy is turning 10 months old tomorrow. How in the world is this already happening? He is the sweetest, easy-going and most of the time, easiest little babe! I'm loving the stage he's in and also trying to soak up these baby moments because I know they'll be gone in the blink of an eye. I am the mom who rocks him and tends to hold him for a while after he falls asleep. It makes me a little sentimental just thinking how close we are getting to his 1st birthday. We've been sick the better part of this whole last month. Either Cutler, Kinley or I have been sick with just a little week break where we were healthy.  He's actually sick again and all congested right now. Hopefully, he gets better soon and we stay well the rest of the month. Even sick, he's still the best little baby. Unless you are trying to suction or clean his nose or give him medicine... he's not a fan and not a very good patient! Before I go on and on about him at this age, let's rewind for a bit...

On April 7th, he turned 2 months old. We had his 2 month checkup on the 9th. He was 12 lbs. 11.5 oz. (58%) 24 inches long (88%) and his head was 16" or 40.6 cm. (89%). He's a pretty big boy.

At his checkup, he had to get shots and he barely even cried. He just got a pouty lip. The nurse actually said, "Is that all he's going to do?!" Kinley tagged along to his appointment and she was sad because she wanted shots too. 

We were in size 1 diapers. We were wearing mainly 0-3 month clothes but moved up to 6 month pajamas as of April and were wearing a few 3-6 month shirts.

We celebrated his first Easter a few days before he turned 2 months old. He made his first trip to Grandma and Papa's for Easter.

Shortly after he turned two month, we got hand, foot, mouth as a family. Kinley got it, then Cutler and I did. Thankfully, Cutler's seemed pretty mild and it didn't seem to affect him that bad. If it did, he didn't show it. 

He was sleeping every 3-4 hours on average. He had a few nights were he did some 5 or 6 hour stretches. He even did a 7 hour stretch on March 18th and slept from 10:30-5:15, but of course I didn't take advantage of it. I stayed up until 1:30 doing taxes. Trying to do taxes with a newborn was a little tiring. I will not be doing as many taxes next year that's for sure. He slept a lot of the time in the rock 'n play next to our bed.

He was still swaddled some, but he started sleeping in Kinley's old zipadeezip. It seemed to keep him comfortable so I ended up ordering him his own that wasn't covered in pink and teal hearts. 

I think I caught his first REAL smile on March 15th. His eyes were open and he was smiling at me when I was talking. 

He was a loud grunter. He was constantly making baby grunts. You could definitely tell when he was pooping too. He was loud.

He was taking his bathes in the tub and sharing a bath with his sister a lot of the time.

He made a trip to Heath and Jennifer's for Heston's birthday party and got to meet more family, although, he hung out with Mom most of the time. Cutler also got to tag along to take sister to school, go to her soccer games, to go play or anywhere we went. As a second kid, he had to load up and go with the flow more than I think Kinley ever had to. I waited until he got his shots at his two month appointment, but shortly after, he started joining me at the gym when I started back working out. 

He has grown so much since these sweet pictures when he was barely holding his head up. 

Comparison pic of both our babies at 2 months old

I just love these two. Time slow down.

Cutler - 1 month old

Even though Cutler is about to turn 8 months old in a few days... Cutler turned 1 month old on March 7th. Of course, I have the same regret that I had with Kinley. I wrote down a few notes here and there, but I wish these posts were fresh so I could remember even more details. Will they even care?Probably not.

Here's a little recap of that first month:

Birth - 7 lbs. 13 oz., 21 inches long, 13.25 inch head

1 day old - 7 lbs. 10 oz. when we got to go released from the hospital

2 days old - 7 lbs. 6 oz. (44%) 20.5 inches long (83%) 14.5 inch/36.8 cm. head (96%) . Someone measured wrong because there is no way that his head got that much bigger, and he definitely didn't shrink in length! His bilirubin was high at this appointment. By the digital read, his head was 8.6 and chest was 10.3. They did a heel stick, and it was 12.6. We were told to go see another pediatrician the following day, Saturday. If his levels weren't better, they were going to admit us to the hospital so he could be treated. I know this isn't that big of a deal, but it shook me up. I did not want to end up back in the hospital with him, especially with Kinley at home. 

3 days old - 7 lbs. 7 oz. (43%) This was at his follow-up appointment for his bilirubin check. He had gained an ounce. By the digital read, his levels were about 3 points away from what they would have to be to be admitted. The doctor that day didn't do a heel stick. She said he looked good and if he was feeding well, she was good with it. She also didn't want to do a follow up the next day. Colt said the reason she probably didn't do a heel stick is because if we had been borderline, she would've had to admit us. We just had to keep waking him every couple hours there for a while to feed him. 

14 days old -  8 lbs. 8 oz. (49%) 21.2 inches long (82%) 15 inch/38.1cm. head (97%). I text Colt after this appointment and told him that we didn't have to worry about him getting back up to his birth weight. We were worried about Kinley getting back up to hers at this age, but Cutler had gained 11 oz. over his birth weight!

1 month old - 10.2 lbs.

At one of his appointments, they mentioned that he had a little herniated outie bellybutton. It wasn't bad. The doctor expected it to clear up by age 1 or 2. They did mention that if it was still there when he was 6, we would look into surgery options. It cleared up on it's own already so no issues there!

He has a little stork bite on the back of his head that will probably end up being covered up by his hair when he gets it.

He also has a little blue vein on the bridge of his nose next to his eye. I think they call it a sugar bug.

Cutler did not and still does not like to lay on my chest. He would rather be cradled like a baby.

Like with Kinley, we used a nipple shield to nurse at first. We actually started out not using one with Cutler but ended up going to it. He weaned from it quickly though and quit using it around 3 months.

He always had a stuffy nose there in the beginning. He got a cold during week 2 or 3 and quit sleeping well. Even thought I say he quit sleeping, I never ended up on the couch with him sleeping on my chest like I did with Kinley. He was and still is HANDS DOWN an easier baby than Miss Priss was. He slept in our room in the rock n play most nights. We tried the snuggle nest sleeper that Nicci gave us and put him on the dog kennel so I could see him a few nights, but the rock n play seemed to work best.

It looks like he is going to have blue eyes like his Daddy and his sister. 

We went up from newborn to size 1 diapers at 3 weeks old.

I had bought some up to 7 lb. clothes expecting him to come early. We didn't get to wear them very long! He wore mostly newborn clothes that whole first month and just a few 0-3 months. 

I wasn't used to having to change a little boy's diaper. I got peed on a few times in the very beginning. One time, he shot across the bed in our room! Cleaning around his circumcision made me a little nervous in the beginning. It started to look red to me, and I messaged the doctor. They said what I was describing was completely normal. His ring fell off pretty quickly and we were all good after that. I still say that in the beginning a boys diaper was harder to change than a girls. 

I had kidney stone surgery on March 12th and had to leave him. This was just a few days after he turned 1 month old. I know people go through much worse, but it was hard on me leaving him. I went to the ER that morning early and had surgery that evening and didn't get home until late. When I got home, I was still coming off anesthesia and was shaky and hurting so I was scared to hold him. I didn't really get to hold him all day. Giggy and Grandma took care of him, even when he got up in the middle of the night that night. It was his first time to have formula. I didn't have enough milk pumped and due to medications, I had to pump and dump there for a bit. It definitely wasn't an ideal situation, but at his age, I definitely think it bothered me more than him!

On March 15th, about 1 week after he turned 1 month old, I think I caught his first real smile.

We didn't venture out of the house too much that first month besides to take big sister to school on Tuesday and Thursday or maybe to tag along while big sister played at a park.

We had visits and got to meet both Aunt Nadine and Aunt Nicci that first month.
Gerald, Allison and Hensley came to visit. James came and brought a gift from him and Jess. Our neighbor dropped off a bible on behalf of Green Acres. My parents neighbors, the Higgins and the Cashs, both sent gifts to welcome Cutler. Kathy Wright, a lady I used to work with, surprised me with a gift. The McClintics, the Dies and the Pakzads all got us some little boy outfits. The Burges sent  gifts along with several things that were Witten's. Several people dropped off meals that first month or so and some got to sneak a peak of our little man, including Josh and Brianna, Carolyn Jackson, Shelley Riehl, Brandy Dial, Michelle Algaier, Amy Pemberton, Molly Cash, Katy Link, and Amanda Vig.

There have definitely been times I've wondered what we got ourselves into having two kids fairly close together, but Cutler had been the perfect addition to our family. He had the best disposition, and I think he's going to balance out his wild sister. I can't imagine life without him now!

Evidently he was tired when I decided to take pictures that day.

During his monthly pictures, Kinley (aka Minnie Mouse that day) wanted a turn. She was happy as could be and could care less how he felt about it!

Poor guy... I don't think he has any hope with her around!

Side by side of both of our babies at 1 month old.