Happy Thanksgiving!!

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!! Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday with family, friends and yummy food!!

Baby Shower

Last Sunday a couple of my great friends including my sister in law hosted a shower for the lil guy and me. It was a great afternoon of friends and family. We are so blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives. We were showered with wonderful gifts. Now our lil guy has plenty of clothes to pick from. Since our boys were born in opposite seasons we don't have baby clothes to share. So, unfortunately our lil guy only had a few outfits to choose from for the first few weeks of his life. Now he has plenty to choose from thanks to our friends and family. We also received some much needed diapers and wipes. Those always come in handy. Here are some pics from the wonderful afternoon.

Lil guy and Mommy(he was ready to eat and the bottle was not warming up fast enough)

The gifts

My wonderful hostesses


The yummy cake.

Thank you to everyone who made the day so special for us. We appreciate it so much!!

Not 1, Not 2, But 4 times!!!

Well our lil guy has accomplished another milestone. One that leaves my hubby and I wondering what we are in store for with this lil guy. Last night I put lil guy on his tummy for tummy time. He wasn't very happy with me and decided to get very mad screaming at me. The next thing I knew he had rolled over from his tummy to his back. I told my hubby and of course he didn't believe me so I did it again. Didn't take very long and sure enough he rolled over again. So, then my hubby decided we had to get this on camera because no one would believe our 3 week old was rolling over from his tummy to his back. So we put him down again and not too much later he was on his back again. A while later we were in our bedroom and we put him on his tummy and big sis recorded this video

So obviously he isn't a big fan of tummy time or at least not last night. Hope everyone has a good week!

Date Night

Last night my hubby and I got to go out on a date. This is the first time I have left the lil guy for more than an hour and he has had to take a bottle. My in laws had called my hubby on Wed and asked if we wanted to go out they would come over and watch the kiddos. Of course we were up for that :) So my in laws came over and spoiled the grandkids while my hubby and I went out. My hubby surprised me with taking me to Red Rock Canyon Grill which I have never been to. It was very yummy. We had a very yummy Spinach Artichoke Dip and then I had Salmon with Mashed Potatoes. It was very good! After dinner we went to Best Buy and looked at the Macbook. We are thinking that we are going to get one.

It was a great night and the kids of course had a fun time too. The lil guy did great taking a bottle for my MIL which was good to hear since in a few weeks I will be going back to work and he will be w/my mom. I guess close to when we were going to be getting back the lil guy started getting fussy. Our lil man thought he was missing us so he went over to him and told him it was ok we would be back soon. Lil man is such a good brother always there to comfort his lil brother, at least at this point in time ;)

Well I hope everyone has a great weekend and a Happy Thanksgiving next week!

A mini milestone for lil guy

His umbilical cord fell off!! Yay!!! Now this to me is a major milestone. I cannot stand the sight of the stub of the umbilical cord. I just hate having to mess with cleaning it and even though the dr says it doesn't hurt him, lil guy didn't like me messing with it. So now my lil guy has a normal belly button and no more stub we have to worry about :)

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Update Time

We finally finished our last bilirubin test for our lil guy. The poor guy had to have one of his feet stuck on Fri, Sat, Mon and Wed. I felt so bad for him each time they had to get the tube of blood. Although the tube wasn't that big I felt like it was the size of a 8oz glass. Lil guy did great and even though he screamed ( who wouldn't) he got the test done quickly each time, faster than the time in the hospital. Each time the count was going down but finally on Wed the Dr said it was low enough that we didn't have to come back. It's a good thing that he won't remember this and the next time we go to the Dr's will be for his 2 month appt.

Everyone is doing well adjusting to having lil guy in the house. Lil man is adjusting pretty well to having to share Mommy with lil guy. Lil man really wants me to hold him when I am feeding lil guy so I have to tell him that I can't hold him but he can come sit next to me. He is getting used to it. He is a huge helper with getting stuff for me. Lil guy's stuff is in colored drawers which makes it very easy for him. I can ask him to get me a burper out of the yellow drawer and he knows exactly what to get.

I am adjusting pretty well to less sleep than I would like. I can't complain lil guy is pretty good sleeping at night. My Dr told me that the caloric intake is the important thing with babies and if you feed them enough during the day they won't wake up as much at night. It seems to be working pretty well so far. Last night was a rough night. I was tired and lil guy didn't want to sleep. When I finally got him to sleep and put him in his cradle he didn't want to stay asleep. Luckily my wonderful hubby helped out and got him to sleep.

As for adjusting to less sleep and having 2 lil ones that is about all we are up to. Hope everyone is having a great week!

A Week Old

Well, our littlest man is already a week old. Here is a pic of my 3 favorite guys. It's hard to believe that it has already been a week and then at the same time it feels like much longer. Little guy is doing good, we went to his dr appt and he is up to 9lbs and 21" long. So, he is growing just fine. The dr did feel he was a lil jaundice so they had his bilirubin checked. The count was borderline so we had to go in again today and get it checked. It had come down but still a lil high so we have to go in again on Monday. Right now our lil guy is sun bathing hoping that will help the count come down. I feel so bad for the lil guy when they take his blood. They have to poke his feet and then squeeze the blood into a tube. I know the tube isn't that big but it feels like forever when your poor baby is screaming in your arms and you just have to let the nurses do their work. Luckily he won't remember this :) He is doing pretty well with sleeping and only waking up 1 to 2 times which is nice. We can't complain, he is a really good baby. I hope everyone had a great week! Today lil guy and I are being lazy while the other kiddos and dad go to watch our youngest daughter cheer. Have a great weekend!!

Announcing.....

Landon Craig was born on Thursday and weighed 8lbs 8oz, 20.5" long. Just 2 oz smaller than his big brother. Thank goodness my Dr induced me a week early. He would have been a very big boy if he was in there much longer. We are all doing well and were able to come home on Saturday. His sisters and brother are very proud of their new sibling. It is crazy how much he looks like his big brother.

Thank you for all the prayers! My delivery went very well and fast. It was a great surprise to be able to push him out in only 10 minutes compared to his big brother who took close to 3 hours.

It is fun having a baby in the home again. Watching lil man with him is just adorable. I can't wait to see the brothers grow up together. More updates to come....