One Month In

Little Nolan turned 1 month old on April 28th. We went to the doctor earlier that week and his stats were:
Weight: 11 lbs 7 ounces
Height: 23 1/4 inches
Head: 15 inches

That puts him in the 90th percentile of weight, 98th of Height, and 75th of head. Still a VERY big boy. He is wearing clothes that Peyton wore at 3/4 months old, they are just so different.

Here is Nolan at 1 month, next to Mallory's Yo Gabba Gabba "Brobee" doll. We are going to use Brobee as a marker to see how big he is getting each month. I thought Brobee was a big stuffed animal but Nolan already looks huge next to him!


Here is Peyton at 1 month wearing the same outfit (it was huge on him and barely snapped shut on Nolan)


And here is Mallory around 1 month:


He really reminds me a lot of Peyton and I think Peyton would have been big like him had he been born 3 weeks later, but I see a lot of Mallory in him as well. He is a perfect blending of the two of them. His temperament is very different- he is crankier than Mallory but in more of a routine than Peyton, we'll see what happens this month.

Nolan: at one month old you are a sweet baby. Like most newborns you can cry a lot but you are sleeping pretty good stretches. You love to eat. you've never pulled away from eating and would probably eat all day if I let you. But- you take a pacifier and a bottle. Yay!!! You make very funny noises and keep Daddy and I awake while you grunt at night :) You enjoy your bath and without fail, usually pee during it in a perfect arc over the bathtub onto a family picture on the counter. (same picture as the top of this blog!) Peyton calls you "Gnocchi" and loves to kiss you and love on you and sing to you and Mallory tries to attack you every chance she gets. She is very generous and aggressive with her love. You've already had your first cold, and subsequent ear infection thanks to your siblings but handled it like a champ. We see the beginnings of smiles and cooing so can't wait for the next few weeks when you start doing these. It has only been 30 days but we can't imagine life without you.

We love our little baby!

Hippity Hoppity, Easter 2011

Our first family holiday as a family of five, Easter 2011. Nolan was three weeks old and sick all weekend but was a trooper with all of our fun events. Here is a slew of pictures in no particular order of an Easter Egg hunt in Lake Highlands, our family's Easter morning hunting for our Easter baskets, and Easter lunch spent with ALL of our cousins and aunts, uncles, Bebe and Papa on the Yates side.


The Girl Cousins

All TEN Grandchildren, ranging in age from 3 weeks to almost 9.

Yup, this picture pretty much sums up our life right now.



Cant believe these are all mine.












Promise to do more "blogging" in the future! But at least I've got the pictures up :)

Little Nolan, Little Nolan

Photos taken by Rachellee Jones



"Little Nolan! Little Nolan!" is the new song in our house. Peyton created this song for his new baby BROTHER! Nolan Mark entered our world at 5:11 AM on March 28th, 2011. As expected he was HUGE. 9 pounds, 9 ounces and 22 inches LONG. He looks about a month older than he really is :)

The short birth story: I had a scheduled C section for Tuesday, but Sunday got really achy and with lots of back pain, etc. No consistent contractions though, just the same kind I had been having for weeks. My mom flew in to town in preparation for the C section and we went about our day. I had some pains all day but didn't really think I was in labor. At midnight I awoke with a knifing pain across my stomach, we tried to wait it out to make sure it was the real deal but soon I couldn't even walk or talk. The pain was CRAZY! By the time we got to the hospital-at 1:15 am, i was already dilated to a SEVEN. A Seven! I could have had that baby in the suburban :) I pleaded for an epidural because the contractions were coming super close and was the worst pain imaginable and once I got it I was pretty happy. After fully dilating, water breaking on own, baby moving down, etc. the OB suggested a C section because he worried about risk to the baby due to his size. It was a tough decision since we were so close to being able to have the baby without surgery but the doctor was right. We went ahead with the surgery and thank goodness we did because he was bigger than they thought.



Nolan is three weeks old today and such a sweet baby. First of all, he is beautiful. I may be biased but he is a gorgeous newborn. He loves to snuggle and sleeps a lot. He loves to suck and has taken nicely to a pacifier. He likes to be held most of the time, appears to have a dimple when he smiles, has a cute cleft in his chin, and is just super long. Those newborn diapers lasted about one week and we are in 3 month clothes.






Big Brother Peyton ADORES him. Big Sister Mallory isn't really sure what he is. A Toy? A Pet? She isn't very gentle with him : but doesn't seem to not like him either. We are all so happy to finally meet him and to start our family of five. He was perfectly designed for our family and we are so happy to have him.






Many more pictures, stories, etc. to come but for now we just wanted to announce this little baby. It is going to be a crazy couple of months so we may not have as many posts, but I can promise they will be interesting! Thank you God for our beautiful and perfect little family. Let the fun begin :)