Colin is 20 Days Old

Even though today was a record cold for Chicago, Colin had his 2 week Dr. appt. Apparently it is the coldest Chicago has been in 15 years! It was -17 degrees before any wind chill when we left for his Dr. Appt. Of course, Colin slept through the whole car ride around the block to the Drs. office. We are lucky that his Pediatrician is just a block and 1/2 away. However today it was a bit cold to walk with the wind, so we drove.

He is officially weighing in at 9.5 lbs and 4oz. He is 21.5 inches long. He is growing like a weed. He has been doing great on his tummy time and is still finding his thumb every now and then to suck.

Earlier this week we had Colin's first bath. As you can see he is also sucking his thumb. He did great for his first bath, no crying!

I should also mention that during Colin's first week home, our friends Nicole, Pete and Caroline also visited Colin.

The sandwiches they brought Rob and me were extremely yummy and appreciated! Thank You

Everyday Colin makes us laugh with a funny face or unusual pose.

Thanks again to everyone for the wonderful gifts and food. We can't say enough how fortunate we are to have such wonderful friends and family!

Colin is 17 days old

Colin is now 17 days old. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. Everyone keeps saying that it goes fast, but it has. Now that Rob has gone back to work, my Mom has been here to help. It has been so nice to have an extra set of hands to help out with as I have been transitioning from being able to do things when I want to, to now doing things when Colin enables me to. aka when he is sleeping. Plus as each day passes, Colin is showing us his personality and is getting a little more fussy so it has been great to learn tricks of the mommy trade for soothing.

We had some more visitors last week. Bill and Caryn from my old job stopped by for dinner. It was great to see them and they brought Colin some great boy clothes.

Colin is now sleeping about 3-4 hrs. at a time during the night. Most of the time I need to wake him up to feed him. We are considering ourselves lucky. So we will see how long that lasts.

This past weekend we were able to get some additional professional photos taken of Colin at 2 weeks. So we will be sure to post some of these once they are ordered. Otherwise, it was a pretty relaxing weekend. Unfortunately the Chicago cold is definitely keeping us inside on most days. However we were able to take advantage of the 30 degree weather yesterday and go out to Babies R Us and eat out for lunch. After being inside for the past week or so, it was great to get out.

In addition, yesterday Colin found his thumb and went to town on sucking it. Although we are not sure that he will find it again soon, it certainly did the trick in soothing him last evening. Now that his cord has fallen out, we plan to give him a real bath soon. Colin is so lucky to have a ton of bath toys for bath time, that it should be fun.

Each day Colin is more alert and getting bigger. We will post more pics soon once I can get on Rob's computer.

Colin is 6 Days Old

Today (Jan. 2) Colin had his second Pediatrician Appt. He is almost back to his birth weight. He is now weighing in at 8lbs. 4oz. The Dr. is no longer concerned about any jaundice and he gave Colin a clean bill of health.

Although the past couple days have been filled with diaper changes and feedings, Rob and I have enjoyed every minute of it bonding with Colin. Plus we have been so blessed to have my sister and her boyfriend here who have pitched in on diaper changes as well as loving on Colin.

Colin was a trooper on New Years Eve helping us ring in 2009. Although he did sleep thru the ball dropping and all of the noise makers.

New Years Day consisted of watching the Winter Classic and lots of napping for Colin and his brothers.

Today Colin was lucky enough to meet the Carpenters. Both Kelly and Ryan have been friends with Rob since our Miami days, so it was great for them to meet Colin right before his nap. Later this evening we went out to an early dinner. Rob and I have been going a little stir crazy so it was great to go out for a quick dinner with Becky and Shawn. And of course, Colin was great and slept thru the whole dinner.

In addition, since we have been going thru so many diaper changes we have of course been subsequently going thru many clothing changes. Thanks to Great Aunts Dixie and Mona for his adorable onsies. Colin has been so lucky to have such great friends and family that have given him the most adorable clothes that he has rapidly been going thru over the past 6 days. I will do my best to take pics and post them of many of the outfits. But thank you to all for the adorable clothes! It is certainly a lot easier now that we know he is a boy instead of "Baby Mills" :)