Monkey Bear Is One Month Old

This week Noah had his one month doctor check up. My little man weighed 8 pounds 15 ounces and he was 21 inches long. I can't believe it's been a whole month! I'm not sure I even remember what it was like before he was here. Oh wait....yes I can. That was back when I actually got to sleep through the night. LOL. Here are some recent pics of this big guy.

Monkey Bear on his activity mat.

He uses the dangling toys like a punching bag.

I know I should be ashamed that I would impose my love of Twilight on my kid, but I'm totally not. Oh, there is more where that came from. My sweet friend Allison gave me a Cullen onesie and an adorable bib. As soon as little man grows into them, I will be posting pics. LOL.

Its like he is trying to pose for the picture.

Happy One Month Birthday Little Man!

Valentine's Day

Noah celebrated Valentine's day by helping me decorate cupcakes for Daddy and the grandparents. I know what you're thinking....how can a four week old baby help make cupcakes?

He helped by sleeping through the whole process.

Here is our finished product. Yummy!

And of course, no holiday would be complete without a special outfit for my monkey.

Shout Out to Chunky Monkey Photography

Noah had his newborn pictures taken the first week we were home by Chunky Monkey Photography. My friend Amber referred me to Chunky Monkey and I am so grateful, because I loved our pictures and Heather, the photographer was so patient and took beautiful pictures of my monkey. Best of all, she came to the house so I didn't have to go anywhere. She also brought all the props. And she is very reasonably priced. I can't wait until our next session for his 3 month pics! I posted some on facebook but here are some more of my favorites.

Rub-a-dub-dub.....

At last....the nasty belly button thingy fell off last week, so we were very excited to stop the sponge baths and take a real one.

It all started with Daddy wrestling Noah to get him in his birthday suit.

Got your tickets for the gun show??

Noah took a moment to decide if he was going to like this whole bath thing.

The verdict.........

......... not his cup of tea.

Getting Settled....

We had a rough start in the beginning. Noah was jaundice and we weren't sure they were going to let him come home with us. After a horrible day of waiting they finally told us he could come home but he would have to continue treatment with light therapy at home. They delivered the equipment to the house and Noah had to spend 2 days under the lights. It broke my heart, but he didn't seem to mind sleeping under the lights. I think he liked how warm it was. Even under these circumstances he still managed to look adorable in his cool kid sunglasses.

Once we were done with light therapy, I immediately set out to test the whole "you can't spoil a baby" theory. I'll let you know how it goes.....Noah is definitely running the show around here. Which is comical because of all the speeches I gave from atop my soap box while pregnant about how I wasn't going to have one of THOSE kids. Yes....I do hold him all the time. He likes it. He is a high-needs baby. I'm sure he'll sleep in his own bed when he is ready. Don't judge me! You wouldn't be able to put him down either....

He is cute even when he is mad.

Well, that is all for now. Little man wants to eat. I'll try to post pics from his first bath tonight.

Baby Noah Arrives

Finally a mommy....Noah is here!!! He weighed 7 pounds 5.8 ounces and was 20 inches long. I thought for sure the minute I got home from the hospital, I'd be busy uploading pics and updating my blog to share the good news. Turns out this new mom thing was more work than I thought! LOL. Without further delay here are some pics of his arrival....well shortly after his arrival anyway.

He entered the world ready for a hug.....

Proud Papa!

Big yawn from my sleepy boy.


The Grandmas get some love.

More family comes to visit.....

Mckenzie holding her new cousin....

I will try to get better and post more often now that we are finally getting all settled in.