Here is a a quick snapshot of Chase playing last week in his pea pod chair. He is desperately trying to sit up straight when we hold him, when he is in his bouncy seat, etc. I suspect it will not be much longer before he can get himself into a sitting position. He is enjoying all his new friends at school and we made it through a whole week this past week without anyone getting sick.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving full of good eats. We had a great time with Michael's sister and her family...only flop of the day was the Hungry Girl Pumpkin Pie. It was TERRIBLE. Should have known anything with a Fiber One crust was going to taste like $%#@. Oh well. We had a good apple pie to rescue the day.
Here is Chase before dinner
Thanks to Aunt Mimi for the cute Turkey Day outfit
So, if your husband likes eggnog and you have a nice big carton of egg beaters in the fridge for your holiday baking, it might be a good thing to warn him it is not eggnog or move it to the back of the fridge. You never know when one unobservant husband (i.e. all husbands) may look in the fridge for something to drink and get a nice big gulp of egg beaters they thought looked like eggnog. YUCK, but oh so funny afterward; not that I would know first hand because of course my husband would never be this unobservant :)
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I will post pictures of the kids later today.
and getting big! Look at him with his owl 4 weeks ago and then with him today.
8 weeks old
He thinks I am an all day buffett, looks like we need to slow it down a bit or he is going to be as big as the chair in a year. Luckily he is sleeping about 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 hours a night now. Thank god for whoever invented the baby swing as that is what he is sleeping in. My motto these days is "whatever works". I'll worry about how to get him down in a bed later.
Today my wonderful husband and Parker and Chase's Dad turned 36. We had a fun day of good cake, good breakfast at IHOP, some shopping at the mall, good Donuts from the NEW Dunkin Donuts, and some good time hanging out at home. Here are some pictures...
Wow. Time flies. Chase is now 9 pounds, 2 ounces and 20.5 inches long. He is growing at a good rate. He had a check up this morning and all is well. He also got a shot for Hepatitis B. More shots next month...he was not a fan of the shot. I don't blame him. He still sleeps a lot but is becoming more alert in the mornings. I am going to start an evening routine with him tonight to start working on getting him to understand what bedtime is and to work on having him sleep without me holding him. He has slept the past 3 nights in the bed with me and I did not have to hold him so I am hoping we can move to the bassinett next.
Here is a picture of him with his owl from his room. I will try my best to take a picture each month of him with the owl so we can see how he is growing.
Chase is now 2 weeks old and the time is flying by. He got to meet his cousin, Colt, last week and we enjoyed the time visiting with Russell and Katie. Unfortunately, later that evening, Chase decided to spike a 101.8 fever and we went to the ER of the children's hospital here. Chase had to have all kinds of tests (even a spinal tap, not fun) and had to stay in the hospital for 48 hours. He had great nurses and got lots of attention. All of the tests have come back negative so far so they think it was a viral infection. His temp finally has come back down and we are enjoying being at home. We visit the pediatrician again tomorrow for a check up but I expect it to be a good visit.
The week has flown by. Chase visited the pediatrician yesterday for a check up and all is going well. He weighs 6 lbs 15 oz, up 2 ounces since birth and up 9 ounces from his lowest weight at the hospital. I had a setback with nursing Saturday morning and so I fed him by the bottle for Saturday but by Sunday was ready to give the nursing thing a try again, it is getting better. Definitely easier in the middle of the night than going to get a bottle, washing it, etc.
Parker is still pretty excited about the new addition. She told us she announced to her friend at school that she has a little brother and she was real excited as she told us the story. She got her hair cut this weekend and the lady asked if she could have Chase and Parker said no, not even for a lollipop, good sign. Check back in 5 years and we will see what she says then. She likes to help me get stuff for the baby and loves to look at him and rub his head. We did some tummy time with him last night and she loved that. She got to see him raise his head and turn it to the other side. He has a strong little neck.
Here is a picture of Chase at one week old, relaxing in his bouncy seat.
Born at 7:54
6 lbs 13 oz
19 inches
Mom and baby doing great. Parker so far is pretty enamored with him. Here are a couple of pictures.
Here's Michael and Parker gearing up for football season and enjoying ice cream. Soon we will be able to eat this on the back deck that will be screened in...Michael is screening now.
Barnsley Gardens Resort ( http://www.barnsleyresort.com/) was where we chose to spend a quiet weekend this past weekend. It was a very unique place and one that I would highly recommend. I got a prenatal massage (wow, how relaxing) and we explored the property on our rented golf cart and hung out by the pool...it was soooo nice.
Here are some pictures.
Only 5 weeks left until Baby # 2 will make his arrival. We are trying to get all our open ended projects completed. Michael is staining the deck as I type this and over Labor Day he will get it screened in. Next weekend we are taking a short trip to Barnsley Gardens for some rest and relaxation before the baby comes. I had a second 4D ultrasound Friday and all is well. Here are some pictures from the session...
Here is a 3 D pictures of Baby #2....he is doing well and weighs 3lbs 3 oz. Only 8 more weeks to go.
