Mommy and Patrick woke up early and spent some time hanging out with Grandpa and Grammy while we waited for Daddy to get up:
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Christmas Day
Mommy and Patrick woke up early and spent some time hanging out with Grandpa and Grammy while we waited for Daddy to get up:
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Christmas Eve
After church, we returned to Mom and Dad's for a wonderful dinner. Patrick got to open a few gifts from his Great Aunts and Uncles and played with them while we ate - such a great kid! Then we curled up and watched a movie, before heading to bed with visions of sugarplums dancing in our heads.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Morge Christmas, Part I
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Visiting Santa
Friday, December 18, 2009
My least favorite ‘baby’s first’
Let's start this one by explaining that Patrick and I had both been sick with what seemed like a never-ending cold. On Friday the 11th, I was finally tired of feeling awful and took my lunch hour to head to the prompt care. While there, I was diagnosed with a sinus and throat infection and sent away with a prescription.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Meghan's 30th Birthday
On Sunday, Ryan hosted a party for me, with friends coming over to hang out, watch some football, eat, and play a little Beatles Rock Band. It was a perfect day, casual and relaxed, and Ryan did pretty much all the work! I didn’t get a lot of pictures, but I did get a cute one of Patrick and his friend Henry:
Tuesday, my actual birthday, was a wonderful and strange day. First thing, Ryan got up and made me a hot breakfast croissant sandwich – yum! I headed to work, looking forward to a relaxing birthday dinner with my boys. I was very excited because after years of worry, Ryan finally had a doctor’s appointment to discuss his sleep/snoring issue and it happened to fall on my birthday. What a gift! I was thrilled when Ryan called after his appointment to tell me that the doctor referred him for and scheduled a sleep study in January. Hooray!
Anxious to get the issue under control, Ryan called the sleep center to see if he could get in sooner (say, this insurance year!) They confirmed that his appointment was the soonest available, but they would gladly add him to the long cancellation waiting list and would call if an appointment opened up.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
6 months
My beautiful son,
Happy 6 month birthday! I can hardly believe that I’ve been able to hold you in my arms for 6 months now. Your daddy and I love you so much more than you could ever imagine. You are such a handsome little dude, with fantastic hair that stikkumups in all different directions and seems to be a different color every day. Your beautiful eyes are darkening, but still have the most gorgeous blue in the center; they look very much like your daddy’s eyes. Your smile is infectious, and you are so generous with it. Everyone says you’re the happiest little dude, and they’re right. You love to laugh, and your big laugh is a hilarious guffaw-squeak noise. I can’t help but laugh every time you laugh.
You are a champion sitter and desperately want to figure out how to crawl. You lean forward and pound your fist on the floor as if to say “c’mon floor, help me out here!” When you get on your tummy, you scoot backwards, in what daddy and I call ‘lobstering.’ You’ll be moving forward in no time, little man.
You are a little daredevil! You love diving forward on to your face when you’re hanging out in mommy and daddy’s bed, and love being tossed into the air. It’s only a matter of time before you’re hanging from the ceiling fan! (Kidding!)
You are the best sleeper ever – an 11 hour night is pretty standard for you. You usually go to bed without a fight and most nights sleep straight through. Every once in a while you get into a few day phase of waking up around 4, but we can’t complain.
You love your cereal, although sometimes you love the reaction you get for spitting it back at us more.
I can’t begin to imagine what the next few months are going to be like, but I know that they’ll be an adventure. We’re so blessed to have you in our lives. We love you, pnut!
P.S. Dr. Sanjay says you’re growing like a champ! You’re up to 18 lb 3 oz and 26.5 in!
Look at those rolls!!
Hanging out with your brothers
Friday, December 4, 2009
Cap'n Cruddy Eye and the Busy, Busy Weekend
Although I didn't get a lot of pictures over the weekend, I did manage to get a couple of shots of Patrick's goopy eyes for posterity:
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
Patrick helping Daddy and Mommy make stuffing!
Prettiest darn turkey!!
The full spread: Roast turkey, deep fried turkey, mashed potatoes, fried apples, stuffing, cranberry sauce, yifta, creamed onions, gravy, rolls, salad.
Naptime on Grandma Trish with Cousin Lillian.
Hanging out with Aunt Liz
Grandma Trish and Papa Mike with all but one of the grandkids (plus Liz and Kevin)
Patrick says "Papa Mike gave me some pumpkin pie crust and I LOVED it!"
Patrick with Grammy Dorothy and Grandpa Phil
The aftermath: Head Chef Ryan conked out with Guinness in hand.
Mommy and Patrick are pooped too!
Thanks so much to everyone who helped make our first Thanksgiving in our house a success! It was so much fun for us to host - hope everyone had a great time!
Monday, November 16, 2009
First Cereal
Quick, the gates are closing!!!
Happy little cereal eater!
Looking like a fighter pilot with all those straps!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
5 months old
- Is a very chatty monkey. Although we know better, sometimes we’d swear he says “Hi” when you say it to him.
- LOVES animals. Daddy taught him to pet the cats, and he is very sweet to them. They are very tolerant of him. He is getting to know the doggies better too, and tolerates his foot cleanings from Guinness pretty well.
- Still hates baths. We tried showers too, but he doesn’t like those any better. Boys!
- Successfully switched to the medium flow nipples and can chug down 6 oz of bottled breast milk at a time.
- Is VERY interested in what Mommy and Daddy are eating. Looks like we’re going to be trying cereal soon!
- Started rolling and can roll from tummy to back like a champ. He will roll the other way once in a while, but much less often.
- Has started getting a little wary of strangers. With people he is used to, he’s fine. But when he’s being held by someone he doesn’t know or see very often, especially when he’s tired, his little bottom lip goes out and he starts to cry.
We're having a little trouble adjusting to daylight savings time. We have tried to explain to him that when we "fall back" grownups like to use the extra hour for sleep, but he then explained to us that babies like to use that extra hour to play!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Trick or Treat!!!
Daddy and Monkey:
Gotta hold hands when crossing the street:
Patrick, Daddy, Uncle Luke and Cousin Annabelle: