Week 3

Week 3...more of the same...lots of sleeping, eating, and pooping:) We are definitely out of newborn clothes and even wearing some 3 month outfits! Griffin doesn't like his bathtub yet but does like taking a big bath with mommy. He just lays back and floats (with a little help of course). But baths are what made us both happy during pregnancy so this doesn't surprise me. Griffin also got to enjoy his first snow! We got 5-6 inches on Monday evening and it stuck around until Thanksgiving evening when it warmed up and started raining. It was pretty much all gone by Friday morning:( We celebrated Thanksgiving on Wednesday with the Imholts/DeLongs and one Schueler and one Walloth! Then on Thursday we celebrated with the Barcis and Eatons. Early (3am) on Friday morning Griffin and mommy went Black Friday shopping! Griffin did great but is looking forward to sleeping in next year with Daddy:). But hey, we were awake anyway, might as well get all the great deals and finish the Christmas shopping before everyone else even wakes up. Griffin did great, he only cried once (of course when I was in the check out at Kohl's). Otherwise he slept or was happy. We were able to feed twice in the car too. And when we got home, we both slept for a couple hours!

I just had to get a picture in this onesie...one of my favorites that Griffin quickly outgrew.

Griffin's first bath in his tub...he likes baths with mommy better!

Our first snow day outfit!

On the porch in the first snow...hopefully it snows again when the snowsuit fits a little better!

Our first attempt at cloth diapers...

we learned that the newborn inserts are not absorbent enough for Griffin!

There's a turkey on the butt too:)

Thanksgiving (last day) with Great Grandma Ruth.

Thanksgiving (last day) with cousin Marilee.

Aunt Janae

The Eatons!! Cousins Kelly, Jim, Evan and Christine

(Evan and Christine are the two goofballs on the left:)

Four generations of Petersens: Great Grandpa Jerry, Grandma Susie, Daddy and Griffin.

Uncle Steve...and a very unhappy Griffin:)

Too much turkey mom!

week 2

Week two included Griffin meeting Grandpa Joe for the first time, our first checkup with the midwife, cousin Marilee arriving for a visit and our first bath. Griffin continues to grow like a weed, weighing in at 10lbs 3oz at 11 days!! We're still enjoying daddy being home, he takes such good care of us! He fills my water bottle and gets me food (and everything else I need) while I'm feeding Griffin. We're going to miss him when he goes back to work! Life is still pretty easy right now since we have no real requirements. We sleep when we can and are just taking it easy, knowing that this can't last forever.

Ready for some Monday night football with Daddy!

All ready to meet Grandpa Joe! He was on his annual Elk hunting trip at Mt. Adams with Uncle Lynus and Uncle Chuck when Griffin arrived. We sure missed him during labor and delivery but are looking forward to Griffin's first hunting trip with Grandpa:)

It was an emotional meeting, followed by lots of cuddles.
Bailey missed Grandpa too:)

We still love watching Griffin sleep and laugh at his squished face!

Griffin is starting to stretch out more...so bittersweet watching him change so quickly.

Griffin's sad face makes us smile, sometimes giggle, and of course try everything we can think of to make him happy again.

Sip and See

We hosted an open house (Sip and See) for people to meet Griffin who hadn't had the chance already...or wouldn't have another easy opportunity. It was a great day with a slow but constant trickle of visitors, exactly what we had hoped for. No one (Griffin, mommy or daddy) was overwhelmed and Griffin got to meet lots of important friends and family! And we (the adults) actually got to sit and visit quite a bit!

Matt, Amy and Baby Girl Staudenraus (due March 2011)
Ryan's teaching partner and husband (also a Burlington teacher)

Mike and Pat Terry
Long time friends of the Imholt family and very special people in Sarah's life!

Russ and Sherry Fairlamb
We used to dog/house sit for them and Grandma Susie plays Bunco with Sherry!

Chris and Michelle Killingstad
Long time friends and fellow race junkies:) (triathlons, marathons, bike rides, etc)

Mike and Lourea Garka
Long time Barci family friends, Ryan grew up with their son Greg.

Great Aunt JoAnn (and Bailey).

Visitors

We had lots of visitors to help us welcome Griffin. We were so excited to show him off and share him with all our friends and family that had been waiting to know who "HE" was too! I didn't get pictures of everyone...

Uncle Steve

Ben and Bekah Miller- due with Baby Boy Miller January 4, 2011

Trevor Glassman (and Jackie, Kara, and Ally- Jackie also visited us in the hospital)

Uncle Jeremy and Aunt Jodi

Great Grandma Ruth

Great Grandma Ella

Hospital Visitors

Steven Barci

Matt and Janae Delong

Nate, Rachael, and Mary Andrews

Ben and Beka Miller

Tara and Braylin Hill

Tracy and Ashlynn Blake

JT, Jamie and Bella Williamson

Greg, Jenny and Reagan Lincoln

Great Grandma Ella

Great Aunt JoAnn

Jeremy Carter and Jodi Thomason

Jackie Glassman

Kathleen Higgins (Katie Pratt)

Great Grandma Ruth

Grandma Kathy

Grandpa Dennis and Grandma Susie

Home Visitors

Nate, Rachael, Mary, Amy, Noah, James, and Rae Andrews

Marc and Meredith Jenks

Rob, Racheal, Payton, Jayden, and Tristan Felton

Jackie, Trevor, Ally and Kara Glassman

JT, Jamie and Bella Williamson

Shannon Curtis

Kelli Miller

Great Grandma Ruth

Grandpa and Grandma Barci

Grandpa and Grandma Imholt

Marilee Schueler

Matt and Janae Delong

Week one

Our first week home...I can tell already that this story (Griffin's) will be told mostly in pictures and short stories...since he keeps me so busy! It's hard to keep track of what pictures were taken on what day and what happened when. I'll just do my best to keep track of things and get them written down/posted before I forget! I weighed myself today and...I've lost 25lbs in a week:) I know that's not that exciting considering I just had a baby...but it feels GREAT! Only 15 more to go...but I'm in no hurry. I think I'll wait until after the holidays to start caring:)

Griffin sleeps just like his mommy! We both prefer to be on our side or tummy...and we do NOT like to be woken up:) I sure hope this means it won't be long until we're sleeping through the night.

Griffin cuddling what's left of the belly at 3 days old. I can't believe he fit in there!

Griffin's first checkup with the pediatrician. He gained 9oz and grew 1/2 inch in just 6 days!!

Mommy and Daddy went out for breakfast at Starbuck's after the doctor! Yummy!

We had our first sponge bath this week...and Griffin's cord fell off at 5 days! That's pretty early but not unheard of. It was so gross and smelled nasty. Mommy had a hard time cuddling that day with smelly baby. Thank goodness Aunt Meredith came over and could stomach giving it a good cleaning:)

Griffin's first time in his crib. He has ended up with us in bed most nights. It makes night time feedings so much easier on mommy...and we've done a bunch of reading on how to make co-sleeping safer. It seems to be working for now, we'll get him into his crib once he starts sleeping through the night.

Griffin already wears size 6-12month socks!!!

One of our favorite outfits...the hippos:)

Griffin was not happy...he has the sweetest little cry that sounds like a bird. It just makes me laugh and want to hear it again. It also makes my heart melt and want to do whatever it takes to make him happy.

All snuggled up with great-grandma Ruth.

We took a good nap in our bouncy chair...but the hat's too big and kept falling down.

November 6-7, 2010

Because Griffin was born so early in the morning on November 6, we got to spend that day and night and most of Sunday, November 7 at the hospital. There are some definite perks to being in the hospital (your sheets get changed while you take a shower, food gets delivered and cleaned up, nurses at your beck and call, etc) but we were ready to go home on Sunday too! We are looking forward to settling in and starting life as a new family of three!

We are so in love with this little man!

Daddy can't go very long without more kisses and mommy loves to nap with Griffin!

Husky Fan from day one! Getting ready to head home!

All loaded up and ready to go.

Daddy drove super careful while mommy sat in the back seat and made sure Griffin kept breathing:) Griffin settled down when mommy held his hands, so sweet!

Home Sweet Home!

 Bailey LOVES 'his' baby. He keeps watch over him and makes sure we take good care of Griffin.

 Pax meeting Griffin for the first time. He is SO good with the baby and loves giving hugs and kisses.

Griffin swaddled for his first night at home...he ended up in bed with us. We have since discovered that he HATES sleeping on his back. Propping him on his side gets us (mom and dad) much more sleep:)