Our Aweful Beautiful Life

  So, a few weeks ago, right after Colton was born, Joe and Kathy Ruemler came to visit, and got us this really neat calendar, that has stickers that we can use to mark special days in Colton's first year. I had one when I was little, and they are really neat. So far, we've not had to place many stickers...just the "Today I came home from the hospital", "First Bath", etc. However, since I got that calendar, and filled in all the blanks to personalize it for Colton, I've been sqaundering over a silly,silly question. The next sticker I'll get to place on the calendar is "I'm 1 Month old today"...except, which day do I put it on?? Typically, I'd say that from January 30th to February 30th would be one month...except that February doesn't have 30 days...and to make it more confusing, it's a leap year, so there are 29 days. So, do I put that sticker at four weeks...which was yesterday, or choose a day either ther ...

 Four weeks ago today, I was sitting in bed at Home Hospital, holding a itty bitty baby boy, that was so fresh and new. Jason and I were in awe. His parents were there visiting, and mine were just arriving to meet their new grandson. It's so hard to believe that was almost a month ago. They always said cherish each moment you have with your newborn, they will grow up in a heartbeat, and that's so incredibly true. Suprisingly, two people who cherish their sleep as much as they do their new son, survived the wicked first month of sleepless nights. In fact, God blessed us with a baby boy who in his own way, cherishes his sleep as much as we do. We could probably count on one hand the number of nights that we truly got very little sleep, and those have come more recently, not right after he came home, which suprised us. As I thought about that fact that Colton is almost 1 month, I also had to admit that my maternity leave is halfway over. That is actually kind of ...

Well...we joined the real world and finally got internet at home. It's actually pretty fast, but the computer...not so fast. Oh well, beggers can't be choosers! I'm happy to just be reconnected to the outside world again, without having to make a special trip to check emails and such. Plus, since we run on Colton time now, it's nice to be able to jump on here when I have a minute, not try to rush through things in the limited time I have at Grandparents while he's not fussy! :) Things are going really well. Overall, Colton is a very good natured baby. He's happy most of the time, although, we have had our challenging days. I think those days are harder on me because I've been spoiled by him being good, so when he's fussy, I almost freakout like he's not allowed to be fussy! I still can't say that fussy days are bad days with him....because they are few and far between. He's even been a pretty good sleeper from the beginning.....

Tuesday, 12 February 2008 Well, Colton will be two weeks old tomorrow, and we can hardly believe it. We are leaving him home alone for the first time tonight, with Grandma Mandy. She can't wait...I think she's bragged to all her friends like a 12 year old about getting to babysit! In fact, Dad called today asking if Colton was ready to be spoiled by Grandma tonight! They are so cute. It's amazing to me how in love you can be with something so small and innocent. He is such a great baby. I swear, he's' growing right in front of my eyes. I'm not suprised. The kid likes to eat...all day long it seems like, but I know it's healthy for him, and I enjoy that time we have together. And, typically, he only cries when he's hungry...so that's a pretty good routine we've got going. He starts to fuss, I do the finger test to see if he's hungry, and sure enough, next thing you know, we're eating. What I really love, is how great his app...

 Well, we made it home. I have to keep this short...after sorting through my email first thing, and balancing the checkbook, I think I'm pushing feeding time. So goes life when the baby is in charge, not you.  What an amazing thing to have a baby in our lives. Jason and I both just sit in awe each evening at how precious Colton is...even when he's balling his eyes out, we find something cute or adorable to make over. We really can't complain, this kid has the disposition of the most calm/collected person you'd meet. Which makes both of us think perhaps we brought the wrong baby home from the hospital!   We are thrilled to have him home. Mom was right...labor and delivery was easy. Well, not easy, but easy in the way that I really can't complain. About 5:30 on Tuesday evening (a week ago today actually...that went fast!) I started feeling pains, but of course, wasn't sure if they were real or if I was just hoping any slight change in pace would ...