firsts

This morning while we were getting the kids ready for school, Colten smiled for the first time for Addie and Daddy! What a sweetheart!

Not Fair!

Look at that face! I could just eat him up! What a sweetie! This is Colten most of the time...unless it's dinner time and then he's fussy, fussy, fussy!

Not happy! I love the crying pictures! He looks so darn cute!

This is cousin Emma and Colten. Emma is Kenny and Andrea's cute baby who is only 3 weeks older than him! He's catching up!!

My sweet little man!

Here's Colten on Valentines Day!

It's Brinley and Colten at Daniel's Baptism.
Isn't he cute in his little church clothes?

It's not fair how fast our kids grow and how stinkin' long it takes to get them here! My little Colten is 2 months old today! We had his well baby check and he weighed in at 10 pounds 9 ounces and just a hair under 22 inches! He's more than doubled his birth weight! He is starting to smile, and coo and is just so much fun! We waited an awfully long time for him to join our family and he's growing like a weed! We love you little guy! Slow down so we can enjoy you even more! XOXO Mom

Already?

Today was Colten's one month check-up. I can't hardly believe he is a month old already! Last Friday was his due date and Sunday he was a month old. My how time flies! He now weighs 7 lbs 12 oz and is 20 1\2 inches tall! He has grown 2 1/2 inches and has gained 2 lbs 10 oz since he was born.

I had a Dr appt last week and my blood pressure has gone down by 10 percent. My Dr cut my meds in half and hopefully in the next month I will be off of my blood pressure medication. It is now 133 over 88. Sooooo much better than it was! I am feeling better each day, my family is enjoying that I am making dinner,starting to clean and can participate in our family again. Derek deserves the husband and father of the year award. He has endured a lot! Our little man was worth it, but it wasn't easy!;-)

Colten is very sweet content little baby. He however, is sooooo noisy! He grunts all of the time! Kenny (my brother) has started calling him goat boy because that is what he sounds like. He is very loved by all of his siblings. Once they get home from school Derek and I have to fight to get a turn holding him. Lucky for me, I am his only food source.:-) It will be fun to see how long Colten will allow them to smother him.

It has been fun starting over, I feel blessed to have 4 wonderful children. I wish I could just stop time and enjoy them all before they grow up even bigger than they already are.

I think I'll keep 'em! (all of 'em:)

finally!

Colten Derek Russell arrived December 29, 2011 at 2:07 P.M. 2 days short of one month early. He weighed in at a whopping 5 pounds 2 ounces and 18 inches long. He is healthy and doing well. We came home on January 2,2012. Its been quite an ordeal for me with my high blood pressure and all, but well worth it for him! I will blog more about it later. Just wanted to let you know that he's here! Thank goodness I am not pregnant anymore!

Pretty Please!

Dear Baby,

Get out of my belly!

Love, Mom:-)

12 year old Humor....

As my pregnancy is winding down, (not soon enough I might add), I have the pregnant waddle down pact, I am not quick on my feet, I have raging heart burn at any given moment, nausea and vomiting at the drop of a hat, elephantitis of my feet and legs (and several other areas I might add), and have now developed in the past few weeks pregnancy induced carpal tunnel in both of my hands, if that isn't enough, I now have Chandler calling me names....

Last week we were grocery shopping at my most favorite place...Wal-Mart! (jk) Anyhow I stopped to look at something and Derek ditched me. Nothing new.... But he was so far ahead of me I knew I would never catch up. Lucky for me I had Chandler walking with me, so he so nicely sent Derek a text. Here is what it said..... "Dad, hold up for the Wide Load!"

Lucky for him, I have a good sense of humor.....that darn boy!;-)