We've had a whole month now to get used to the newest addition to our family, my baby brother Reid. I love him so much. I am constantly in his face, talking to him, hugging him, and kissing him. Mommy told me the other day to stop kissing him because he was trying to sleep, to which I replied, "But Mommy, I love him so much." How can you respond to that?
This happened before Reid was born, but I didn't get to tell you about it yet. Remember how Mommy and Daddy were doing cool stuff with me before he came like going to the beach? Well, because Daddy works at Beth Israel Hospital sometimes, he can get $5 Red Sox tickets. The catch is, that you show up early and stand in line, and whatever tickets are not picked up at will call or other season tickets not being used, you can use. They aren't for sale til the game starts, but usually Daddy has had luck getting in, and they're usually really awesome seats. On a Sunday afternoon, we decided to hit up Fenway Park for my first baseball game ever. Even Mommy has never been to a Red Sox game! We had fantastic seats on the first baseline.
The game was pretty cool and all, but the coolest thing was the blimp flying over head. I like to take pictures so I took a gazillion pictures of the blimp (except I called it a dimp sometimes).
Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks - or popcorn and a big pretzel - and I'm all set for a fantastic afternoon!
This was so cool!
The game was super exciting and I made it all the way through the whole nine innings. The Red Sox ended up coming from behind in the bottom of the 9th for a victory so it was well worth it. I cheered for my team and danced to the music. Fun had by all.
Since Reid was born, I've been trying to keep my life as normal as possible - well as normal as possible given that Gigi and Bubba were here for two weeks then Mimi and Papaw were here for two weeks and I had a new baby brother. I've still been going to Kaya's house 2-3 days per week and we do cool big kids only stuff like go to a zoo program on Thursdays. Isn't Kaya a scary lion?
Reid is doing great! He had a doctor's appointment the Monday after he was born (3 days old) and his weight was down to 7lbs 13oz. At 4 days old a visiting nurse came by the house to check Mommy and brother and he was already up to 8lbs again. Way to go buddy.
We sure do like to cuddle in this family. We sure do like to take naps too.
This was Reid's first bath. He did not like it one bit. He took his bath on the kitchen counter and turned as red as a tomato.
At about two weeks old and once his belly button cord fell off, he moved up to the infant bath tub. He still didn't like his bath one bit.
But now he's older (about one month in this picture) and bath time is much more enjoyable. I like to try to "help."
Sometimes Reid does funny stuff like stick his tongue out.
These pictures of my little snoozing brother are at 2 weeks of age. Reid went back to the doctor at two weeks and guess how much the little chunker weighed? He was all the way up to 9lbs and 2 oz. Way to go!
He hasn't started smiling at me on purpose yet, but sometimes when he's sleeping or when he has to poop or toot, he makes funny smiles.
More cuddle time!
As Reid has gotten older, he's started to play with some of my old toys now. Here he is on my play gym. Right now he just wiggles on it.
He also likes the swing sometimes, but he doesn't like it as much as I used to Mommy says. He's a funny baby. He doesn't really like the pacifier as much as I used to, but sometimes he'll take it. He only eats every 2-3 hours during the day, whereas I ate all the time and had trouble gaining weight. He sleeps for 3-6 hour stretches at night in the pack and play in Mommy and Daddy's room, whereas I slept in 2 hour stretches at the most and would never let anyone put me down. We may look alike, but we're pretty different kids, so far.
More funny faces at about 3 weeks.
Like I said, Gigi and Bubba were here for the first two weeks, then Mimi came for the next 2 weeks. While Mimi was here, Papaw came for just a few days to hang out with his boys.
There has been a lot of excitement in the house and I hate to miss any of it. I'm still sleeping in the twin bed in Reid's room at nighttime because the house is cooler downstairs and my own room is hot and upstairs. Since Reid came and before that sometimes too, I was pretty bad about wandering out of Reid's room and wanting to come into Mommy and Daddy's room to cuddle and sleep. To help fix this, they put a clock in Reid's room and told me I had to stay in there until 7 o'clock. If I did this five days in a row, I could have a special treat. I saw a commercial several months ago for these things called Pillow Pets. I don't ask for much, but I have been begging for one of these since that time. I decided a Pillow Pet would be my special treat if I stayed in my bed. It only took me about 7 or 8 days, but I stayed in there and got my own Pet. I call him Marshmellow. I don't think I've ever mentioned my "cuddle buddies." At nighttime, I sleep with my Bear Bear and two fleece blankies (a yellow one and a polka dotted one). Marshmellow fits nicely right into this mix.
One Daddy, two kids!
I like to play with Reid and with my old toys too!
Mimi got to have lots of cuddle time too with Reid. He's about 3 weeks in this picture.
Go Big Blue! Mommy likes Kentucky and Daddy likes Louisville and when they played each other in football, Mommy dressed us up in our blue gear. Daddy didn't like this one bit! She may be the only girl in the house, but all three of us like the blue team. Daddy couldn't dress us up in Cardinal bird stuff because we don't have any.
This past Labor Day we had gorgeous weather and it was the perfect day to go to the park for playing time. My next soccer season is coming up, so I had to get some practice time in with Daddy. My kicking skills have really gotten better.
We had a picnic and played on the playground.
Silly Cooper.
The Charles River is really near the playground so we went down to stick our feet in it and take some cute pictures.
Watch out Daddy!
I'm gonna splash you!
I love playing in the water!
I wasn't really into taking pictures after splashing.
Labor Day was Reid's one month birthday. What a big boy relaxing in the park!
Mommy and Daddy tried to be all cute and do a photo session with Reid since it was his one month birthday, but he wasn't really into it.
They got a few cute ones.
But most of them went from sad...
To mad...
We've enjoyed the first month as a family of four. Reid's one month check up went well and the chunky monkey is up to 11lbs 8oz. Stay tuned for the next month's adventures.
