Blog Babies

I know a lot of things and one of them is flowers need water to grow!  I learned all about it on Sesame Street.  Grandma Sue knows a lot about flowers too.  Sometimes we help each other.

She lets me water the flowers at her house and helps me water the flowers at my house too.  She also has a really cute fountain on her porch that I like to look at.

Sometimes I splash a little bit.

I love helping Mommy in the kitchen. She lets me wash the veggies when she is cooking. Today, we were making pot roast and I washed the carrots and potatoes. Then, I got the sponge and was squeezing the water out of it, which was really fun. After Mommy peeled the carrots and potatoes, I thought they needed to be washed again, so I took care of that.

I was so busy; I thought I deserved a little treat, so I had a yummy sugar cookie with frosting on it. Man, cooking really wears a girl out!

Because Liam is so little, we weren’t able to go up to Vail with PaPa, Gram, Stacey, Uncle Buddy and Aunt Jackee for the whole weekend. Instead, we went up just for the day on Saturday. Even though I didn’t get a nap, I had a pretty fun day. Here I am posing with some yarn of Stacey’s that she is making into a sweater for me.

In my family, I’m sometimes known as the girl of 1,000,000 faces. Here’s one of them.

Part of what was so fun about the trip was being with the women who spoil me. Aunt Stacey gave me some gummy worms!

And Uncle Buddy played with me on the top bunk in the bedroom.

The girls went out to a yarn shop and I picked flowers for Mommy. She started crying a little bit because it was the first time I ever picked flowers for her. I knew she’d love them!

In the car I did my sisterly best to love Liam. Mommy says I am so sweet to him. I sure love him a lot! And he likes it when I hold his hand!

Today I went to the store with Mommy and Aunt Stacey. I wore my new Nemo outfit that Aunt Jackee gave me yesterday. I also decided to wear the awesome pink cowboy boots Gram gave me last year – they finally fit! The best part of going to the store is that I get to have a pink cookie from the bakery when I’m there. Today, they didn’t have any pink cookies out, so Aunt Stacey asked and the lady in the bakery for one especially for me. Thanks Aunt Stacey.

It’s been three days since Liam came home and I’ve been exhausted with all the big sister duties. I have been entertaining Liam and making sure he has what he needs to be happy.

I do a pretty good job.

This afternoon Jackee came by and gave me a new Nemo outfit from Target. Of course, she had me try it on for her. She loves having me try on clothes. She says I’m the perfect niece! I think she may have something there.

Today I got to go see a friend of Mommy’s named Joy and her son James. James is 11 weeks older than me, can you tell?

We went down to their house for a 4th of July Barbeque. Alice was really excited to go because she loves Joy’s fish tank. She has some fish that look like Nemo.

She also had a really good time running around in the big bouncy thing that was in the back yard. This is a picture of Mommy’s friends Joy and Karina in the bouncy thing. We didn’t stay too long, but had fun while we were there. Mommy said her friends thought she was nuts, but it just made her feel normal to get out!

Today I got to come home from the hospital with Mommy and Daddy.

On our way home we stopped at Target to get a couple things, then I got to see where I’m going to live. My sister Alice, Nanny and Grandpa Tom were waiting for us when we got there. That was a pretty big outing, so there’s not much more to report from this day!

Today was my second day. I mean, literally, my second day on this earth. It started off with a visit from my doctor, Dr. Murphy. She said I look great and that I’m a healthy baby boy. Mommy loves this picture of me, cause I look so alert for someone who is less than 24 hours old.

After a while, Alice came to visit again with Nanny and Grandpa Tom. While they were all here Stacey brought Alice, Mommy and Daddy a treat from Jamba Juice. I’m gonna have to try one of those, Alice looks like she was really enjoying hers.

She also got a fun little stuffed cat from Aunt Stacey (who knitted it specially for her). I think I’m going to like Aunt Stacey! While we were all visiting, Papa came by too. It was kind of crowded, but it was fun having all those people who love me come visit. Stacey stayed while Daddy went home with Nanny, Gpa Tom and Alice and then Mommy’s friend Joy came to see me. Her son is 10 1/2 weeks older than I am and will be a good friend of mine I’m sure.

Later in the day, Aunt Jackee finally got to come by and see me. She was on her way to a wedding and looked very pretty. She held me for a little while and told me all about Uncle Buddy, who will be here Thursday to meet me too!

When Daddy got back he brought the blanket that everyone in the family contributed to. Nanny finished the crocheted edge. Here’s Aunt Stacey holding it up to show everyone and a close-up of the edge.

I had to pose with the blanket and I’m wearing my new (of course everything is new to me) outfit with cowboys on it. Daddy has pj pants with cowboys on it too, that look a lot like my outfit.

Aunt Stacey was right, I do like to feel the edge of the pretty edge that Nanny did for me. I also like the feeling of my sweater. Aunt Stacey made that for me too. I just had to model the sweater.

She did such a great job on it. And, it matches my new blanket and the clothes that Mommy got for me before I was born. Well, I’m pretty sleepy from a long day, so I’d better get some rest!

Today I finally got to meet my little brother, Liam. When I came in, Liam was in his little bed, but I wanted to sit with Mommy, so Daddy brought Liam over to us so I could see him.

Mommy let me touch his face and give him kisses with her help.

I wanted to hold him and so Mommy helped me hold him too.

I love our little family and can’t wait until Liam gets to come home!

Today Mommy went into the hospital to have me (Liam!). It was quite an experience. Mommy, Daddy and Aunt Stacey left the house around 6:45 AM, but before going to the hospital to eat breakfast. Mommy said they wouldn’t give her anything to eat at the hospital until I came out, so she needed to eat something before.

After Mommy got the hospital, they gave her some medicine, Pitocin, so labor would start. Mommy started to have some mild contractions at about 9:00 AM. Daddy was busy watching the World Cup Soccer match between England and Portugal.

The nurse, Wanda, increased the Pitocin a little bit at a time, but Mommy’s contractions were still pretty mild and were 3 to 4 minutes apart from 9:00 AM until noon.

Mommy’s doctor, Dr. Ljunghag, came in and broke her water at about noon. Aunt Stacey said that she used a crochet hook to do it. (Eeew, gross!) Pretty soon Mommy’s contractions got stronger and came faster. Mommy got an epidural at about 1:00 PM, and that helped with the pain – a little bit.

Soon the contractions got stronger and stronger. This made me feel funny! My heart rate went down, and I was moving all over the place. Now stuff started moving really fast – things were really crazy from 1:00 to 2:00 PM.

Mommy’s doctor came in to check on things at 2:00 and said I was read to come out! Dr. Ljunghag told Mommy to start pushing even before they got the bed changed around for my delivery.

Mommy started trying to push me out at 2:00 and I was out and screaming by 2:12 PM. Mommy sure was relieved. (She had to push for almost 3 hours when my big sister was born!) I gave Mommy a little wink to let her know that I didn’t want to pro-long her pain this time!

It sure was cold after I got out of Mommy’s tummy, but there were lots of people around to wrap me up, hold me tight and keep me warm. Here are some pictures of all the people around to help welcome me into the world.

First, Mommy got to hold me, and then Daddy got to hold me.

Then Nanny (Daddy’s Mommy), and then Grandpa Tom (Daddy’s Daddy).

Then PaPa (Mommy’s Daddy) and Grandpa Murray (Mommy’s Grandpa) came in to see me. You’d think they’ve never seen a baby before.

Next Grandma Sue (Mommy’s Grandma) and Aunt Stacey got a chance and then Papa got to hold me too. (Papa was wearing the same shirt when my big-sister Alice was born, that’s so funny.)

Here is Papa with Alice in 2004.

Apparently I’ve been born into a family of crafty knitters and crocheters, here are all the Grandma’s that were here and Aunt Stacey, knitting while everyone was getting to meet me. I can’t wait to use the blanket that Nanny is crocheting the boarder on in this picture. Everyone in the family helped to make it.

After a long day, Mommy and I were tired. When everyone else left to go to dinner, Gram stayed with us and got this picture of us taking a little nap.