First shots today...

Colton went to the doctor today and had his first shots :-( He did wonderful! He was such a strong little man. He cried during the shots, but as soon as she was done he just looked around the room and stopped crying. He is such a little trooper. He has had a low-grade fever today and has been really sleepy, but he is doing so well :-)

His thrush is all cleared up too. It took some really purple medicine to clear it up, but its finally gone after 2 weeks of sticking to his mouth!!

He is such a cute little boy! I am enjoying every moment with this little boy!!

My little man smiles now!!

So Sunday April 19th Colton decided to smile for the first time! I had been waiting patiently for him to finally smile....and he finally did! My mom was changing him Sunday morning and he gave her the biggest grin I have ever seen. Unfortunately I didn't catch that first smile on camera, but yesterday I had my camera ready and right before his bath he flashed me a big old cheesey smile. He is getting so big too. Saturday morning at the doctor's office he weighed a proud 8 pounds 10 ounces. Tuesday morning....9 pounds and 7 ounces! Almost a whole pound weight increase! I couldn't believe my little chunky monkey gained that much! He loves his new rice cereal/formula/karo syrup bottles so that must be why the big jump!!

He is doing so well, we are almost to a point where he is sleeping (almost) through the night, although last night he threw us a curve ball and refused to sleep longer than an hour at a time. Fortulately, David is really enjoying doing the mid-night feeding which I am totally ok with! David has been such an awesome help and I love him for it!

5 1/2 weeks...

Colton is 5 1/2 weeks old! I can't believe my little boy is growing so fast! All is well with our little family. Colton is battling a pretty bad case of thrush in his mouth, but you would never know because the little thing never even let on that he was in pain. He is also still fighting acid reflux. We took him back to the doctor Saturday morning and were given some more things to try to keep him from choking on his formula. They also decided to order a modified barium swallow with a speech therapist at Childrens Hospital which will probably be done some time next week. We are thickening his bottles now with baby cereal and he seems way more satisfied with his food so he is sleeping way longer stretches, something that mommy and daddy really appreciate! He looks bigger, but actually has plateued at around 9 pounds. 9 pounds is a big just from his 6 pound 3 ounce birth weight. He is a little trooper and we are so proud of him. We went this afternoon and got his Easter/One month old pictures taken and they are absolutely adorable. We are a little late on getting the Easter shots done, but better late than never right?!?Things with David and I are great! We are just getting used to the late nights and extra-early mornings. We try our best to work as a team, and I think we are doing a pretty awesome job. We decided to pick back up on the wedding plans, i'm not telling anyone a date until we are absolutely sure since last time it kept getting moved, but it will definitely be a 2009 wedding. We think that now more than ever it is important to seal the deal on this relationship and be the best parents we can be for little Colton and make us a real family! Who knows, maybe 2010 will bring a new addition to our little family...

Easter 2009

Yesterday was Colton's first Easter! It was also our first Easter as a family. It was a really good day. We had breakfast at my parents house with all the immediate family and then we gave him his Easter basket, which he totally didnt even understand, but it was so cute :-) After that we all got ready and headed down to Hamilton to see David's family. They also got him a basket with all kinds of goodies in it. Even though Colton has no idea that he celebrated his first official holiday with us, it was still special!

Colton (1 Month)

Colton Pictures

Colton is here!

Colton was born on 3-12-09. He is an absolute joy and we adore every moment with him. He is a big boy already. He was born 20 inches long weighing a small 6 pounds and 3 ounces. At just 4 weeks he is already up to about 9 pounds. He has officially outgrown the newborn sized clothes and is starting to run out of room in newborn sized diapers. We had a little bit of a set-back with formula that required a trip to the pediatrician. Turns out out little man has acid-reflux and needs to be switched to soy formula and is going to need some medicine to control the reflux. We had wondered what was going on when he began being more fussy and cried a lot during his feedings. He seems to be tolerating the switch well, although he is not a fan of the medicine. He makes a cute little scrunchy face everytime we give it to him. Other than this minor problem he is completely healthy and thriving. We cannot wait to see whats next. Hopefully we will get a smile out of him soon!