Bonding with my baby boy

This past weekend was heart wrenching as I took care of my sick baby solo all weekend. Between his first vaccination and intense teething, he was all out of sorts and not his usual perky, curious self but just wanted to be held and consoled... His head was permanently on my shoulder and regularly he would mutter "mem, mem" in a drawn voice. He ran a high fever and it was just the saddest thing I've ever seen. He was up all night and only calmed when he was sleeping on me. We slept this way both Friday and Saturday night. The upshot of all of this is that we quite possibly had the most bonding weekend we've had yet. We were together all weekend, just the two of us, and to have him need me so much was beyond sweet. I felt like we moved to another level with our love and although I hated seeing him so limp, I held him the entire weekend and we just connected. As of last evening, he began to resemble the curious and joyful Colin we love as the light behind his eyes returned and I even saw a few smiles! Having him to love and care for is the most amazing experience of my life.

Oregon baby

As I introduce new foods, Colin's reactions crack us up! The latest food of choice is tofu... and by the looks of things, it's no bananas and peaches! Of course, after several tries, he is fairing much better and dare I say, not grimacing at all! Sorry Colin, you were born to an Oregon mama... not an extremist, but will definitely be keeping you healthy for as long as she can. Maybe Grammy had it right with only trick or treating to 5 houses!! :)

A Big Week!

This past week has been full of changes! To start, this past Saturday, January 19th- one day shy of Colin's nine month birthday, he decided to crawl. Joe Gall, Auntie Tam and Steve were there to witness this sacred event with us. Because we know how much he loves electronic gadgets- cell phones, real phones, remote controls and more, we tempted and lured him with a phone. Poof! He took off and successfully completed a perfect crawl across the play mats. Amazing!

And today, was another big event... Colie had his nine month appt with his pediatrician. He was termed in perfect health and development...but of course we already knew this! We learned about all the new foods he can begin having, weighed in at 20 pounds even (48th percentile) and 27 1/4 inches long (25th percentile)... Sadly, we had to watch as he received his first vaccination...HIB. We are so glad we waited to slowly introduce these though.... and although he cried momentarily after his shot, he handled it much better than his mama and papa (daddy tried everything in his power to sneak out as he couldn't handle the thought of his babe in pain, but mama insisted he stay :) )... when it was done, we had a family hug and within a minute or two, tears still on his cheeks, he was back to his happy self squealing with happiness.

Our lives are about to change

We are officially on the brinks of Colin crawling... he is rocking, scooting and two nights ago as Morg and I were tag teaming folding laundry, we both casually glanced down at Colin and our jaws dropped as we watched him take his first couple 'crawl steps'. Nothing too demonstrative, just a few "steps" then he stopped, sat up to a sitting position, and smiled proudly. We were amazed. So any day now, our lives will be different and we will be all about chasing our wee one. This weekend, we are off to Babies R Us to buy all the necessary safety precautions!!!

Splish Splash

Not being the most technically savy, it's taken me a few tries to learn how to upload video...but at last, I think I may have gotten it right. During one of our last nights in Oregon (a couple weeks ago), Colin discovered the fun of splashing in the bath. I have carried this video around since to watch here and there because nothing will bring a smile to my face faster.

Welcome little Camden

Huge congratulations to our friends, Amy and Jeremy who brought Camden Jon Weber into this world last night- weighing 8 lbs, 5 oz. We can't wait to meet Camden. Another little miracle is here on planet earth... incredible!!

Pure Joy

Last night, I got home from work at 5:30 and Morg, Colin and I played on the floor for what seemed hours... Colie was curious as can be- scooting from one toy to the next, attention diverted to the next coolest thing. He would randomly break out into the biggest two toothed grin and we would all laugh and smile. These are the moments you hear parents speak of- nothing over the top about our night, just sweet time with our babe. We all had dinner together and then we gave Colin a bath where he splashed and laughed with delight. It was a perfect night... that is until our little one decided at 3am he would like some more fun time. Ah, such is life! :)

the sweetest sounds

Mem mem... Colin has been saying those words lately and we noticed with raised eyebrows that it sounded suspiciously like mom mom or mama... but like much of his babble, we figured it was our little guy trying out his sounds and not necessarily correlated to me. However, last night at 4:30am, Colin woke up crying (we still haven't gotten back into a routine post-travel) and I went in to soothe him... when he saw me, he began crying even harder in hysterics screaming mem mem... any strength in me that may have let him cry it out for a few minutes was gone. He continued in the saddest yet sweetest voice screaming "mem mem" to the point that there was only one thing to do- pick up my little boy and cuddle him. He looked at me with the softest look continuing to call me by his new name for me and we went back to bed for the remainder of the night to snuggle and nurse.

I had no idea his first calling to me could hit me so deeply!