2 Week Appointment

Carson had his 2 week Dr. appt today at 16 days old. He is now 8 lbs 1 oz and 21 inches long. He’s growing like a weed!! I’m sure it has something to do with his voracious appetite! I think he eats more that Steve…and that’s hard to do! They say he still has a touch of jaundice…we can’t tell though…so we have another appointment in 2 weeks to check the jaundice again.

He has been such a great baby! He rarely fusses much, is still a great eater and sleeper…I actually got 5 consecutive hours of sleep last night…don’t worry I don’t expect tonight to be the same :) But I’ll enjoy those nights when it happens! He loves playing on his activity map and is so alert these days. He already has such a strong neck and is always lifting his head up to look around.

We are all doing great. Steve went back to work this week and my mom is hanging out with us this week. We’ve taken a couple of walks down to the grocery store since the weather has been so nice. It’s been great having my mom around to help with switching laundry around and helping with the cooking and giving me a chance to take a shower! Next week I will be on my own, so that will be the real test.

We had newborn pictures taken last Friday. He was a little grumpy at the beginning of the shoot…he hadn’t napped quite as much as maybe he should have before hand, but he was a pretty happy camper by the end of it so I’m sure the photographer was able to capture multiple moods and faces. We can’t wait to see how they turned out.

Here are a few more pictures of the little guy.

Grandma Prudhel and Cousin Samantha came to visit             Look at that tongue!! He loves to stick it out.    Nana and Papa Bird have been down to visit too. Papa and Carson took a nap together.

Carson James Prudhel

We are so excited that Carson is here!! He is absolutely perfect and such a joy in our lives!

He made an early (and quick) arrival on October 3, 2010 at 9:43pm. He weighed in at 7 lb 7 oz and was 19.25 inches long.

My OB had another Dr. covering for him on Sunday, so they called him to come in, but he still hadn’t arrived when the time came so they had to pull in another Dr. to “catch”. That Dr. delivered his head and then the other Dr. walked into the room just in time to deliver the rest of him. This caused a lot of confusion on discharge day when trying to figure out which Dr. was supposed to be on the birth certificate but it all got worked out!!

We are all doing well. We got home from the hospital Tuesday morning. So far he has been a great eater and sleeper.

Here are a few pictures.

           

Finally Have the Nursery Decorated

With 4 days till my due date, we finally finished putting the nursery together!! Here are a few pictures of how it turned out.

 

I also made baguettes today. I made some plain, but these are stuffed with hot Italian sausage and provolone cheese. First time I made stuffed baguettes and haven’t tried them yet, but they look pretty!

37 Weeks

Crib & Dresser

So, we got our crib, mattress, and dresser last night. It’s starting to look like a nursery now instead of an office! Now we’re just waiting on our glider which should be here in a couple more weeks. Then I’ll figure out how I’m going to decorate it.

Random Updates

This is really late…but over 3 weeks ago now, we purchased a new vehicle. These pictures are pretty lousy since I was too lazy to back the car out of the garage to take pictures…pretty sad! We ended up with a Nissan Murano. I sold my civic last week. I really like the new car I’m just having a little issue adjusting to the change in gas mileage!! To go from 34 mpg to 19 mpg…although I knew this was the case…still makes me choke a little!!

 

Our new sectional was delivered on Saturday, so our family room is now close to functional. Steve’s office area was setup behind it. We’re looking for a short screen to put behind the couch to better hide the office area and the mantle should be installed sometime in the next week or so. Eventually we’re going to have a desk custom built that will go with the room, but we put that on hold for the time being. We also installed “in wall” speakers for our surround system since the stand mounted ones weren’t going to work with the sectional.

   

Now that the nursery is cleaned out, we were finally able to put together the Mamaroo that my sister got for us…thanks Susan!! We’re using this instead of a bouncer/swing. We’ll see how it goes. It’s pretty cool! We tried to get the cat to “test drive” it, but she didn’t want to have anything to do with it!

We installed a closet organization system in the nursery…which has yet to be “organized”…but we’re getting there. The crib and dresser will be delivered tonight, so then it won’t look like quite the disaster area it does now.

 

I think that’s it for now…

3D/4D Ultrasound

We had our 3D/4D ultrasound this morning. We did confirm we are indeed having a boy. And we got some cute pictures of his face. He wasn’t being super cooperative. He really thought his hands needed to be up by his face…along with his feet sometimes. And about half way through he got bored with the whole thing and fell asleep.

Apparently he wanted us to see how big his foot is…that’s what this last picture is showing.

You can watch the video of the whole session at the following link:

www.AnticipationBabyView.com/PeekABabyCA/Baby1007241141.asf