Surprise Visit

We made an unexpected visit to Dr. Stone today. He however is out of the office for a few weeks with the birth of his second baby (who was 9 lb. 11 oz.). Christopher's umbilical stump fell off over the weekend and over the past few days we've been noticing a lot of discharge and some blood so away to the doctor we went. The pediatrician that is taking Dr. Stone's patients while he's away assured me everything was fine and just to be sure she sautered the inside of his belly button. While we were there we went ahead and did a weight check and found out that Christopher is now 9 lbs. 6 oz. and in the 52nd percentile. That’s a big jump from 2 ½ weeks ago when he was just in the 34th percentile. After checking his weight I snapped a quick photo with my phone of the naked boy.

Funny Photo

After getting so many great pictures, Christopher decided to give me one that almost made me die of laughter. I call this the "daddy stinks when he farts" face. Enjoy!

3 Weeks

It's hard to believe that 3 weeks have gone by since our little boy was so gracefully "sucked" into this world. He's changing so fast and already taking charge of our home and lives. Every morning when I wake up I can't wait to see his face that I practically run to where he's at (which at this point it's usually with daddy in the living room). The dimples on his cheeks and the deep blue eyes are almost to much to bare when he looks up at me and smiles. I can only hope and pray that I see that smile for many years even when he hits his terrible teens and decides that his parents don't understand. So before I break out in tears here's some more pictures of our little Kola Bear.

Our First Bath

It's happened, Christopher's umbilical cord fell off yesterday so we decided to try a bath this morning. We were going to wait until tomorrow night but oh my this baby needed a bath. If you know Jeff you know he sweats ALOT, well evidently so does Christopher and he stunk. Even with the sponge baths we were giving every other night he wasn't smeeling like the "new baby" smell that everyone longs for.

At first he cryed a little but once I put the calming bath in the water he went lemp. We had him in the spare bathroom because it tends to stay warmer than the rest of the house and he discovered the huge mirror behind the sink. Jeff was taking pictures and got a few awsome shots.

Halloween Pictures

While waiting for the goodies to start flowing we managed to get a few funny pictures of Christopher in his costume (and out of it).

BOO!

Yay for Halloween!!! My favorite part.... the CANDY although I won't be diving into the candy bowl as I would in years past. I'm still on my mission to loose more weight and I will not be tempted to chow down on the delicious chocolaty oh so yummy morsels we currently have sitting on the table waiting for nightfall. This year my focus is going to be on my beautiful little boy who it so happens will be my puppy dog for the evening. He even did the unthinkable last night and slept 7 hours. I don't know who was more shocked Jeff, Christopher, or Me. So upon waking sleeping beauty at about 7:30 he was (in his mind) starved. We managed to get a few pictures of him in the outfit Mimi got for him to wear today before he became a screaming bundle of joy.

We also got an adorable picture of him clinging to Jeff the other night fast asleep which has given him the nickname of our little Kola Bear. We also got his bed set not to long ago and we managed to get it put on his bed. I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween with more treats than tricks!

Jeff's Video

A day late but I finally have gotten around to putting up Jeff's video. A day or so after leaving the hospital he made this video to put up on our blog and Myspace pages. Enjoy!

So it begins!

We are all alone here with Christopher as Mimi and Grandpa went home over the weekend. Jeff and I have been doing as well as can be expected from new parents. We've managed to get a schedule worked out between us to where we are each getting at least 6 hours of sleep no matter if Christopher is awake all night or not. He's has been stretching out the time between bottles and even went 5 hours last night before his bedtime bottle (and we had to force him awake for that one). Mom has been enjoying her time with him and I think she will enjoy seeing him everyday even more when Jeff heads back to work Sunday. We managed to get some good pictures of Christopher this morning; he was wide awake and staring out his window. You may not be able to tell but he is getting the prettiest blue eyes. The picture of the two of us both however is showing me with 6 hours of sleep and a little tired. Hopefully we will manage a good nights rest sometime within the next few weeks. If not Mimi and grandpa will be back in aprox. 5 weeks for Thanksgiving. In the mean time I’ll keep updating in my semi-spare time. Check back tomorrow for our video of Christopher's first few days.