Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Time Lapse
Little Nathan, I was flipping [okay, scrolling] through pictures today and was blown away at how you, my teeny little peanut, have grown.
To this, @ 1 week:
To this, @ 3 weeks:
To this, @ 5 weeks:
To this, @ 6 weeks:
To this, @ 7 weeks:
To this, @ 8 weeks:
From this, @ birth:
To this, @ 1 week:
To this, @ 2 weeks:
To this, @ 3 weeks:
To this, @ 5 weeks:
To this, @ 6 weeks:
To this, @ 7 weeks:
To this, @ 8 weeks:
Yikes! I guess I can't call you my peanut any more. Now you're a butterball! I just can't believe this transformation has happened so quickly! If it hadn't been right before my eyes, I'd swear it was two different babies! When you were born, your legs were little more than bones with wrinkly, saggy skin on them. Now they're absolutely pudgy!
I'm so thankful that you're healthy and happy. I've only known you [on the outside] for barely over 8 weeks and already I am completely head over heels in love with you. From the very beginning, you've proven true to the meaning of your name, little Nathan - you are a gift from God. I love you!
I'm so thankful that you're healthy and happy. I've only known you [on the outside] for barely over 8 weeks and already I am completely head over heels in love with you. From the very beginning, you've proven true to the meaning of your name, little Nathan - you are a gift from God. I love you!
Full of IT
I'm not exactly sure what "it" is [snips and snails, vim and vigor or a little WWF wrestler thrown in for fun] but, Owen, you sure have been full of "it" lately.
You have been making so many goofy faces lately. Some are smiley, some are silly, but most of them are grumpy. I haven't been able to catch the grumpy face on camera yet, but I'm trying. It's super grumpy, but somehow when you make that face everyone around you ends up smiling.
It seems like that's a common occurrence with you - making people smile. You just crack people up and spread joy everywhere you go. It's fun to witness.
When you and I took Nathan for his two-week-old check up, you had the nurses and doctor laughing SO hard! When the nurse asked you your name, you said, "Kid." You wouldn't tell her your name! You insisted [and still do, when anyone asks] that your name is Kid. She also asked how old you are and you said, "Two and half." It really cracked her up. You weren't satisfied to just be plain old two. The "and half" part is really important to you!
The very best part of our visit with the doctor was when he was checking Nathan's lungs with his stethoscope. After he finished, he put the stethoscope on you and let you listen to his heart. You got a really serious look on your face, and we could tell you were really listening intently to something. The doctor asked, "What do you hear, Buddy?" Your very serious response? "David Crowder." [Anyone that's unfamiliar with David Crowder Band, will have to check them out. They're Owen's favorite band!] Anyways. Despite the doctor being totally taken by surprise, he knew exactly who you were talking about and he thought it was hilarious! You really made his day!
Besides your zany antics, you seem to be getting into everything. A few weeks ago you managed to grab a tube of sunscreen while you were supposed to be eating your lunch. When you started screaming, I came running into the kitchen to find your entire head absolutely covered with about an eighth inch thick coat of sunscreen - eyes, ears, nose and mouth included. The sunscreen was burning your eyes, so I had to jump in the shower with you and hose you off.
You like to color on just about any scrap of paper you can get your hands on, so I'm having to be more careful about where I leave important papers. You also like using my computer. Lots of times when I sit down to work, there are all sorts of weird things turned on. Sometimes it's a bit difficult to figure out how to undo your work!
And yesterday, after we got home from running some errands, I found a little wad of paper in Nathan's ear! You had peeled some of the safety warning sticker off the side of his car seat and you'd deposited it right in your baby brother's ear! [NOT okay, Little Man!]
Needless to say, you've been VERY two lately. Super stubborn, and it seems like you are disobedient more often than not. I'd get really discouraged and worry that you're just an obstinate little boy, but I remember your big brother doing this very same thing when he was two. It was a phase that he grew out of and I'm sure you'll do the same. [Hopefully sooner rather than later, though!]
I'm wild about you, my little Owie-Boo! You make me laugh SO hard, and you never hesitate to snuggle up to your Momma or give me a big hug. You really do make me melt. I love you!
You have been making so many goofy faces lately. Some are smiley, some are silly, but most of them are grumpy. I haven't been able to catch the grumpy face on camera yet, but I'm trying. It's super grumpy, but somehow when you make that face everyone around you ends up smiling.
It seems like that's a common occurrence with you - making people smile. You just crack people up and spread joy everywhere you go. It's fun to witness.
When you and I took Nathan for his two-week-old check up, you had the nurses and doctor laughing SO hard! When the nurse asked you your name, you said, "Kid." You wouldn't tell her your name! You insisted [and still do, when anyone asks] that your name is Kid. She also asked how old you are and you said, "Two and half." It really cracked her up. You weren't satisfied to just be plain old two. The "and half" part is really important to you!
The very best part of our visit with the doctor was when he was checking Nathan's lungs with his stethoscope. After he finished, he put the stethoscope on you and let you listen to his heart. You got a really serious look on your face, and we could tell you were really listening intently to something. The doctor asked, "What do you hear, Buddy?" Your very serious response? "David Crowder." [Anyone that's unfamiliar with David Crowder Band, will have to check them out. They're Owen's favorite band!] Anyways. Despite the doctor being totally taken by surprise, he knew exactly who you were talking about and he thought it was hilarious! You really made his day!
Besides your zany antics, you seem to be getting into everything. A few weeks ago you managed to grab a tube of sunscreen while you were supposed to be eating your lunch. When you started screaming, I came running into the kitchen to find your entire head absolutely covered with about an eighth inch thick coat of sunscreen - eyes, ears, nose and mouth included. The sunscreen was burning your eyes, so I had to jump in the shower with you and hose you off.
You like to color on just about any scrap of paper you can get your hands on, so I'm having to be more careful about where I leave important papers. You also like using my computer. Lots of times when I sit down to work, there are all sorts of weird things turned on. Sometimes it's a bit difficult to figure out how to undo your work!
And yesterday, after we got home from running some errands, I found a little wad of paper in Nathan's ear! You had peeled some of the safety warning sticker off the side of his car seat and you'd deposited it right in your baby brother's ear! [NOT okay, Little Man!]
Needless to say, you've been VERY two lately. Super stubborn, and it seems like you are disobedient more often than not. I'd get really discouraged and worry that you're just an obstinate little boy, but I remember your big brother doing this very same thing when he was two. It was a phase that he grew out of and I'm sure you'll do the same. [Hopefully sooner rather than later, though!]
I'm wild about you, my little Owie-Boo! You make me laugh SO hard, and you never hesitate to snuggle up to your Momma or give me a big hug. You really do make me melt. I love you!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Fat and Happy
Did I say fat? Because I meant, REALLY fat! A week ago, Baby Nathan, you weighed 12lbs 6ozs. That means you're still on track with your pound-a-week weight gain. Yikes! Surely this can't go on for too much longer, can it? [My friends have taken to calling me "Cream Top" because they swear my milk must be 100% cream. I'm starting to wonder!]As for happy, you most certainly have been! Your biggest challenge so far has been a sinus infection that had your nose SO stuffed up that you could hardly breathe. Poor baby! You've been on antibiotics for about 5 days now, though, and you are doing much, much better.
You've started to smile a lot lately. The smile on this picture is kinda goofy, but it's the best one I've been able to catch so far. It's been hard to get a picture of your smiles. As soon as I hold up the camera you stop smiling. You'll smile for me [and you really smile for your Daddy], but not for the camera. Oh well. I guess we'll catch one sooner or later!
Monday, May 24, 2010
10-4, Good Buddy
Nathan, Sweetie. When you were born, you were a teeny 6 lbs 2 ozs - my smallest sonshine, by far. When you were just 3 days old, you were even smaller - only 5 lbs 9 ozs. Now, only 6 weeks later, you're HUGE! [Look at those beautiful rolls!] What happened?!?Weekend before last, we went to visit your Auntie Anna while she was working at the hospital. I had to feed you and change your diaper while we were there, so we figured we might as well weigh you, too, while we were there. Daddy and I were so anxious to see what the scale would say. Auntie and I both made guesses - I said 8 lbs 8 ozs. Auntie said 9 lbs 3 ozs. Daddy was the smart one and declined to guess, because we were both way off. You weighed 10 lbs 4 ozs!!! That was darn near double what your lowest weight was, only 5 weeks before! That means you've been packing on a pound each week!!! By now, a week later, I'm sure you're well on your way to doubling your birth weight. Yikes. You've already outgrown your smallest onesies. I can't bring myself to pack them away, though. I just leave them at the top of the drawer, and dig underneath them for the ones that are a little bigger.
When you were born, you were my teeny little peanut. Your tush fit so perfectly in the palm of my hand! I'm not ready for that to change! I won't say that you're not allowed to grow up, because I can't wait to see what an incredible toddler, boy, teen and man that you will someday be. But, could you please slow things down a bit, for your poor mommy's sake? I'm just not ready for this!
BTW - As an interesting addendum, I did the math to see how this rate of weight gain would correspond in a grown person. Here's the example - if you had a 180 lb man, it would be similar to him packing on 30 lbs a week. Right now you're 6 weeks old and I'm betting you're getting close to 12 lbs. If this poor guy packed on weight like that for six weeks, the once 180 lb guy would now weigh 360 lbs! Double yikes!!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Momma
Wonderful, gorgeous, amazing Sarah, it is your first Mother's Day as a mother of three boys and you have never been more beautiful. I am honored to be your husband and I am so excited and grateful that I get to spend this life with you. I want you to know that all four of your boys love you and appreciate you. Thank you for all you do and all you are. You are patient. You are kind. You are strong. You are gracious. You are loving. You are a mother, a wife, a friend, a woman, a daughter of God and there is no one like you anywhere. We love you! Happy Momma's Day, momma!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Cheeks
After lunch today, I put you on the counter in your bouncy seat for you to have some "awake time" while I laid Owen down for his nap. It didn't take more than 10 or 15 minutes, but when I came back this is what I found...
I don't think you understood my instructions. Stinker! And check this out... Daddy and I have been trying to think of a good nickname for you. Maybe it should be Cheeks? Whoa, Baby - good work! [You're getting WAY too big, WAY too fast - stop it!!!]
I don't think you understood my instructions. Stinker! And check this out... Daddy and I have been trying to think of a good nickname for you. Maybe it should be Cheeks? Whoa, Baby - good work! [You're getting WAY too big, WAY too fast - stop it!!!]
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