"He doesn't do anything in a small way"

That is Nanny's quote about Carlin.

We had an action packed weekend with the grandparents. Saturday we went to Walmart for a few items and picked up an adorable outfit for Carlin which you will see next week in his holiday card. Saturday night Nanny and Grandy babysat Carlin so Ryan and I could go to Rya's house for a little bit. All day Sunday Ryan and I caught grief about how we got home before curfew and were only at Rya's for an hour and a half. Grandy put up our Christmas tree on Sunday and I helped with the lights and added all the ornaments. I'm glad my parents came to town because if they hadn't I doubt the tree would be up and I wouldn't have gotten the outfit for Carlin. We had a photo shoot with Carlin and it really made me feel for all those baby models. He wasn't too impressed with what was going on but we got some great pictures. Grandy also got a picture of Carlin smiling at me. He's gotten so talkative and he also laughs and smiles a lot now (Carlin, not Grandy). I added some photo's to the picasa album but not the one that will be on the card because that takes away from the excitement :)

Pictures Galore

The camera was actually in our diaper bag. I've added the photo's to the picasa album. Enjoy!

Happy Baby

Carlin had a wonderful time this past week. Not only did he get to meet a lot of his family at Thanksgiving he also started focusing on his mobile, sleeping in his crib in his room, and my favorite...GRINNING!

Monday morning I swore he grinned but then convinced myself it was my imagination because 6 weeks was too soon. But he did it again on Monday and has done it a few times since for me and his Papa. I'm not talking about the gas grin either. He 'talks' and then gives a huge toothless grin! He is a heartbreaker!

A lot of people asked how much the big boy weighs so I weighed myself at Rya's house and had her hand Carlin to me and then subtracted the weights. Our little champion is 12 pounds and 4 ounces! True story, if I feed him and stop or have to move him he will start snort crying...like a little piglet!

I left my camera at Rya's house so no updated pics. Nanny and Grandy come to town tomorrow so I'll be getting the camera back for their visit and will post pics this weekend.

Carlin's Cousins

Carlin got to meet his New York relatives for the first time today! Aunt Valerie and Uncle Aaron both took turns holding the little guy while he was sleeping. Aunt Valerie was holding him when he woke up so she got the pleasure of feeding him. She and I took turns trying to burp Carlin and after a couple minutes Aunt Valerie pulled the hand off to Uncle Aaron and within a minute Carlin burped. Ada and Lewis, the cousins, were impressed with Carlin's foot size. Uncle Aaron asked his two how long they thought it would take for Carlin to beat them on the tennis court and then said by age 6. It's weird to think of Ada being 15 with her 12 year old tween brother Lewis in the car as well as their cousin Carlin headed off to the tennis court.

We have a bunch more firsts this week. Tomorrow we are going to the mall with Carlin's cousins family, Thursday Carlin's family is headed to the Sheehan's for Thanksgiving, and then Friday we have Thanksgiving with my family.

Happy 1 Month Carlin

Today is Carlin's 1 month birthday! It also happens to be the 9 year anniversary from when Ryan and I first went out. Thank God we have something to show for it now! Just kidding of course.

Carlin's neck has gotten really strong over the past couple of days. When I burp him he will sit up straight in my lap for about a minute before slumping over. Yesterday I was holding him in my arms and showed him a picture of a rotten faced Carlin and the pacifier dropped out of his mouth. It was the funniest thing ever! Like it really surprised him that he could look like that.

Well, Ryan went and caught himself a cold. He started to feel sick yesterday so no more baby for him. Carlin and I are staying in the nursery for the next few days and we are sad to say that Ryan won't be able to hold or kiss his baby for the next 3 days. :( We just can't risk the little guy catching a cold this early. We did have a big weekend planned but looks like those events are cancelled. Hopefully baby and mama don't catch the cold so we are nice and ready for all the family visits next week!

Carlin's Weekend

Carlin's grandma said that he was as good as gold and also told Ryan that he was not that good when he was a baby. Jessica's event started at 8 and that's about the time we left our house after packing the back of the explorer with the pack and play, diaper bag, tote bag, about 1000 wipes, and boppy. Grandma didn't laugh at the Carlin Cheatsheet document. We left the baby for a little under 3 hours and it felt like an eternity. I'm sure it will get easier but he's just so sweet now it's difficult to not be around him!

Carlin's first play date with David went well despite the Skins losing. David was very interested in Carlin and was staring at him for a good 3 minutes. Carlin was more interested in Matt and Kim. David is the first baby he has been around. I added pics of Carlin and his 4 month old friend to the Picasa album.

Carlin's Big Weekend

This is a big weekend for Carlin! Ryan and I are going to a group dinner to celebrate Aunt Jessica's birthday on Saturday so Carlin is being babysat by his local grandparents. Anyone that knows Ryan and me knows that we are laid back...well, Ryan still is. I hope my parents in law don't think I'm a freak when I show up with my two page document of Carlin's habits, ways to soothe him, feeding and napping information, etc. It's silly considering Ryan and I are accessible by cell phone but after deciding to go it made me feel better to create the informative document. In preparation I also gave Carlin a bottle today to make sure he would drink from it and he did like a pro. Ryan will be happy to know that now he won't have to wake me up for feedings ;o)

Also going on this weekend, we are bringing Carlin to the Lim's for the skins game! He's going to meet his future bff David for the first time! They are both adorable babies and will probably be heartbreakers. I'll post the pics next week as proof.