Noah's Newborn Pics

Just in time for Christmas we got Noah's newborn photos back. We are thrilled with them. The above photo is a 16 x 16 storyboard that we ordered for his room.

photos by: Virginia Doyle
Santa and Baseball Hat: Crochet 2 Love Etsy Shop

Noah: 6 Weeks

Well little man, we've made it to the 6 week mark! I am so proud of you/us for making it this far and all we have accomplished. You are a little star. You've made things pretty easy on us this far, and I really hope that it keeps up. We've been extra spoiled having Daddy home a bit more over the holidays. Its made things alot easier with another set of hands on deck. He's back to work now and we miss having him home during the days :(

Weight: My guess is that Noah is over 11 pounds by now.  He's chunking up every day! He's lost that newborn look already and he is outgrowing (by length) alot of his 0-3 months clothes. I packed away all his newborn outfits this week and washed a few of his 3-6 months smaller sleepers as some of his 0-3 months sleepers are too short for him. 

kisses from auntie sarah

Health: He's had a stuffy nose and been a bit congested for the past week. Alot of family members have had colds and although we've been cautious, he and I managed to catch a bit of a cold. It was hard to stay away when it was Christmas, and I didn't want to be that anal mother running around saying 'please don't touch the baby'. We've been using the nasal aspirator and its helped a bit to remove the nasty boogers. Overall, he doesn't seem too phased by it.

snuggles and smiles with Dad

Sleep: Noah is starting to sleep thru the night, which is amazing. He started about a week ago, and we've been getting anywhere from 6-8 hour stretches out of him! Now I am going to admit, he hasn't been doing this in his bassinet...but in his cradle swing. While we were away last week he wouldn't sleep in his Pack N Play, so we were putting him in his swing...anything to get some sleep. And miraculously, he started sleeping all night. We wanted this trend to continue when we got home, so we've been doing it ever since. I know its likely a bad habit to be starting and we should try and stop, but i am afraid he'll stop sleeping if we do!

smiling for Grampy

The Holidays: We celebrated our first Christmas together as a family of 3. It was pretty special. Your great uncle and aunt even sent over matching flannel PJ's for us to wear...which we did of course!

handsome in his xmas eve outfit!

Baby Gear Love: This little guy still loves his swing (obviously).  He's also starting to enjoy books and toys now that he's more alert during the day.  We have a set of wrist rattles from his grammy that I attach to his ankles and he kicks like crazy.  It's pretty cute. He's also starting to coo, which is so cute!! 

Loving his swing

Crying: I really have to knock on wood because Noah is such a sweet baby.  He really only cries when he's hungry or when we put him in his car seat. Most babies LOVE their car seat, and we can't figure out what it is about his seat that he doesn't like. Sometimes he howls the entire time he is in it. It makes Mamma miserable but we can't stay confined indoors all the time!

"Santa Rocks"...enough said!

Likes: He likes bath time, early morning snuggles in bed, and diaper changes with his Daddy.

they don't look anything alike!

Sleepy baby

Milestones: Noah is smiling all the time now, and even chuckles every now and again. It is SO cute. He is smiliest first thing in the morning. He is not a newborn anymore!

Postpartum: Well, it's the big 6 weeks...I can start to exercise now!  I am hoping to get back to hot yoga and start up spin classes once a week. Ease back into things. In a few weeks time when I am feeling stronger, i'll get back on the treadmill in the basement when Noah is napping.  Still 12 pounds left to lose!

Hope everyone is having a great week :) 

Merry Christmas!!

From our family to yours, merry christmas and happy new year!!

Noah Meets Santa

Noah met the big guy on Saturday. Luckily he is too young to be afraid. We had to wait about 25 minutes. Of course he was a perfect angel in line waiting until we reached the front of the line. Then it was meltdown central. We managed to get one good shot with Santa before Noah showed off his lung skills. See the next photo for the meltdown! Ha


Merry Christmas from our little family to yours! Xoxo

Noah's First Smiles

Our Baby Boy is now officially smiling! His little grin just lights up his entire face. SO.IN. LOVE.

 

Noah's first roadtrip

my little superstar in his travelling outfit

 

getting his hair styled before hitting the road, i love how content he is!

 

Well we just returned from our first roadtrip with Noah. Every year both of our families pack up and make the 9 hour trip down to Sugarloaf Maine to ski. We always share a condo and eat like kings, it is the perfect way to kick off the holiday season. This year we had a 4 week old. We were unsure whether we were going to attempt the trip until the week before we left. I was definitely a little nervous and anxious...how would baby do in the car to Maine for 9 hours? What if he cried the whole time? We definitely had to contend with a lot of firsts, but guess what? We not only survived, we actually had a great time!  Noah did amazing, he really was a little star.  He was just just over 4 weeks on the way down, and 5 weeks on the way home. I attribute his young age to how easy he made it on us. I thought I would outline some thoughts and essentials that helped us tremendously during baby's first big trip!

 

The Essentials Keep Your Sanity: Some people may call us crazy, but not only did we bring the pack n play we also brought our My Little Snugabunny swing (its relatively easy to disassemble). What a LIFESAVER it was. We had left the newborn napper for the pack and play at home and Noah decided to go on strike and not sleep in the pack n play without it. Enter the swing...and tada, (although I am slightly ashamed to say) we put him in there the entire trip at bedtime and he slept like an angel. It also came in handy at supper time when we were all eating (all 14 of us). We just put Noah in there and he slept through all the noise and fun. What a trooper! We opted to leave the stroller behind and bring the snuggli instead, but we never did use it because the weather was so snowy/stormy down there so we didnt get out for any walks. We packed almost an entire pack of diapers, his snowsuit, the sleep sheap, you name it...we had it! We were not going to be unprepared!

 

 

 

Don't be Afraid to Feed Your Child: A baby has to eat! And we were not going to lose any time on the road, so when baby wanted to eat...we fed him and we ate too! I fed him at a restaurant on the way down with my udder cover while I ate my lunch and on the way home, we fed him and changed him in a Wendy's parking lot and also a Tim Horton's parking lot. You gotta do what you gotta do! Baby didn't mind the change of scenery!

 

More is more, when it comes to clothing: With the fluctuating temperatures travelling we opted to keep Noah in fleece footed-onesies. This kept him warm and covered and then we didn't have to layer him in his seat...a definite plus when traveling.

 

 

Bring Your Own Change Pad: You never know what dingy hole-in-the-wall establishments you will be changing your baby. I put the pad down before changing him and it kept him comfy and clean. It also came in handy for the times we had to change him in the front seat!

 

We bathed Noah in the condo tub, it was hilarious Tim had to get in with him to prop him up. There was no way we were going 6 days without a bath, and baby tubs are not really travelling friendly.  I brought along a travel-set of hair wash and lotion to bathe him with. 

PS. My husband is wearing underwear, they are just hiked up a bit!!

All Clean!

Last, I brought my pump {which is not suitcase-space friendly} but I wanted the option to pump incase I wanted to get out and do some skiing. Becuase of this, I was able to leave Noah behind with his grammy's and go skiing all 3 days we were down there (only a few hours at a time though).  I suggest bringing bottles that have a cap so they can travel easily.

All in all, we managed to get away with our two suitcases, 2 ski bags, Noah's bag, the pack 'n play and his swing. We had his diaper bag and boppy in the back seat. 

 Driving action shot!

 Momma cuddles

Momma getting ready to head out skiing

 

Noah had no shortage of babysitters ready and willing to spoil him rotten! Here he is with Auntie MaryEllen

 

Grampy Ron and Grampy Steve

We got just a little bit of snow down there!

So pretty!
 



And i'll leave you with my favorite photo of the trip:

Everyone's ski jackets and Noah's little snowsuit