I'm 6 weeks old!

So, we just wrapped up week 6 - what a big boy we have! He's growing so fast! I just love his chubby little fingers and toes. :) He's focusing on things much more now - especially mom and dad! Just today, I was burping him when Mark walked in and said "hey buddy" - Christian immediately moved his head and looked right at Daddy. :) SO great. And he's smiling a lot too. Seems like a happy little guy! So now we're all caught up with the blog. Thanks again for your patience! I'm sure our next "moments" will be Christian's first Thanksgiving! Can't wait! :)

Here's the latest photo shoot... :)

(I need a break, Mom.)
(And now I need a real break - a nap!)

As you can see, Christian has quite the expressions! SO fun. And in the last picture, it almost looks like I posed him, but he really just feel asleep that way with his arms folded. So sweet. :) He's holding his head up pretty well too - strong little guy. His legs are always moving too and pushing up when we hold him ... maybe we'll have an early crawler. :)

Daddy's little pumpkin. :)

Christian's showing off his "pumpkin feet" from Grandma Hammond and posing with his "baby" pumpkin from Aunt Stephanie and Aunt Dawn!

What has now become the "classic" pose for Christian. No matter how you hold him or how he's sitting or laying, he's "resting" casually on his hand. All ready for those senior pictures!

Christian entertained our neighbors for Halloween as a cuddly little bear! So cuddly, he fell right to sleep once in his outfit. :)
And the next day? Just chillin with Sophie...

New things!

So, Christian decided to give Dad a try with this whole feeding thing. :) He absolutely LOVED his first bottle (both Dad and Christian!).
Whoa - burps! (I love that face!)
AND, baths are becoming a little more fun! (especially the cuddling afterwards!)

The Hat

Thank you Alison for the FUN package for Christian - including two cute hats! He's had experience with the little caps, but would he like these? Christian, what do you think of hats?

Hmmm...what's on my head?

Wait, I'm not sure about this... Really, I don't know if I like this... Mom, get it off my head!!
Okay, okay ... we'll try another day. :)

I'm ready for a road trip!

When Christian was 4 weeks old, we took a trip down to Decatur to meet his great grandparents!

Great Grandma & Grandpa Hammond

Great Grandma & Grandpa Hoverman

Back home and ready to hang out with Grandpa Hammond. :)

Photo Shoot!

Now I'm worn out Mom! :)

Tonya's Family Visits Christian

Well, did I ever think all of my family would ever come to Fort Wayne, all at the same time? Nope! :) But they did! All to see our little Christian - two weeks after he was born. My sister Stephanie flew in from CA, my sister Dawn drove up from Cincinnati, and my parents flew in from FL. Wow! We must have a special little one. :) My parents now have eight grandkids ... and Christian is the 7th boy. :) We had a great time! Here are some pics ...

And our whole family took Christian our for his first walk! (Don't forget Sophie!)

Christian's first days at home

Some of Christian's first moments at home were spent just hanging out with mom and dad! We introduced him to Emmitt upstairs in Daddy's sports room (will he grow up to be a cowboy's fan?!), gave him his first bath, had tummy time, met his sisters (our three dogs!), and he met friends and family who came over to bring us food - thank you! The bath went well I guess. :) But we soon realized our little guy does not like to be exposed! Since then, we've figured out how to keep him somewhat covered and have eliminated some of the tears. :) He's doing well! We've been pretty amazed at how strong he is. Right away he was able to lift his head so well and was even "skooching" with his legs.

Our little Cowboy's fan.




First bath!

Cuddling with Dad and Sophie! All the dogs have adjusted pretty well to Christian. They followed us around the house for the first few days, but now, life seems back to normal.

Christian and Grandma Hammond!

Tummy time!

More pics from the hospital

Here are some of our first moments ... burping! He's done pretty good with that, but has had about 1-2 weeks when our big issue was gas! I know this surprises all of you who know my husband. :) Anyway, we've moved on from that to spitting up. Super! But overall, he's a good little guy. We'll keep him. :)

Here's where Christian camped out for the first couple days.


Check out all that hair! He has a bunch in the back too ... kind of a baby mullet!!

All ready to go home!