Bennett's Newborn Photo Shoot

My friend Brittney at Stolen Moments Photography took these pictures of Bennett at 2 1/2 weeks old, I love them!  I've never had anyone other than Kiddie Kandids take their newborn pictures and these turned out so cute.  She took over 2 hours and was so patient.  Bennett needed to eat when we got there and as I mentioned before he was so slow!  I just love the little smile she captured!

I have a hard time picking a favorite, I love them all!  Thank you Brittney!  

(On a totally unrelated note, but one that I need to document... Brittney lives about 15 minutes past Park City, the kids played with her kids and the kids next door. they were out playing on the tramp and all the sudden I hear all the girls scream and then Grace's feet coming to tattle tale. I could tell they were determined stomps and when she came inside she said Max pulled down his pants, sure enough.  Oh my goodness. This was the first time, and super unfortunately not the last time, he has done this in public.  I'm either raising an exabitionist, a nudest or a flasher.  Can I beat this out of him?)

Matching Game

Is this the saddest face you've ever seen?  I can't remember who gave us the little yellow bathrobe, but it was a shower gift when I had Grace. I have pictures of Grace wearing it, Max wearing it and now Bennett.  He doesn't look too pleased, at all.  He does make the cutest sad face!

 Grace is really into matching Bennett, she gets mad when Max matches him, even if I didn't do it on purpose.

 My friend Amanda made my kids these fun shirts, they all have dinosaurs on them, that say Dino-mite big brother, sister and Dino-mite little brother.  So cute and fun!

 Max and Bennett in their matching super hero shirts.  Love my little super hero's!

 The kids love to play in the sprinkler, they giggle sit on it, and have a fun time.

 It's all fun and games until the sprinkler gets picked up.....

1st Bath

Bennett wasn't too sure about his first bath in the big tub, he pretty mach just sat there stone faced the whole time.  But he didn't cry like his little sponge sink baths so that was a major plus!

 Grace loves to help with Bennett, she says she doesn't love him but she loves to get his towel and wash cloth, pick out his clothes and lotion him when he gets out of the bath.  She wants to hold him on the couch and help feed him.

 Yep, she's pretty much smitten!

 At 16 days old we braved a trip to Lagoon.  We were only there for a few hours and I didn't get Bennett out of his stroller once.  I didn't want people breathing on my new baby.  The kids had fun!

 Daddy feeding time, and getting a little nap in too.  These "long" nights are so hard on him.  Hahaha.  Really I don't mind getting up at night with Bennett, he pretty much eats around 10, gets up at 2 and 6 and then sleeps for a few more hours.  (That was his 2 week sleep schedule.)  I love the time in the night when it's just me and him.  Until Bennett was about 6 weeks old he would take almost an hour to eat 2-3 ounces, sometimes longer.  He is the slowest eater I've ever seen!

I have missed having a little one in the house, I didn't realize how much until Bennett was born, I love everything about him.  Bathing him, talking to him, making faces, cuddling. 

What's wrong with my mom?

Can you believe my mom hasn't blogged on over 2 months!!!!  It's a crying shame!  I'm so stinking cute, we've been up to so much this summer, I've got huge and she hasn't written down a single thing since I was a couple weeks old.  Dang her!

Max's 4 year pictures

These are Max's four year pictures, the quality isn't so good because I just took pictures of the Kiddie Kandids shots, but sorry, I wasn't paying $150 for a disc! 

I really liked these pictures, she captured all of Max's multiple personalities!

 And then there was Sunday...after church Max came upstairs with no pants on playing Grace's Barbie Guitar, the kid is a total ham.  He makes me laugh and drives me crazy every single day! 

2 week checkup

Bennett went in for his 2 week check up on May 30th.  He was the the old guy in the waiting room that morning, there were three other babies there for jaundice checks.  Where else can you go and be the oldest at 2 weeks old?

Bennett looked great!  He was up to 7lbs 9oz - 19%, 20.5 in - 43%, and his head was 14in  - 21%.  He screamed for a good few minutes after they did his PKU test, I can't wait until he gets his shots! 

When the doctor checked him he pulled off his belly button cord - I had always been told don't do this, let it come of on it's own.  Grace and Max's both fell off between 7-9 days, but he just looked at it, said it was barely hanging on and pulled it off.  Bring on bath time!  Bennett does not like his sponge sink baths!

At two weeks Bennett is sleeping much better!  He's only waking up once per night, I feed him around 10pm and then he gets up between 2-230 and then will sleep until 6 or 7.  I can handle that!  He is still the slowest eater I've ever met and takes around an hour to drink 2 oz. 

Bennett's first week

Bennett's first few days home from the hospital were fun - I'll be honest I don't mind getting up at night - and I love having a new baby in the house.  It's been four years and there are things I've forgot. 

Bennett had a mild case of Jaundice and it peeked on day 4 and 5, he went in for a jaundice check on day 6 and by then his color looked really good. 

He didn't love his baths, at all.  He pees every time, and in the first two days he peed through or on every undershirt I had for him.  If I point his boy parts down he pees up his back, if I just let them go where the diaper dictates he pees out in the front - he also is a pro at getting me when I go to Vaseline his peeps.  Totally forgot about that part.

Max loves to share his toys with Bennett, he kept handing him the Thor hammer, so I made him turn over the Helmet too, my little Avenger. 

Grace is a huge help, but won't admit it.  

At a week old Bennett is a pretty easy going baby, he likes being held, he sleeps pretty good - during the day he wants to eat every 4 hours and during the night every two hours, and he is a SLOW eater.  I had guzzle guts before but he likes to take every sip and savor it I guess because it takes him over an hour to eat 2 oz. 

I think his eyes will be blue, they kind of go blue, then dark grayish and then back to blue.  I never thought I'd have blue eyed kids! 

I love this little man more than I can say!