The Bassham Blog

Taken with my iPhone while we were out running errands. Doesn't he look thrilled?

Here's a short video of Rhett hanging out in his bumbo seat today. He's normally more talkative (I'll try to catch that on video, too) but he was about ready for his nap.

Please don't make fun of my baby voice :)

Rhett is normally a great sleeper. For whatever reason (growth spurt, not feeling well, etc) he has been waking up at 4:30am for the past week and does NOT want to go back to bed. He will lay in bed talking to himself for about 30 minutes, and then he'll get upset when you don't come and get him. It has been pretty tough on Mommy and Daddy since we don't go to bed at 8:15pm like he does!

Well, last night, he decided to roll over onto his tummy at some point, and he was out like a light until we woke him up at 6:45! He had slept a total of 10.5 hours and we finally had to wake him up so we wouldn't be late. I guess he's a tummy sleeper like his mom and just figured out how to roll into that position. We'll see if this trend continues, but I'm so glad to have my good sleeper back! :)

Here's what Rhett wore to school today. First camo outfit of many!

Saturday, we watched our friends Angie and Chris' kids for awhile. Braden is about to turn 8 years old and Reid is almost exactly 1 year older than Rhett. Here are a few pics from the day:

A year ago today, I got the call from the fertility clinic saying that I was 3 weeks pregnant! We had gone through a year of expensive fertility treatments, so to hear that was such wonderful news. At the time, there was a chance that we would have triplets, but we were blessed with just our one little guy. Looking back, I can't imagine bringing 3 newborns home from the hospital!

Rhett turned 4 months old today! He has become such a good little sleeper. We can put him to bed at 8:00 now and he'll sleep until 6am. This extra sleep has done wonders for his mood in the evenings and we don't have to wake him up for daycare in the mornings anymore. Oh, and I can't complain about my extra sleep either. :)

My dad's cousin Joey came to town with his family, so we had a big family get-together at my parents' house on Sunday. Joey's family is from Boston, so we made sure to show them how Texas bbq is done. Here are some pics my brother Chris took of the kids.

Hudson pulling Parker on the sled (which is really a Sponge Bob boogy board)...

Parker pulling Hudson...
Larry pulling all 3 of the older boys. Larry, Chris, and Donnie got to trade off doing this all afternoon :)

The littlest cousin...

Jordan staring Chris down. She finally realized he wasn't her daddy and burst into tears.
The two smallest cousins playing together. It won't be long until they're terrorizing the older kids!

Parker enjoying his lunch...
My mom made Valentine cookies for each of the grandkids. Rhett's cookie was delicious :)

Hudson enjoying his...

My office is closed on President's Day (I know, lucky me) so Rhett and I had a Mommy & Son day. We started the day with a 4am bottle. We think he's going through a growth spurt right now because he's ravenous all of the time but we see the light at the end of the tunnel! Luckily, he went back to bed and we both slept until 8:00.
This was my favorite President's Day yet! :)

Donnie turned 31 last Sunday and his parents and grandparents were able to help us celebrate. We ate Dickey's barbeque and enjoyed Mamaw's amazing apple cake. Thanks again, Mamaw!

Relaxing with his great-grandmother Mamaw...

Cuddling and eating with his Gran...

Checking out his new outfit his grandpa gave him. It says "Chick Magnet" :)

And if you didn't notice, he's wearing a different outfit in almost every picture, because he spit up several times over the course of the day (and managed to get it on each person who held him). Sorry about that! His reflux has been much better this week.

Thanks again for coming to visit, guys! We really enjoyed the day.

Donnie and I ran some errands with Rhett this afternoon. When we got back, he kept looking up at us with the sweetest look


Right after these pictures, he started screaming for his bottle. I guess he was asking us for food, but we didn't figure that out fast enough :)

These days, Rhett really moves around in the crib while he sleeps. Donnie finds him facing the opposite direction most mornings. He also moves himself onto his side, so I'm sure he'll be rolling to his belly in no time. Here's a few pics from his marathon nap the other day...Here he is sleeping with his eyes open. Kinda creepy....

Saturday morning, Rhett and I ran some errands and then stopped by my brother Larry's house to see Larry, Jenn, Parker, and Jordan. We had a nice time catching up, and I thought it would be a good idea to take some pictures of the kids since they change so quickly.


While I was holding Rhett, Parker and Jordan got away. Then, the dog got involved...

This was definitely the best one!

And we have spit up. Photo shoot is over :)

Here's some more pictures of Rhett and his beloved bouncer. They are the best of friends :)

Here is Rhett's 3-month picture. As I've mentioned before, we're taking a picture of him on the 22nd of each month so we can see how he grows in the first year.


Here's his 3-month pic...

Here's his 2-month picture that I never posted. If I'm being honest, it was really his 2.5 month picture :)

And here's a look back at his 1 month pic...

It's going so fast!