Laughing Man

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Christy Murphy

Canton has been knocking out many of the fourth month old gross motor milestones, so I was becoming a paranoid mom when he hadn’t laughed (usually happens by the end of three months, and yes I know he’s not there yet). He’s been squealing in delight for several weeks, I knew a laugh was coming I just had to be patient, which is not my best quality as many of you know. As luck would have it I got his very first laugh on video! I feel so blessed to have this time with him to see these unforgetable moments. Enjoy! **Video is about 50 seconds long, he laughs in the first 20 and after that it is just me being dumb trying to get him to laugh again.

Canton’s First Laugh from Mike Murphy on Vimeo.

New Perspective

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Christy Murphy

Canton is holding his head well, so we went for a walk with his carrier with him placed facing outward! He also enjoys his new vantage point sitting up with support and putting some weight on his legs. Canton wanted to send a special hello to his fabulous aunt Becky as she is making her cross country journey, we miss you tons! 🙂

Mal and Pap Return

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Christy Murphy

Mal and Pap came back to see me for another visit. We had a nice weekend of playing, listening to music, playing in my gym, and showing them the sights of our county. I’ll get to meet my other set of great grandparents next weekend. I’m very lucky to have both sets of great grandparents!

Growing Man

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Christy Murphy

I had my two month check-up today, I tipped the scales at 11 pounds 9 ounces and am 22.75 inches. I had two shots today also, mom and dad didn’t handle that too well, but I was a champ.

Here are some pictures of me playing in my activity gym and working on all those gross motor skills, enjoy!

Two Months!

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Christy Murphy

Canton is two months old today. These milestones are starting to become bittersweet, of course we are so excited and feel so blessed he’s a happy, healthy, growing baby, we just can’t believe how fast time is going. Next month at this time I’ll be returning to work and I’ll miss our time together tremendously.

Canton spent the day sitting in his new Bumbo seat and listening to music. He loves to move to the music and enjoyed listening to Mike tell him all about the IPOD, Mike is already making him a techno boy!

Check Kids

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Christy Murphy

Canton attended his first picinic today as we said goodbye to my principal. I’m so lucky to work with such a great group of people, and I feel blessed to have so many more people in our lives that love Canton.

This year at school five boys were born (only a 3% chance of this occuring by the way!). Here is Canton with his new friends (from left to right and in birth order with the moms) Drew, Mac, Isaac, Canton, and Camden. Canton met Mr. Greco who took such good care of us while I was pregnant, and he also got to see Jessica and Angie again! Mike and I are quite proud of him, he didn’t cry the whole time and seemed to enjoy himself! He looks forward to playing with his new friends again!

Baby’s First Jamboree

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Christy Murphy

I LOVE music, so mom and dad decided to take me, as well as Becky and Ben, to Floyd’s Friday Night Jamboree. I enjoyed the tunes and won the heart of all the townfolk. Aunt Becky leaves tomorrow for her new job in California, I’m so happy I got to spend so much time with her. She helped me with rolling over more and taught me all about being a Florida Gator, and some funny stories about mom too. I’ll miss you Becky, thanks for being a wonderful aunt!!

Eight Weeks!

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Christy Murphy

Canton is eight weeks old today! My how times flies! Well, it is two weeks too late, but we finally captured a video of him rolling over! Enjoy! 🙂

(The video is about two and a half minutes long, he rolls over twice, so there is some lag time…(evidently it takes babies a while to do stuff like this)

Rollover! from Mike Murphy on Vimeo.

The Incredible Shrinking Car Seat

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Christy Murphy

As we continue to marvel over our blessing that is Canton we came across a picture of Canton in his car seat on the day we brought him home (5/15/09). Seven weeks later, we have our big man, so alert and interacting with the world around him. We can’t wait to see what the next seven weeks bring (except returning to work!).

Happy 4th of July!

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Christy Murphy

Even though grandma and Becky left me I’ve had a great past couple days. Mom and Dad’s anniversary was on Thursday, so their friends watched me for an hour while they went out to dinner. I got to meet my new friends Collin and Abby, we had a great time.

On the fourth mom and dad took me out for my first trip to Floyd, it was also my first trip in my stroller. I had such a fun time meeting all kinds of interesting people and listening to some great music. We left before the fireworks went off so they didn’t hurt my ears, but we could see them from the house, so it worked out well.