Tuesday, September 28, 2010

2 week appointment

Yesterday Cole had his two week appointment.  He is technically about 2 1/2 weeks but who's counting?! :)  When we left the hospital, his weight had dropped down to 7lbs 1oz; however, he has more than made up for it!  He is now 9lbs 2oz and 21 1/8 inches long....such a big boy!!  He has been eating like crazy, but we did not anticipate that he would gain almost 2 lbs in such a short time.  Both his height and weight are in the 50th percentile and his head is 25%.  He is still a pretty good baby and changing daily.  Cameron loves to give him kisses all the time and talks to him a lot!  He has become more alert these past few days and makes the funniest faces when he sleeps.  He smiles quite a bit but we haven't been able to get many pics of that just yet.

Jeff is leaving today for a business trip and I'm not sure how things are going to go here!  This is the first time he has left since Cole was born.  I have pretty much been on baby duty since we came home and he has been running around doing everything for Cameron, making dinners, grocery shopping, etc.  Now I'll be doing all those things on top of everything a newborn requires and taking and picking Cameron up from school, gymnastics & soccer practice.  Guess I should get used to it.....but I'm hoping Friday comes REALLY fast! :)

This pic wouldn't stay upright for some reason....right before heading to the doctor!



Mommy's Little Man

Sibling love!

Action shot!



Sunday, September 19, 2010

Cole Jeffrey- 9/9/10, 7lbs 8oz, 3:23 pm

Here are some long awaited pictures of our little man! Although the last part of my labor was miserable, to say the least, Cole has been such a great baby & we can't believe he is finally here!

We have successfully made it through the first week & a half (which has been a blur of feedings & diaper changes) and he has already changed so much. Appearance wise, he is starting to fill out more because he is SUCH a piggy! All he wants to do is eat, eat, eat! Typical boy, I guess :). He is pretty calm for the most part & only cries when he is hungry. Don't get me wrong, we have had a few rough moments, but that is to be expected.

Cameron is just smitten with her little brother and is really enjoying her role as a big sister. She runs in from school every afternoon and has to know where Cole is and what he has been doing all day! She has been such a big help...we'll see how many favors we can get out of her :)

In between all the madness, we celebrated Jeff's birthday on the 16th!  We didn't do much this year since we have a newborn but his present was delivered on time and we had a nice dinner at home!  Happy birthday, Daddy!  We love you!

And now for a million pictures...

Welcome to the world, Cole!






Cameron seeing Cole for the first time!


So excited to hold him for the first time!

Cole & Mimi
Cole & Grandma Sue


Papa John


Aunt B


Uncle Justin



Sweet Dylan
 



Aunt Lauren
 

Aunt Katie


Good luck hugs before her soccer game


Ready to go home!


Mimi & Papa


Cousins Jamie & Jax


Love this picture!



Flowers from work


First bath!


Heading to the dr to check his jaundice levels

Kitty Ruby checking out Cole


Happy Birthday, Daddy!



Precious!


3 of my fav people :)

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Nothing In Particular

Jeff so kindly reminded me today that I had not blogged in a while, so I felt obligated to get on.  There haven't been many exciting things going on here lately, so this will be really random.

Last Wednesday, it poured here like crazy.  Cameron was walking up the stairs and noticed a beautiful rainbow outside.  The picture does not do it justice at all!  The colors were so bright, but then it disappeared after a few minutes.  It was nice while it lasted!  And speaking of rain, it started today and is supposed to last for a while here.  Hopefully Cameron will get to practice tomorrow for their soccer game on Saturday.  It's not looking too promising.


A little while ago, we had asked my dad to refinish Cameron's baby furniture for Baby Boy because he is really good with that kind of stuff.  Unfortunately, he has had so many things pop up on his plate lately and has been super sick, so my parents offered to buy us new furniture.  How nice!  I know my dad felt terrible for not being able get it finished before baby got here, but we TOTALLY understand, Dad! :)  I was already heading to Target that night, so I figured I would see if they had anything there.  And they did!  I found a really pretty dresser/crib combo by Delta that was exactly what we were looking for and it was on sale, so we ended up going back on Sunday morning to buy it.  Jeff put the crib together by himself while Cameron & I supervised but I helped with the dresser and putting the drawers together was the hardest part....such a pain!  But, it only took us a few hours and now I might have more inspiration to get something done with this room. Ha!  Don't mind the chair beside the crib...I need to find a new cover that doesn't look so frumpy!


Later on Sunday, we went to Justin & Brennon's new house to watch the Tech game & eat dinner.  They built in a really nice neighborhood and seem to have already met some great people.  The house is beautiful and I think Dylan was very excited to show it off!  We had grilled pork chops & corn, a few different dips and lots of beer for everyone but me!  The girls played & played upstairs and Cameron was lucky enough to get to spend the night!

Skip to today....it's my first day of not going in to work!  Of course I was still up before 7 to make Cameron's lunch & help Jeff get her off to school, but I've been pretty lazy most of the day.  After today, only one more day of laziness and then we will have a sweet baby boy to bring home!  Cameron, who likes to use her hands to emphasize what she is saying these days, told me the other day, "I can't believe we are going to have a boy in our family!!"  :)  After having been an only child for 5 1/2 years, her whole world is about to change!