Wednesday, February 13, 2008

"Small" Victory

I'm taking Colin out for the first time today to somewhere other than the Dr, Hospital or my parents house. Just for S&Gs, I decided to see if my pre-pregnancy jeans fit. THEY FIT!!!!!!!! Granted I hated what size I was before I got pregnant but I'm happy to know that they do fit again after having him two weeks ago. Yay!!
Monday, February 11, 2008

The "Slot" Boys

Colin was finally able to meet Uncle Jason, Aunt Janna (from a distance), Ethan and Micah. The boys seemed to love Colin especially Micah. I think it's because Colin has the same pipey as Micah.

Here is a cute video in the post below of Ethan and Micah singing to Colin. Sorry for it being a little jerky and that I couldn't get it in one post.
Friday, February 8, 2008

Ramblings on Day 9

Although saying we are getting into a routine is a far stretch from the truth, we are feeling like we are all getting use to each other and gaining a pretty good comfort level.

Colin is a great baby - although I may be a tad bias :) He sleeps well and eats like a little piggy. He only cries when we change his diaper or he's hungry ::knock on wood::

I had my first outing yesterday. Mike had the day off, so he watched Colin so I could do a little shopping. It felt nice to get out for a little while. I only called home once :)

It's been an emotional week with Colin's health scares on Friday/Saturday. Then I found out on Wednesday that my Grandma is not doing well and not expected to live too much longer. It's been an emotionally difficult week for me.

I know I am rambling in this post but I want to get out as much information as possible.

Many people have asked about names, so I'll quickly touch on that. Colin was just a name that we both liked. I loved the name Isaac but Mike hated it. I jokingly brought it up as a middle name for Colin and Mike surprisingly loved it. The name just stuck. Our girl's name was a little more difficult. We had both loved the name Lily for quite some time but Mike's cousin recently had a baby named Lilly, so we were torn if we should still use it. Although, I have a cousin who has a son named Collin, the fact that Lilly was the most recent baby born, we were torn if we should re-use it so soon. We read baby name books over and over but nothing felt as right as Lily. We decided that we needed to use the name that felt right to us and Lily was it. If Colin would have been a girl, her name would have been Lily Jane. Jane is after my Grandma Herrema. So there are the names :)

Well I hear Colin starting to move around upstairs, so I should wrap this up.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Colin Isaac

This post is long overdue but we are parents!!!

Colin Isaac was born on Jan 30 at 9.45am. He was 8lbs 4oz and was 20". We had a rough start to life and an even rougher couple days later but we are doing much better now!

I hear Colin starting to stir, so I'll quickly end it with a picture.