Do you have your green on today?

Paxton does!

Hope you have a great St. Patrick's Day!

The end of Cotillion.

And it couldn't have come any sooner for these three! Although they are so handsome and I'll miss seeing them in their suits! (Jack is in the middle. He's a good friend of Aidan's.) The last class was held at the Broadmoor hotel. It was a big deal for some!

Aidan and his partner. Aidan actually doesn't mind Cotillion but that's because he loves the girls so much!

When they change partners the boys have to address the girls by making eye contact, shaking their hand, and introducing themselves.

A little swing for you! They learned the Foxtrot, Swing, and Waltz.

Tristan. Don't let the smile fool you, the announcer told them to smile at this point!

She was actually thrilled to be dancing with Tristan, ha!

Proud mommy! Tristan finished this class just for me and I appreciated it so much. Not to mention I promised him that if he finished he wouldn't have to ever take it again. Hopefully in the end, they learned something and will retain that knowledge for the future. (Aidan has been seen pulling out a chair for a friends older sister during dinner so something has made an impression.)

Ahhhhhh...

to be this happy and content!

It's official - we have our first smiles, semi-laughs, and cooing!

This little guy has stolen my heart!

Some progress!

This week I've finally made some progress on my "to do" list around the house! I managed to clean out the junk drawer, the refrigerator, clean the house (thanks to the housekeeper), and add Paxton into our family collage. Still need to clean out my dresser but that will have to wait until next week as we are off to Denver for the weekend.


It'll be our first weekend away from home since Pax was born and hopefully he'll do okay at the hotel. I bought a travel swing just to be on the safe side!

Bathtime (Finally!)

The umbilical cord is finally gone!!!!!!!!!!!

It only took oh - 4 weeks, 3 days!!! Ugh! He loves the warm water though and doesn't mind if it runs into his eyes. He even went to sleep pretty easily after the bath, I was able to do it on my own without Josh's assistance!

Yea for baths!

Colic

It's official - Paxton has colic. I've thought this for over a week and now I'm sure. After doing my research they say that colic happens in 1 out of 4 babies and I guess I pulled the lucky card by having 2 out of 3 children with it. The plus side to this is that I've survived worse with Tristan. Luckily, Pax's happens anytime between 6-8 p.m. and the longest that he's cried is about an hour and a half. Josh is amazing with him though and can normally get him through it and off to dreamland in about 30-45 minutes. I have to say that there are some benefits to being older parents - you are more patient and wiser with some things. We didn't handle Tristan's colic as well.

Now that Pax is a month old - I think I'm more tired now then I was right after his birth. Could it be that you are living on adrenaline at first or does the routine with a baby added to your pre-existing family start to wear you down?

I had such grand plans to get a lot done during my time off and thought I would be Suzy Homemaker with breakfasts made every day along with dinner at night. Cleaning the house, shopping, and getting little projects done. It hasn't happened!!! I've succeeded with 2 dinners I think and 1 breakfast. The house has been vacuumed but that was it - so I caved, the housecleaner comes Tuesday. Ugghh.

I did get Pax's announcements ordered though and those have gone out in the mail. I can't believe it took me a month for this! I had a surprise email from the photographer that took our pictures and she has ordered some complimentary 8x10's for me to put up in my office at the hospital. What a surprise! It's to strum up some business for her from our patients but I'll take the freebies!

And to weird you all out - Pax still has his umbilical cord! It's been over 4 weeks and that darn thing hasn't fallen off. We are doing the alcohol and he hasn't had a real bath yet, just washcloths. If it hangs on until 6 weeks then we have to go to the doctor. Is this proof that he really wasn't ready to be born?

Paxton's Photos

Gorgeous!!!!!

He was only 8 days old and even though it was difficult, I'm so happy we did it.