1.30.2009
1.23.2009
Graham - almost 11 weeks old!
These past two weeks have been busy! I went back to work (sad, good, hard, rewarding - all at the same time!), Graham is really working a schedule well - which I'm sure will change tomorrow, Graham went to the doctor to get his first set of shots (so sad!!), and he had a weigh-in....he was 12 pounds 4 ounces at 10 weeks. My little buddy can eat! (And also has a very heavy car seat these days...my biceps are working!)
Last Saturday my dear friend Heidi took some pictures of our little family; her shots are posted below. (My first reaction to the pictures that include Kyle and me - WOW we look tired!!:)
An "AHA" moment I've had over the past few weeks...I LOVE waking up for Graham's 4AM feeding! (?! you might say...) I really love my sleep and found the upcoming lack of sleep to be one of my greatest worries during pregnancy. Graham's current schedule has him eating his last meal at about 9:30 or 10 at night, going to bed, waking up for a quick 4am feeding and then waking up at about 7:30 for the day. I find him to be completely irresistible at 4AM. Who would have ever guessed? And, while I don't feel very tired throughout the day, after looking at some of our pictures, I have realized I need to invest in a good concealer to hide the dark circles under my eyes. It's amazing to me how little sleep I can actually function on - and not feel tired. I've still only banked one or two naps since he's been born. (Robyn - you remembered right about my bad napping habits in college!!:)
Oh yeah - we took a mini poll a while back to see who everyone thought Graham looked like...every last friend of ours thinks he looks just like Kyle. Our entire family thinks he looks just like me. I think he's turning into a great mix of both of us. But, for a while his baby pictures were identical to mine. So fun to watch him change. I envision a little Graham with a full head of blond hair just like Kyle. He already has a lot of Kyle's personality - he's always on the move!
(Oh yes - thank you Jill for the SUPER CUTE outfit!! He wored the cutest set of light blue overalls for his photo shoot last Saturday!)
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1.14.2009
New pics of my buddy...
Graham getting to know Molly. Graham is rather disappointed that we have not yet gotten a saddle for him to ride Molly...
I think Graham is just too cute in his blue jeans!
Allie and Grahm sitting in a tree...
Allie really likes Graham. (Jill and I must talk with her about playing hard to get...)
Graham loves to fly!
We LOVE the smiles!!
Cute corduroy pants (I'm such a sucker for the cute clothes!)
Now you might wonder why I've included this picture - we had quite a few days of extremely high wind - our rocking chair was knocked over almost every day. This is important because Graham and I go walking almost every day, and the wind was really cramping our schedule...
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Some pics...my girls
So snuggly!!!
Molly and I are both longing for summer...and for the pool cover to come off! Kyle and I are going to do the Breezy Point Triathlon this May 31 - been a LONG time since I've done a triathlon! - anyone want to train with me? Kyle has said he will open our lap pool and turn on the heater March 1st!
Molly is huge. Really. Barrett confirmed over Christmas that she is mostly Great Dane. Wow. 1.13.2009
What a Holiday Season!
Well, to say I've been quiet on this blog is probably an understatement! The holidays were great, crazy, scary, busy, full. Graham is doing so well, and we're really enjoying him! A little bit of an update, and this afternoon I'll post some new pics of our little guy and our two brown girls!
The Christmas holiday was so good - great to see family and to have Graham as part of the family! My brother and sister in law, Robin, were with us for over a week. My grandmother and aunt stayed with us for over a week. (My grandmother is actually still here - more to come...), we spent time with Kyle's older sister, her husband and our two nieces, Kyle's older brother and fiancee (YEAH!!), and Kyle's dad, step mom and 4 younger siblings visited us. Lots of good family time. Christmas morning we were at my parents' house eating breakfast when my grandmother told us that she had been having intermittent chest pains for the past week. Particularly two instances while she and my aunt were in Austria on vacation. All Christmas morning she kept having chest pain until around lunchtime we all convinced her to go to the hospital. A couple hours later she was in the cath lab having a heart catheterization and a stent put in after they discovered she had been having a severe heart attack all morning. And decided not to tell anyone about it...) The next eight days found us scurrying back and forth to and from the hospital to spend time with her. Within a few days she was starting to feel back to normal. She is at my parents house recovering very well. (She did tell us that while she and my aunt were on vacation she enjoyed quite a bit of sausage. My brother told her that he hopes she really enjoyed it - it's the last sausage she's going to eat!) My dad has told my grandmother for years that she defies science - she eats fried foods and red meat and has not had any heart problems until now.
A couple funny hospital moments (we've had much practice at finding the humor in hospital visits given our family's recent practice...) - when they moved my grandmother to a less intensive room away from the cardiac unit once she started feeling better, she started talking about the difference in quality of service - in a joking manner. She mentioned to the nurse that "they" took her by force from the Hilton to the Motel 6. While my grandmother was joking, I don't think the nurse knew how to take that comment. My grandmother also had a visit from a man who is in charge of a heart attack support group. He brought some booklets about his group and recovery. The first thing my grandmother asked was "did you bring me a sex novel"? (Her sex novel was still at home.) He seemed rather taken aback and didn't know how to interpret her comments. Just hilarious.
In spite of the wild emotional ride this holiday season was, it really was such a blessing. We got to spend over a week with family, and we have Graham this year!! I was terrible at taking pictures of Graham on Christmas morning - feeding him, rocking him, then at the hospital (without him) for the rest of the afternoon and evening. Is it tacky to dress him up in his Christmas clothes and take a picture today?!
I'll post some pictures this evening...
The Christmas holiday was so good - great to see family and to have Graham as part of the family! My brother and sister in law, Robin, were with us for over a week. My grandmother and aunt stayed with us for over a week. (My grandmother is actually still here - more to come...), we spent time with Kyle's older sister, her husband and our two nieces, Kyle's older brother and fiancee (YEAH!!), and Kyle's dad, step mom and 4 younger siblings visited us. Lots of good family time. Christmas morning we were at my parents' house eating breakfast when my grandmother told us that she had been having intermittent chest pains for the past week. Particularly two instances while she and my aunt were in Austria on vacation. All Christmas morning she kept having chest pain until around lunchtime we all convinced her to go to the hospital. A couple hours later she was in the cath lab having a heart catheterization and a stent put in after they discovered she had been having a severe heart attack all morning. And decided not to tell anyone about it...) The next eight days found us scurrying back and forth to and from the hospital to spend time with her. Within a few days she was starting to feel back to normal. She is at my parents house recovering very well. (She did tell us that while she and my aunt were on vacation she enjoyed quite a bit of sausage. My brother told her that he hopes she really enjoyed it - it's the last sausage she's going to eat!) My dad has told my grandmother for years that she defies science - she eats fried foods and red meat and has not had any heart problems until now.
A couple funny hospital moments (we've had much practice at finding the humor in hospital visits given our family's recent practice...) - when they moved my grandmother to a less intensive room away from the cardiac unit once she started feeling better, she started talking about the difference in quality of service - in a joking manner. She mentioned to the nurse that "they" took her by force from the Hilton to the Motel 6. While my grandmother was joking, I don't think the nurse knew how to take that comment. My grandmother also had a visit from a man who is in charge of a heart attack support group. He brought some booklets about his group and recovery. The first thing my grandmother asked was "did you bring me a sex novel"? (Her sex novel was still at home.) He seemed rather taken aback and didn't know how to interpret her comments. Just hilarious.
In spite of the wild emotional ride this holiday season was, it really was such a blessing. We got to spend over a week with family, and we have Graham this year!! I was terrible at taking pictures of Graham on Christmas morning - feeding him, rocking him, then at the hospital (without him) for the rest of the afternoon and evening. Is it tacky to dress him up in his Christmas clothes and take a picture today?!
I'll post some pictures this evening...
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