Pollard's First Easter

Easter started out on a high note with a few good scratches to the face and leg. Much like NO ONE bothers to warn you about the intense lack of sleep and therefore sub-consious state you go about your life in, no one tells you how hard it is to cut a newborns fingernails. Can't win 'em all folks, and if the kid has to go a few days with long fingernails then so be it.

Anywho, he started nawing on this cute teething bunny and it was just in time for Easter weekend! Here he is doing his thang, watching the tube, and sporting his dinosaur slippers.

Of course Mimi and Papa could not miss Baby's 1st Easter, so they came in town to be with us. Papa left a little early Sunday, but we did manage this great shot of Mimi and Pollard, both in their Sunday best. Pollard is wearing his white day gown and a bonnet from Britton's Aunt Judy that is BEAUTIFUL! It has a monogrammed H and his birth date. To die for. I figure I better get good use of the bonnets while he still has no idea that he's wearing one.

After church it was straight to Dede and Big John's house where we found THIS!!!!

Could you just die? I about cried. This is the cutest darn Easter basket I've ever seen. We would expect no less from Dede, the Queen of holidays. Can't WAIT to put his Easter goodies in this every year!!!!

Between Mimi and Dede Pollard's Easter basket included new bath toys, a nice savings bond (Helloooo Easter Bunny!), and a beautiful ceramic baby cup with bunnies on it. Basically he racked up.

We had a little photo shoot of sorts in the back yard of Britton's parents house, their flowers were blooming and were just screaming for some humans to stand in front of them and flash their pearly whites.

Here are my 2 Britton Pollard Henig's....aren't they dashing?

Mimi, Mommy and Dede with my handsome devil. Those are two very proud grandmommas.

And of course , the boys shot. Somehow we managed to stick them among the pink flowers? Don't they look good?!?!?

We also thought it necessary to catch Hole # 6 of the MCC for at least one picture. It was such a beautiful day, I wanted to stay outside forever!

And the day ended with one very, very sleepy bunny.

Pollard is 3 months old!

Yesterday and today have seen some major action in little Pollard's life, so naturally I had to share. Being a big 3-month old and all, I guess he wanted to show us his stuff.

As if it wasn't enough that all we do is stare and him and try to talk baby talk when he coo's, it seems we also just follow him around with the camera!! (here's to hoping we actually do half this much with our second child...)
Friday Pollard got his Bumbo seat!!!! He was so confused as to how in the world he seemed to be sitting up without someone's hands all over him. His eyes got as big as watermelon's and the drool really kicked in. His face was saying "How did I get here? What is this thing? Where am I? Mommmm???!!!!"


This is the perfect seat for when you start feeding solid food because the tray is removable. So you can use it for meal time and play time!

This morning, he was on his tummy time mat and lifted his head further than I've ever seen! Talk about just plain strong...this boy is something else. I have this great fear of him not reaching the oh-so-important "developmental milestones", so I've become kind of obsessive-complusive about tummy time and making him watch toys move from side to side. I also force him to watch Sesame Street and Clifford the Dog just in case he might have a clue what the big box with all the flashing colors is saying.

[I just got totally off the subject...here is the big head lift....]

AND...LIFTOFF! (what an angelic face...)

And to end on a high note, looks like P has got his MOMMY'S EYES!! Ever since the day he was born he's been Britton in a mini-baby form. But I do believe this precious boy will have my brown eyes. Yesssss!

And this is the face he makes when he's over it. GET OFF ME WITH THE CAMERA, MOM.

A few glamour shots

Pollard made his debut at church this weekend, and look how darn good he looks! Outfit compliments of Mimi :)

It was the weekend so Pollard requested his duckie robe so he could relax. Looks like it worked!

He is also very advanced and can hold his toys! (really it was an accident that this toy appeared in his hands right in time for the picture...look how big he looks!) Can we just talk about how handy the Boppy is? The ULTIMATE BABY gift!!

And here is Pollard's cousin Johnny showing him all the cool parts of his activity mat at Dede and Big John's. What a good big cousin!

And last but not least here are 2 funny ones. The one on the left is just after bath time in his "muscle tee" [as Britton calls it] and he spiked his hair up (as if he needs it...). And the other one he fell asleep on Britton's legs after his inagural ride in the Baby Bjorn. Looks like wore him out!!!!

Kiss Me, I'm Irish

Pollard isn't an Irish name, but we pretended it was for a day. And yes, his shirt says "I'm a McCutie". I'm not usually one for message tee's but I couldn't stand it! And for heavens sake I didn't want this baby boy to get pinched. As you can see, he had a great first St. Patrick's day!!

A particularly smiley morning

P's new favorite trick is propping up on his boppy so he can "sit up". He feels like SUCH a big boy. This morning after a light meal and a good spit up, he was particularly excited to watch the Today Show with me. I just had to catch this dreamy smile on camera! I mean, could you die? His dry skin is, I'm certain, a direct result of my sloppy kisses planted all over him, all day long. I hope this makes you as happy as it made me!!!!

A much-needed visit from Mimi

Is there something wrong with this picture?

Mimi shows up with all the perks of a wonderful grandmother: Lots of patience, loving arms to rock the baby, a fresh set of hands for diaper changing and bath time...and several bottles of wine. We hope Pollard doesn't take it the wrong way when his neck comfort is sacrificed for a little taste of the vine.

Our weekend together was WONDERFUL, as always! Mimi was the always doting grandmother and had to hold herself back from going in to scoop him out of his crib in the middle of the night to snuggle with him. It was a great weekend, and Pollard sure is pooped from all his play time!

A whopping 14 pounds

I would like it to be known that Mr. Chunky Pants now weighs 14 lbs 1.6 ounces and is 25 1/4" long!!!! Last week was his 2 month old check up with Dr. Morrison (Pediatrician Extraordinaire) and he really tipped the scales. Who knew?!?! I'll tell you who knew...both of my wrists. Good GLORY. Every time I pick him up they basically scream at me.
He had his first set of shots and yes, it's just as bad as they say it's going to be. As Abby put so well, it's the "silent cry". The one where they rear their tiny little head back (in our case, a 16" head to be exact) and take a big deep breath to just let it all out. It was hands down one of the saddest things I've ever seen. But after holding him and rocking him, he fell asleep on my arm and back home we went to the comforts of our lamb swing. Phew.
He's still keeping me up at about 2:30 every morning to eat, and then wakes up again between 5:30 and 6:30 (usually closer to that 5:30 hour). So we're hoping he'll start sleeping more soon since he's so stinking big.
All in all, this precious boy has still got our hearts!