Sleep Deprivation

Carving pumpkins with Daddy

Colin in the cutest sleeping bag that we got as a gift from our friends!

What a handsome boy!!!

Trying to get a family photo

Eating a doughnut while Colin sleeps away his first trip to the Farmstead

Why so serious?

Daddy couldn't get a whole lot of bounce out of the bounce pillow!

What do you think she enjoyed more... the cow train or the taste of her vest?

Madison and Aunt Mic

Going down the bumpy slide with Daddy

Hiding in the hay

Madison and her baby brother

Such a good sister, watching her morning cartoons

Madison, Colin, and Grandpa McGee

Madison got out her lantern for Grandpa (he couldn't read with the light we had)

Madison, Grandpa McGee, Colin, and Grandma Anita

Madison and her Mummy

Goofing off!!!

I knew it was too good to be true. For the first week and a half Colin was sleeping for 3 to 4 hr chunks at night starting around 9:30 pm, but now he is fussy from 7 to 11 pm and is awake for hrs during the night. We started him on Zantac for acid reflux and I really hope it works because I am exhausted!!!

Madison is doing great with him. The only problem we are having is she keeps wetting her pants multiple times a day. I have started putting her on timeout for it because we ask her multiple times a day and she just keeps wetting, but I had expected this and we will get through it.

Colin is already up to 8 lbs. 9 oz. from his birth weight of 7 lbs. 11 oz., at least I know that breast feeding is going well.

Next week we head to CDA to show off our little man to all of our friends and family. Grandpa McGee and Grandma Anita were here last weekend and this past weekend Grandma McGee has been here.

Introducing Colin Brock McGee

We have had two new things enter our lives this past week.  First of all, we got a new Volkswagon Jetta TDI and secondly, we had our baby boy.  I will spare the details of the delivery, but on Tuesday morning Colin Brock McGee was born.  Luckily, Grandma and Papa were here along with Aunt Mic and Uncle Mark.  We came home Wednesday morning to Aspen, Demon, and Kelty.  Madison is like a second mother to her baby brother.  She is so happy to sit and hold him all day and loves to stare at him in his crib.  She doesn't  like it when someone takes him from her or if he gets upset and starts crying, or if he's sleeping and can't hold him.  Miss Madison has had a couple of rough moments when I can't put her to bed because I am nursing Colin or if Daddy and Papa go on a bike ride, but she has done very well.  I of course have mothers guilt and have my moments where I start crying because it has just been Madison and I for three years and now I have to figure out how to share equal time between her and Colin and the last thing I want is for her to be sad that I'm not there for her when I have always been there for her, but the one thing that terrifies me most is when Mom and Dad leave and JR works his 24 hrs and I have to get Madison down for bed and watch the baby.  How am I going to do it without all of us ending up in tears?

 Madison practicing feeding her baby

 Miss Madison giving her baby kisses

 Daddy, Mommy and baby Colin

 Mommy and baby Colin

 Daddy holding baby Colin for the first time (he never took his jacket off :)

 Papa with baby Colin

 Our new family... Daddy, Mommy, Madison, and Colin

 Madison was excited about something on tv

 Colin Brock McGee

 Madison holding Colin, but concentrating on tv

 Uncle Mark and Colin

 Aunt Mic and Colin

 Grandma, Madison, and Colin

 Baby Colin, first day home

 Colin and Madison (Madison loves him so much)

 This kiddo is going to be so lucky to have Madison as a big sister

 Colin Brock McGee... 7 lbs 11 oz... born 2:36 am

 Colin's first walk with madison and Daddy

 Daddy, Colin, and Mommy

 Madison and Colin (her new morning routine is to hold her brother)

 watching Colin sleep

 Kelty, Grandma and Colin

 Grandma and Madison making cookies

 Colin getting some sun for his jaundice

After 12+ years JR finally traded his truck in and being the mature adult he is, he decided to get a diesel car for the great gas mileage... he now has the Pathfinder and I get the Jetta

I am not very good at adapting to change, but Colin has been a wonderful baby so far.  He pretty much only gets fussy when he is hungry and other than that he sleeps all the time.  I get up to feed him about twice a night and then Grandma rocks him for a couple of minutes and he's back in bed.  I really hope that we can keep that routine, but with JR taking over Mom's role because I feel like I can survive on this sleep, but I keep waiting for the good luck to change, but Mom says not to create problems.

30th Birthday

Madison and Mommy blowing out the candles!!!

The oar above the babies room

The rocking chair

Madison in the crib

The crib, window, and bookcase

the babies bookcase

the shelf that JR made for the babies room from a design from Pottery Barn Kids

The changing table

I turned 30 this past Saturday. It ended up being a wonderful day, even though I had been dreading it. Mic and Mom surprised me with a massage and a pedicure. Mom and Dad drove down on Friday night so they could be here if the baby came and also to celebrate my 30th birthday. Dad also retired on Oct. 1st, so we had that to celebrate!!!! We all went out to dinner and then JR surprised me with a new fossil watch.

On the baby end we are just waiting, but nothing is happening. I feel like my blog is really choppy, but you could say my brain isn't working well at the moment ;)