The West Side Story: Tucker: 2 Months Old

Tucker,

A LOT has happened in the past month! You had your first Thanksgiving. We spent the day with extended family but I didn't let anyone hold you since you were still sick from bronchiolitis and still so young. You slept pretty much the entire time anyways. On Saturday we had Thanksgiving over at Gi-Gi and Pimpa's house. They got some good cuddles in with you. Sunday is when Auntie Stephanie and Uncle Sean came to visit as well. They got to meet you for the first time! Uncle Sean actually proposed to Stephanie over the weekend so we were all excited to welcome Sean to the family. While they were in town we went on the ferris wheel downtown, the World of Coke, wedding dress shopping for Stephanie, and the Christmas tree lighting in Smyrna. It was a busy few days! But you got to spend some good time with Aunt Stephanie and Uncle Sean.

You are talking more and more and its so adorable! Hopefully one day we can get a good video of it. You also always have your tongue sticking out. You are getting to be a silly boy :) You are a very content little boy and hardly ever cry, but when you do, you have got that pouty lip down! You actually get us a good wind-up before a meltdown so we have time to get to you.

One funny thing about you: Trenton calls you "Cookie" I'm not entirely sure how he got Cookie from Tucker, but it is really cute. He doesn't say words ending in "er" very well so that probably has to do with it. But I love it when he says "Hi Cookie!" or "It's okay, Cookie" :)

You are also a fist chewer. We are hoping you don't ever discover your thumb and turn into a thumb sucker though. So just keep those hands closed, buddy. Another silly thing you do is lick me when you aren't completely interested in nursing anymore. You just look up at me with that big smile and your tongue out. Silly silly boy.

Christmas was also an exciting time. We celebrated Christmas a day early at our house since we needed to finish getting everything packed. You slept the whole morning actually :) But Trenton had fun opening your presents for you. We spent Christmas Eve with extended family again but you slept through that as well. When we went to GiGi and Pimpa's house on Christmas Day though, you were up laughing and talking the entire time.

You think you are such a big boy; always trying to pull yourself up. You are even trying to roll over already! You can't grow up that fast. I don't think I'm ready for you to be mobile yet.Your legs are getting really strong too. You are always wanting to stand up and look around. Pretty soon you will be big enough for the bouncer!

It's amazing what you really do let slide with the second child. Even stuff you wish you wouldn't. Even though I still don't let you look at the TV too often, you do watch it. We never let Trenton even look at the TV until he was at least 6 or 7 months old. I think with packing and moving and unpacking, we are just too tired to fight sometimes!

The biggest thing in this past month is that we moved to Nebraska! We got the house all packed up and Daddy and cousin Bryson drove right after Christmas to our new home. Then Monday you, me, and Trenton took our first flight together! Boy, was that crazy for me. Trying to juggle a toddler, a newborn, two car seats, a suitcase, and a stroller. Needless to say, I was sweating even though it was snowing! Luckily we ran into some very nice people in the Atlanta airport and on the plane. A wonderful man helped us carry Trenton's car seat onto the plane. Then the flight attendants helped me buckle the car seat in and get us all situated. The flight itself went very smoothly! You spent the majority of the flight sleeping thankfully, and Trenton did a great job too!

We are here in Nebraska now and trying to get settled into our new house and excited to see what comes next. Pretty soon you will have many older brothers!

Our stockings!

Your brother loves you so much!

You aren't as serious as you use to be. Now you've got these silly faces and smiles all day long

Tucker's first Christmas!

Tucker's First Thanksgiving!

We were on our way to Omaha with all this stuff. Just the three of us.

Daddy's Muscle Man

I love our little family so much!

This was the morning we were getting ready to fly. We had to say "See you later" to Pimpa, Gi-Gi, and Amelia. But we will see them again soon. Plus technology is amazing and we FaceTime