{"id":686,"date":"2013-11-13T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/13\/sam-is-two-months-old-today"},"modified":"2013-11-13T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T22:45:00","slug":"sam-is-two-months-old-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2013\/11\/13\/sam-is-two-months-old-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam is Two Months Old Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10844548094\/\" title=\"Sam is 2 months old by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam is 2 months old\" height=\"424\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5541\/10844548094_7a61c80a67_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>(Yes, I plan on doing a photo-heavy post for my baby every month of his first year, just like I did with Jack.\u00a0 Deal with it)<\/p>\n<p>Has it really only been two months?\u00a0 Then why does he look like a 4 month old?\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10844550014\/\" title=\"Sam is 2 months old by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam is 2 months old\" height=\"424\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3791\/10844550014_c2be7e0067_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seriously, this kid is a chunk.\u00a0 Tomorrow is his doctor visit and we will get an official weight.\u00a0 But yesterday on my bathroom scale it said 14 pounds!\u00a0 He&#8217;s outgrown so many hand-me-downs already, a lot of which we couldn&#8217;t use because he was born in a different season than Jack. \u00a0  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10844719943\/\" title=\"Sam is 2 months old by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam is 2 months old\" height=\"424\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7360\/10844719943_6c46796b19_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The upside of a big boy is how strong he is already.\u00a0 He holds his head up when you hold him, looking around.\u00a0 He presses to stand on his feet when upright.\u00a0 He smiles, he laughs, he gurgles, he coos.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10844459766\/\" title=\"Sam is 2 months old by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam is 2 months old\" height=\"424\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5503\/10844459766_e18eac948d_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He is getting curiouser and curiouser.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10844397385\/\" title=\"Sam is 2 months old by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam is 2 months old\" height=\"424\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5515\/10844397385_77b705f4a4_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here he is struggling to flail his arms at his wooden play rack.\u00a0 This is new this week, that he has purposefully toyed with the beads.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10844447246\/\" title=\"Sam is 2 months old by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam is 2 months old\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7393\/10844447246_f57cb83e29_z.jpg\" width=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Damn you hands, get the blue one!&#8221;<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10844725633\/\" title=\"Sam is 2 months old by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam is 2 months old\" height=\"424\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3687\/10844725633_9b67a278a1_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This smile is for his brother.\u00a0 He just lights up when Jack is around.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10844451486\/\" title=\"Sam is 2 months old by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam is 2 months old\" height=\"424\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5491\/10844451486_7e17a94153_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below, Jack was giving him a rendition of the Good Morning song we learned in Story Time.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10844449646\/\" title=\"Sam is 2 months old by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam is 2 months old\" height=\"424\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3710\/10844449646_284faa488c_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here I am singing it to him earlier today.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ajwkHHyInRs?version=3&#038;rel=0&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>He&#8217;s a kicker!<\/p>\n<p>What else can I say?\u00a0 He absolutely, adorably sweet.\u00a0 Remember all the worry we had about a second child?\u00a0 Because Jack was so great, it must be downhill from here?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I hesitate to say it, but Sam is just as good a baby, and even sometimes better.\u00a0 He falls back asleep easily.\u00a0 He can take or leave a pacifier.\u00a0 He reliably sleeps in the car.\u00a0 He loves to cuddle.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Nobody&#8217;s perfect though, and Sam is a terrible eater.\u00a0 His latch is shallow and he clicks often, the sound of losing suction.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to see if the doctor agrees he is tongue tied and can do anything about it.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Even so, I wouldn&#8217;t trade him for anything.\u00a0 He&#8217;s my lovely baby boy.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10844386025\/\" title=\"Sam is 2 months old by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam is 2 months old\" height=\"424\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3769\/10844386025_dee5e7833b_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bonus brother picture.\u00a0 What a difference 3 years makes! (Forgive the groggy morning expressions. We are not morning people in this house.)<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10844446096\/\" title=\"Sam is 2 months old by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam is 2 months old\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2834\/10844446096_7e03bd2a9b_z.jpg\" width=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Yes, I plan on doing a photo-heavy post for my baby every month of his first year, just like I did with Jack.\u00a0 Deal with it) Has it really only been two months?\u00a0 Then why does he look like a 4 month old?\u00a0 Seriously, this kid is a chunk.\u00a0 Tomorrow is his doctor visit and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}