Monday, November 5, 2007

Happy Halloween







Happy Halloween!! Karson didn't have a costume, but he wore his ghost hat and went trick or treating at Great-Grandma Jane's.






I'm back at work and starting to fall into a routine. I'm still pumping and hope to until Karson is one. We'll see how long I last. I'll post more soon.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Baptism



Karson was baptised on Sunday October 7th. His sponsors were Kevin, Kyle, and Nick Hennessy. The day went well. It rained a little, but other than that things went smoothly. We had taco-in-a-bag or walking tacos with many, many deserts at Grandma Beth's following the service.

Friday, September 28, 2007

Pictures

I have had requests for more pictures so here they are.






























Zit Face


I am sad to say my son has baby acne. When we first brought him home everyone complemented him on his great complection. That complection is no where to be found. Karson looks like a greasy faced 14-year-old boy. He is still cute, you just have to look past all the pimples. We are praying it will go away before his baptism next weekend. Until then I will continue to lovingly call him "Zit Face." The pictures don't even begin to show how bad it is.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Welcome to Life with Karson

Almost three weeks ago we welcomed our beautiful baby boy Karson Daniel. He came into the world on Sept. 5th at 6:38 pm weighing 9 lbs 2.8 ounces and was 22 inches long. It was brought to my attention by his Great Aunt Marylin that blogging would be the perfect way for everyone to keep up to date with all things Karson. So here we are.

Things are starting to settle down and we are falling into a routine. The first week was more difficult than I thought it would be. Breastfeeding did not come as naturally as I had anticipated. The first few days home from the hospital I was ready to give up and go buy formula. I was hand expressing my milk and feeding Karson with a dental syringe while he sucked on my finger. It worked, but was not how I wanted to continue to feed him. We got a pump and decided to bottle feed Karson pumped breast milk. That was the plan when I went back to work anyway.

Our sleep situation is less than ideal right now. Karson sleeps in bed with Dustin and I. He doesn't like his bassinet and we haven't set the crib up yet because we are still painting his room. We are hoping (fingers crossed) that he will like his crib and sleep in it. I don't mind Karson in our bed right now, but would like to break the habit now so we don't have a five-year-old that thinks he has to sleep with Mom and Dad.

Dustin didn't like going back to work. He misses his little buddy when he is gone. He is jealous that I get to hold him all day while he works. He calls to check in through out the day and loves to hold Karson when he gets home.

I am enjoying being a mom. Now that I am getting used to life with Karson I can't imagine living without him.