Two Eyed, No Horn, Pooping Purple People Eater

Ciaran has thrush (boo!) and one of the treatments for thrush is basically a dye that turns everything it touches purple. He has to get it swabbed in his mouth every other day. It kind of makes him look like a goth after a long night. We think it is hilarious, but we do feel a little bad about laughing at him so much.

"What purple people? I didn't see any purple people."

Food Coma

Smile!

I am having a really hard time catching a smile on camera. Ciaran smiles all the time except when I try to take his picture. Andrew thought he would help me get one. Just pretend Andrew's hands aren't there, and that is exactly what Ciaran looks like when he smiles (almost).

Happy Thanksgiving

Ciaran's first Thanksgiving. I thought we were just going to have frozen pizza, but Andrew manged to throw together a yummy feast of Tofurky, stuffing, mashed potatoes, squash soup. It was goooood!!!!!!!!!!

Doctor! Doctor!

When I said yesterday that I couldn't wait to go to the doctor I didn't mean for Ciaran to get sick just so we could go early. I guess he really wanted to see how much he weighed right away because he was a puke factory this morning. Turns out he is fine, but we did get to go to the doctor and find out what he weighs. 10 pounds, 9 ounces. And that was after purging his breakfast! Go Fatty!

Ciaran doesn't get to get dressed up cute very often. He usually is in pajamas because they cover his feet. Since his feet are so little his socks fall off, it's the only way to keep his toesies warm. So we used the occasion of going to the doctor to put this cute outfit on him. He is a rockstar!

Carry Me Away!

We got a new baby carrier a few weeks ago. It is so cool. It's called a mei tai carrier. The website we got it from lets you pick your fabric design and your strap colors. They even make them reversible so Andrew and I each got to pick a fabric we liked. Tonight Andrew took Ciaran to a meeting at the Grad School office and used the carrier for the first time.

This is the design he chose.

It holds him in the perfect position for kisses.

I took him for a walk the other day. We walked all the way to the bank . . . before we realized it was Veteran's day.

My side is actually a big pocket although I can't really use it since I tie the straps right in the middle. When he's bigger I'll tie them under his bum and use the pocket. Isn't it pretty?

2 Months Old!

One Month

Two Months (no screaming! Such a big boy)

He's definitely getting bigger. He has his two month doctors appointment on Thursday and I can't wait to see how much he weighs. He has almost completely grown out of his newborn clothes, although we keep dressing him in them because we are in denial. Time is going by too fast!

Baby It's Cold Outside

The weather is getting colder. which we love for a variety of reasons. Among them is winter fashion. We love our hats and scarves and jackets. Baby winter fashion is no exception. It's actually even better because besides being warm it is so soft and fluffy.

All bundled up and so cuddly.

Fall Colors

Ciaran loves to look at the colorful leaves outside our windows. Going outside to see them is another story. He does not like to leave the apartment these days, but I'm glad he at least gets to experience nature from afar. The fall leaves are so beautiful here right now. I'm going to miss them once winter comes. Hopefully we get some snow!!

Admiring the beauty

He is in awe!

Music to our ears

Andrew's been teaching Ciaran to sing. He seems to have his dad's ear for music, since I can't hold a tune to save my life. He loves to listen to Andrew sing the oldies. His favorite song is Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World". Here is a video of the two of them practicing their scales:

Grandma's Monthly Visit

Grandma Chambers visited Ciaran past weekend. She came in on Friday night and we headed out to dinner. It was cold out so we put Ciaran in his warmest outfit. We didn't realize right away how perfect it was for the day before Halloween!

Saturday Mom and Grandma went for to the spa leaving Ciaran and Andrew home alone. They had so much fun. Well, Ciaran slept the whole time but Andrew had so much fun playing Beatles Rock Band.

Saturday was also Halloween. Here is a picture of Ciaran in his actual Halloween outfit:

That night Grandma watched Ciaran while Andrew and I went out to dinner. It was great to get away and I think I did pretty well for leaving him for the first time. Here is a picture of us saying goodbye before we left.

When we got home we found a quiet baby and a happy grandma. Seems like they did just fine without us.

Sunday the plan was to get Ciaran his first professional photos. We dressed him up in his finest and set off to the only photo place we could find in Corvallis: Kmart. Between Ciaran being in a bad mood and the photo lady being really bad at taking pictures, it didn't go so well. So we didn't end up with any good pictures and decided to try again when he is a little older and we can go to a better place. I do wish we would have taken pictures of him all dressed up on our own though. He looked so cute!

Monday we said goodbye to Grandma, but it's okay she'll be back next month.