Three weeks, one kid, lots of poo

Grandma Janith

Three weeks have now passed, and Henry continues to teach us new things everyday. For instance, I didn't know that it was possible in the span of 15 minutes to dirty your diaper so bad that it ruins your diaper, your outfit, and your blanket! It was really gross, yet somewhat impressive all at the same time. He continues to develop a sense of wanting to be held all the time, otherwise he will wail on you. Laura is becoming very adept at doing her various everyday tasks one handed (mowing the lawn, sweeping the chimney, changing the oil in the cars - you know, "woman work"). Sleeping is going really well we think, with him continuing to give us 3-5hr. chunks at a time during the night.

This week brought a return visit from his Grandma, who understandably couldn't get enough of him! Also, we celebrated Bella's 4th birthday, with Macy and Abner in attendance. Henry also got a present from the Siffords in the form of his very own Oh Henry candybar! Finally, Henry has taken to listening to ridiculous songs that Reggie makes up in order to get him to stop crying. For those who may have had the "privilege" to hear Reggie sing in the past, you might have thought that would be the other way around :) The two top songs on Henry's playlist are "Little Tree Frog" and "Fussy Little Baby." They are sure to be classics!

Week 4 is big for our little boy. It is his first long car ride to STL and a family photo session.

Is it raining, or is it just me (and other Week 2 happenings)

Well, another week has gone by. It is amazing to think that Henry has been around for 2 weeks already. It is funny how he appears to change everyday. We are continually trying to determine who he looks like more. I am not sure where he is getting all his back hair, but we are hoping that all falls out eventually. Perhaps he is getting that from Bella :). This week brought Henry's first bath. It didn't go too well, but I would imagine that was about 85% due to his parents having no clue what they were doing! We had our first family dinner outing on Friday, even though it was only to Governor Stumpy's. Henry did great, and just slept the whole time. Also, near the end of the week, he finally started to take to sleeping in his bassinet, as opposed to a bouncy seat. Over the weekend, he was sleeping blocks of 4-5hrs. each night (THANK YOU HENRY!). He has apparently gained a 1/2 inch, but lost an ounce of weight, during the week (Now at 21" long and 7lbs, 13oz).

Unfortunately for Laura, the week started off with her having to learn the hard way the lesson of why you have to have your new diaper ready when you take the old one off. Henry decided that day to "make it rain," and I don't mean dollar bills. He tried for an encore with Reggie later that day, but he was ready for him!

We never knew that a baby could produce so much trash until this week. It is pretty amazing how long the diaper genie bag is that gets thrown away each week. Seriously, it is like I am holding an anaconda! The funniest is how he is getting good at dirtying his diaper within 2 minutes of changing him. I never realized how many times in a row a baby can poop!

We continue to have numerous visits from our great family and friends. You all have been extremely generous, and we can't thank you enough!!!

Week One

Sister Bella

Henry is a week old today and it's hard to imagine life without him.  It obviously was a week of firsts for everyone. For Henry, it was his first car ride, first introduction to his new older sister Bella, and his first walk of many to the Roasterrie in his stroller. For Reggie, it brought his first ever diaper change. For Laura, it was her first guilt-free drink in over 9 months! And overall, this was a week about getting to know one another. Henry struggled with nursing up until Day 6 when magically he got it! We think the lactation specialist at St. Luke's must have had some sort of special voodoo spell she cast, because after our appt. with her on Monday, all of a sudden he got it pretty much all the time. 

The meeting of Henry and Bella went great! Bella occasionally will just walk up to Henry, sniff, and lick once, and then walk away. When he cries in the middle of the night, Bella will just look at one of us as if to say, "Are you freaking serious, it's 3:30am!!!"

The week also brought with it a number of meetings - Grandparents, aunts, and many good friends. One thing is very evident already this early on - Henry is going to be a very loved little boy! Thank you to all our great friends and family for all the support throughout the whole pregnancy and birth!!!

8.17.10 Introducing Henry Allen Bogart

Henry was born 8.17.10 at 6:52 pm, weighing in at 8 lbs 1 oz and measuring 20.5 inches.  We were induced at 9am and labor went fairly quick (thank god) so we didn't have to wait long to meet the little guy.  As most of you know I swore up and down that I was having a girl and I thought she'd be small and have light colored hair.  Boy was I wrong (as was our doctor)!!!  Waiting to find out the sex of the baby was the best decision we ever made.  It was such an incredible and emotional moment the instant we saw that we had a beautiful little boy!  We spent 3 days in the hospital; Henry had trouble breast feeding so we stayed an extra day.  This was fine by us since we had the most amazing nurses and didn't want to leave.  I tried to talk one of them into moving in with us.  =)  A couple of lessons we learned while in the hospital:

1. Do NOT take your baby with you out of the room! As Reggie learned, this tends to make the random nurses get very jumpy, in a "hey that guy is snatching babies" sort of way.
2. Get the drugs, ladies! While waiting for our show to get started, we overheard what we could only surmise was some sort of dinosaur giving birth based upon the yelling. Nope - just going natural!
3. The nurses are like the pimps of the hospital. They have all the hookups, and if you get on their good side, they will set you up with all kinds of good stuff. We rolled out of there with a suitcase full of diapers, wipes, etc.

Due Date 8.13.10

Well today is officially our due date and still no baby.  Guess we'll have to be patient a little while longer.  If he or she doesn't come on their own I'll be induced on Tuesday.  We're very excited and anxious for our little one to get here!  Hard to believe in a few short days we'll be a family of 4 (can't forget Bella)!!  The Payne's took some pregnancy photos of us at 38 weeks that turned out great.  Thank you Mike and Willie!!  Also have to show off the belly one last time - fully baked!