crew's newborn photos | 2

Part One

Crew's first outing was for the second part of his newborn photos. He was 8 days old and even though I was still pretty sore from giving birth, it was so nice for our little family to get out of the house for some fresh air!

How time flies!

a week of firsts

This post has been sitting as a draft for a few weeks now. I just wanted to share some big "firsts" for us and for Crew in his second week of life!

His first "real" bath after his cord fell off - He loved it! The only part he wasn't a fan of was being laid down directly onto his little bathtub (the blue part). It's rubber and COLD. And pouring warm water over it doesn't help warm it up at all. Poor baby let out the saddest shriek before we put the towel under him!

Crew had his first bottle on his two week birthday. I know Will was excited to finally be able to feed him. (And I was excited for a little break because I was still so sore!) He took it like a champ! We use the Tommy Tippee bottles and have had no problem going from breastfeeding to bottle. I've given him the bottle one time and it didn't seem to confuse him at all. Little man likes to eat! We also gave him a pacifier during this week. At first he gagged from it being in his mouth, but after a few tries he got the hang of it. We are using the Avent Soothies. Even at almost five weeks old now, he still sometimes acts like he's never had a paci when we put it in his mouth. He makes some of the funniest faces! I just recently ordered a Natursutten (Butterfly Orthodontic) pacifier to see if he likes that one any better.

October Camping Trip

I am so behind on this post. All of our pics were on Will's phone so I just completely forgot about it. One weekend in October we went to Hardy, AR to go camping/fishing/antique shopping at the Spring River. I grew up camping a lot with my family so I've always loved it. I didn't start fishing IN the river until after Will and I got married. About a week before we left, Will and I were at home and the UPS truck pulls up. I just looked at him because I knew I hadn't ordered anything. He got so excited and practically ran to meet the delivery man at the curb. When he came back in, he opened the box...and low and behold there was a box of Women's Waders in there. Oh boy. He had bought me my own pair of fishing waders. I thought it was kind of funny. Will was so exited and it made him so happy that I could have my own waders now. Anyway, here's some photos from our weekend...

One of Will's favorites

Early morning fishing

 

This was that awful time when I had DUMB poison ivy on my face so I was not too keen on photos!

My first time to ever witness a fish be cleaned. Yuck.

One of Will's MANY fish

So beautiful

We had great weather and so much fun! I've loved having this tradition with my hubby. Now if we can just figure out a way to sneak the dogs in...

Sundrop Soulmates

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

Last night we went to ICC's Fall Fest on the island. I helped with face painting. There were moon bounces, games and lots of food! We love our church and our community. We had a blast!

Shrek, Bert from Mary Poppins and a Harlem Globetrotter

That's some serious face painting!

Robby's sweet new puppy, Roman- a Great Dane

This is everyone in our Couples Group that meets on Sunday nights

We love them!

Ken and Morgan

Sundrop guy and Bert

After all the kids left we had races through the obstacle course! Fun!

Hope everyone had a fun, safe night last night! I've loved seeing all the costumes!

And in case you've never seen the Sundrop soulmates video....