Priceful Memories: Welcome Home Baby Boy

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Welcome Home Baby Boy

Aiden and I finally came home from the hospital on Wednesday, July 22nd. It was fairly uneventful. We took pictures as we left the hospital and then pictures when we arrived at the house. Now this may sound silly, but in the baby books there is a spot for a picture of the baby's first house, first room, etc. Kelsey's even asks what the weather was like on the day she came home! Who comes up with these things?

Unhappy to be home? Double-click on the picture to get a closer view of his face! Let's just say he was having a bad dream.

Mom & Dad adoring their new baby, making sure he's all settled in his crib. Yep, he's in our room in the pack and play, no cute nursery folks. Maybe someday.

She quickly learned that if she was going to get in on the action, she needed to get her stool. She can now get up on the bed, reach things on the counter, and help me change him - in addition to reaching the sink to brush her teeth.

She likes to hand me the things from the pockets of the pack 'n play. It's because of her that I remember his vitamin D drops!

We bought blue toilet paper to celebrate our BOY.

Jet-lagged grandma + Newborn = Guilt-free naptime

Saying hi to grandma - for a one week old, he can really hold his head up!

Both of my kids were born really strong.

The Family Bed

Cuddles with baby brother

I was in the kitchen and I didn't hear Kelsey for a little while. I grew suspicious and thought the worst when I found her on the bed with Aiden. But this is what I saw. She was just petting him and watching him as he slept.

Kelsey asks to hold him about 10 times a day. Here they are watching Dora together.

Baby Aiden's First Bath

He wasn't a huge fan

I love how he just folds over like a sack of potatoes.

And I love this little sleeper I found for him.

I couldn't resist seeing if he would fit in Kelsey's doll stroller. Tal was giving Kelsey a bath (I didn't want either one of them to see what I was doing) so I went with my childish desires and then took pictures. My mom and I had a good laugh. The first one is as if Aiden is saying, "No pictures please." The second one I turned B&W and took it from the football angle. My dad picked this outfit out for him. By two weeks old, he outgrew it!

This is Aiden's present to Kelsey. She got so many presents from Mimi (one every day for two weeks) that I don't know how much she cared about it. Actually, she really likes playing kitchen - for a whole 3 minutes.

A sweet video of Kels, Aiden & Grammie

The Shontz family came to visit before their big move to London. I love that Aiden's trying to nurse off of Ashley in this pic and that her kids are all excited to see the baby. Well, not so much Andrew but definitely Brooke! And Matthew was so cute with him too!

First Photoshoot

Here's my favorite from the mini-shoot. I just love the little hospital "bracelet." I had to hurry and take these before Tal cut it off (not that it was girly, they just put it on too tight for our chubby little man).

7 comments:

Mary said...: Congratulations!!! He is so adorable! What a sweet little boy :) PS-I love your pictures!!! You are so talented.; 8/17/2009 7:02 AM
Unknown said...: These pictures are great! Kelsey is so sweet with her little brother. It looks like you guys are adjusting well to life with 2 kids :) We are so excited to come see you in a few weeks.; 8/17/2009 11:16 AM
Elisa said...: Very cute Jess. Looks like you are doing great with the transition to family-of-four.; 8/17/2009 4:11 PM
likeschocolate said...: Precious moments!!!!; 8/17/2009 4:17 PM
grandma lang said...: Jessica, Great photos as usual. I don't know what we would do if we couldn't see him at least through photos. Kelsey is "priceless" as always. Love ya Grandma; 8/17/2009 11:08 PM
berrymom said...: Congratulations! He is adorable!; 8/18/2009 5:54 AM
Shontz Family said...: love the pictures. we miss you guys. today andrew said to me, "mom, i miss switzerland" and i almost started to cry. it did start a nice discussion of all the things we loved most about it there. hope you guys are doing well. xoxo.; 8/18/2009 10:18 PM

Kelsey Speaks

April 14: Advertising works, even for kids. Kels just came up to me with my iPhone and the app "Team Umizoomi" ready to purchase. I asked her how she knew about it and she said, "this mom put team umizoomi on for her kids and it teached her kids and he did it all by himself!" I've seen that commercial too, but never realized how much she soaked in! I'm a sucker, I downloaded it.

March 14:

We were having a new babysitter come and Kelsey wanted her to play a game but wasn't sure she'd know how. "What language does she speak?" I said, "English." Kels said, "Oh no!" I said, "Kelsey, did you know that YOU speak English?" She looked surprised, "I do!?"

October 17:

We had our carpet pad replaced today and the carpet guy was using a heavy duty iron that smelled like burning. Kelsey came in and said, "Mom, is that dinner I smell?" Thanks Kels, thanks. Says a lot about my cooking!

October 11:

So I'm on the phone and the Kelsey does soemthing that makes Aiden cry. I tell Kelsey, PLEASE make it better, say your sorry and make him stop crying. She starts singing, "Flower gleam and glow, let your power shine, make the clock reverse, bring back what once was mine..." I started cracking up. I think she's a little too obsessed with Tangled.

February 19:
Family prayer
"Thank you that Aiden is incredible and that he could watch Incredibles with me. And thank you that mommy can change things."

February 9:
Family prayer tonight by Kelsey: "Thank you that mommy could be a good listener (?), thank you that mommy can be so stretchable...in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." I laughed and asked her what stretchable meant. She said it meant that I can read Aiden books and change his diaper, put us to bed, play with us, and wiggle us and throw us, stuff like that. Does that mean she's grateful I can do mommy stuff?

January 5:
While at my mom's house in California, she said, "I want to stay at Mimi's forever!" I asked, what about your toys and our home in Utah?" She replied, "I like Mimi's toys downstairs." "But what about your friends back in Utah?" She replied, "they can get in the car and drive really, really far and come see me!" She has it all figured out.

January 4, 2011:
Tally read aloud a sign as we passed a church, "Jesus is making a list." She said, "No, Santa is making a list, and checking it twice."

December 20:
She was sad after I scolded her for taking her brother's food. I asked her why she was sad and she said, "My life hurts right now."
"With Christmas just a few days away?" I said. She perked right up.

December 13:
Tal was going to bed early and we all jumped in bed to give him hugs and say goodnight. Kelsey said, "I like it when our whole family is in bed together. Dad, you're hot. But I like it hot. You're the hottest."

December 9:
I had made a big effort to go to the gym and literally had 30 minutes to work out and then be back before everyone came over for play group. I get Kelsey out of the car and walk around to get Aiden. Kelsey says, "Mom, you can't wear THOSE shoes to the gym!" I looked down and sure enough, I was wearing my Crocs. I'm so glad she saw it before I'd gotten Aiden out of his car seat, gotten the kids checked into day care, and stepped on the treadmill. 10 points for trying, right?

October 22:
"Mom, I don't wanna have a baby in my tummy. I don't want to have a baby doggy come out."

October 3:
"Mom, you shut up and I'll shut down." (playing around with the word shut up to get a reaction from me).

September 30:
"Aiden, you have pretty eyebrows."
August 15
While sitting in our master bathroom, Kelsey said, "You guys have two sinks."
Us: "Yes, we have two sinks, isn't that nice?"
K: "No, I don't like it, you need to take one out. I need more room to sit."
Tal: "When you get married, you can have one sink in your bathroom."
K: "When I marry Aiden?" (who she said she wanted to marry when we were talking about weddings the day before).
Tal: "You can't marry Aiden, he's your brother."
K: "I want to marry DADDY!"
Jess: "He's mine, darlin. Daddy is already married to mommy."
K: "My cousins?"
Us: (Laugh, gave up...we'll have this talk one day when she's ready) She is constantly playing with my bouquet of silk flowers in my room and saying, "I'm getting married mom." I guess she picked that up on her own...I don't think I've ever talked about the flowers with her!

August 11:
As I'm putting her to bed I said, "Kelsey, your little body is so tired because you didn't take a nap today and little bodies need naps."
"And sometimes big bodies do too?" she said.
After the gym today, we caught her doing her hand clasp thing. Tally said, "Don't do that, you're doing it so hard you're getting sweaty."
She replied, firmly, "Well I just back from the gym." (which is true, but she was at the play place at the gym)
May
(While shutting herself inside the kitchen pantry)
K: Alright Aiden, I'm going bye-bye to Lily's house, 2 seconds, and when I come back, I'm going to Zoe's house. Okay? Okay, see ya later.
(about 2 seconds later, she opens the door)
K: Oh, hi Zoe's house!
She has been cracking me up (mixed with a little worry) with her imagination. If you ask her what she did today, she'll say she played with her cousins. We don't play with cousins everyday, but she does, in her imaginary play. She'll tell Libby and Zoe to come downstairs to the playroom or come outside with her. Then I'll hear her telling one of them to go hide or that this doll is for them or that they are nice. She will also throw in Lily and Edie, and an occasional Colton, Carter or Spencer. But that's more rare. Maybe because she sees them the most? Or because they are boys.
She also loves to pretend she's mommy and I'm Kelsey. She'll ask me, "is your pee-pees coming, mommy?" (No, is yours?) She'll also say, "you want a treat Kelsey? Okay. " Or my favorite, "You go in time out mommy, no-no." When I ask what I did wrong she'll say it's because I hit Aiden. Shocking.
She is also such a good sister. When I was reading my friend Mary's blog today who just lost her baby girl and bawling, she came over and gave me a big hug and said, "it's okay mommy." Then, because I wasn't paying attention to the fact that Aiden had run out of Cheerios and was "asking" for more, she fed him her Cheerios. Then she came up to me and said, "mommy, Aiden wants more Cheerios." She's a great little mommy.
5/?- (while Tal is at work)
K: Mom, I want to tell dad I had fun at the doctor today - daddy, I had fun at the doctor today - oh you did - yeah, dr. M was really nice. Yeah? Yeah.
She has little conversations with herself as she imagines the conversation she had or will have. These crack me up. She does it all the time, I just need to remember to write them down.
5/29 -
K: Mom, don't let Swiper come swipe our new house, okay?
M: Okay, I will. I'll tell him, Swiper no swiping, okay?
K: Yeah!
She's on this kick where she says "everytime" or "everday" with almost every sentence. I guess she's learning how to tell time/days?
She also sings all the time, usually "I am a Child of God." How can I ever get mad at that sweet little thing?
February 1, 2010
J: "Kelsey, get up on the stool so we can wash your hands."
K: "Mommy, you need to pull my pants up first."
J: "Okay, sorry"
K: "You don't need to say sorry mami."
She's been saying sorry to EVERYTHING and so I think she's heard that a lot lately from me. It's funny to hear your own words come from the mouths of your little ones.
January 28, 2010
K: "I want to be baptized."
J: "You do? How old are you?"
K: "TWO! Aiden wants to be baptized too."
J: "You have to be 8 to be baptized."
K: "Oh, I EIGHT!"
A little boy was baptized last Sunday and she started noticing it more in her books about Jesus and we talked about it a few times this week. But the subject hadn't come up this day - she said it out of the blue.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Welcome Home Baby Boy

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