Life in Colorado

Month April 2007

My New Office …

elsie and I have transitioned my office down to the masterbedroom – she hasn’t learn to type yet, but we will be working on that next week.

Relaxin’ with Dad…

Weekend Visitors

This weekend we had two visitors … Grandpa Kevin and Aunt Chloe. Grandpa was here for Elsie’s birth but went home while Grammie Doula stayed for a couple weeks – he flew in on Friday to spend the weekend and… Continue Reading →

Dinner out for Amy’s Birthday

Our first dinner out with Elsie was to celebrate Aunt Amy’s birthday. It was a success – with only a quick feeding between dinner and dessert.

Worlds biggest YAAAWWWN!

In the cutest little onesie from Meara and Jarret that says it all!

Grammie plays with Comic Life

First Doctors Appointment

Today we had our first visit with Dr. Kamon, our pediatrician. Elsie was up to 7lbs 4oz (up from her birth weight at 7lbs) – she is a little piglet and they are very happy with this weight gain. Before… Continue Reading →

Miss Schleepy-Pants

taking after julie…

Moby Wrap!

The Moby Wrap Rocks!! Elsie stays snug as a bug while dad eats dinner.

Grammie gets cookin’

We have been calling my mom “Grammie Doula” – she is cooking, picking up and of course snuggling the baby whenever she can. Here are some of her masterpieces … Home made mac and cheese – Yum! Apple Pie –… Continue Reading →

I’m a baby too!

Lola has been doing great with Elsie – but we can tell that she is a bit jealous. She steals little things – pacifiers, sockies – but very deliberately so that we catch her. We found her snuggled in the… Continue Reading →

Smoochers

what a kissable smudgekin ….

Orbit Baby

We decided to go with the Orbit Baby Infant Travel System and we are extremely happy with it. The system has a car seat that fits on a stroller base or a car seat base (pretty standard). The nice part… Continue Reading →

Dad Time

Mark is great at most things – especially bringing me tea and breakfast in bed. He is patient and extremely nurturing with me so I expected he would be great with Elsie – but I misjudged him – he isn’t… Continue Reading →

Grammie

My mom is staying with us for a couple of weeks to help with Elsie. She has been taking Lola for walks, making meals (yes family she is actually cooking!) but her number one job is holding the baby. Here… Continue Reading →

Crabby Appleton

Yes its hard to be a baby! That little pout will get her whatever she wants!

Milk Coma

My doula Lisa told me I needed to drink a beer a day to help my milk come in … its a tough job, but I think I might just be the one to do it! While in the hospital… Continue Reading →

Home at last!

After an additional day of photo therapy they let us out of the hospital – yes they just let us walk out with a baby, they, in fact, escorted us out the door. We snuggled the little bundle up in… Continue Reading →

Bilirubun = funny goggles and a tan

We were hoping to be discharged from the hospital today but Elsie’s biliruben count (jaundice) came in high and she needed some phototherapy. They wanted her to be as naked as possible and snuggle under a bed of lights. She… Continue Reading →

Elsie Lane Sladden

The last few days is the epitome of a blogworthy event. The birth of our first child, our daughter Elsie Lane is one of those things that completely resets you. All this while I had been cautiously optimistic that I… Continue Reading →

L.O.L.A. spells trouble!

I haven’t done a Lola update in a while – because it has been quite a road with our little terrorizer! Last October it was recommended that we see a dog behaviorist and start some new training afterLola was exhibiting… Continue Reading →

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