Happy Three Week Birthday Blake

For Blake's 3 week birthday I worked from home and hung out with Shannon and Blake. We went for a walk with the dogs and ordered pizza for dinner. Quite the exciting day!

Here are a couple videos I took of him today:


And the second:

Day at the Park

We got out of the house again! This time we went to a local park so Andrew could fly his new remote control airplane. There is some problem with the controller so it cuts out halfway through his flights. Why is it that things like that never seem to work, but men love it anyways? Blake did baby things like sleeping and feeding while at the park.









Our friends Jinnah and Megana came over to meet Blake. Megana hand embroidered these onesies for Blake. I am blown away at how cute they are. I have the most talented friends!


Here is Blake after his nap when it was almost 90 degrees outside.

Happy Two Week Birthday Blake

Blake has been on the outside for two weeks now. He seems to enjoy his world (except for diaper changes) and loves to feed, feed, feed. He went to the pediatrician for the first time and got his first shot. We both cried! Breastfeeding has still been quite challenging for the both of us. A few days ago I got a blocked duct and yesterday it turned into mastitis. I am now on antibiotics and feel much better today. I am hoping we will get through these feeding issues in the next week or so to give ourselves a break. Since the weather is nice we are hoping to put out a towel on the back lawn and give Blake some naked baby time. We might follow that up with Blake's first bath. Andrew got his RC airplane in the mail yesterday so we will see if I can pull him away from his workbench for 20 minutes. I am sure you will see lots of pictures in the future of Blake in the stroller watching his daddy fly his airplane high in the sky.

Here is Blake after feeding in what my midwife calls a "milk coma."

This morning I sat with both my babies.

The most awesome diaper bag!

I am so lucky to have received a wonderful diaper bag as a baby gift from my crochet group. Here is the bag in all of its glory. I thank Britt for all of the beautiful crochet work (and Caroline too) and Cynthia for her sewing magic on the liner. We have already schlepped the bag many places and have received ohh's and ahh's. I wanted to enter it in the State Fair, but Britt said I had to use it right away instead of just looking at it.

The bag filled with all the baby essentials

We got out of the house!

Today, the family unit got out of the house to run errands. We stopped by our favorite baby boutique for some necessities and then hit up Target for some baby supplies. I can't believe how much stuff we need in addition to what we thought were the basics. Things first parents must learn I guess.

Here is a picture from our first walk last night around the neighborhood. Blake looks like he is swimming in the stroller.

Grandma Ellen made Blake a bright, wonderful quilt for him to play on. Isn't it great!

By the way, nobody warned me that milk can come out of a baby's nose when you burp them.

Great Aunt Shirley, Erin, and Cliff came by to meet Blake for the first time. You can see the pictures on Andrew's family blog at: http://www.famblog.org

Blake, Day 6

Has everyone had enough of Blake yet? I can't help but keep posting pictures of the little guy. He gained two ounces in the last two days so he is right on schedule with his weight gain and comes in at a burly 6lbs. 5.5oz. Treesa, my Midwife's assistant, came by today to help me with our lactation problems. Blake wasn't sucking so great at the beginning so they had me pump to bring in the milk and now Treesa said my body responded so well to the pump that I am now producing enough milk for twins. We will find a middle ground soon enough. My parents stayed with us for a few days and now Andrew's family is here until the end of the weekend. Ellen has made delicious meals and everyone hands Blake around for their fix of baby TV!

MY PARENTS WITH BLAKE

PICTURE TIME

THIS WAS THE OUTFIT ANDREW WORE AS A BABY (the onesie says Born at Home)

ANDREW'S WORK TEAM SENT THIS BABY BOUQET TO US TODAY (the flowers are socks and other fun clothes)

BECAUSE BLAKE HAS A BIT OF JAUNDICE WE HAD TO PUT IN SOME SUN TIME TODAY

WALTER AND DAVID ENJOYING BABY

THREE GENERATIONS OF BOYS

WALTER TELLING BLAKE TO WEAR HIS MIDDLE NAME PROUDLY

Here is a video I took yesterday morning.

Waking up is hard to do

Sometimes Blake is a little sleepy in the morning.