Mount Grandpa

What happens when you leave Grandpa Baker in charge:





Keep checking back, I'm going to post lots of pictures this week. We had a big week last week, cousin Shane, Aunt Missy and Uncle Brian were in town. I'll try and get more up this afternoon and then more through out the week.

Sweet Sweet Sleep

Hopefully this is the beginning of many more nights like this to come: Colin slept 6 HOURS last night! He went to bed at 9:45 and did not wake me up until 3:45. He really seems to understand our overnight routine now, we've got it down to about 20 minutes (from an hour!). I feel so good today, sleep is so precious right now.

And now, what you really want, a couple of pictures:

8 Weeks

Colin had his 2 month check up today. This means he had to get his vaccinations today too. First, the good news was that the doctor was very impressed with his development. He weighed in at a healthy 10 pounds 13 ounces and measured 22.25 inches long. According to the doctor, he had a great shaped head, his lungs sounded healthy, a nice color, and overall was given an A+.

His vaccinations came in the form on 1 oral, 2 shots in one leg and another big shot in the other leg. The poor little guy cried and screamed. Just recently he's started crying real tears, so Daddy got to witness this for the first time and it almost made him cry too.

The only thing she recommended was that we try to get his bedtime routine in earlier. Lately, we've been giving him a bath, then feeding, then reading him a book starting at 8 p.m. and getting him in bed around 9 or 9:30. He's been giving me a 4 hour sleep window at that point and then about 2 or 3 hours in between after that. So, we are going to start trying to get him down by 8 now, just bump it all up an hour. She said this would help with him sleeping through the night. So we'll see how it goes.

After our appointment Colin got to meet Brad's co-workers. We stopped by and I had lunch with them while Colin got passed around the women of the office, one even called him "literally the cutest baby I've ever seen." Duh. hehe.

A Few Firsts

First time to wear pants. Look how excited he is!


First nap with Henry.


First time wearing a full body suit.


First encounter with a New Yorker, Anthony.

Sorry it's been so long, I'll get a new post up next week!

Colin's First Christmas

Gramma and Grandpa at Christmas Eve


Family's First Christmas


Awwww...Baby's First Christmas Outfit


Such a poser!

Pictures, pictures, pictures!

First night home, so tired!


This is my favorite face of his, though you can't really get the full affect here. It's his stretchy face.

Awwww, does this really need any caption?


2 Weeks old!


Superman pose! He loves to sleep like this.

2 Weeks Old...Already!

My oh my, how fast the first 2 weeks has gone by. Perhaps because my nights and days are all one big blur? We are starting to get the hang of this whole "parents" thing, the evidence is in the pediatrician's visit today. For his 2 week checkup, Colin has gained back all the weight he lost in the hospital, plus one ounce, so he is up to 7 pounds 1 ounce, and he has grown in length from 19.1 inches at birth to 20.5 inches today. His jaundice is all but gone and the doctor was very pleased with how healthy he looked. All in all, good news!

I developed a little infection over the weekend and have been on antibiotics, but am feeling better now. Brad went back to work on Monday so I've been taking the 3rd shift with Colin and letting Brad get some good sleep, a solid 7 or 8 hours a night. Everything is all working out great, we are trying to get a bedtime routine established to help Colin sleep better at night (and Mommy!), we start that tomorrow. This new routine means he will no longer be sleeping with us, as he has been the first 2 weeks, he'll be in his own crib now. This makes me a little sad, but was recommended by the doc, so I know it's best.

We know there are tons of friends, family and co-workers who are dying to see little Colin, but our doctor doesn't like newborns to go out in public until they receive their immunizations, which is 2 months old. Being the over-protective, hyper-sensitive new parents that we are, we are going to respect that and keep him locked up (accept for the family Christmas outing) until his immunizations are complete in January. Until then, I hope all the pictures I post on here will help.

I also have a special little treat for you all: a never-before-seen film of Colin's first taste of fresh air. This is a film that Daddy accidentally captured on our digital camera in the operating room, you can hear little Colin saying hi and the nurse announcing his birth weight.




The photos will be posted Thursday or Friday.

Thank you to all for the well wishes, cards, flowers and love you have bestowed upon us in the past 2 weeks. We know Colin is loved by so many, he is such a blessing to us all!

We'd also like to say a special thank you to Great Gramma Birdelle and Gramma and Grandpa Baker, who have been nice enough to bring us dinner several times since we can't get out, and have babysit a couple of times already while we ran to the store.