5 months

Here is a picture for 4 months. I think I forgot to post one

Durant David Isaac is 5 months old.... How did that happen?
He is 15.65lbs and 25.5 inches long.
He is an eating champ!
Loves rice cereal, peas, broccoli, sweet potatoes, and spinach (sometimes)
Loves practicing his jumping in his Johnny jump up
Sits in a highchair now
Started rolling over woo hoo!!!!
Started scooting (backward and forwards)
Loves sucking his toes
Loves to scream/yell/laugh/talk
Loves to blow raspberries
Sleeps through the night (12+ hours)
And is working on holding his bottle

We celebrated his first Christmas at home- opening gifts, watching Christmas movies, and eating good food. We traveled to CA to celebrate/ visit family for more Christmas fun.

He continues to grow and and change everyday. It's so fun to watch his personality come out more and more. We look forward to finalizing his adoption next month and can't wait for Durant to become a Perez!

Cool new way to suck my gokkie

Hanging out with Eve

My Peruvian hat 

Future cowboy?

Durants BFF William

Really Aunt Alli

All of this for me?

3 and almost 4 months

We missed our 3 month check up due to vacation and illness. So Durant had a 3/almost 4 month check up and here is his update.

Weight: 14.5lbs and in the 50th percentile
Height: 24.5 inches in the 25th percentile
What a rolly poley

He is working on rolling over. He can get to his side but needs an extra umps to get all the way over.
He chews on everything especially his feet(early teether yikes!)
He is working on laughing. His giggle turns into a fuss quickly. But I did get 1 belly laugh out of him.
He loves to sit up or stand
He blows raspberries
He loves to scream. We don't have a quiet kid.
He sleeps 7 hours straight wakes for a feeding and then sleeps for another 6 hours
He is eating rice cereal (first time tonight)
And he is ready for his first Christmas..
We head to Ohio for Christmas with the in-laws and then off to CA we go for Christmas with our California family.
We can't wait to see all of you!

2 months and a plane ride

Durant David Isaac is 2 months.
12lbs 7oz
23 inches long
25 percentile for everything (little peanut)
Things he loves:
Sleeping
Eating
Being talked to and sang to
The band Branches
Bring rocked
His swing
Ceiling fans
Things he can do:
Hold his head up for awhile
Cooing
Big smiles
Sticks his tongue out
Pull his hair
Tracks objects
Searches for mom

Durant and I made a trip to CA to meet all almost all of my family. We were there for 3 weeks and had a blast. Our trip at a lot of first for D. First plane ride, first time at the beach, first time meting everyone, first time sleeping 6+ hours, first time in San Diego, first Halloween, first baby shower, first time to Apple hill.... LOTS OF FIRSTS!!!

I'm glad we got to spend time with the family and of course, D was spoiled rotten. All 3 weeks were full of activities. I got to throw my BFF a baby shower! And we even made the trip to San Diego to remember Gigi who past away last month. 

D is such a great traveler. He slept the entire 5+ hour plane ride. Both ways! He even slept the entire drive (8+ hr) to San Diego. Both ways! He is such a happy, easy go lucky boy. 

It was such a great trip. The count down is one for our return 12/26!

Papa and D

Aunt Missy and D

Uncle Zak and Aunt Alli

pulling his hair in his sleep

plane ride!

Happy Halloween

BFFs baby shower. Cant wait to meet D's BFF when we come back

Nonnie and us at the beach

Happy Boy!

1 month old

This post is a bit late seeing how Durant is almost 12 weeks old. But it is our dream that when Durant is of an appropriate age, we will print this blog out for him to read. We want him to know where we came from and how much we is loved.

Here is his first update letter to the adoption agency and some pictures from birth-1month old.

Dear Birth Mom,

Hope this letter finds you well. It is hard to believe Durant is 1 month old. Time has flown by! He is growing like a weed. It has been so cool to see his transformation over the past 4 weeks.  I swear he changes over night. He is developing well and meeting all of his milestones.

We took Durant to his pediatrician and he weighs 8 pounds 8 ounces. He is 21 inches long. He eats like a champ! He has put himself on a routine, eating 4 ounces every 4 hours. He will let us know if we have let him go longer than 4 hours!

He gets stronger every day. He is able to lift his head for a few minutes. He has even started pushing up with his arms. He has a fierce grip and is good at holding on to things. He kicks his legs a lot! He tends to push/kick himself all around his pack-n-play if he isn’t swaddled.  He does a great job tracking objects and faces with his eyes. He likes to study faces, especially Nathan’s. He must like his beard.

Durant has a beautiful smile (when you can catch him smiling). Even though his smile is just a reflex he does it quite often. His face lights up in a flash. We have tried to capture it in a picture but I think he sees the camera coming and so he purposefully stops. J
Durant has met Nathan’s side of the family and has met everyone at church. He was dedicated at the church this last Sunday. He was given his first bible. Also, he and I will be going CA to meet my side of the family. Everyone has enjoyed meeting and spoiling Durant. He is a very happy baby and we love him dearly.

We hope you are doing well and enjoying the last bit of summer! We will be writing again soon. Enjoy the pictures!

God bless!

-Nathan, Meghan, and Durant

 

 

(I use to suck these finger)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(gangster baby)

 

(Dad is trying to brain wash him already)