First Tummy Time

This sequence of shots are actually a few days old. I think they were taken on Sat. 13th so he would have been 4 days old. He was determined to pull himself up over that pillow. He can hold his head up briefly and he sometimes pushes up on one side and just about rolls over. He's still got a little ways to go but it's fun to watch him try. Sorry we've been a little slow on the photos this week. I've started back to work and Parker has turned into a nocturnal eater. Brooke is taking the brunt of it but I'm not excactly getting enough sleep either. It's ok though. We're just grateful that he's eating and gaining weight. I'll try to get some more pictures and updates up in the next few days. stay tuned...

Ready for his first stroll

Tummy Time from the side

Day Four!

Little Parker made his first trip to the baby doctor this morning for a routine checkup. We’re happy to report that the doctor said he was doing fine. He’s almost gained back all the weight lost since birth and his eating gets a little better every day. His heart and lungs sounded great and his skin tone is good. His little umbilical cord is healing nicely and may be done in the next couple of days. They did say he doesn’t start getting shots until 1 month.

Basically he’s eating every 2-3 hours during the day and every 3-4 hours at night. In between that, he mostly sleeps. This is going to sound weird but I’ve come to look forward to finding a dirty diaper when it’s time to feed him because that means we can take care of everything at once and not have to get back up for a couple of hours. Last night was the most challenging so far. He got a little off-cycle early in the evening but after midnight we were able to get back on track and sleep for more than one hour at a time.

We want to thank everyone who’s called and sent gifts and flowers. We haven’t had a chance to call everyone back yet but as we get our sleep/eat/poop routine straight we certainly will. I’m trying not to go overboard with the photos but here are a few more.

95% of the time...

He hates those mitts!

Sleepy Smurf

Grumpy Smurf

Astonished Smurf


Baby and Daddy

More Photos!

The baby doctor released him today and we came home around 10 am this morning.

Last night wasn’t too bad. Parker woke up about every 2 hours and we are slowly getting the hang of feeding. But the doctor said he looked great this morning and he's sleeping peacefully behind me as I type this post. Right now we’re all just trying to settle in and maybe get some rest. I’ll follow with more details later. But for now, we know everybody just wants to see more photos.

More to come…

First Night

First Outfit

The new Family

Ready for 1st Ride!