Hi there my little Pumpkin!
It's almost your first birthday and I just can't believe how you've grown into such a big boy from my teeny little baby boy! Everything has changed so quickly from the very first day you were here!
We brought you home on Friday, October 7th and boy was it a shock! You were so sweet driving home from the hospital...it was dark outside but I think you could see all of the street lights. You were so quiet and just looked and looked...bless your heart, it must have all been so strange to you! That night we were exhausted and so glad to be home finally, but you, you were not a happy camper. You cried and cried. Every time you made a peep we would pop up and try to figure out how to console you- NOTHING worked!
After about two days you finally settled in to a routine. You would nap and nurse and nap and nurse. Occasionally you'd just look at me with those little blue eyes and I'd wonder what color they'd end up. I could have spent hours just gazing at you...studying every little wrinkle in your little hands and the curve of your little nose...I'd never seen anything so perfect!
Your grandparents were all so excited to see you! Grandma Bell came and spent the whole first week of your little life with you. Everybody thought you were such a handsome little fellow.
The dogs were pretty interested in you also. Kane has always really liked you but Sue was a little bit hesitant. Boogie of course thought you were hers from the first second we walked in the door with you. She would guard you to keep the other dogs from coming near you. Every time you cried that first night she would jump across the bed and peek into your cradle...she was so sleepy the next morning she didn't even want to eat breakfast!
We had your pictures taken around 5 days old...you were wide awake the whole time! A few days later I took some more pictures of you when you were nice and sleepy...and of course, Boogie oversaw the entire process!
We took you to the pumpkin patch too. You were so itty bitty and you slept through the whole thing! Daddy picked out a perfect little pumpkin just for you!
The first few weeks were a pretty big adjustment for us, having a new little person in the house! It was such a great time in our lives...our lives which would never be the same!!!
