Two month check

On Thursday Malachi went in for his two month check up. He is a growing boy too. Malachi now weighs in at 13 lbs 4 oz, 24 in long, and the circumference of his head is now 41.5 cm. He is a big boy. The sad part about his check up was getting his first set of shots. One oral vaccine, and three shots. Malachi liked the oral one, they make it sweet, and he was sticking his tongue out for more. That all ended when the nurse poked him with the first shot, Malachi can scream. It was so sad to watch. Malachi didn't cry for to long after he received all his shots, he did a great job.

Oh, we also asked the doctor about giving Malachi "tastes" of certain foods. See while we were on vacation Chris give Malachi raspberry jam, syrup, and coconut flavored frozen fruit bar. The doctor said that Malachi is still too young for those types of food and to especially stay away from sugar. So what does Chris do today, he puts Malachi's Binky in his protein shake and then puts it in Malachi's mouth. Dads', what can you do?

Today we had pictures taken of Malachi and they turned out so good. It will be a few weeks before we get them back, and we haven't decided if we are going to make them Christmas gifts or not yet. I don't know that I will be able to wait that long to show them off. Chris might make me though. That's all for now.

Ok, so it's been a while

So it has been about a month since our last post and family is starting to call asking what we've been up to. (This is going to be long, sorry, we have a lot of pictures for you.) We took a three week vacation and drove to Wyoming and Montana. Malachi was pretty amazing for his first road trip.
We had a great time in Wyoming. Chris (Lycan) work schedule was pretty light while we were there so we were able to spend quite a bit of time with her. Actually she spent a lot of time with Malachi. Chris L offered many times to do the early morning feedings allowing Chris and I to sleep in a little, and it was wonderful. She also took him many times and told Chris and I to enjoy the hot tub and we did very much. The Lycan's have a beautiful home in Wyoming. Their backyard goes down to the Platte River and at night you can see every star in the sky. It was amazing sitting in the hot tub listening to the river and starring at the stars.

Over Labor Day weekend we floated the river with Chris and Dave, which was a lot of fun. Chris L and I started out on a raft together, but I guess we weren't going fast enough for the boys because Dave hopped in the raft and had me float on the tube. Chris had to grab hold of me because the tube was bigger than me and I couldn't touch the water to steer. I stayed mostly dry until Chris decided he wanted to ride with me on my tube. My tube had a tarp over it so I didn't really touch the water. That all changed when Chris joined me. Stephanie, a friend of the Lycan's, watched Malachi while we floated the river. For some reason everyone loves Malachi, he's just so cute its hard not too.
We also went jet skiing with Stephanie and her husband. This is where we discovered Malachi has red hair. (Hence the photo to the left.) Lake Guernsey is a huge lake so Chris and I were enjoying ourselves on the jet ski. Chris decided I didn't get wet enough on the river so he threw us off the jet ski. I wasn't too happy, but what can you do in the middle of the lake but accept the fact that you are wet and get over it. Chris was having so much fun he kept "falling" in the water, on purpose. He only took me with him once. We got Dave to try the jet ski and he had a lot of fun too. Chris L on the other hand took a a lot of encouraging, but eventually she gave in, she had fun as well. We had a great time in Wyoming.

Tuesday, September 2nd, we left for Great Falls, Montana. Over Memorial weekend David and Chris decided they wanted to get a tattoo that represented their faith and would eventually become a Lycan-Donatell family tattoo for the men. They wasted no time in finding a tattoo artist to sketch it out and set up an appointment to have them done. Tuesday night we found the tattoo artist and Friday night we had tattoos, I gave in a got one too.

Chris and David's tattoos are three nails in a cross with Joshua 24:15 which says "... As for me and my family, we will serve the Lord." My tattoo is the Jesus fish with the Crown of Thorns design. They all represent our faith and can be used as great conversation starters in sharing our faith, the gospel, and witnessing to those around us.

We had a great time in Great Falls too. We realized how much we miss spending time with David and Melissa, and Kendi and Cory. We spent much time playing cards, in which the girls kick the boys butts, watching football, and relaxing. Chris and I are so glad we were able to take this trip to see and send time with our closest friends.

Over the last three weeks Malachi has changed a lot too. He started to sleep for six hours while we were in Wyoming and has continued to do so. It is amazing to get more sleep. He has a few nights when he only goes three hours between feedings, but those have been few and far between. Malachi is also awake during the day more. He is gaining great control over his neck and is smiling all the time. Another new thing for Malachi are his hands, he has found them and enjoys sucking on them. It's pretty funny when he tries to put both fists in his mouth. He has also found his thumb, twice now that we know of and has been sucking on it. We hope he doesn't take after his mom and become a thumb sucker, but at the rate he's going he just might. It is a sight to see though and when we get a picture of it we will definitely post them.

Malachi's two month appointment is on Thursday and I will post and let you all know how that goes. For now though enjoy these adorable pics of Malachi. And sorry again for taking to long to post, I will try and keep up on keeping everyone updated. Love you all.