First Bath

Sorry this post is a bit delayed, but here is his first bath.
Amanda

Aunt Erin's Visit

This weekend Aunt Erin came for a visit. We all had a blast! All of us traveled to Cheeseburger in Paradise and took a long fast-paced walk on the rail trail. Mostly Erin and Colin hung out and spent time snuggling. Saturday we went to Connor Wackerle's birthday party and watched him wear his cake. Monday Nicole, Matt, Millie, and Mitch stopped by. Nicole and I went to a LLL meeting in La Plata. It was nice meeting other moms that live close by. Then Nicole helped me to get Colin into the sling she made me. I need a lot of practice, but it was nice to carry him in it on a walk with Rufus and Erin. The only big news is that we had a wonderful time hanging out with Aunt Erin. I miss her soooo much and wished she lived closer. I have already booked a flight to Indy so I can see my family and take a trip to Peoria to visit my grandfather and aunt Laura. Once you have a family, it makes you miss yours a lot more. Right now we are working on the details for Colin's Baptism. We will share that later. Hope everyone is doing great out there! The sun is making its appearance and that means the fish start to run, so Eric is out fishing his heart out whenever his schedule allows.
Love you, Amanda

P.S.
I also have begun using cloth diapers, a little bit. I also got him in the Moby Wrap too!

He's One Month Old!

Wow, a whole month has gone by! What a trip. Things around here have changed a lot. It takes a lot more time to get ready to leave the house. We are adjusting to the sleep schedule this little guy has for now, every 3 hours. The monotony of changing diapers gets to me in the evenings, thankfully that is when my reinforcement gets home. The feeding has gotten a lot better, less pain. I am trying to figure out how to do the whole bottle and pumping thing that will work for us. Colin has a lot more strength, grabs at things, makes eye contact, and I swear he has smiled at me at least twice this week! We are lucky with this little guy, and we love him very much. For those of you out there who are concerned about Eric, he has a natural talent in dealing with Colin. He works really hard to figure out what Colin is communicating needs wise, and he makes time to talk and cuddle with him every evening. What a pair, they are already couch potato buddies! We are expecting Erin, my sister, to visit this weekend! It should be a lot of fun, we shall post about that next week! Ta ta for now, Amanda