3 months and back to work
We have had a good few days before my final weekend before I return to work. We had Ian’s 3 month photos taken by a friend Pam who took our engagement pictures. Ian behaved really well with taking a nap in the middle. Pam is still working on the shots, so I will post them soon. I was able to get the following shot the next day before we headed out for Easter. We headed to our normal Easter dinner with a number of family friends. There was another little one there as well, Lily who was born about 6 weeks after Ian. She is a little smaller than Ian at 7 lbs, so we had the guys switch for a little while. Here is Ian on Easter with his Easter ‘shoes’ and the boys switching places…
Happy Easter!!
Trading places
The Monday after Easter I headed back to work. I am on a project in Bridgewater, NJ and Shaun is staying home with Ian. I leave Monday mornings and come home Thursday nights. Shaun and Ian will come to visit most Tuesday hopefully as I have a corporate apt instead of a hotel. Here are some pictures of the apartment…
kitchen
Living Room
Bedroom
It was sad to say goodbye to my boys. Work has been tough, but that is more due to the fact that the project is still in the deployment phase and are working crazy hours. I stayed most days until 7 pm and did some work from the apartment. It was a tough week back, but I think it will get better, I hope 
I did get a nice surprise when I got home on Thursday, beyond Ian’s great smiles. Shaun went out to get us some food while I put Ian to bed and then he lit some candles for us. After we ate, he brought a dessert surprise… he had gotten the William Penn Inn to make small version of our wedding cake to share. It was a big surprise and wonderful homecoming. I told him that he was going to have to spoil me like this every time I come home
The Cake
On Friday we took Ian to his 3 month appt. He weighs 13 lbs and is 25 inches long. The doctor was happy with how he was doing and felt that his head strength was good. He asked about how much formula he was drinking and asked if he was eating his hands (Yes) and drooling (yep!). Based on his assessment, he said we could start feeding him some rice cereal once a day. So on Saturday we tried and he did pretty well. We had to keep the spoon in his mouth a little to kick off his swallowing, like it was a bottle nipple. He finished his food each night and still had a bottle a little while later. Here is a pic of him eating…
First feeding
Ian has been doing better at sleeping as well. He has been going down between 8:30 and 9 pm each night and sleeping until anywhere between 3 am to 6 am. He seemed to be sleeping more when I was not there. Hopefully he will continue to sleep more and more through the night.
Here is one last picture of Ian and Stanley!!! Hope you have a good week!
My 2 boys
