Survived 1st week back

Hi All - yup - its Saturday morning! Nate and I survived our first week into the groove! He caught a nice cold at daycare too! But seems to be doing well - just a cough and stuffy/runny nose. And the thrush may finally be going away! Yeah!!

I did survive the week - it was sure a long one with all the rumors abound at the office. One minute we will not be there in a few weeks, the next we're there till June. So who knows - someone but they sure aren't telling us much at all. I guess its a waiting game. I can handle that for now - its a pay check. And it seems no one did anything really while I was gone - lucky me - at least life is busy at the office while way too quiet (so many people are just gone).

Today - we are all going out to Howell. Nate and I will hang out with Grandpa Doug while daddy takes Grandpa Ron to a rock show. We thought we'd have more fun at the house with Billy Jean and maybe get a glimpse of Uncle Marcus for a few minutes. And yes - we finally have a picture with Uncle Marcus actually HOLDING Nate - one of these days we'll have Craig post everything to the site link.

Nate's getting really big - almost 3 months old! YIkes! And a little chunk - but a cute one. And all the blonde hair is coming in - its still very light - so you can't see it too well in the pictures - but it is there.

Talk to you all later!

1st Day

Well Nate and I both survived the 1st day yesterday. he seemed to do really well at day care. i called and they told me he was doing great and wished all new kids adjusted as well. We knew he'd be a trooper. I made it through too - couldn't wait to leave early to go get my hands on the little guy. It took me over an hour to get there from my office. not a fun drive. But loved seeing him when I got my hands on him. He was definately a happy little guy.

work is just work - nothing has changed unfortunately. So we'll see how long I have a job here - keep your fingers crossed.

Gail

Back to work

Well I'm back to work in the morning and Nate's off to day care. It will be interesting to see how Craig and I do tomorrow. HOpefully we can keep Nate up late tonight and he'll sleep till 5 am again! He's been doing good the last week or so - sleeping 6-7 hours at night! We like that. Unfortunately its still getting up at 3 or 4 am! Oh well - we are just happy for a solid block of hours like that - doesn't sound like many people get that.

My company sounds like they MAY (yes a big maybe) have an investor - so that will be good. I may get to avoid the unemployment line for now! Yeah - after a month with no pay check that will be good.

Nate was at his Day care - Childtime - last Friday and seemed very happy. We hung out for a few minutes with the care takers and other kids. He was smiling and just had fun looking at all the stuff. So that is exciting.

HOpe you all check out the pictures on the family photos on this site. We are trying to keep it updated. We'll let you know how this week goes.

Nate's Doctor's Appointment

Nate survived his two-month check-up!

He's 13 pounds 9 ounces and 23 1/2" long. He can now officially be referred to as "Hoss." He had three shots today which included 5 vaccines, and I've been informed that I get to go to the 4 month checkup to help "hold him down." :-(

Overall, the doctor was pleased with his progress. (Which also means we've passed the two-month parenting test, and he won't be calling social services on us!)

I posted many new pictures to the website, so feel free to check them out. There's a Nate folder, and Nate 200408 folder, and I'll keep making news ones for each month.

Take care,

Craig

Good Nights sleep!

Wow - we had a great night last night. Actually a lot the last week or so. Last night Nate slept for 7 hours! That is the record. WE've had a few 6 hour nights in the last week and were happy with those. Now we just have to get those hours a little later - typically its 3 or 4 am when those 6-7 hours end. But we are still happy with all of those.

He's now trying to get his lunch and sleep for the afternoon. He hasn't had much of a nap this morning, so he's due for a good nap this afternoon. Getting into a little pattern, so we'll take it. We are confident we'll get more or a routine once we start day care in a week. Looking forward to that as well.
Gail

2 Months Old today

HI everyone - thought its been a while I better put out a little update. Its been a busy few weeks with visitors. Over labor day weekend, Nate was able to meet his Grandma Liz! We all had a great time - went to Bronner's in Frankenmuth, visited the day care to get things set up and even had a BBQ with some family and friends! Nate had a grand old time - he really enjoyed meeting and getting to know grandma Liz. Lots of pictures were taken, so when we get some time, we'll get them all posted to the site for all to see.

This week Craig has off for vacation so we are hanging out as a family - its a lot of fun too! Today we are meeting some people for lunch and tomorrow Nate and I go visit SArah and Tommy. I worked with Sarah and Tommy is her little boy - he's a month older than Nate. We figure they can be close buddies as they grow old.

Next week Nate has his 2 month check up and gets some shots. That should be interesting - grandpa Doug is going to go with us to that. Giving me the moral support mostly! I'm sure they'll tell us he's growing fine and the thrush is going away too!

I go back to work on the 20th - so wish me luck! I'll be back at Oxford and probably need to travel a lot in October.
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