One Month Old

Happy One Month Birthday Baby Hero! We love having you out--even though you hate taking naps during the day. You have great facial expressions, and love to tell stories with your arms and face.

Any suggestions as to help convince him that naps are a good thing? We can get maybe one hour nap in during the day...he sleeps a lot during the night...but not during the day, and by early evening, late afternoon, his not a happy camper.

When Baby Hero met Grandma Honey

Grandma Honey came to visit us for a few days. We were sad that her visit wasn't very long, only about three and a half days, but we were happy to have her! We loved her presence and she spoiled us rotten! We love Grandmas!
The Baby Hero also enjoyed getting to know Grandma Honey. He was pleased that she came, because she has been the only one who has successfully cut his fingernails and not his fingers.

Pi day Celebrations

My very First Pie! I made the crust myself and I had made the pie filling previously. I canned it and then it turned out really well!
On Friday, We took the Baby Hero to school after the minions had left and got pictures taken with all the super heros. I took full advantage of the fact that the Baby Hero is too young to complain about the nerdiness of the costume! I had a blast!

Happy Pi Day!

I want everyone to enjoy Pi Day, and eat Pie! I will post pictures of the super heros in matching outfits! (The Baby Hero is too young to complain about geekiness, and I am taking full advantage of it!)

Eat some Pie!

Generations of the Hero family

On Grandma Cutler's last day with the Baby Hero, we got the generations of a family together. There is my Grandma, My Mom, Me (The Super Hero) and the Baby Hero in this picture. We made the mistake of interrupting his dinner...this is the best picture that doesn't make it look like Baby Hero is screaming on the top of his lungs, "FEED ME!" But he is.

We let him finish eating and then took a three generation family picture. The Baby Hero is much happier in the successive pictures.


Also that night, we took a family picture. Our first, but in no way our last. I come from a family obsessed about pictures and preserving them for future use. I also love to scrapbook, so I'm excited about all the pictures we get to take.
I am recovering well. I have days where I don't want to get dressed, still, but this past week I did get dressed four out of the seven days--which has been the highest number since the Baby Hero's appearance. I am sad though, that I have three more weeks before I have to return to the life of a super hero in middle school. I am not ready for that. I enjoy holding my baby and having the flexibility of not getting dressed if I don't feel like it.

Heroic Feat!!

We are extremely proud of our baby hero. Yesterday, he allowed us graciously, to pacify him with a pacifier. He had rejected them firmly for the first two weeks of his life. He seems to think that now that he's 16 days old, he is old enough for a pacifier. We are proud of his decision and are grateful that he will suck on one for a half hour!

Yay Baby Hero!!

Adventures of a Baby Hero

The Baby Hero has been busy this past week. He takes lots of naps and sleeps for long periods of time at night. (Yes, we are spoiled with a baby hero...he likes to sleep for about four hours between feedings, and sometimes we can get in six hours before he wakes up.)

He loves to wake up right after a feeding and make faces at whoever is holding him. He has a cute little smile that we were trying to catch on film...but the baby hero had different thoughts in mind, as you will see below.

The baby hero contemplates waking up.This waking up business is too much work!!

I am going to sit here with my tongue hanging out because the efforts of waking up left me with no energy whatsoever.

I will try to put up photos whenever I can, but our Internet has been temperamental and hasn't wanted to work at all. We will use it whenever it works and keep you posted on the baby hero's heroic activities.